Sure does take a long time for the sky to go completely dark in London. I noticed this on the way back home from Richmond, which is WAAAAY down south from where I live. It’s truely a crazy thing looking out the window on a train at 10:30 in the freezing cold, strange how the temperature decided to drop like 10 degrees, but there I could see the sky clearly and the clouds, it was strange, and what makes things even stranger is the fact that I know that it will be bright at 4:30, that’s like 5 hours away. Strange thing the summer, very strange indeed.

I’ve finally gotten into reading books again. It’s been a while, but currently I’m polishing off The Alcemist, and I must say I understand where all the self help issues it’s branded across come from, although to be honest, it really is a well written book. It’s got a clear message but at the same time it’s educational, even though it’s a fable. I’m not talking about the pure sense like most people interpret the book, but more in the vien that it’s actually teaching me about things I’ve heard a number of times, and yet knew nothing of. Also being an arab, this really does hit a few issues home in a wonderful way.

Just have to wonder how or if Paulo Coehlo actually spent any time in the Arabian Penninsula because he has captured a great many great mannerisms of the Arab people.