Lu Yiran walks out of the Pilates classroom with a group of girls and the 45-minute class has worn her out. She passes the weights area, but doesn't feel capable of doing her usual three successions of dumbbell lifts. She then tries to run on the treadmill and after a mere 5 minutes, stops breathlessly.
This lighting manufacturer was hoping to make a big splash with their environmental campaign to adopt three pandas and make them mascots of climate-change awareness. But it was the park staff at the press conference in the Wolong Reserve that really poured it on - by accidentally dumping gallons of pooled rainwater all over the company's CEO during a recent press conference.
My husband came home one morning complaining of mosquito bites. No, he did not spend the night in the jungle, he works night shift in a national news corporation.
Liang Shanchang, of east Guangzhou's Jishan Village, wore her hair in a bun and participated in a ceremony organized by the village in which she swore she would never marry. She was in her late 20s when she did this to become a "zishunu" - a "woman who combs her own hair". Now 92, Liang is one of few zishunu still alive in South China's Guangdong Province.
Zheijiang native Lu Xiao'e, 82, was faced with a dilemma. Should she sell her most cherished possession that had been her faithful companion for more than half a century - ever since she got married? Or should she forgo the money that could help her daughter build a new house?
Forgive me, Mother Earth, for I have sinned. Every morning, while brushing my teeth, I open the water tap approximately 30 percent of the way while massaging my gums and polishing my not-so-pearly white teeth. If my breath still stinks after the first brushing, I do it again. Meanwhile, the water is running right into the drain. I've tried to reform by turning off the water while I brush, but - shame on me - I usually forget.
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