English, August

The eighth month rolls in as quickly as the first one did. As cliched as it sounds, time really seems to be flying. I have this unputdownable urge to study in the UK next year. Very english, very exciting, and very expensive. Sigh. I want a rich uncle somewhere who will write his castle and farms to my name before he dies. Oh no. I didnt just say that! In other news, I have changed from the nokia 6630 to the nokia 6280. We likey! Except that I wasnt able to back up my data completely, leading to loss of all new contacts added since January 2006. I have effectively managed to kill my already restricted social circle. Sigh again. At this point, let me mention that you should expect a lot of sighing in this post. Please be prepared for it. Sigh again, to prove the point. You should also expect (and not complain about) the total randomness of this post. I have recently realised that is a totally stupid thing to compare relationships. Yes, you heard me right. There are people who do that. I have done that too in the past. Close relationships. Mature relationships. Open relationships. Intimate relationships. These are just tags. None better than the other. We tweak things to be how we like it. And that is perfectly okay. And much better, than being compared to another couple and try to emulate their relationship "style". I also think I am busier than I have been for quite some time. There are 3 new people in town, who I was supposed to meet up with this week. One has just moved here from Hong Kong. Another is a classmate from school. The third is a friend of my sister's. Today is friday, and I havent met even one of them. I feel horribly guilty. Tired sigh. I also feel horribly poor after clearing 2 months of bills backlog. I swear the bills and rent day frequency is higher than the pay day. It happens. Take my word for it! A fair amount of money has been spent on beautification of the abode, which doesnt look any prettier yet. Okay, that is because all the furniture ordered from Ikea arrives tomorrow, but still. The lounge chairs have gone out of stock, so no guests will be welcome to our place till Ikea replenishes their stock. Now we know who controls the world. The furniture stores! Loud sigh. My watch ran out of battery yesterday and I blame it for me waking up late. I knew it was out of battery, yet I let it remain on my bedstead, and looked at it this morning, AND overslept. Now that is called stupidity. Grrrrr. Anyways, I am in the middle of planning my holiday in Shanghai this november. A friend flies in from Johannesburg, and then we head to HK to meet another buddy, and then the 3 of us head to Shanghai. Tis a good excuse to get those boots and overcoats out again. Tickets will be expensive, but one has decided to go ahead. In the middle of all this, it has come to my knowledge that the sis has just accepted a job offer in China. I am very pleased with the prospect of outsourcing all my holiday planning to her. Very promising. Excited sigh. I am also hoping to convince a few other people to take a short holiday somewhere cheap and somewhere near, some time soon. Inshallah, I hope it works out. Till then, it is goodbye from me. In case you miss me, I'll be dusting my shelves and assembling my coffee table, and basically, ruining a perfect weekend by doing loads of work. Sigh. Sigh. Sigh.