Back in Oz.....

Well I am back in Oz...Ups and downs and law degrees meant there was abit of to-ing and fro-ing... but I am here safe and sound.

My flight home was not as eventful as Cairo, but was 34 hours long, with lengthy delays at every sector as well as in the air. I am now in Canberra finishing the never-ending-law-degree. I am living with thewife of a UN acquaintance and their 20 year old daughter who is full ofvim, vigour and "I can change the world enthusiams" - really it rather makes me feel like taking a bex and lying down....

I am not sure when I will be back in Melb, I half thought to come back for the Easter break, but 4 essays and a tute paper pretty much precluded that... For those of you wondering, Ahmed is fine. He got apuppy - Bassant (meaning desert rose in arabic) - to keep him company while I am away. He has come full circle on dogs, that's for sure - for those of you who don't know, generally Muslims aren't very fond of dogs. Anyway, she is very naughty, very bossy and will keep him well and truly in line :) - a bit like his "terrible western wife".

Not sure of my movements after the degree. Sudan will be back to its 50 plus degree best, so that is not very enticing. I may go to London and work for a while, at least until the heat breaks. Ahmed will probably come out here for a while and/or join me there. A friend in Sudan is English and she has a flat there.But anyway, I need to worry about Equity and Corps and the delightfully exciting civil procedure first.. So I suppose my year of living dangerously continues.. Canberra has its own special dangers, of thatyou can be sure..

For those of you who wrote to me while I was away, thanks, I loved getting your emails. For those of you who didn't, there is a special place in hell waiting for you!!

Speaking of hell, I have a joke:

The Queen, George Bush and Al Bashir (Sudanese president) were all inHell. The Queen said to the Devil, "really I must call England - I amvery worried about how Charles is doing running the show". The Devilsaid, "no worries. It is 1,000 USD per minute". She replied, "that isfine, I am the Queen of England". After 30 minutes, she hung up and theDevil said that will be "30,000 USD". She handed over the money.

George Bush said, "I must call the US. I am not sure what is happeningwith Iraq, I am so worried and I have to call". Again the devil said,no problems, 1000 USD per minute". After 1 hour the devil asked Bushfor 60,000 USD, and Bush handed it over.

Al Bashir no wanting to miss out demanded to call Sudan. The Devil said- "go ahead". After 3 hours of talking Al Bashir hung up and turned t othe devil. The Devil said, "that will b 1 USD please". Indignant, he demanded "WHY"!??I have talked for over 3 hours! Why is mine so little!". The Devil nodded smiling "mmm, It's OK - Hell to Sudan - mmm - that's a local call"!