As I walked out late along Paragon Road br among students going hither and thither, br I heard a trained voice – male, operatic – br singing quietly to itself, ‘Maria, Maria’, br then Mandarin lyrics. I couldn’t understand br so I asked, ‘You sing “Maria”?’ br He shook his head. I said, ‘You know, br “Maria” from West Side Story ...’ He br shook his head some more – so I sang br and he joined me and we sang br down Paragon Road to the gate, br my ‘Maria’, his Chinese song.