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Earlier this month I had an interesting experience getting home from downtown. I need to take at least two buses to get anywhere from where I live. On this particular day the first bus I was on hit a VW Jetta and all the passengers had to get off the bus and wait for another bus. I'm not one for waiting and the bus stop to catch the second bus I need to take wasn't too far away. So I decided to walk.

On the way, there is an old apartment building that I had passed everyday on the bus and only noticed it because I need to change buses after the old, run-down, apartment building. Walking by it for the first time I noticed this mini-mart that a man had set up out of his bedroom. His apartment is one the first floor and he leaves his bedroom window open to act as the counter.

This is something that would, almost, never happen in the USA. There are just to many rules in the way. How would one get a liquor licence? In China a business doesn't need to have a liquor licence. You don't even need to register your business. Just get enough stuff to sell it out of your bedroom and you're good.

Last month I went to retirement home near the university I teach at with students from the photography club. I took the opportunity to practice using my flash off camera and to get some portraits of the residents. This guy was the big pimp of the retirement home.