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the surprised-looking fluffy kiwi is from new zealand and the red origami affair in the background from hong kong, both visited on my mega australasia trip in 2004. it seems a lifetime ago, four whole years ago i was two weeks back and just getting used to being in the uk again (anyone who has hostel'd/backpacked will grin when i say i couldn't sleep when i got back as it was too quiet and comfy!).

i can turn on the nostalgia at the drop of a hat, but i've done some great things and i like to remember them, it's just that i have a melancholy streak a mile wide, and mourn that they're over at the same time. it was a trip i could never have done that way if i hadn't been single, but it would be so great to have had someone to share the experiences with and be nostalgic with now. better to do it alone than not at all - it's just starting to be a bit hollow now; single for almost exactly nine years kinda does that to a girl!