Rather than two words that just happen to rhyme, 'sorrow' and 'morrow' refer to the lines: "Parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say goodnight till it be morrow" from the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet (bit o' trivia: me Mom played Juliet in her school play when she was about 15 or 16 years old).
Okay, why the Shakespeare reference? I was talking to Jo today and I mentioned I'd be back in Dubai only by the 3rd week of December 2009 after leaving in September 2009. She wailed and said, "ONE MONTH AFTER NEW MOON RELEASES?!?!?!" Erm ... well ... yes! Anyway, New Moon (Twilight sequel to the uninitiated) chatter aside, it really did hit me.
I'm going in September.
SHIT.
Okay, don't get me wrong. I want to go. I do. From what I've seen till now, the university looks great, the town is great, I get to do my Masters, I get my one year of independence and fending for myself, I get a shot at getting a good job for myself (wherever it may be, I do believe my Masters will help me get it)...
I just hate parting with people, however short the time may be. I'm so not worried about whether being apart (distance-wise) from the people I love will affect the relationship in a detrimental way. Case in point, when Jo went to India after 10th grade...well she stayed there for 5 years before coming back to Dubai in 2007. Sometimes I wouldn't hear from her in months. Hasn't mattered one bit. (Of course, I can give you tales in which people DID move away and communication became kaput and meeting each other after months of silence was awkward really) Apart from her, there are one or two more friends in Dubai (and two is stretching it :P) whom I'm not worried about i.e. to say, I feel certain that the distance apart won't hurt our friendship.
But saying bye to so many things ... it's hard to think about sometimes. Materialistically speaking, my room with it's 40-odd photo frames all over, my car (btw a 2006 Hyundai Getz up for sale in September; any takers?)... among other things. Non-materialistically speaking, I lose the privilege of my mom and bro, my fistful of friends (my way of saying my friends can be counted on one hand's fingers; the rest are just acquaintances dearie...)...in general, my life in Dubai ...
But like I told Jo, I won't miss Dubai per se (okay, except for the toilets...I LOVE THE TOILETS IN DUBAI!!! WATER SPRAY! Nuff said!), but the people who remain there.
You know who y'all are...I will always love y'all and will miss y'all soooo much!!!
Okay, why the Shakespeare reference? I was talking to Jo today and I mentioned I'd be back in Dubai only by the 3rd week of December 2009 after leaving in September 2009. She wailed and said, "ONE MONTH AFTER NEW MOON RELEASES?!?!?!" Erm ... well ... yes! Anyway, New Moon (Twilight sequel to the uninitiated) chatter aside, it really did hit me.
I'm going in September.
SHIT.
Okay, don't get me wrong. I want to go. I do. From what I've seen till now, the university looks great, the town is great, I get to do my Masters, I get my one year of independence and fending for myself, I get a shot at getting a good job for myself (wherever it may be, I do believe my Masters will help me get it)...
I just hate parting with people, however short the time may be. I'm so not worried about whether being apart (distance-wise) from the people I love will affect the relationship in a detrimental way. Case in point, when Jo went to India after 10th grade...well she stayed there for 5 years before coming back to Dubai in 2007. Sometimes I wouldn't hear from her in months. Hasn't mattered one bit. (Of course, I can give you tales in which people DID move away and communication became kaput and meeting each other after months of silence was awkward really) Apart from her, there are one or two more friends in Dubai (and two is stretching it :P) whom I'm not worried about i.e. to say, I feel certain that the distance apart won't hurt our friendship.
But saying bye to so many things ... it's hard to think about sometimes. Materialistically speaking, my room with it's 40-odd photo frames all over, my car (btw a 2006 Hyundai Getz up for sale in September; any takers?)... among other things. Non-materialistically speaking, I lose the privilege of my mom and bro, my fistful of friends (my way of saying my friends can be counted on one hand's fingers; the rest are just acquaintances dearie...)...in general, my life in Dubai ...
But like I told Jo, I won't miss Dubai per se (okay, except for the toilets...I LOVE THE TOILETS IN DUBAI!!! WATER SPRAY! Nuff said!), but the people who remain there.
You know who y'all are...I will always love y'all and will miss y'all soooo much!!!
Only one year...dammit!!! :P
I know how you feel. But I'm sure you'll deal with the parting much much better than me.
stained.. I'm gonna be talking to you in september
Hi,Dee-heyyy,good luck..I'm sure you'll succeed at the new univ,the new studies...:)and,return to Dxb all refreshed.
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A big LOL at the toilets thingy...that's the first time I heard someone say that that's what they'd miss about Dxb...I think I'll miss the fresh air, vis-a-vis,of course,the air in Baroda.
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And,hey,how about a Dubai bloggers meet before u go?Let's see..