September 13, 2015:

Dilation in the dark. Walkers, white hair, impatient patients speaking Cantonese impatiently. "Wait too long," says impatient Chinese wife in accented English. "About to leave."

Sikh gentleman in plum turban, white beard. Texting: a very old world meets a new one.

Plum-colored walls, red exit signs. The carpet is new. The campus is new. Only the people are getting on.