Come fly away

I get fascinated by the most random things/persons sometimes. It could be sparked in a split second - read somewhere, heard somewhere, saw somewhere - then I forget it until something comes up.

This is overdue but I wanna do something for Amelia Earhart's 115th birthday (July 24th, thank you for the memo, Google!). Amelia Earhart was one of the first women to fly a plane in the 1930s. She lived with determination and strength, especially being a woman in that era. Though women were beginning to have their way by that time, still she had to prove herself. She mysteriously disappeared after attempting to fly around the world in 1937. No one knew what really happened until now - some theories claimed that she was cast away on an island where she eventually died.

Who would've thought such a fragile woman could fly a a plane by herself? Photo from National Archives.

Earhart wrote books and there are books written about her.

The Spies of Warsaw

"Sip the wine, taste the food, find everyone fascinating - a good motto for diplomacy."

"I guess that's one way to save the world."

Alan Furst's novel is a glimpse on the dreary and sophisticated diplomatic life. Espionage isn't always thrilling. Spies in World War II dealt with obtaining intelligence rather than battling goons or thugs Salt-esque (Angelina Jolie), but equally dangerous. But diplomats live a double life. While they're not prying on their enemies' secrets, they show up at parties just to conspire against each other. Scandalous in their uniforms, waistcoats, and beautiful women in their arms.