"Chengdu is a leisurely city"

The stretch between Wednesday at ten a.m. and Thursday at 11:30 is a crazy twenty five and a half hour period. I have, depending upon how you count it, five of my seven or ten of my fourteen classes. Each class consists of two forty five minute periods with a five minute break in between. So on Wednesday I go from 10-11:35 (oral english); 2-3:35 (culture); 4-5:35 (culture) Thursday 8 a.m.-9:35 and 10-11:35 (both oral english, though different levels). The teachers here refer to each of these as two classes, although most of us view it as one rather long class. Regardless, to have ten of these, or five of these, in so short a stretch of time makes for a couple of intense days. I usually just come home and crash in the period between my Wednesday morning and afternoon classes, and usually just do the same after class is done on Wednesday, usually not even having enough energy to go out for dinner. I try to sleep a bit later on Thursday and don't go to tai chi or run in the morning. When the second class is finished on Thursday, I feel an incredible lightness, although it is usually not long before I think about the Greek myth Sisyphus, who was condemned in the afterlife to roll a rock up a hill, only to have it roll down once it got to the top. He had to keep repeating this process for eternity.

Speaking of leisure, here is a quote from a new English language guide to Chengdu.
"Chengdu is a leisurely city. Although the income of the people is not high, the price level is relatively low. Here, you may see the indolent sun, lackadaisical people and sluggish city. When the breeze blows, people would feel airy. The city thinks highly of enjoying life. The pressure of life would disappear in the free chat, and only the bitter happiness left.In Chengdu, you would not think about other things, but only about enjoying life in Chengdu."