- Newsweek Feature Still none the wiser, though I have it on the highest authority (perhaps the King's Lead Hat itself) that it will come, it will come, it will surely come.
- The Japanese Tradition Satomi actually blogged about this earlier in the month, so here's a link to hers. Needless to say the name dropping this allows me raises my coolness profile by a whole 5 shirts. Just 200 shirts shy of making the Amazon much wider.
- Buying a House Bought. Grabbed the key this morning, but had to hand one to the refurbishers so they can get an early start to finish by Obon. Went to the house literally as soon as I was done at the bank and the guy was already inside gleefully ripping out the floorboards with a crowbar. As long as no bananas are drawn on the bathroom wall I shall be happy.
- The Other Thing No longer much of a secret really. Since 7th July, I am officially Mr and Mrs Coal. As it turns out, 7th July is Tanabata (Google it) and about the most popular day of the year to get married on, so we (she) was stuck at the city hall for hours trying to get it registered. Luckily as we're both citizens of the same country, this was much easier than it potentially could have been. Actual wedding ceremony isn't until 23rd September - we're going for Shinzenshiki (a Shinto shrine based wedding) cos that one has free booze that you have to offer to the deity (though neither in Hong Kong nor New Delhi).
And now back to work.
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