Madly in love

If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me...... Jimmy Buffett.

Dreamy eyed College girl : How romantic.
A Fiancee : You make me blush.
Post marriage : He only wished I was as dumb as a blond.

LOL.

Lady in Purple

Can't believe it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeks!

As I was growing up and travelling the world with my parents, I wanted to live abroad for the sheer joy of dressing up and encountering people who dress up. It all looked very flashy.The right trousers, with the right shirt, the perfect hair-do, hair colour, the pointed heels, straight out of BMW 6 series, into a plush office. Little did I think that in Sucking Michigan all I will encounter is white ladies dressed in Purple blazers, magenta shirts, nike shoes, walmart attires, braided hair, country cotton floral dresses all over the work place. SHUCKS! Disgusting. Whatever happened. Harrods, 5th Ave, LA .... perfect grooming, dressing, walking , talking, cars, roads, shoes..... I think I have gone insane.

Expectation, thy name is Woman...

Expectations from, Expectation of ... and Expectations on and about everything, sure you are a woman.

There is no doubt the love of your life, your parents, your kids, your in-laws, your relatives, your friends, expect the world of you. You need to be presentably pretty, at-least very well groomed, well mannered, organised, a good cook, great in bed, very appealing and congenial in a group, strict and sensible to manage your kids; good in studies; you must be able to drive at the least; if you can sew, sing or dance, all the more better. You should be arty, graceful. You have to be practical, obedient, innocent but not stupid; loving, giving, zesty and not boring.... we could probably conjure another 200 adjectives expected of you , thy woman.

Lets look at your expectations. Your parents should be understanding, supportive, loving and liberal in outlook. You boyfriend should be sexy, smart, outrageously rich, with a swanky car. Your husband should be considerate, tactful (read watch full), protective, very romantic, own a big house, earn a handsome salary, be the grooviest of them all, buy the most expensive perfumes and jewellery and tell you a hundred times how pretty you look, not to forget be extremely like Richard Gere, the suave oomph variety! Your kids should be the smartest on the block and the most well behaved, they better listen to mommy when she talks, never debate, follow the regimen strictly and ( read please ) go to bed on time. Your daughter-in-law should call up every evening, ask you what needs to be cooked, and wear what you think looks good on her. Your son needs to keep you in the loop. You daughter needs to know whom to date and do so based on the tricks of the trade you have so meticulously taught. Your servant better be a slave of the golden era on board your ship to the river Nile.

Apart from this, there are general rules of conduct, longing, meeting, phone calls, cars, the neighbour's sofa set covers, paint on the wall, flowers in the garden.......What would God do without you woman. Kudos to you, the world is beautiful, worth exploring, gossiping, doting and simply wonderful because you exist in your truest form. -:))

How do you write person in Chinese ?

No doubt the Chinese calligraphy is a work of art. I was with Leigh, as usual. And we decided the next fun thing to do, would be to start learning Chinese. So here goes, he showed me how to write his name in Chinese. The next sentence he wrote was, I am a Chinese person. The word person was depicted by an inverted Y, written in a cursive hand. That made me very curious.

I: If Y is a person, how do you write girl and boy.

L: Well, that is simple.

He wrote the inverted Y, and then drew out a slanting stick from the intersection point on the letter. We both flushed pink and laughed till we literally rolled off our chairs. So much for expressiveness in calligraphy. We never got around to learning how to write the other sex in Chinese.