Out of all the people in this world I thought I might be the last one to ever say this but I actually miss religion. If not allowing religion means work is the religion than I am definitely the first to say that I miss religion. I finally figured it out - the problem and main reason why there are no holidays or celebrations and that life becomes very tedious here in China is that work is the religion here. The government doesn't allow any more religions to really thrive in the country so work becomes their religion. They live it, breathe it, believe in, and pray to work. That's the name of the game here. If you don't absolutely adore every aspect of your working life then life will become very tedious and dull quickly.
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