in Huwei, Taiwan...

* to see sick children on drips and in wheelchairs careering down the middle of market street in a morning, with their mothers clinging onto the back, picking up fresh veg from local sellers as they pass...

* for locals to take a shower if they've been caught out in the rain. It's acidic you see, and your hair may fall out apparently (I'm risking it, cos I think I'd look very funny indeed with no hair)...

* for school, home, in fact everywhere to smell of wee. Drainage here is not that effective...

* for everyone to tell you to go to hospital should you catch a cold, or in fact sneeze more than once (if you know me then, you can imagine how some colleagues here think I'll be dead soon!)...