Monthly Archives: May 2017
5. We were late in reaching her job
I was surprised when one day Carol asked me to help negotiate with a Tattoo Artist. Carol had had a tattoo done above her ankle in China. She asked this Artist in Burgess Road to extend it. The new one had been performed by a young woman, an apprentice. She had not worked under sterile conditions, she hadn’t even washed her hands. The wounds had become infected. I was rather…..
Foreword
In this fictitious story, I have changed the names and dates to protect innocent people, others are characters taken from my book, “Paranoid Schizophrenia, My Label My Life,” to provide continuity.
Innocence Meets Vulnerability
How we started our relationship
I met Carol Xia Tian, meaning Summer, after a free lunchtime concert at the University of Southampton’s Turner Sims Concert Hall. We’d both gone down to the stage to examine the harpsichord that had been used…..
4. The most beautiful eyes I have ever seen
One day while on the bus to the University I started a conversation with a Chinese man, Ken, after noticing an unusual electronic gadget on his iPhone. He asked me if I knew where he could buy flowers for his young lady friend, Frances, the pianist who was going to perform that afternoon. At our destination, the University Highfield Interchange, we alighted from the bus in search of a…..
3. Gradually we drew closer
Soon after meeting Carol, she entered a music competition organised by, and for all, the Chinese students at the University. The initial rounds took place in a very large lecture theatre on campus, however, the final round was scheduled to take place at the large Odeon cinema complex in the city, in a private function room. I think there were over 200 contestants, whittled down to a short list of ten by the…..
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