期待

In an ideal world, I would have the guts to go up to this man and ask to take a streetsnaps-style picture. But since he looked the tiniest bit bitchy and I could never muster up the nerve to ask to take proper shots of older Chinese folks (they always look like they'll snap right back or say no, neither of which I wish upon myself), this is the closest I could get to his immaculate red-accented getup. (He was also wearing black framed glasses and had a totally snooty manner, and would look at wares with head cocked, but that could mean he was trying to keep his hat perched at the desired angle. In any case, it only accentuated his outfit.)

活著

The word that best describes what I have been feeling recently is 'alive'.

Are you a moron or you think I'm one?

The warning (with three exclamation marks) is my favourite bit.

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