Three women wait to receive relief materials in Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, on January 26, 2010, the 15th day after the catastrophic earthquake. [Xinhua]

Haitians, still deeply traumatized by an apocalyptic earthquake that decimated their capital city, are beginning to return to normal life as shops and banks are slowing but steadily reopening.

Peddlers and overseas remittances have breathed some life back into the city battered by a magnitude-7.3 earthquake on January 12.

Some blue-helmeted UN troops had to guard the re-opening of some local banks and some small commotions erupted.