Coriander in a flowerpot

 

More photos to come…

By titling this post “coriander in a flowerpot” and uploading the above photos, I don’t mean that I will only write about the spicy plant I like very much as garnish and vegetables eaten raw. Lots of thoughts are crowding on me now. And I don’t know where I can begin to write about them.

Coriander in a flowerpot (2)

More photos to come…

Now let me continue with my newly found seven-year’s itch I feel about my work. Last night, it suddenly dawned on me that I’d been working as translator for seven years. As I write this post, I also recall that I kept my last job for three years. I now realize they are the legendary three-year and seven-year itches though they are mostly associated with marriage in my reading. Perhaps, the itches might apply in a much wider area than marriage. As time goes on, people are becoming more and more discontented with themselves and everything and everyone around them. Then, they at least want a break from them.

I’ve never seen such dense fog

The best gift New Year gives to Beijing?

Look down from my apartment’s window

The air-conditioner outside of my apartment’s window

The apartment building opposite mine

Tian’anmen Square at night

My wife with a portrait of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, first provisional president* of the Republic of China, in the background. (Oct. 3, 2006)

This is me with the Beijing Olympics mascots in the background. (Oct. 3, 2006)

With no specific plans for the National Day holiday, my wife and I made a foray to the Tian’anmen Square at night on Oct. 3, the third day of China’s weeklong holiday.