Drive to Beijing from Shanghai IV - Beijing Impression (February 3, 2009) - 101
Modern on its face
History in its body
High-tech in its muscles
Culture in its heart
A city with all roads straight
A city with all accents standardized
A city gathers so many talents
A city draws so many elites
A city once studying
Now revisiting
A city once cycling
Now driving
A city makes Washington be serious
A city makes London be jealous
A city makes Tokyo be inferior
A city makes Shanghai be nervous
Here I tell my son I want to try something new
Here my son tells me he wants to try something old
Here I tell my son life is good
Here my son tells me life is tough
Here I tell my son I want to be a full-time poet
Here my son tells me he wants to be a full-time fool
Life is about experience
Experience depends on your interpretation
Interpretation depends on your calibration
Calibration depends on your judgement