Spring Festival ramblings of a subway zombie

David Beckham is selling shirts for a well-known foreign retailer at Guomao subway station these days.

OK! Maybe not in person, but his photos on advertisements for the brand that line the walls of the underground railway stop in Beijing, are very lifelike.

The former English football captain is managing to draw the attention of commuters, most of whom would otherwise just work their daily schedules - stare at cellphones, transfer lines, and hop in and out of coaches - with the banality of, let's say, robots. But subway zombies (I and millions of others) have had a decent share of distractions lately.