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<blockquote data-quote="Barbara Fan" data-source="post: 245321" data-attributes="member: 21">Hello [USER=73]@Emelee[/USER] - thank you for your questions1. I wonder what kind of books you prefer to read? Any specific author you like?I used to devour books, and loved historical fiction when i was younger, but as ive got older i prefer fact rather than fiction and i like autobiographys of people and i also love travel writing so things from Michael Palin and Bill Bryson in particular. &nbsp;I also like - maybe not the right word - but read books of people who survived WW2 or were in Concentration Camps - I like history and find it incredibly hard to get my head round how one dicatator and his followers in Germany tried to eliminate the Jewish population in Europe and that 6 million plus died.&nbsp; I find it hard that people can be so evil.&nbsp; I dont like anything Sci Fi2. What would you pack in your 1 suitcase if you were to spend two weeks in a remote cabin in the woods on your own (your other 2 suitcases containing food, clothes &amp; other necessities)?OK if i dont need to think about clothes and food etc - Id take&nbsp; books and puzzles, my camera, binoculars, waterproofs, insect repellant , a torch, a charger for my phoneFirst aid kit, toiletries and sunscreen, a pack of playing cards and some board games and a map of the area (not that im good at map reading) and emergency ration of chocolate.3. If you didn&#039;t work for the NHS, what would be your choice of work?I wish I was bright and would love to have been a DR - ie a brain surgeon - someone who can really make a difference and i take my hat off to any Dr and their skillbut outside the NHSmy other career choice was to do history at University and then be a primary teacher, I dont know if id want to do that now (too many cheeky kids)If i was at school now and making decisions about my career I dont know what Id pick.&nbsp; But I would like a job that involved travelling.Thanks again xxx</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Barbara Fan, post: 245321, member: 21"] Hello [USER=73]@Emelee[/USER] - thank you for your questions 1. I wonder what kind of books you prefer to read? Any specific author you like? I used to devour books, and loved historical fiction when i was younger, but as ive got older i prefer fact rather than fiction and i like autobiographys of people and i also love travel writing so things from Michael Palin and Bill Bryson in particular. I also like - maybe not the right word - but read books of people who survived WW2 or were in Concentration Camps - I like history and find it incredibly hard to get my head round how one dicatator and his followers in Germany tried to eliminate the Jewish population in Europe and that 6 million plus died. I find it hard that people can be so evil. I dont like anything Sci Fi 2. What would you pack in your 1 suitcase if you were to spend two weeks in a remote cabin in the woods on your own (your other 2 suitcases containing food, clothes & other necessities)? OK if i dont need to think about clothes and food etc - Id take books and puzzles, my camera, binoculars, waterproofs, insect repellant , a torch, a charger for my phone First aid kit, toiletries and sunscreen, a pack of playing cards and some board games and a map of the area (not that im good at map reading) and emergency ration of chocolate. 3. If you didn't work for the NHS, what would be your choice of work? I wish I was bright and would love to have been a DR - ie a brain surgeon - someone who can really make a difference and i take my hat off to any Dr and their skill but outside the NHS my other career choice was to do history at University and then be a primary teacher, I dont know if id want to do that now (too many cheeky kids) If i was at school now and making decisions about my career I dont know what Id pick. But I would like a job that involved travelling. Thanks again xxx [/QUOTE]

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