Saturday, 11 June 2011

SHANGHAI ROSE

Enigmatic porcelain face; the mona lisa lipcurl; defiant, inscrutable shading the exquisite laughing eyes; the puzzled look; she took all of me in at Pudong Airport and I am doomed.
Wtoured her childhood romps in the yugagian gardens and walked along the Bund that she hopscotched 40 years ago; and we drove into the countryside to where she lived with her aunt as a leggy seven year old. And she brightened up as we walked her memory lane and I was equally glad to share this with her for this was a landscape I had never seen.

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