I may have mentioned before that the number 9 denotes “longevity” in Chinese. Today, therefore, was supposed to be an amazing and auspicious day.
Yet……………nothing happened. Well, at least for me it didn’t, :*).
So today I got news that Carlos has received my “Thank you” gifts by snail mail in Spain and is really happy with them which is great. For his unexpected kindness towards us on that first day, I sent him a few items for his home including:
* a bamboo steamer set — mostly because he only had a stainless set steamer and tried to impress me with it. That and the frozen dumplings (LOL, he was very sweet about it all). The thing is that I’m one of those lucky people whose mother is a dumplings expert, so I’ve eaten lots of them fresh — kneaded by her from rice flour, with the most delicious fillings imaginable and always steamed in bamboo cases.
Also, if he ever visits London then I’ll take him to a good dim sum restaurant since I discovered that the Chinese restaurants in Spain aren’t particularly good.
* Born to be Wild CD — it’s a compilation of rock music that’s ideal for roadtrips.
I sent him the CD mostly because he’d decided to give me his favorite CD, Y by the Spanish singer bebe (born María Nieves Rebolledo Vila), within about an hour of us meeting.
Here’s a YouTube video of bebe singing live:
So a complete stranger can pop up in your life out of the blue and that’s how an acquaintenceship and possible friendship begins……..
[Incidentally, no there’s no romance potential; we’re destined for other people. Still what it shows is that “We never know what might happen in our lives next!”
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