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Beijing Outdoor Napping: Forbidden City
2008.05.16
“Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.”
quoting Robert Fulghum in 1987 at Middlebury College
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“Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.”
quoting Robert Fulghum in 1987 at Middlebury College
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"I catnap now and then, but I think while I nap, so it's not a waste of time." Martha Stewart
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"I catnap now and then, but I think while I nap, so it's not a waste of time."Martha Stewart
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"If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep." ~Dale Carnegie
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"If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep." ~Dale Carnegie
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Sleep that knits up the ravelled sleave of care
The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath
Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course,
Chief nourisher in life's feast.
~William Shakespeare, Macbeth
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Sleep that knits up the ravelled sleave of care
The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath
Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course,
Chief nourisher in life's feast. ~William Shakespeare, Macbeth
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“I don't feel old. I don't feel anything till noon. That's when it's time for my nap.” Bob Hope
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“I don't feel old. I don't feel anything till noon. That's when it's time for my nap.”Bob Hope
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Finally, you get the job, and you think you'll be dancing on the ceiling, but I just wanted to go take a nap. It was just like a weight had been lifted off or something. Josh Duhamel
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Finally, you get the job, and you think you'll be dancing on the ceiling, but I just wanted to go take a nap. It was just like a weight had been lifted off or something.Josh Duhamel
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“A nap, my friend, is a brief period of sleep which overtakes superannuated persons when they endeavor to entertain unwelcome visitors or to listen to scientific lectures” George Bernard Shaw
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“A nap, my friend, is a brief period of sleep which overtakes superannuated persons when they endeavor to entertain unwelcome visitors or to listen to scientific lectures”George Bernard Shaw
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“There is no point at which you can say, "Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap."” Carrie Fisher
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“There is no point at which you can say, "Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap."” Carrie Fisher
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A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow. ~Charlotte Brontë
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A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow. ~Charlotte Brontë
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O bed! O bed! delicious bed!
That heaven upon earth to the weary head.
~Thomas Hood, Miss Kilmansegg - Her Dream
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O bed! O bed! delicious bed!
That heaven upon earth to the weary head.
~Thomas Hood, Miss Kilmansegg - Her Dream
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Fatigue is the best pillow. ~Benjamin Franklin
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Fatigue is the best pillow.~Benjamin Franklin
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I'm not asleep... but that doesn't mean I'm awake. ~Author Unknown
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I'm not asleep... but that doesn't mean I'm awake.~Author Unknown
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Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
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Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day.~Friedrich Nietzsche
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Yes, you are so right! THIS IS ME!
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Yes, you are so right! THIS IS ME!
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I've been collecting Outdoor Beijing Nap since I arrive in Beijing. The ones above are taken in the East side of the Forbidden City Wall.
When summer comes in Beijing, the city turns into a huge comfy bedroom for everybody. Yeah, this city always has a room for everyone who is never shy to take a nap outdoor.
Ah, yes, outdoor nap! This is what Beijingers need at the moment--considering its rapid development which left the common Chinese in awe and wonder, who doesn't need a nap? Or just a cat nap?
We all are. We need a good nap---wherever we are. Napping is a luxury that some people can't afford.
I so envy these people.
Note: Meanmachineinc, another photoblogger, also has this kind of collection.
Great shots, Sojourner, and you have captured them so aesthetically especially in b/w. Love the quotations, too –– so very appropriate. Thanks for sharing, and best regards.
