too many days with no exercise so today i did forty laps at the pool. it felt great. left over energy from past few days so i wasn't tired. energised. and i started on balzac's Eugenie Grandet. i think after this i will go find Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress : A Novel by Dai Sijie and maybe borrow the vcd of the show from the library if they do have it there. or find Cousin Bette by Balzac cos it's used in the film, in a way. well. it's such a wonderful tale, many of the scenes are still poignant in my mind. went green tea hunting today. wanted twinings but it was gone from all the stores! they're promoting their fruit and flowers range maybe that's why? i settled on the M&S one which is not bad too, a tad more expensive though.

i think, it is for me. hardwork, not sudden magical aptness.