random thoughts

I went to work today, and had some particularly interesting moments in the subway. First of all, we were all squished together, and a bunch of us didn't have anything to hold on to. Before I continue, let me clarify that being "squished" in a Beijing subway means that every inch of your body is pressed up against someone else, you can feel sweat running down your legs (because there's no air conditioning) and you have to body slam 12 people to get out at your stop. Anyways, we were squished together, not holding on, and a lurch in the movement of the train caused several people to fall, including a woman who stepped on another woman's foot. Well, this woman, the one who's foot was stepped on, freaked out. For 15 minutes, she was carrying on about how badly her foot her, how obnoxious the other woman was, etc. Luckily, I've found the magic solution to all of Eve's China related problems-my iPod. It's a little off the Metro topic, but I went shopping today for some gifts for people, and a purse for me, and I found that listening to my iPod made it downright enjoyable. I couldn't hear all the people shouting Lady, lady, lady, look, look, lady, hey, lady!, I looked really cool, and I had a soundtrack to my shopping adventure. It was an amazing discovery that I plan to capitalize on. Okay-back to the metro discussion! I was also walking to my train and I saw a policeman pushing a guy onto a train, trying to squeeze this guy in. He was really shoving him in-it was really funny! I've been on the train before where I have to squeeze my butt in to let the doors close behind me! So last funny metro situation. You have to walk outside to change lines, and there are always vendors outside the station, selling flowers, sodas, and..bunny rabbits and kittens. Sorry, Felice, you may not like this, but they were absolutely tiny, the size of fists, and in little tiny cages. I almost bought a little kitten-it was so tempting-I had to keep repeating to myself "plague, it probably has the plague. the kitten probably has the plague!" I would love to have a tiny kitten, but it seems a bit unfair to make it live in my bathtub. Okay, I'm going to do homework now. Bye!