whirlwind pace

i love surprises and unexpected little bundles of joy, and boy was i in for a treat this week. arvindd made a sudden trip down to london which was totally out of the blue. it has been more than a year since i last saw him. pizza and fried chicken over homework, walking down oxford street to see the christmas lights (we tried to catch the countdown with sugababes for the turning on of the lights but missed it due to terribly packed trains at rush hour), fireworks at cheng's...our belated bonfire celebration, shawamar at edgeware, wine and a movie marathon into the wee hours of the morning, i really hope i was a good hostess. the icing on the cake was lunch in chinatown with hamzah. yeah he made his way down to london as well. although brief, it was lovely catching up with him. it's been too long awhile.

all i have between now and till my sister comes is a massive pile of work that has been slowly accumulating...i should tackle it before it grows into a mountain.