Jijima

                          Jiji.

Someone to talk to, and someone to laugh with,

Someone to fill the house with.

Someone to love, and someone to fight with,

And someone to give a good night kiss.

I wrote this on a paper napkin, about a year or two ago. It, I think, sums up me and jiji quite nicely.

Well, she's in Australia now, for good. Considering that I've been staying in campus since two and half years, it really doesn't make much of a difference. And I've been occupied with something or the other since she left, but I miss her at the oddest moments.

We exchange nice, long e-mails; the chance of us ending up bickering is the least there, and, oh, she writes the loveliest letters:

Dec 21st, 2010

Hows u? Me good. It's 6:00pm already! Ll. Day one is mel is almost over and I did nothing! Lol. It's COLD. Colder than our winter. Sun sets around 8:30 though.. that is a little weird..

Didn't go out yet.. still lazing around.. I can see the tram stop from the balcony. And a graffitied wall! Lol. The house is nice. But cold.. The old one was warmer..

It's all Christmassy here! :D 

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I had a nescafe mocha [cappuccino] today. It was thicker than its Indian version. Or maybe the full cream milk made the difference. Lol. It was certainly better than the nescafe cappuccino we get in hyd. And it's not called cappuccino here.. It just says thick, creamy coffee... Hehe..

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.         Dec 22nd, 2010

Hey!

Nice to see such a long reply! :D Nice to know you all doing good. Yeah, heard about the temperature being so low.. It's pretty much the same here.. 9C/22C min/max. Thankfully, we have heaters here.

We went to the Dandenong Temple today! Will share some pics of the peacocks there, later.. 8:30 pm sunset is really weird.. Will take some getting used to. We were out there till around 7:30-8:00 and it felt like 5:00.. And suddenly, you are talking dinner and it's not even dark yet! Dinner is like at least couple hours after sunset, not with the sunset. lol.

The tram tracks are right behind our home and we can hear trams passing by...

There's a street nearby called Rafa Court! [Random tid-bit I thought you might find interesting..]

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 I'll end this with a Happy New Year to everyone who's reading.