other than professing to be one of the hot-blooded youths chipping away at the berlin wall in the huge party of 1989, having an amazing knowledge of interesting languages (other than German and English, she also knows Romanian and some local Saxon-German dialect and is now learning French), and having a head for silly jingles (e.g. like the Müller one i mentioned yesterday - this is how it goes:

Mueller Milch, Mueller Milch, Mueller Milch die schmeckt.
Mueller Milch, Mueller Milch, die weckt, was in Dir steckt! - this is courtesy of her last email to me.. :)

my amazing ex-roommate has kept in touch with almost everyone we both know way back in London and has now brought us all (from as far flung as Cyprus, Germany, London, Paris, Singapore, Spain, United States and Belgium ) together in a common mailing list!! this is so exciting... shows how much technology and the internet can really bridge the distance between people... i reckon we should all get together for a mini UN conference kind of thing soon?? :p

on another more unfortunate note: it seems like i have really been put out of action for a while... my over-strained back felt worst than ever today and the very kind ah pek chinese physician diagnosed it as a minor slipped disc (something which - for some reason - i used to think only other people will get..). i have been advised to "not strain it further until it heals" ... what does that mean?... that maybe i should take up... gurp!... knitting???

oh dear.. what am i going to do... physical activities are just about the only things i really enjoy doing... :( ... oh well, i guess i can still read and paint and do clay modelling, i suppose... (trying not to be too bratty here, you see.....)