Dear Alice,

I just had a quick glance at your recipe and looks very decent, I see you are getting more independent now. When I was in South Africa I made Korean beef resembling this, you might want to try too! The sauce consists of soy sauce, apple cider, onions, apple, kiwi fruits, sounds fruity no? Noomnom.

Recently I have watched the Xmas popular love story of Alex and Rosie. It reminded me much of One Day especially the British accent and way people grow apart. It is mysterious how the most ordinary, every day life stories fascinate me. I could not help but read the novel consisting of 430 pages of letters and notes. When I closed the book(well, actually it's pdf on my cell, but who afford books nowadays?!), I have not been more grateful to have what I possess now. Everything DOES happen for a reason, but it DOESN'T mean it is 'meant to be' that sort of crap. We have earned it. We have all these in the expense of something else. And if we do not put our mind on something we could not expect it flies through the window and lands on our hand.

Funny isn't it? One colleague of mine are used to complaining people dislike her. She deserves it. She never gives a helping hand, she slides away the responsibility on her shoulders, and above all, she stinks (okay, I am a little dramatic but why on earth would a hotel staff stinky?! Unbelievable, I constantly wanna punch her for slap her or at least trip her). I reluctantly took her as my premiere trainee, which is a torture to me.

When we grow, we thought we would be such a different person in a few years - maturer, more serious, having different preference... Perhaps not quite. All we want, or, all I want remain the some lot of things. I still wanna run a hotel( just like Rosie!), a man being my family and my bestie, a travelling lifestyle. I feel like, at some point, we stop changing but keep growing and breathing. For me, I feel fortunate and satisfied that I have on the right path on my career hopefully, and I am pleased to have my boyfriend and my family. I know you are equally (more more!) happy to have the people around you, bet you will get teary on your wedding, shame that I could not attend ( Apologies again). Haha we are the same girls as a few years ago. Words cannot express my happiness for you Alice, I see you have been so happy so far. (btw I bet Jannis and Felix would get along so well I don't know who is more humorous).

Anyway, this is a beautiful life story that I guess you would be interested in. Have a look when you're bored. As for the film adaptation, Sam Claflin is cute, I could not see any flaws...

Take care my old friend!

Bisous,
K.