This is an excerpt from my diary started just weeks after I married the Englishman and moved to the UK.Previous posts can be found here.19.08.1984I have this problem with men. To me, a man, a husband, should be perfect in every way. He should understand me inside out and always say the right thing … [Read more...]
Oh to be in England – Part One
I may not have told you that I'm planning to publish How I Came to be in England, a series of blog posts, which so caught the imagination of many of you, as a digital book. (I am eternally grateful for all you readers who left such beautiful comments during the months that I wrote those blog posts. … [Read more...]
Southsea, again
Back of the benches on the wall of Southsea CastleThe Englishman and I've just come back from Southsea. This time we were there due to a very sad occasion, a funeral of a close friend's father. Although his passing was sudden, the occasion was more of a celebration of a full life. As the pastor said … [Read more...]
Oh I do like to be by the seaside, Oh I do like to be beside the sea…
The Southsea factor has once again raised its lovely, sunny head.Yesterday we drove down to the South Coast after a thrilling afternoon at White Hart Lane when we (Tottenham Hotspur) beat Chelsea 2-1. For those who don't follow English football, Chelsea are another London team like us. But they … [Read more...]