Timely Snow

The following letter, signed “A concerned runner” was printed in the November 2003 issue of that’sBeijing

I ran my first marathon last month in Beijing. Being a slow runner, I found that virtually all the water stations had long ago run out by the time I and the 25% of the race participants that followed me [...]

Last Spring, when Alice lived in Bejing with me, was an exceptionally sunny time. Even during the SARS period, everyone commented on the fact that at least it was an unusually beautiful Spring. Now, when I’m here by myself, the weather has gotten very cloudy, almost foggy. I’m not sure what the fog consists of. [...]

I watched “Once upon a time in Mexico” on a cheap (~$1.25) DVD I bought down at the corner store. It was obviously made by someone taking a camera into a showing of the movie (you could see people walk past the screen on occasion and it was too dark), but the quality was still [...]