Month: May 2022
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Day Fifteen, Month Three
It’s Yesterday Once More. (I forgot to post…) This is our last day before a limited and restricted opening up to allow us into the local district. A mother and child sit on a skateboard; The dog is checking its Pee-Mail; Using a bike to carry incoming goods; Volunteers patrol the compound; Jiaozi, being boiled;…
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Day Fourteen, Month Three
I feel like I’m in Limbo. There is no news about when we will progress from compound confinement to district access. A mother and daughter take a morning walk; The hairdresser moves from building to building, providing haircuts; Her tools of trade; A government food delivery arrives, does this mean that we are going to…
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Day Thirteen, Month Three
Well, today is the last day of the five day control. My block is on the afternoon shift but I take the dog out for his morning needs all the same. Eastern Plaza is now open, some people exercise, I see a woman doing tai chi… she’s quite skilled; heading towards the Western Plaza I…
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Day Twelve, Month Three
PCR Testing Day: A resident takes advantage of the morning to observe the South Gate activity from the the covered Gallery; The Beimax have taken to “Disinfecting” the streets; The medical team is made up of nurses and general volunteers, these volunteers ready themselves to call down residents, check their names, and scan QR codes;…
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Day Eleven, Month Three
We are half way through a five day curfew, they claimed that in the next two days we will do some PCR testing and on the basis of that they will then decide whether to open up this area or not. In the meantime, we continue to be allowed out within a designated, six hour…
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Day Ten, Month Three
We are still confined to quarters, except for a few hours each day, the same hours each day. [敲打] Put the kettle to heat the water; Toby 头哔, is so happy to be outside, he doesn’t understand the edicts of the committee… come to think of it, I’m not sure I do either; An ex-hairdresser…
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Day Seventy of Lockdown
SEVENTY! … … … (or Day Eight of the Third Month) The wind has a fresh breath, it speaks of a new arrangement that we will be let out from lock down, all of Shanghai, will be let out from lock down very soon. Yet we are on the curfew we who have been under…
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1392 Fèng Huáng Dān Cóng Chá (Yā Shǐ Xiāng), 1392 凤凰单丛茶 (鸭屎香), Phoenix Mountain Dancong Tea (Duck Excrement Scent)
C. sinensis “yashi xiang”. Fenhuang Dancong; Phoenix Mountain; Wudongding, Fenghuang Town, Chao’an District, Chaozhou City, Guangdong, above 1000 m; Autumn 2021, whole leaf, single cluster, oolong process. #TodaysTea, #今天的茶, #JīnTiāndeChá, #Tea, #茶, #Chá. The dry leaf is almost black in color with red tinged edges with some occasional, lighter, greenish brown leaves interspersed. The leaves…
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Day Eight, Month Three
Lockdown’s Day 69… “69” tee-hee-hee… It’s a Piscean moment, a two fishes event, a Yin-Yang juxtaposition… Who will be the yin to my yang today? A resident walks their dog… it’s a daily, “s.e.p;” Time to boil the kettle; Duck Shit Oolong Tea is the choice for today; Yesterday I swapped a yellow croaker for…
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Day Seven, Month Three
Just another blur of a day: Volunteers patrol the compound; Someone walks a dog; Another volunteer attends their shift; And one volunteer leaves for home… mask down?!? Home Rapid Antigen Testing… twice a day; Hubbub! A government delivery arrives; The delivery cart goes by in a blur; Boxes of fresh supplies arrive; Fruit, veg, and…