Eldest sis home for a short visit

July 24, 2006 in Family Matters

Today, my eldest sister, who is 15 years older than I, have arrived from Beijing for a short five day stay before flying back home to Sydney where she lives with her Italian-Australian husband and son. She was in Beijing to attend a conference on something…my sister is a research scientist of some sort for the [...]

Just a meagre loot from Big Bookshop

July 24, 2006 in Bookworm Confessions

Well, finally went to the Big Bookshop Warehouse Clearance Sale at the Atria Shopping Centre. Initially didn’t want to make my poor wallet go hungry, but reading what Bibliobibuli and Ted had discovered in their book-buying (or should I say, book-looting? ;-)) spree made it hard to resist any longer.
So, after a hearty lunch at [...]