@ShawnCheatham » beijing http://shawncheatham.com/blog "It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:29:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Smells Like Beijing http://shawncheatham.com/blog/my-journal/smells-like-beijing/ http://shawncheatham.com/blog/my-journal/smells-like-beijing/#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:19:47 +0000 Shawn http://shawncheatham.com/blog/?p=219  

Beijing Construction

Beijing Construction

This morning I walked out of the house and was hit with the familiar sounds, sights and smells of Beijing. Wisps of smoke from a vat of tar, a layer of cement dust on the ground, hammers clanging away on metal, the piercing sound of a buzz saw slicing through metal, the grey haze enveloping the distant buildings. It felt as though I had been transported back in time 10 years to the first of several winters in “The Center of The Center” Beijing. As I made my way beyond the construction, bitter sweet memories from Beijing continued to wash over me and for a fleeting moment I longed to be back in The Center…

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