Jamie在乐团里演奏bassoon,也是AMS本人在Really Terrible Orchestra里担当的乐器。Jamie把音乐杂志上登的轶事讲给Isabel听:
笑昏了。这样精彩的段子编也编不出来,应该是真人真事。'Listen to this,' he said. "There's a bit here about a performance of Lohengrin. Leo Slezak, the Czech tenor, was due to climb on to a swan and sail off the stage. Unfortunately one of the stagehands sent the mechanical swan off before he had time to get on to it. So Slazek turned to the audience and sang, in German, "When does the next swan leave?"'
Alexander McCall Smith的书早已成为我的治愈系良药。
几乎每次煮意面,都会发生水里要不要放橄榄油的讨论。我是坚决的不加派,尤其不喜欢把好大一个锅弄得油腻腻。而且包装上写:slightly salted water,没提油。某人不肯被说服,最近的一次,争到最后颇有点不愉快。
吃完面读The Full Cupboard of Life。Mma Makutsi正要搬新家,非常自豪与兴奋中。她目前住的房子极其简陋,路名也没有,周围有异味,用水要跟邻居租用他们家的水龙头,室内自然没有卫生设备。搬家的家具多由Mma Ramotswe捐助。她业余办打字学校挣的钱,20%要寄给乡间的亲戚。她的姨妈从来没有出过远门,可是感激Mma Makutsi的赞助使她们能够改善伙食。
忽然觉得煮面时加不加橄榄油,完全是不值得生气的事情。