Lady 1: .....so I needed two batteries Lady 2: But you bought only one battery, right? Lady 1: Well I already had one battery Lady 2: So...um....you really only *needed* one battery Lady 1: Aren't we both saying the same thing? That conversation about sums up my experience in Beijing so far. OK it doesn't, but it seemed like a nice way to start this piece anyhow. It's funny how being in a new place makes you question certain things that we take for granted everywhere else, and makes you question the basics again. For instance, who plans the color code for taxis, and really...what are they thinking? I think the basic criteria for this decision basically can be summed up in - 'find two colors that stand out, but are hideous enough together that no
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