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August 25, 2006
I, Elizabeth
Just finished I, Elizabeth by Rosalind Miles. The book is good, but maybe not top notch. To me, it seems that Elizabeth was more like an emotional woman than the Queen. This is the part I do not like very much. But the book does offer very detailed descriptions about the British court life in her era. It's obvious that the author spent a lot of time on researching that particular period of history.
I think I forgot the part I read before the accident. What I can remember now is that young Elizabeth grew up in fear (of her life), confusion (bastard or not), and anger (of her father). It's good that I wrote a review about the first half of the book before. Basically, I agree with what I thought before. :)
The second half of the book has more love affairs b/w the Queen and her lords. It hurts to read their betrayals to her. The book sort of depicts a pathetic old lady yearning for a normal family life. I am sorry to say this, b/c I kinda like the Queen, but...... I do not like the last part about the lord of Essex. But I like the ending - Elizabeth lost the love of Essex, but she won as the Queen. Sigh, a fair ending for a queen devoted for her country.
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August 15, 2006
SUDDEN DISRUPTION
This could be the most important article in the Life section at my blog site.
Never thought this could happen to me. Well, maybe not never, but certainly it is a huge surprise for myself and a sharp turn for my life. (Never say never)
June 20th, it's a Tuesday, around 10pm at night, I was ready to go home.
Next thing I knew was that something happened to me, and I was in the hospital bed. I don't recall this part of the memory at all, except a couple of fragments. I did hear somebody was saying "backpack (has) reflector", and it seemed that that person repeated this several times. Somebody touched the back of my neck, I gave a painful expression. I tried to say something, but all I can give out was a little noise and a painful expression.
When I opened my eyes, I could not see clearly. I mean I can see several people in front of me, the image was not fuzzy, but it was double vision. As I told them later that every person I saw had two heads on their shoulders. I guess those were doctors and the room was very bright. Someone talked to me and asked me to push his or her hands with first my feet/toes and then my hands. I still did not know what happened to me. I think I passed out again.
-- What I did know at that time was that my life was going to be put on hold for at least 3 months.
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