Sureal Experience

So there I was running back from the track I found down the street from my hotel at some school. This track is a perfect 400 meter clay track in the middle of this crap hole town, a diamond in the rough if you may, that I take full advantage of at 5:30 every morning. It has been getting darker in the mornings now and the run to and from the school is about a quarter mile of dark back roads with very few people on them. So on my way back I am thinking about a story I just heard about two people being killed at my favorite "hang out" (the local disco). I have my MP3 player blasting some heavy metal, which is great for running, and has come up in my shuffle of a wide variety of songs.

So as I am having these dark thoughts on shady lane, with dark music, I round this corner to a main street just as my music changes. Now this is the surreal experience as it was almost as planned as me being too tired to go to disco Saturday night when the two people got killed. I round this corner as some female vocalist starts out with her trademark piano solo all soft and peaceful. At the exact same time, about 30 kids all wearing the same uniform jumpsuit thingy are riding their bikes to school going the opposite direction of me, and of course they are staring at the white boy running with a mohawk which just adds to the whole experience. Everyone is going slow and synchronized to the music all at the same speed in almost perfect distances from each other to match the piano key strokes. Everything just slowed to the beat of the music and it was the most relaxing thing I have ever felt.

I hope I was able to capture what I experienced this morning as these things happen often and I wish I could share them so let me know how I did ok? I am still in China, as of now, and my visa expires the 25 (which means I have been here 60 days). So I am outta here and traveling the US, so if you want me to come to your town, let me know and I will be there possibly!