Lost in the city today

Today, attended the talk by Dr. Donald Carson in St. Helen’s Church, Bishopsgate, EC3

I lost myself in the city before 10.30am, have not been a morning person for a long time. This is the season for a change; it is time to enjoy the sunrise, the fresh air, and the good cup of tea- so time to be a morning person! The poor memory this winter turned me to so many adventures into the green, the streams and new books not to mention those golf clubs study. The memories collected from Xmas, new year and the CNY are great, although with a momentum sense of loss in the context of homeland on day one of CNY. Anyhow, the conversation with my Chinese literature hero Su Dongpo, his words bought me back to the realistic for a while, on day two CNY, I added: make a home where is 6,000 miles away is rather interesting, the embrace with different cultures that is crucial in the century, isn’t it?

Learn from him, Mr Su, he walked every morning around the country roads after the green tea breakfast, watered his bamboo gardens, looked after the plum flowers trees, read under the pine trees, and talked to chrysanthemums while the stream was running along his house, then played his music. Did he play much sports, no much as we do now, but he played chess very well, the other type of relaxation.