Geographically Centered

Nov 11, 2008

Objects in the hotel room that provide a locational center of gravity, a greater sense that you're here and not somewhere else: Chinese Checkers; the local variant of Monopoly - "advance to Hanyang, if you pass go collect 2,000 Yuan"; and a book of quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung - "to criticize the people's shortcomings is necessary... but to do so we must truly take the stand of the people and speak out of whole-hearted eagers to protect and educate them". Indeed.

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