Putting on a blue
silk cocktail dress, tying the silk sashes at the back of my neck
Making up my face, painting on cats eyes
Watching
Wong Kar-Wai’s ‘In the Mood for Love’, and ‘2046’
Reading Dorothy Parker, Wei Hui, Josephine Hart, Paul Bowles’ The Sheltering Sky, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and
Maya Angelou
Being in
Hong Kong
Wearing inherited
diamond wedding rings, symbolising the hopes and dreams of the women who came before me
Drinking champagne at
Christmas
Cooking a special meal for someone: a labour of love
Knowing the names of individual
Diane von Furstenberg dresses and lusting after them; cunningly plotting ways to acquire another
Writing a
poem
Listening to Aretha Franklin,
Tori Amos, Kate Bush,
Kosheen,
Beth Orton, and Muslim Adhans
Getting ready for a night out: the ritualistic preparation of bathing and adorning
Painting my toenails a crimson
red