At last

the sound we wanted to here....
"Level One. Exit"

P home from hospital

3:52 am

Woke to the sound of rain bounding on the window.
Did the rain wake me, or did I just wake anyway?

Lift

"Doors closing."
"Going Up."
"Level 5."
"Doors opening."

and repeat.......

Drum Tower

Visited the Drum Tower in Beijing. Originally build in the 13th Century, this was part of the city's time keeping system, right up till the last century. Hugh building, with very steep stairs up to the top level. Today the only drums sounded are not for telling time, but a 5 min performance for tourists.
All very dramatic & loud within the gallery.
The type of drums used here are more famously used by Japanese groups like Kodo these days.
How much the sound is like ancient times is questionable & I wish I'd also heard them from outside. But then again, perhaps now with all the traffic noise, they may not be heard.

Breaking Glass

While staying with D & L in Beijing, I awoke one morning to the sound of a snore and breaking glass, one over the other, as if one noise.
P was already awake & I asked her what she'd heard. It seems the snore was me. She'd heard no other noise.
So I woke myself up snoring and hallucinated the sound of breaking glass at the same time.