the end of poverty due to my stay in hospital, and buying new lenses recently, I ran out of money. Fine, there is always my glorious Citibank account, still containing a good portion of my savings from Switzerland - I never take money out of it. So last night on my way home, I walked into Citibank, greeted the guard chilling in a corner, pushed the card in and out of the slot (in Colombia cash machines do not keep the cards during the transactions) and then stared at the screen...
what in the world was that pin again???
Ummm, I tried twice and then left Citibank again. Thinking about how I will survive on 20.000 pesos for a while. "At least I bought lots of cereal this week, and there are plenty of lentils and carrots" - things like that calmed me down.
Searching for a solution: did I ever write that pin down in a random place... Yes! wait! I wrote it into a book I was reading at the beginning of term. But which? I go through quite a few of them every month... and what is worse is that my books always travel on, find new friends, and change countries.
Finally I knew it. The pin must be somewhere in Sach's "The End of Poverty".
How apt.
A few phone calls, and I located the book in a bag in Alberto's new flat in London.
And the pin arrived in a text message disguised as a number of kisses sent by him...  ¶ 11:30 PM