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There are plans afoot that maternal parental unit is visiting in two weeks time, woo hoo! Hope she will function as private chef, presenting nutritious MSG-free dishes, plus provide updates of gossips and true stories. (Also expecting some wry comments on her part) When left to her own devices, she could indulge herself in the imperial capital's various museums, bookshops, theatrical events and greeny parks; dodgy King's Cross area, however, is not allowed. May I trouble maternal parental unit to bring some stuff from Formosa island, as follows:
1) My gray Benetton bed spreads and pillow case, plus pillow.
2) My Adidas black shorts and Nike black and red stripe top.
3) Two short sleeves 襯衫.
4) 家裡現有的盤子兩個。
5) The blue hard back Norton Anthology of Literature (includes Homer and the Epic of Gilgamesh) right below the lowest shelf in the picture.
Note: If it's too much trouble, don't bother.
While typing away this moment, self thought of once the family was in a picture framing store. Parents were chatting with shop owner, when he purposedly indicated the fact that he had done some brush paintings. Then as if it was more than natural, he proudly presented some pooh-coloured oil paintings on the wall. Without a word mom gave away the funniest polite but disgusted look, something like, "Holy moly, this looks like s**t", and I understood it outright. Simple as the incident was, it added itself to the list of funny things I'll always remember. We shall have fun.