We all have our personal lists - of the zaniest/quirkiest/
funniest/craziest/smartest... We devote this page to them. This week, Leena Tickley lists...
Electronic limbo You are chatting with your boss and he suddenly turns to his computer and starts checking his
e-mail. Well, you know it's time to head for the door.
Doing homework It's been a relaxing weekend so far and you want to check with a friend if she wants to go for a movie. You dial 9 before dialling her number ...
Face to no Face In the world of internet and Facebook, you end up making so many friends that when you want to go to the beach you realise none of these friends are here for you and the ones here have been neglected for so long...
Fast-track friendship Three days ago you were strangers. Now after dinner, dessert and tea and talk of work, family and the weather, there suddenly looms
a grand canyon of no conversation.
Get the drift?
Relocation blues It's the middle of the night. It's been three months after you have moved to a new city and you feel like crying except nothing is wrong. Well, it's time!
Where's the music? It's the weekend and you are at your best friend's pre-wedding party. You are burning the floor so hard you wonder why the music stopped. Something wrong with the wiring? And why is everybody sitting and staring at you bleary-eyed? It's 3am, that's why.
When you must say "I have a meeting coming up' There you are with a mountain of work and your colleague is going on and on about something. You barely nod but he does not get the message. It's meeting time (except you go
and have a coffee at the round-the-corner cafe).
Photo finish Do you keep your family's photo on your desk because you feel guilty for not spending enough time with them? Does your desk resemble a family art gallery?
You need to get a life.
Dine and whine You are having the most delicious meal at the most beautiful restaurant with the most beautiful friend... and then you realise your voice is the only voice to be heard and the tables are being turned. Ask for the cheque, please.
Leftover lifestyle You are young, successful, living in a lavish apartment which has all the rooms facing the sea. Great interiors, lovely art on the walls and and everywhere you see cartons of half eaten pizzas and styrofoam boxes of takeaways and home delivery food dating from last fortnight. It's great to have a demanding job but ...
– As told to Hina Navin, a Dubai-based freelancer
