Tuesday 4 August 2009

Was it all a dream??

I have now been back in the UK for over a month and it is rather disturbing that the past 2 years in the UAE seem to have left no trace whatsoever. I have only thought about it twice - once when a plane flew low enough over my garden to read 'Emirates' on its undercarriage and once when I saw the UAE listed in a money transfer office full of Pakistanis in my local high street. If it wasn't for the evidence of this blog I would find it hard to believe that the last two years had actually happened!

Catching up with friends who have had major changes in their lives is a stark reminder that I have been elsewhere. Similarly the fact that we are loving the rain (a pleasure we can't share with anyone else in this country) also points to a semi-detached status. However, any sense of where we have been for all that time is almost completely absent. It's like having a mild form of amnesia.

Perhaps when I start working properly again and especially if I start reviewing some arty stuff that has a UAE connection, my memory may return..... or maybe I just need to find a taxi ....

4 comments:

  1. me thinks it's because you havent been back in the UK long enough...
    let the dust settle, then the memories will surface. (i'm hoping...)

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  2. Thanks Hemlock. Will keep you posted!

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  3. May be you should save the link to my blog in your favourites?

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