"Keep The Ship Sailing"

Observing the seemingly millions of passers-by making their way along the concrete streets of Beijing, one cannot help but start to understand just why China is predicted to lead the world in just about every field of human endeavour within the next 10 – 20 years. Even the 4ft tall “chiropodist” (I think), purposefully clicking his scissors seemed to have predicted the likelihood of a bunion emergency amongst some of these striding (albeit with very short steps) feet pounding the street, and was thus ensuring he was well placed to capitalise, come that moment. In a phrase, a remarkably enterprising looking lot!

I woke up feeling panicked from a nightmare with sweat rolling down my shoulders as I tried to put together the facets of the dreams I could recall. The pictures had looked so real that I could hardly believe it was just a dream. The high tide, the earthquake, the screaming children, scattered properties and a panorama of wreckage loitering everywhere were replaced by a calm roar of the waves as it rolls over the sandbanks.