Friday, November 18, 2005

Ahem..

Well it's been a while so hopefully no one will notice I shamelessly backtrack on my previous post. I do still have the utmost respect for bikers, don't get me wrong, but my own honeymoon period is quite over really. The cold would kill me and I'm in a happy location where the metro/train/bus lies ready to whisk me from my doorstep to whichever five-minute distance I choose. I'm also having a little trouble breaking in my new folding bike- it's stiff and I dont know if they work the same as shoes because steel seems kinda less malleable than leather. My original plan of two normal bikes- one for uni and one for home- was cleverer I think: next time I'll post for outside imput so I can deliberate with your comments in mind (young bikey has a brain cell or two up there.) And most of all I should strive to remember that I always make the wrong decision and get someone else to do it for me.

In other news I'm sure you are all aware of the increasing state of desolation chez Azmi. In the space of one year life has been falling away from the house like petals from an aging rose... It may still be a base- but is no longer the centre. Internet and ntl left the building. Then we all did- Mrs C, Bikey, BSE and I opting for nomadic lifestyles. And today it shrank even more: into a one-car household. No more the malachite green honda. The insurance is not to be renewed and we are excessively law-abiding folk (with the possible exception of myself) I don't know what else is left to complete the current desertion- perhaps when the remaining members fly to B'desh for the winter.

Although I'm planning a Home Alone style happy time when that happens- minus the burglars insha'allah. Friends you are all invited over for christmas :D

ps. I just remembered the initial point of the post which was that my big plan is to be able to drive in time for next year's course, insha'allah. But I will find a way to be carbon neutral if I do drive.