Kissing in public is taboo throughout Indonesia, especially so in Muslim dominated Java and Lombok islands; hindu-majority Bali island, however, does offer young people (of different sex) one chance a year to demonstrate their love in public. “Kissing festival”, locally known as Med-Medan, is held one day after Nyepi. Onlookers cheer on as they sprinkle [...]
— I saw a weird looking sign, my husband tells me, on a Chinese restaurant. It had a large “七” – Chinese for 7 – with, underneath, the mention “Sept”.
— Yeah, “sept” is French for “seven”.
— What! (He reacts as if I’ve just proffered the most absurd of facts.) But isn’t sept the abbreviation of [...]
The jacks are:
♥ Lahire
♣ Lancelot
♦ Hector
♠ Ogier
The queens:
♥ Judith
♣ Argine
♦ Rachel
♠ Pallas
And the kings:
♥ Charles
♣ Alexander
♦ Jules
♠ David