Summer has hit Shanghai with a vengeance, slamming us bugs into the pavement like a great big fly-swatter.  Having lived in Aus for all those years I’d forgotten how jarring four extreme seasons can be.  It’s just hot as hell out there today.  And humid—like a great big bowl of steaming wonton soup.  Thank Buddha for air conditioning, even though it’s a contributor to global warming, which is just making the problem worse in the long run.  But we humans, we’re short-term thinkers.  Looking out for our own comfort without regard for the generations to come.