Back in mid-November the heating Karachi was switched off, and we entered a very pleasant winter season. The locals started to behave as if they had been transported to Siberia, where as I felt the weather was very reminiscent of summer in Manchester, only with less rain!! At the beginning of this week the heating was turned back on. The humidity is rising and it looks as though winter is over.
Since my last entry, I have been very busy with school, not only with the day to day running and teaching, but also with extra time in for rehearsals and parents evenings, I have been working some 12 hour days and 6 day weeks, so much for the 9-3 life of a teacher!
There has been another visit to the ‘Forth Bridge’ which is the timetable with some further alterations. It really does feel like a never ending job. I’m not sure how they manage in a school with 2000 students, I suspect there are few changes and they will have a computer program to help, I have to rely on my own grey matter, I think I have the advantage!
The school production of ‘And then there were none’ opens on February 25th and we are working hard on being ready. Tanveer carpenter has done a magnificent job on the set and we are waiting for the backdrop to be delivered. We are also trying to get new lighting desk and sound desk installed ready for the production which should allow us to do an even more professional job than last year. This year’s production is far more involved than last year but the cast are rising to the challenge and I am confident that it will be a run away success.
Today is a holiday here in Pakistan, it is Kashmir Day, which is marked to remember Pakistan’s claim on the disputed parts of Kashmir. So I have spent it in my pyjamas watching The West Wing and Hornblower whilst playing Scrabble with people around the world. I have also created a Potato Pie and pickled some onions to go along with it.
I have also had another new experience living here in Karachi. On Monday I received a call from Judith, whom I spent Christmas Day with, to say that I had an admirer!! There was a couple there on Christmas Day and with them was the wife’s sister a lady doctor, and apparently she was quite taken with my charm and personality!! So as is customary here, the brother-in-law contacted Judith and her husband Bunny, to approach me to see if there as any interest on my part! I was a little taken aback, as arranged marriage are not exactly part of the British culture and so I asked Judith to say I was very flattered by the approach but that I wasn’t looking for a wife at the moment. It is nice to know that I can still set the ladies hearts a flutter…
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Oh Michael,it's been ages since I was able to look on here, and there you go you have me laughing again, I can just picture your face as you contemplate the lady doctor. Some day one fine lady will really grab your heart and there will be no stopping you (I can dream can't I ?)
Love you lots and miss you very much. xx
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