Character of a Consulate

The young consular official enters the door of her self proclaimed retreat away from her hectic life. As she drops her keys on top of her marble kitchen bench she sighs as she walks into the vast open space of her living room and stares out beyond the horizon of the busy city. The sun sets out over the busy city and a shade of amber blazes across her face. She loves the sunlight, he warmth is a nice reprieve. After being locked up in the walls of her office it seems like a reward to feel the heat on her skin at the end of a working day. She wonders if she would ever get to feel the warmth anywhere but here. Her career has always been first and foremost, and seeing the world seems like more than worlds away. Dreaming of something more than the city she now resides in, she wants nothing more than to explore beyond. Photos of foreign cities and far away beauties lace the walls of her home, she stares at them dreaming. Being the Chinese consulate in the busy city of Boston definitely has taken its toll on such a young women. She does it for the love of people, helping those who need her.

Her parents had taught her strict morals and the value of education from the day she could talk. Such high expectations from her family put her through enormous stress but fortunatley payed off when she graduated from college with flying colours. Re-locating to the US had made her feel free for the first time in her life. Now, after achieving everything that was wanted from her family it was time that she followed her passions. Travel books, intertwined with the occasional foreign cookbook or Vogue magazine, stacked in piles spread around her living room floor. Her love for food and fashion followed shortly behind travel. The typical wants and needs of a women, good wine and lots of shoes, which was obvious as soon as you entered her dwelling. Her kitchen was where she had the fondest memories of her grandmother, learning the recipes of her family whenever she came over to visit. Cooking was all she ever wanted to do as a career. She felt most at home in her kitchen, everything revolves around that. Her domain is her retreat.