Irene Eng The Kibbitzer

I played with new serve over the weekend - without any practice - did well.  Only couple of more doubles than usual, which surprised me.  (I had many doubles on Sunday afternoon when I played at a party, after 3 serious hours of playing in the morning - I was so poppped.)  So years ago’s advice [...]

Booker Prize is England’s premier literary award.  Last week, this year’s chairman of the judges - Howard Davies who happens to be the director of the London School of Economics, moaned that most of British novelists aren’t interested in, and don’t understand business life, more preoccupied with life after working hours and below the waist and the lacking of someone who could rival [...]

Barb told me there’s SAT talk at the B&N, so we went.  It turned out was Dr. Ira Wolf, who’s author with a dozen of Barron’s test prep books and runs his prep school.  He’s a nerd himself, carries his celery figure nerverously and didn’t know what to do with his hands, rest naturally or on [...]

Last Thursday I took my first lesson with Barry.  He’s trying to correct my strokes, not just one, but basically all of them, from forehand to serve.  Shhishe, I’ve been taking lessons on and off over the years, group or private.  None of the coaches tried this hard.  They all say how good I played.  I didn’t [...]

I just can’t get this bai fen out of my blood.  And I have few good companies.  So we did it again.  Playing card game during the board day light is waste of time .. .. but it’s a break few of us very much needed.  Xiao Ping has just done her kitchen renovation, and is still waiting [...]

BBC   There are many thousands of Chinese restaurants around in the UK and everyone has their favourite dish, but only in China itself do chefs specialise in a range of slightly more unusual delicacies. .. … … Ok, what’s for dinner tonight?