Beijing Lights #25: What are we busy for?
We are all tiny gears in a mechanical clock
In this special series, we’ll share some of the voices that make up Beijing’s 21.7 million humans. Who are these people we pass in the street everyday? Who lives behind those endless walls of apartment windows? These interviews take a small, but meaningful look.
我们谈论诗歌,科学和音乐,然而大地的精华是生生不息的努力活下去的人们。
We are all tiny gears in a mechanical clock
Hating someone is equal to killing them.
Where we call home, there are no jobs; but where there are jobs, it can never be home for us.
My body is stuck here, but my spirit can travel to faraway places with these books.
I know I have a pretty face, but does that define everything about me?
Few people get to call themselves a winner.
“I like to see people coming and going. I feel safe when I’m surrounded by a crowd.”
“I’m satisfied financially. I can afford a drink and some cigarettes every day. That’s good enough. Remember I used to go hungry.”