How easy to fall out tune with daily life
<p><span word="On">On</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="sizzling">sizzling</span> <span word="days">days</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="week">week</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="late">late</span> <span word="getting">getting</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="door">door</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="head">head</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="run">run</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fair">fair</span> <span word="distance">distance</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="corner">corner</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="catch">catch</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="taxi">taxi</span>. <span word="When">When</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="got">got</span> <span word="there">there</span>, <span word="my">my</span> <span word="freshly">freshly</span> <span word="washed">washed</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="ironed">ironed</span> <span word="shirt">shirt</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="stuck">stuck</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="perspiration">perspiration</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="day">day</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bad">bad</span> <span word="start">start</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="thought">thought</span>.</p><p><span word="It">It</span> <span word="got">got</span> <span word="worse">worse</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="wanted">wanted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="call">call</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="colleagues">colleagues</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="let">let</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="late">late</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="reaching">reaching</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="phone">phone</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="pocket">pocket</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="haste">haste</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="door">door</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="forgotten">forgotten</span> <span word="it">it</span>.</p><p><span word="Making">Making</span> <span word="matters">matters</span> <span word="worse">worse</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="forgotten">forgotten</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="bring">bring</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pay">pay</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="taxi">taxi</span> <span word="fare">fare</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="a">a</span> 100 <span word="RMB">RMB</span> <span word="note">note</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="pocket">pocket</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="tried">tried</span> <span word="paying">paying</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="cabbie">cabbie</span> <span word="with">with</span> 100 <span word="RMB">RMB</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="grimaced">grimaced</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bank">bank</span> <span word="note">note</span> -- <span word="you">you</span>’<span word="d">d</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="thought">thought</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="thousand">thousand</span> <span word="instead">instead</span> -- <span word="and">and</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="run">run</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="convenience">convenience</span> <span word="store">store</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="change">change</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="once">once</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="that">that</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="driver">driver</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="gift">gift</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="shiny">shiny</span>, <span word="very">very</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="fake">fake</span> 50 <span word="yuan">yuan</span> <span word="note">note</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="counted">counted</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="change">change</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="minutes">minutes</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="taxi">taxi</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="managed">managed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="myself">myself</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="foul">foul</span> <span word="mood">mood</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="cool">cool</span> <span word="air">air</span> <span word="gushing">gushing</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cab">cab</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="dashboard">dashboard</span>, <span word="when">when</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="got">got</span> <span word="in">in</span>, <span word="did">did</span> <span word="little">little</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="soothe">soothe</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="funk">funk</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="driven">driven</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="seconds">seconds</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pull">pull</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="line">line</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="vehicles">vehicles</span> <span word="waiting">waiting</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="longer">longer</span> <span word="red">red</span> <span word="light">light</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="change">change</span>.</p><p><span word="We">We</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="car">car</span> <span word="too">too</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="back">back</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="turned">turned</span> <span word="out">out</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="light">light</span> <span word="flashed">flashed</span> <span word="red">red</span> <span word="again">again</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="approached">approached</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="intersection">intersection</span>.</p><p><span word="More">More</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="lost">lost</span>.</p>
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