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Devotion

            After a long and at times painful arm injury I felt it was time to pick up Flickr again. Sitting behind a computer is becoming enjoyable again. I thank everybody that mailed me and was interested in my well being. Very good to have such nice friends here.

This is in Chinatown in London, UK. I recently had some time to spare between legs and headed into town. I was walking through Lisle Street - parallel to the touristic part of Chinatown – and saw this chef prepare dim sum dumplings at a yum cha restaurant (飲茶). Her concentration, dedication and devotion with which she prepared the Chiu-chao style dumplings struck me at heart. It was as if the windows acted as some sort of a “warp hole” between two dimensions, as both our worlds where so different yet connected for a couple of minutes. 

I took several photos and she never looked up while I – a lengthy westerner – bended forward to get a good peek through the relative low and small window. Luckily I had my wide converter already on my G9, for after three shots she was finished with this lot of dim sums and headed to another part of the restaurant.

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / London / Chinatown (show map)

Taken on: June 14, 2009

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