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Being Lulubelle: Mezze
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Thursday, January 06, 2011. At the bar alone. And it feels like its been awhile since it was. Beside me, a group of five maybe. They are food tasting, wine-drinking, smoke unfurling. The owners of this place,- is what I gather from my unavoidable eavesdropping. People are always disturbed by the thought (sight) of a lone woman. At the bar, in the restaurant. They give me concerned looks as I nurse my glass of wine, peruse the bar, the tiling, the finishing. No one ever thinks that I love it. Oh, why not?
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Being Lulubelle: Eyes
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Friday, February 12, 2010. My boss and I are pretty close. So the other day she asked me for a usual, after work drink. Can't, I've got a date.'. Is it a blind date? No, but if I married this guy I'd have to be blind". Maybe you can stab your eye with a fork. Maybe I need two forks.". Better use teaspoons, then you can save them as souvenirs.". Yes, they can be his wedding gift.". You bring new meaning to the term 'beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.". A few days later. The One of the Fairy.
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Being Lulubelle: Month Two
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009. Two months ago, I arrived in Penang for my best friend's baby shower. Later, I sat in the airport to leave, still coming to terms with. All that had happened, finding my mother dead after the baby shower,. Making arrangements with my aunt in the funeral house, the mortuary. The wake, the funeral, the crematorium, cleaning out her effects,. Her entire life.just gone. So unexpectedly. I tried to write this then. Nothing ever prepares you for the fact. I could not have her there.
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Being Lulubelle: Saved by Baja
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Monday, October 24, 2011. I am hemming and hawing over dinner. Work has been draining. And as I peer into the icy depths of the freezer. Mentally calculating the time, the steps, I announce. I can't do it today, I just can't do it.". And it is a rare occasion indeed in this home when I don't find solace in the ritual of preparing a meal. So now the predicament. Where and what? Mexican I think, then sway towards Vietnamese. But it is the faintest leaning. Somewhere in my mind I have Fish Tacos swimming.
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Being Lulubelle: Time/Games
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009. The push and pull. The ebb and flow. The struggle, the ease. Why do we play these games, unwittingly. Whether or not we want to. Working so hard to make all things fall into place. And some will tell you, 'it isn't so hard'. That if it is then its probably not right, not worth it. Yet others will say that pain, suffering, work. Are part and parcel of life. Patience is apparently what I lack. And so I am half-half. I want to ask, I want to say. What do you want of me?
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Being Lulubelle: Silence
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009. It is an unsaid, intangible "Are we okay? But, yes, yes we are. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The One of the Fairy. The One of Kok Beng. The One of Highlights. Cockle Is My Name.
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Being Lulubelle: Rub My Temple
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009. If this is not whipped into place. I could start my own forest reserve. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The One of the Fairy. The One of Kok Beng. The One of Highlights. Cockle Is My Name.
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Being Lulubelle: Communication
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009. I suddenly remember that I am supposed to remind C about dinner. A:Please notes that yous and Is ares supposed to having dinners tomorrows. C: And Is ares? Dinners noted.Qui tiam ar? A: Dunno. You wanting to coming to town or I meets yous somewheres? C:Vat dju vaan tu eet? A:Maybe we theenks abouts it tomorrows. You have thoughts? C:Haf huf tots ov za pasta. Yummmmmmmmm. A:Oowh.za pasta there's many good! I za hungwy nao. A:I jez eet za beeg salat. Why you no eet?
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Being Lulubelle: Simple Life: Day 2
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Friday, December 03, 2010. Simple Life: Day 2. Breakfast was but a cup of coffee, Lunch, my wonderful printer bought. After I told him the sorrowful Simple Life Story). Boyfriend spends 10 on his lunch, meaning we have 60 accumulated for dinner. I call him when I am at the store "Pork, beef or chicken for dinner? Pork devil curry or, oven-baked with mushrooms and cream? I wander the store for pork loin, mushrooms, brussel sprouts and mustard seeds. It costs about 55 bucks. Simple Life: Day 2.
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Being Lulubelle: The Simple Life: Day 1
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Wednesday, December 01, 2010. The Simple Life: Day 1. The Challenge when you think of it, is pretty simple. 30 bucks a day on meals for women, 40 for men (this includes your weekly grocery shop). 300 bucks a day for other misc spending (ie shopping). 5000 travel/holiday allowance a month. Other essentials such as car maintenance, toiletries, animal feed exempted from challenge allowances. Breakfast: 1 slice of multigrain toast with tomme de savoie fig jam, 1 nespresso latte (home: FOC). Simple Life: Day 2.
