Most buildings in China pretty quickly start to look old. It's hard to tell if it's just lack of maintenence or because of dirt form pollution. Might be a combination of both. From my window in Sweden right now, I see buildings from the 60's that look newer than these buildings from (I'm guessing) the 90's.
In the background is @ttyr's cousin and on each side of @ttyr is her cousin's twin children. She just crouched and the twins cheerily crouched beside here making for a picture perfect pose.
Grilling leftovers and other things from earlier. I was feeling a cold coming during this dinner. It turned out to not be a cold but a flu, despite being vaccinated. The following days were pretty miserable...