I think China has left a deep mark on me. In that, books are so much more precious to me now.

I could always go to the Bookworm Club at Sanlitun in the east of Beijing for English book rentals, which I did until I got lazy because it was such a distance from Haidian in the north-west. But that was it. English selections in most book stores are non-existent or pathetic. Yes, pathetic even at Wang Fu Jing bookstore or Haidian book city.

And now, I realize that being unable to browse and buy on a whim must have left a deeper mark than I thought because I now find myself on a book hoarding mission, and reading them very slowly. Sometimes, even putting off reading them so that I will always have something to read.