I was intimidated by China before going. Part of this was because I had so little information about the OT work we would be doing. But much of it was because I expected China to be so different and foreign from what I had experienced before. While in China I was frequently amazed at how normal and comfortable it felt and how easily I adapted to the little differences, like the weave of buses, cars, bikes, and people that comprise a city intersection. I called it "threading the needle." You find that one space amidst all the traffic and move yourself through it. Chinese intersections truly are an amazing phenomenon of instinctual organization in a seemingly chaotic space.
I'll post more later but this video is a taste of what I experienced in China.
This is a time lapse video that I took on the path to the Qing tomb museum/Terracotta Warrors, at a Beijing intersection, the Great Wall, and the Yuyuantan (park) in Beijing.
Here is a link to a higher quality version of the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV569vlj0QU
5 comments:
I loved your video. You'll have to show me how to do that someday. Your description of the traffic was perfect. I was always amazed that I saw so few accidents. I loved following your trip on facebook. I'm glad you had so much fun.
I can't see the video at work but the phillipines were the same. It was terrifying to ride a bus there but there never seemed to be any accidents in intersections or merging in traffic. That always amazed me.
I am so glad you are blogging your trip! Keep it coming!
Stacey - it is called time lapse video. You take a series of single shots and then put them together in a video. I did the city scenes with each picture for 0.10 seconds. The Great Wall at 0.07 seconds and the Yuyuantan at 0.03 seconds per picture.
Dan - We saw very few accidents as well. One thing that we noticed is that people don't drive as fast as we do in the US so you have a bit more reaction time as you are weaving through the streets.
Crystal - I'm glad that you are enjoying it because there are a lot more posts to come =) It is impossible to capture it all but it is fun to share bits and pieces =)
"Therefore the good fighter will be terrible in his onset, and prompt in his decision"
I thought that this quote from "The Art of War" is apropos for the quickness needed to cross the street.
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