Till you have to renew it, I never realised how much hastle and expensive renewing your passport can be! I mean…. I already have a passport, but its coming up to expire and I wanted to get it sorted now as many countries won’t let you enter if you have less than six months left on your passport. So I got all the documents, filled it out, had my photo’s done at a photo machine inside an airport and took it all to the post office. It turns out the photos I had done are NOT passport standard! I tried to have another done in the automated machine insdie the post office and they came out bum too! In the end I went down to the Chemist where it is done by a human and they came out fine. It really makes me think, a machine still can’t do things as well as a human perhaps. Also the passport office are really strict! If you are having a passport from scratch as of April 2007 it can take up to 6 weeks and you can be called in for an interview before they issue you with one. Serious. So if you are going on holiday, make sure you get your passport done in plenty of time, otherwise it may end up costing a lot of money and possibly your holiday. As it is it costs £66. Happy holidays!

I think one of the things about going traveling to exotic places is companionship. Imagine making it to a deserted island, with white sand and palm trees - beautiful. Now imagine having no one to share it with. Those places in the sun that are advertised on the TV are always advertised with couples, never with singles. Why? Because for humans it is so important to have someone by your side to validate our lives, someone to bear witness and make that which is possibly only in our field of experience real by having someone to share it with.

I think this probably all a little too much for a post that started out as me thinking about going on holiday, but I think it's true. I think it is why we seek long term companionship, for that person who was there 10/20/50years ago can remember our memories with us.

Wendy is going to drive me crazy one day, keeps asking if we can do anything extra with the acne treatment page.
ARGH!!! One of these days I'm going to… Hai Ram! I think what I need to do, is win the lottery next week, aye!?