Walking past the Jinji Lake landscape bridge, I saw that the willows along the shore had already sprouted, that tender, tender green that is impossible not to like. Spring seemed to have arrived quietly and then all at once become concrete. The sight was easy on the eyes—but it also made me think of the stocks in my watchlist. They seem to be the same color. Why is it that this green doesn't make me happy at all?
The snuff I ordered on February 27 finally came across the ocean. I paid tax legally at half the total value of the goods, which is only fair. The problem is that, once I added everything up, it cost more than what I used to buy on Taobao. The process was also unnecessarily roundabout. At first I couldn't register a personal account on the customs app. I called to ask, and was told I could search for 'EMS邮件代理报关' in the mini-program and handle it there without registering. After I logged in, it charged me 30 yuan. I thought, the customs duty isn't bad—only 30, not expensive. I never expected that the 30 was a service fee and that I still had to go pay the tax myself. Ugh. I might as well have registered a customs account directly; it would have been faster, and I could have submitted the paperwork right away. First time buying overseas—I'll just count it as tuition.
After a month-long journey, the parcel finally reached me. On Tieba, guys had said customs sometimes opens mailed items. But when I opened the box, I saw only an inspection notice; the snuff itself had not been opened. That's better for keeping it fresh—once opened, it loses aroma. I suppose that counts as a different kind of luck.
In March I got a new bow, and the bow rack at home ran out of room. I racked my brain and finally created infinite possibilities within limited space: four bows went up on the wall. My wife didn't seem to notice, and she didn't ask why there was one more. Haha.
I stole some time to go field shooting outdoors with a friend. Two people in blue clothes, two 'blue men' in the woods, doing a bit of imagining. To simulate real hunting, we specifically practiced a concealed shooting stance. It worked pretty well: body hidden behind a tree, upper body leaning out to shoot. Very practical.
Last, a funny one: a colleague had his Taoist ordination revoked—yes, his Taoist certificate was canceled. It started when the discipline inspection department was checking account flows and noticed a lot of money moving through one of his WeChat accounts. They thought they had hooked a big fish. But when they checked, he had a proper Taoist certificate, and the flows were all from legal and reasonable business activities. Then they looked further and found that he had joined the Party during the pandemic. As a Party member, how could he carry out feudal superstition? To 'learn from past mistakes to avoid future ones and cure the sickness to save the patient,' the organization decisively revoked his Taoist credentials...
The financial markets have been swinging violently lately. It feels like a storm is coming. I hope everyone stays cautious and well.