The streets in our neighborhood were quieter on May Day. Laborers took the day off, and so too rested the many bulldozers and cranes that are usually hard at work transforming the former watershed into luxury condos and swank shopping plazas.
Binbin attended school. De-nin had planned an expedition to Lexis 樂學 to purchase books, but they were closed (perhaps shelving and re-shelving books constitutes hard labor). So, she worked on her book manuscript, trying to find the right words to tell the story of Zhang Daqian's 張大千 acquisition and sale of the famous "Night Banquet of Han Xizai 韓熙載液宴圖." Jack endeavored to edit a colleague's paper for his Xunzi 荀子 anthology, and later ruminated on his own new article for a different project.
Later in the afternoon, we went shopping at Miramar for a dress for De-nin to wear to cousin Jean's upcoming wedding banquet. She and husband Nelson will celebrate their nuptials in Taipei next month.
After that, our regular routine ensued: picking up Binbin, going to "Love to Shop" for 3 rounds of basketball, consuming a mango-tea icee at Starbuck's, sauntering home for dinner, walking over to playground #1 for some running around, nodding off after a bottle.
Night-night.
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