Good Idea:

Sleeping during the lunchtime. Rainy weather, a private room, a yoga mat, a half-empty office... zzzz... I might even make this a daily ritual. All I need are a blanket and a pillow to complete the job. Brilliance.

Tick tock?

I want to marry an architect. A naval architect will do too. A man with the ability to weave the elegance of math and starkness of physics with wood metal stone glass mortar anything - to immortalise a beautiful idea in a functional form.

Where do I find him?

I love this city!

Arsey immigration officer, train delays due to a fatality on the track; brazen cold and spiritless rain; blustering moustaches staring sullenly out of kebab stores; Caribbean, Mediterranean, Eastern European voices moving through the streets... it's good to be home :)

It surprised me how easily I slipped into the swing of things here, after being away for over two years. I've paid respect to the city, revisiting streets that have long heard my footsteps and buildings that continue to influence my dreamscapes, catching up with old friends and recalling a culture shaped by freedom, acceptance and intemperate weather.

I leave in two days but now I am certain of returning, for the long run.

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It amuses me that my Big Boss, a man of political office and foreign affairs, despises small talk as much as I do.

Are you a logophile?

Or do you fancy yourself a cunning linguist? Do you have multiple online dictionaries in your list of "Favourites"? Do you open the "Word of the Day" e-mail every morning, before anything else? Does your everyday speech comprise esoteric words and are you often frustrated by blank looks of incomprehension on the faces of those around you? Does it pain you to have to articulate your thoughts in a manner less intellectually demanding for the sake of your audience? Do you bear with stoic resignation the recognition that your keen linguistic abilities will never be fully appreciated by the hoi polloi (or do you wear this knowledge with pride and a sneer)?

If any of these questions resonates through your being, then Your Time Has Come.

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