2007 will be remembered for the wettest Summer I have ever had. This didn't stop us dancin' in the mud at Glastonbury nor will it stop us from bringing in the bells for New Year tonight in Glasgow's George's Square with 50,000 other Glasgwegians.Even though I live on the other side of the planet from most of my friends, Facebook has managed to connect me with long lost mates.
Today I spoke with childhood mates Gina Ascott-Evans and Fryth Bouzaid via Skype and a search on Facebook. They are both amazing mums with cute husbands! I've also found Simon Conran - a random mate that I met at 555 William St in '97 - and Brian O'Connor, a fellow Organising Works trainee. I also miraculously bumped into Siobhan Shannon, also of 555 William St fame at the airport heading to Dubai. We caught up with them in Ireland over Christmas.
So ain't social networking sites amazing! The internet has truly wonderful powers when used for good rather than evil.
I wish for 2008 to find peace in Sudan, Iraq and Afghanistan. I wish for Pakistan to have free and fair elections. I wish for world leaders to find real and lasting solutions to climate change that engage the community. I wish for my new niece or nephew to be born into a world with a positive future. So let's celebrate the leaders of tomorrow with this little montage of oor wee niece Hayley Charlotte.
Happy New Year to all - let's hope 08 is great mate!
1 comment:
Hi Ali,
I spoke with Simon yesterday. He said he'd contact you via Facebook (yes another addict) to get Siobhan's address - I forgot it already. Doh!
Happy New Year,
MM.
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