If you can't catch the bus, walk.

Author: Bai Zhuangyu
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: The miscellaneous and ordinary texts in this collection were mostly written after 1994. Over the years, I have almost been cut off from television. I do not wish to get entangled in slow-paced "plots," and I long for a simple life. I do not want to let my limited time be consumed by "programs" and I need the time to read and think. I am grateful for the people and events in my life that have moved me, allowing me to settle my mind amidst the hustle and bustle and the flow of traffic, gradually experiencing the taste of wind cooling the heat, rain leaving a chill, bitterness revealing truth, and fragrance lasting forever. In the quiet solitude of late nights, with a single lamp, I embrace a full moon, reflecting on the things that happened during interactions with others—the harmony and joy of shared understanding, the disputes and excitement of disagreements, the greetings and care during storms and illnesses, the comfort and sorrow of heartfelt conversations. Every detail holds a mix of emotions. I express these feelings in an unstructured, scattered, and rough manner, also using this as a way to blend the world around me with the world within me.