Ideas

Dear 2011,

You are only 9 days old, and yet during your short life you have already taught me so much. Thanks for bringing me precious teachings every day:

1) If you're going to come to stay with me London but won't tell me the dates, you're probably not a great idea

2) If you're about to move to a different continent, you're probably not a great idea

3) If you already live in a different continent, you're probably not a good idea

4) If I work for/with you (even extremely indirectly), you're probably a bad idea

5) If you have a non-girlfriend you're reluctant to mention and you spent Christmas with, you're definitely a bad idea

6) If I've hooked up with your friend, you're probably a pretty bad idea

7) If we're in the same car/flat as your above mentioned friend, you're probably a really bad idea

8) If you are going to have an arranged marriage in a few years, you're definitely a really bad idea

9) If I've been ignoring you for the past 8 months, going to your leaving party is probably not a good idea (but curiosity is the engine behind everything, isn't it?)

I can hardly express my gratitude for all these teachings. But, if it's not too much trouble, dearest 2011, would you mind dropping some hints on what a good idea would look like?

Many thanks and kind regards,
Nuru (the African light that blinded me)

PS. They say Africa is the story of how we begin to remember