Certain things get blocked here. Youtube, NyTimes, Google.
It just comes and goes. Kind of like a fierce wind that comes and goes too. You get used to it. Maybe its because I live in a richer area, maybe not, but I have seen a lot less suffering here than I did when I lived here 4 years ago. Less people on the street begging. There are certain areas where the beggers go to beg and there are certain trains they walk on, but in general it seems that they left before the Olympics. The subway plays Olympic videos on the videoscreens inside and the beggers passby. I wonder if they understand or can see the screens or not. It's warming up, but the heat has been turned off and the cold still persists, its slowly waning off you can sort of sense spring is coming. The willow trees have turned green. Its refreshing. We're happy.