Brussels sprouts are awesome.
Went to see my SO over the weekend - made Asian style friend fish for him, people thought it was him providing the recipe because he's Asian. Hah. He's actually taken the recipe and made it again; it's the best because I got it from Bangladeshis and their national dish is fish curry!
Sometimes it seems like my mum is accepting that I'm moving to Karachi - I explained to her that I need to apply for my visa before I can even start applying for other international placements, and she seems to understand that it's better for me to go there than to not get a placement at all. Plus I think I really convinced her that having worked in Pakistan is going to work in my favour once I'm looking for a real job because it shows flexibility and willingness to deal with the sorts of problems you get in poorer countries. I've told her this before, but she seems to be catching onto how I meant it just now. Which is good.
I also told her that I've got friends who are going to be there for the same time period and have offered to help me out. It's all starting to get better.
I'm still not sure if I should take her to the Islamic shop with me, there could be so many complications, but she really wants to come...