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Is it crazy and hypocritical to be throwing ourselves headlong into the Corporate dance-a-thon in another country, in our progression towards global do-goodery? Or crazy like a fox hitching a ride on the chicken truck? Do we have the pluck to finally chart our own destiny?

Sound whiney? Until we get what we want, yes.

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Pimps and cure-alls Saturday, November 04, 2006 |

Nazma had her first interview with an overseas firm the other day: a smallish concern from London. So while they seemed a bit reserved at first, the initial reports from the recruiter in the week since has been pretty favourable. He even suspects a forthcoming offer, but my experience with recruiters, corporate pimps and the like, demands a curb in enthusiasm. I've seen that carrot-on-a-stick before; until money's on the table, doesn't matter what they say. Anyhow, two more interviews in the coming weeks: things seem to be lining themselves up with little effort on our part and we're (generally) happy about that. Now there's just the part about making up our minds whether we even want to go or not...

Is London the panacean Land of Opportunity we're feebly hoping for, or does it just spell long walks home under dreary skies after frantic all-nighters in the City? Probably something in between and far more subtle, that I'm having trouble seeing from this distance: a steady diet of movies full of elevated characters in extraordinary circumstances breeds a mind that can only envision extreme situations.