Writes of Passage

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Mainz, March 5, 1984

Halloween in Frankfurt, March 6, 1984

May 20, 1984 on Air Lanka cockpit, with the pilots, on my way back to Hong Kong from Frankfurt

The aircraft wasn’t full so the two pilots were nice enough to invite me to sit there while they worked.
hmmmmmmm…
Back to the good old days, when civility was paramount, and we didn’t have to debate if the full body scan is necessary ..

Feb 1984
Falkstra

A typical night in .. wine and conversations ..

It’s Jan or Feb 1984, perhaps Chinese New Year was near .. .. so a good wish for a great new year? A night in would start with dinner and with beer or wine .. more wine .. then snaps. I wasn

Feb 2nd, 1984, with Kiesow

Alice, I and Makiko, Feb 20, 1984 at the Old Opera House, Frankfurt

A future-Doctor, Alice, Smit, I and Jakor, May 1984 at the Alte Oper

Alice came from Vietnam, living with her husband and two young sons. We met at school and became close since we lived nearby. Smit and Jakor were both Yugoslavian and teachers at the Bach. Alice loved Jakor. Jakor fancied Makiko. Smit liked Alice. Makiko was bit air head: I don

a little girl

a girl

听涛声 at Mt. Laoshan 劳山.. July 30, 1985. More pix on FB

Yishi and I came from Beijing .. We boarded this hour long boat ride that cost only CNY1.5 per person, July 31, 1985.

Right: on the roof top of our ‘hotel’.

Sept 12, 2010

After a long day at Zhu Jiajiao trying to avoid rain, basking in the sun, bargaining with the vendors .. .. we finally enjoyed a moment of tranquility: sipping tea on a balcony on the canal. There is minimum surcharge of 100 yuan per person. The house offers various teas, each costs about the surcharge. This tea house uses old bonds as decor which is very nice.

As we were enjoying, another group arrived. An older man immediately light up a cigarette. I was in no mood to tolerate this.
“Excuse me sir,” I asked polite “I’m pregnant could you please not to smoke?”
Yishi caught up quickly. She said to no one in particular that Unfortunately the wimpy wind blew our way.
Yizang just laughed out loud.
The smoker’s young companion looked at me, than said to no one in particular sarcastically
“Ha, there is something new every day.”
Yes baby you bet. I tried this trick in Paris .. too ..

private part of the tea house

The canal can get busy. The helmsmen are in uniforms but by the, they began to soliciting business from us, customers on the balcony for the boat ride at reduced fee.

伟大的舵手 .. a lady helmsman or helmswoman .. and helmsman