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Old 06-30-2003, 11:50 PM   #132
Billy
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Germany
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SARS and the countryside

In SARs time the neighbour relation become offish. Eevery country close off its main road to check anyone. We don't believe others. One my neighbour went to Beijing to take casual laborer. Then he had no work to do. He wanted to go home. The Beijing government forbade them going out. He can not take buses or trains. He bought one bike and rode to home. The police had already waited him in his home before he came home. It took him three days to come back home from Beijing. The police brought him to segregate. Later check he had no SARS. Other man was bought out to segregate because he got the SARS. I know that every one only has one life. We all fear the death. I feel that civilization degenerated if the people don't believe others. We can not live in one lonely world.

In my home town the house near others one by one. Neighbours hold bowls to have food together in the bystreet. We communicate the folker news. The breakfast is the morning paper. The supper is the evening paper. There are many families in my bystreet. I still love the bystreet food. I often ate my neighbours' food when I was young. We also share our family's good food with neighbours. In SARS time there are few people seating to have food together.
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