While exercising inside the compound this morning, I struck up a conversation with an elderly gentleman who approached me. Being a pretty outgoing person myself, we fell into an easy and lengthy chat. 早上在小区里面锻炼身体，然后碰到这位大爷,他主动上来和我搭讪,我本来就是善谈的人，然后两个人就一来一往交谈多了... What really caught me off guard was learning his age - he's 76, but his hair has barely any gray in it. It's something I've been fascinated by since moving to Shanghai. Back home, I remember my father had completely white hair by the time he passed away at 60 (I was 19 then). Life had been hard on him, and all those struggles showed in his early graying. But here in Shanghai, I keep meeting people in their 60s with such dark hair that I honestly mistake them for being in their 50s. 交谈之下,有一件事比较震惊，就是他已经76岁了，但是头发没有太多的白发,这一点是我来上海感受比较深的一面,我印象记得我父亲去世的时候(我当时19岁，他已经60岁了)满头的白发,各种生活的艰辛以及他生平的遭遇,使得60岁的人满头白发,而到了上海以后发现很多老大爷60岁了，头发还很黑,以至于我经常怀疑别人50岁. So it is quite interesting that this gentleman's dark hair is completely natural - no dye involved. And get this - his mother lived to be 103! ... 这个老大爷没有染发,保持了这么多的黑发，我还是比较惊异的,特别是他母亲活到了103岁... It really makes you wonder if there's something to the genetics of people from this region. Could be their genes, could be their diet, or maybe it's just the whole lifestyle down here in the south. Either way, it's pretty remarkable. 所以由此可想,南方这一代的人好像有比较长寿基因的多，这个也与他们的饮食习惯，以及社会环境有关系...
