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Lady of Orcival

Lady of Orcival

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Hello everyone,

First of all, I wish to tell you that English is not my mother tongue, which may account for weird turns of phrase sometimes !

I am French, a married 28-year-old woman who started reading in English a few years ago and has not stopped ever since. I worked for some time in an English bookshop in Paris and it has... more »
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  • thoma

    thoma says

    jus came across a nice review of Mr Fantastic Fox by Roald Dahl...have you read it? how you?

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • thoma

    thoma says

    howdy!

    i'm much better now...ogling at your books...it's frustrating not being able to grab a nice page turner. but i guess being a mother you learn to live beyond your feelings!

    how do you find roald dahl? my fren neera loves it!

    posted 12 months ago. ( send a note )
  • thoma

    thoma says

    howdy

    i sent you a pm weeks back. you seem to be really busy.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • thoma

    thoma says

    i'll get back to you in detail later. in a hurry.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • thoma

    thoma says

    houz it coming along--your business?

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • thoma

    thoma says

    you should be really busy. but that was pretty quick for you to do a course and then set up business. you rented the office?? or part of your apt? isn't it a BIG DEAL with a lot of nitty-gritty involved. my bro has come down from NZ. so me busy with doing specialty meals for him and quiite a bit of visiting to do.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • thoma

    thoma says

    hi how have you been? it's been such a long time. i've done some floor-crossing to foodbuzz and my blog for a change. once i'm through with my binge i'll be back here though what i want is a balance in my activity in both the sites.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • thoma

    thoma says

    take a peek in my profile! and i want to tell you you write well; maybe best when you're earnest ;) you shouldn't stick to proofreading alone. stretch into some writing too; if you want it focused try content writing.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • thoma

    thoma says

    how have you been? i'm travelling next month coz they're knocking down the building we're staying and grrrrrr...it's crazy.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • thoma

    thoma says

    i'm so SORRY to be this late in announcing the birth of our daughter alicia sara george. she's a month and a half old. i've almost recovered. i was quite weak post delivery. don't know how women managed to birth ten and even twenty kids!! can you imagine? i cannot; i seriously cannot.

    how have you been?

    i'm reading whatev time i find. but my mum says talk to the baby and stop reading. i tell talking is her job; let me read! well, actually i should be and i do...ahhhh me tired.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Mark V

    Mark V says

    Good to hear from you! Traveling is good--me? just got back from Washington, D. C. with Alter and Mexico with Kingsolver. I hope to go to England and Nigeria with Cleave next, or finish my African travels with Akban. Keep the pages turning!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Nilu D

    Nilu D says

    Mais tu sais I am a little new here....

    Et oui, monsiuer Narayan j'ai completement oublié. Il va être fâché lui!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • thoma

    thoma says

    my blog is sth i've neglected for the past two months. i've decided what to write next but still haven't done it. Mumbai is hot and hot and hot. i broke down yesterday. i could not bear the heat. an air con would have made a world of difference but thomas (mine!) did not have the time for it. a position of power is a position where family gets relegated i guess. he's off again for two weeks and i was quite glum in the morn. my maid was acting pricey and i said stay or go. it seems to have worked. she's being extra nice. i got an offer from a freelance travel website. they wanted me to write a test essay. but my exhaustion is not permitting me. i let them know maybe later i can be given a chance. well so many options but domestic duties take charge. i am so so exhausted. i took julie and julia. aby is calling me....

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • thoma

    thoma says

    hi lady
    wht you been upto?
    i deserve a reply from you!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • thoma

    thoma says

    oh i saw the book Julie and Julia in a blog. i should see if it's there. i want forty eight hours ina day.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • thoma

    thoma says

    wow, first anniversary in Dublin. you know thomas and I were not together for our first anniversary because Thomas' then boss was a sadist and he deliberately refused to give him leave to join me when i was home in my third month of pregnancy (aby). you may think i'm always pregnant! nor was he there when i delivered aby. he saw her when she was two months. ladies of my community have a really hard time. submariners' wives have the worst time. aviators and surface navy equally bad. i guess that's how the tradition of kitty parties has evolved in the Services.

    your frens said it. i can't even get to sleep at times coz the baby constantly moves and kicks and God knows what. to top it you don't get to rest much when you have an elder child and husband is sailing and unavailable for daily cribs. settling in this community in a new place is an evolution especially if its your first time in the concerned base. all our free services come with enormous amount of paper work and phone calls and follow up and i've been single handedly doing it coz Thomas is sailing for twenty out of thirty days this month! what do i do?

    i'm most excited about the video lib here. you should and should suggest all the good movies you've watched. i loved Streep in it and i defo look up the other two you mentioned. the net connection here is provided by the base by an outsourced agency. they have some admin issues and for a couple of months now it's not been good. so sometimes i can't log in but when i can it's really good. this city is excellent for shopping. such fab stuff at such cheap prices.

    i got to see my blog only a couple of days back. planning to get slow and steady with it. i'm reading The Crimson...but that again is slow coz in the night i'm so exhausted i drop dead in the bed.

    thomas comes back on Sunday and i'm making rice pulao and a red chicken curry!!

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Levana

    Levana says

    Maybe if you tried to send it as private note on shelfari? It might get through - I see that notes from shelfari do, both your posts were advertised on my e-mail.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Levana

    Levana says

    No! I haven't got it! I have just sent you a fat letter - two minutes ago. did you get mine?

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • thoma

    thoma says

    yes, we moved in April 5 and believe me the amount of work i've done is unbelievable for a pregnant lady. my eighth mon started. went to doc. all fine except for my hb level. so on an iron rich diet. most asian ladies are anemic especially indian. and you? wht abt the job? thomas is sailing. life is tough but good things too like an excellent video lib. watched Devil Wears Prada today. enjoyed.

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Mark V

    Mark V says

    Greetings, new friend,
    When I was in Paris last I was thrown out of a restaurant. Mea culpa. But I love the city (& France).
    Yes, I think Roth is an amazing writing (my favorite so far is The Plot Against America, written in the Bush years of deep fear and paranoia concerning a rising Fascisim). If you like Roth, you might also like Updike; I have not yet had the chance to post some of my reviews on Updike, but....
    Say, do you still read Proust in Paris? I was infatuated with his books many years ago and I wonder, do the French still think he is worth the trouble?
    Mark

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )

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