Weather nose

Corbett | October 19, 2006 5:33 PM

I can tell exactly what the weather is like every morning in Beijing, subconciously even before I'm awake.

When it's about time to wake up my nose and eyes will tell me what's going on outside by either of three symtoms:

1) nose congested, with slight sore throat, eyes OK
2) nose dripping, snot in throat, eyes scratchy
3) wake up sneezing repeatedly, feels like i got hit in the nose by a basketball, eyes watering.

If symptom 1, I will open my eyes, look out the window and see a hazy transparent sky, with white fuzz along the horizon. This is a standard "decent" day, happens maybe once or twice a week.

If symptom 2, I will open my eyes, look out the window and see a cloudy no sky foggy day (remember though, it's not fog). This is the standard "polluted" work day, happens three or four times a week.

If symptom 3, I will open my eyes, look out the window and see nothing much. It almost seems as if it's about to snow. I can barely see the trees in the park 300m away, and I'm afraid to go out because it feels like nuclear winter. This is the "bad pollution" say, happens once a week.

Category: Mr. Asia

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