One Fine Day is a guilty pleasure of mine. The film is about a hectic day that gradually transforms the mutual disdain between two single working parents - a feisty architect (Michelle Pfeiffer) with a son, and a snide political columnist (George Clooney) with a daughter - into love. Not a particularly well made film, but I like it. In the movie, Clooney's young daughter, Maggie, has a tendency to wander off and get lost.
I had my day thoroughly planned this morning: get up, go out, pick up breakfast at a local coffee shop, come right back and watch the Magic/Cavalier game on Chinese ESPN. In my search for the coffee shop, I found the park. Changshou Park was hopping this morning, literally. A group of seniors were swing dancing, young parents were playing with their child, and lots and lots of Tai Chi.
Now many of you know that I am a HUGE martial arts fan. As a kid I took lessons for several years and my grandfather raised me on Kung Fu Theater on Saturday afternoons (why won't someone bring this back? G4 or Spike would make a killing). I completely got caught up in watching groups deliberately work through the forms and stances of Tai Chi as well as some other forms of martial arts happening here. One group was in full dress and practicing sword forms. Magnificent.
This lead me to completely revise my plan. I had been itching to test a theory of acclimation: if you are new to an area, you can quickly acclimate yourself to the environment by working in a circle around your residence. So I started moving in a clockwise fashion around my residence, slowly increasing my distance every other left turn.
Confused yet? Exactly. Cause that's what it got me! After about 3 blocks the line of sight to my apartment was lost in the forest of iron and glass, and I realized I was somewhere... else. With a bridge in front of me I realized that I didn't cross no bridge.
Decision time. I had wandered away. Not only from my house in a super large city, but from my original plan. Now, I'm fine with revisions but I was not prepared for the potential of getting lost to this extent! I left my maps, backpack, and other assorted essentials necessary for a proper losting. If you are going to get lost at least be prepared to successfully find your way back. I was on the brink of a huge FAIL.
One good thing about this theory of acclimation is that it does have a safety: since I kept turning left, the the center of the circle was left! I found my way to my home street, Jiang Ning road, and made it back.
In the movie, little Maggie, was eventually found and got a kitten out of the deal. I eventually found my way back and stumbled into a market where I bought some great produce: bananas, nectarines and grapes. Good morning but I will have to develop better theories before I put them into practice
I had my day thoroughly planned this morning: get up, go out, pick up breakfast at a local coffee shop, come right back and watch the Magic/Cavalier game on Chinese ESPN. In my search for the coffee shop, I found the park. Changshou Park was hopping this morning, literally. A group of seniors were swing dancing, young parents were playing with their child, and lots and lots of Tai Chi.
Now many of you know that I am a HUGE martial arts fan. As a kid I took lessons for several years and my grandfather raised me on Kung Fu Theater on Saturday afternoons (why won't someone bring this back? G4 or Spike would make a killing). I completely got caught up in watching groups deliberately work through the forms and stances of Tai Chi as well as some other forms of martial arts happening here. One group was in full dress and practicing sword forms. Magnificent.
This lead me to completely revise my plan. I had been itching to test a theory of acclimation: if you are new to an area, you can quickly acclimate yourself to the environment by working in a circle around your residence. So I started moving in a clockwise fashion around my residence, slowly increasing my distance every other left turn.
Confused yet? Exactly. Cause that's what it got me! After about 3 blocks the line of sight to my apartment was lost in the forest of iron and glass, and I realized I was somewhere... else. With a bridge in front of me I realized that I didn't cross no bridge.
Decision time. I had wandered away. Not only from my house in a super large city, but from my original plan. Now, I'm fine with revisions but I was not prepared for the potential of getting lost to this extent! I left my maps, backpack, and other assorted essentials necessary for a proper losting. If you are going to get lost at least be prepared to successfully find your way back. I was on the brink of a huge FAIL.
One good thing about this theory of acclimation is that it does have a safety: since I kept turning left, the the center of the circle was left! I found my way to my home street, Jiang Ning road, and made it back.
In the movie, little Maggie, was eventually found and got a kitten out of the deal. I eventually found my way back and stumbled into a market where I bought some great produce: bananas, nectarines and grapes. Good morning but I will have to develop better theories before I put them into practice
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