- waves of military helicopters flying overhead #
- living in our flat in Tongzhou 通州, way out in Beijing’s suburbia #
- across the road a hotel(?) is being built, much digging going on and, out of the blue, a gaggle of geese wander by… #
- …disappearing round the back of the half-built structure, not to be seen again #
- @rpeckham “musician slums”? the mind boggles. should be close to us, we’re SE of Tuqiao. you got a map ref? #
- @rpeckham cool, will take a look. we still have the space in 798, BTW #
- no more power cuts today in our development, the guys on the front gate say that the infrastructure can’t handle the number of residents #
- …which seems like setting yourself up for a fall #
- …so, usually, at about 5pm, when everyone comes home and starts the AC/cooking/etc. off goes the power… #
- yesterday everything was down while they worked on the problem, and today, good news, no interruptions. there’s hope… #
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