Theat They Don't Give Up

While out walking today, I scooted into a small shop, on one of the streets of Beijing. It was a Chinese calligraphy shop, paint brushes everywhere, and beautiful hand made paper.  I have an affinity for paper, since I was a kid.  So I was in heaven admiring all the paper. As beautiful as it was, all of it has completely no use to me.  Then I saw some notebooks - I bought two. One was covered in beautiful light purple silk, for writing my musings.  Then another one, just because it reminded me of when I lived (briefly) in Thailand, and I liked it.

The cover of the notebook reads, misspellings and all: 

I CAN DO IT! 

people get success is theat they don't give up

Inside, each page has an image of a teacup, overflowing with hearts, and it reads in tiny print below the tea cup:

LOVE will follow you wherever you go...
To the sky, to the universe.

Today I went to buy water from a small street vendor.  The two very old men sitting on stools insisted I try a drink in a ceramic cup. It had a paper covering, with a rubber band. They insisted I try.  I saw that many had already been drunk; quite a few abandoned, empty ceramic containers were left on the little table. So I bought it one. It was absolutely delicious, some kind of yogurt drink. Loved it.  I have no idea who made it, or if it's fresh, or what. Then a couple of men came to buy the same drink -- I can understand why there were a dozen used cups on the table. But we'll see if my stomach likes it in a few hours!

Now I'm off to go eat some duck. I had to come "home" first before going for Duck, because before arriving at the Forbidden City this afternoon, a bird pooped on my head.  There aren't very many birds in Beijing. But one found my head to mark his spot.  I toured the ancient city with bird dung on my head.

More in a bit...life is a great adventure, and yes, love does follow us wherever we go...a story that came true for me on Tian'an Men Square, not long after I bought the notebook.

Story to follow soon.

Comments

[Ky Woman]

Sounds like you are having great fun on your latest adventure.
Bird poo in hair...Sorta puts things in perspective, huh?

Enjoy the rest of your trip.

Smiles, always!

[Chris H]

I remembered hearing once that a bird pooping on your head was a sign of good fortune in some Asian tradition, but I can't find any confirmation of that now on ol' Google. Oh well, that sounds good though, eh? I'd go with that as an answer :) Be safe, and keep posting - this is great stuff!