I got blisters on my little toes, but I had a good night sleep on the gymnastics floor mat last night - who would have guessed!
Yesterday, I watched with alarm at the cars and buses streaming within an inch of each each other, and scooters narrowly scooting through, whenever they could. I've also seen kids being transported on scooters WITHOUT helmets and a small child jaywalking alone across a busy road. Despite all the vehicular action, there is hardly a beep nor angry drivers gesturing obscenities at each other. It's all normal to them.
There is an orderliness and efficiency here that I find comforting (don't laugh Carol). At rush hour, people will line up on the subway platform to get on the train. And people are super helpful. Numerous times yesterday, my Taiwanese cousin would go up to anyone to ask for help, advice or info - people here have no problem with asking each other for any bit of help. And on our way home last night, my dad, unsure about when our stop was coming up, had the whole bus helping him, and when we got off, another passenger then helped us with finding our address. The desk clerk at the complex then accompanied us to my cousin's apartment, offering us umbrellas for the short trek through the courtyard. And everytime, it's done with polite expressions of "Oh, I'm so embarrassed", "so sorry to ask", " thank you very much", "you are so kind".
Wow.
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