INVITATION

Lunch time, we brought our container to the cafeteria as usual, sat down at our usual table, eating and chatting. We gossip about different things. Today because there was a new hire, we started talking about those who left and those who stay. Somehow our topic shift to: What do you notice the first when you meet a man? Goodness, we are ladies in our prime, familied and delivered, and we are talking about guys. Even the younger ones, 20s and 30s joined the conversation. We actually found out that looks do not matter that much, what matters the most is hygiene. Which is so true! We toil at home cleaning polishing dusting washing air refreshing, and take pride in doing so, and will be furious if such work be ruined in seconds. ********** It rained a bit in the afternoon. The air smells like ocean. Fishie was waiting for me at home, eager to eat. He bit in the food fast and vigorously. Then off he went, hiding in his cave to digest. A blue jay flew in my balcony. I stoppe...

Very good TV Series. Superb acting, minute details in costume and sites, facial expressions, theme music, all making it a gem in period dramas. I became a fan of Richard Armitage for a while. I found a photo of him in North & South, see the softness in his eyes when he looks at Margaret.

I finished reading I sabella of France, written by Alison Weir. What an entertaining book! I totally enjoyed it. I like Weir's straightforward narrative style. Her language is simple and informative. Although there is not much about Isabella's life on history relics, Weir is able to fill in the gaps using her rich knowledge of that historic era. Weir is an untrained historian. Because of this she was able to break out of the conventional historian way, and produce a compelling story.