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I am back!!!!!!
Back again in good old Malaysia, with its narrow roads, polluted air, awesome food, traffic jams and (sometimes) incredibly rude people. Ahhhh, its good to be back.

I've been really productive. My mom took one look at my hair and drove my to the hairdressers. So hair, check!
Then I had my knees checked (finally) cause they've only been bothering me for about, I don't know, 7 years?? And I find out that my cartillage on my knees are thinning, from overactivity he said, overactivity!!!! So I gotta watch what I do now, no heavy strain on my knees!!!!

Well thats about as much that;s going on now, pics will be up soon cause I've been fiddling around with my dad's SLR, its so cool!!

Happy Birthday Dad!!!

Happy Birthday, Daddy!!!!!
You're now half a century!!!!!!!
Hahahahaha. I'm lucky to have you for a dad, couldn't ask for anyone better.
Have a great one this year, can't wait to get back soon.
Love you.

hugs and kisses, Ida.

FREEDOM

EXAMS ARE OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOOHOO!!!!

Assignments, check; Placement, check; Exams, check.

All done!!!

Now, all that's left is work ( blah) and doing nothing!!!!

Ahhhhh. Summer holidays bliss here I come!!!! :D

November Babies

We had a surprise birthday lunch for Hosanna's November babies a couple of days ago.
Well, it wasn't that much of a surprise for some people because they found out about it.... shows just how easy it is to keep a secret in Hosanna, but the food and company was good, so who's complaining?
And which self-respecting asian wouldn't take pictures of food??Birthday boys. Namely, Douglas, Sanjeet, and Edouard ( our new, very french resident... even his name is spelled differently! :D)
Ribs. I assume they were good cause I didn't have any.
Nachos, these were simply delicious!!!
Roast chicken. Mmmmmm. Roast chicken with onions and lime stuffed up their arses.
Douglas carving up the chicken with Edouard and me digging into my long-awaited mashed potatoes that I shamelessly requested.
Mmmmm. Mashed potatoes rock.
Pasta. Yummy yummy yummy I've got love in my tummy.
Digging in.
Took some pictures..
Birthday boys cutting the cake. (Homophobic men afraid to hold the knife together)
After all that food we had to crash on Amanda's 'bed' to rest a bit before dessert!
Cookies and creme!!!!
Group photo
Waiting for the bus that was almost an hour late at Paradise interchange before making our way home. All in all, it was an awesome lunch thanks to Lalita who did all the cooking!!! :)

Aunty Nancy

'Sadly darling, it's her'

Who would've thought these 4 simple words would bring tears to my eyes and a stop to my heart?

Aunty Nancy was always this fixture in my church. She was just always there. She taught in Sabbath School, she conducted the children's choir, she played the piano during service, all my life in church, she was there.
Every kid who grew up in church knew her, every one of them would've been taught by her, spoken to by her.
I found out on facebook from her grandaughter that she's now in a coma and will most probably be going soon within the week. Imagine my shock, imagine my sadness, imagine.
I mean, its not that I had a very close and meaningful relationship with her. I've not spoken to her in such a long time, in fact, it shames me to say I can't even remember our last encounter.
But I look back, and I realise just how much she is in all of my memories in church. Sure, she was always in the background, but she was just there.
And now, when I go back to chuch back home, she just won't be.
And life will go on, as usual, people will continue to leave.
But there will always be this void she left.
Its amazing how fast things can change, just to remind us how temporary this life is, how important every encounter in life is, how little time we really have to share our love.

Rest in peace, Aunty Nancy. You're free now.

Happy Birthday Ivan!!!

Happy Belated Birthday, Ivan!!!!
Sorry it's a little late.. I've been flat out these couple of days...
Happy 14th birthday, have a great one this year, and I hope you've grown up more when I get back!!! :)

One Step Closer

Ahh.
I am finally done with placement.
Placement and work has been hell. I'd be on placement 8 hours a day, five days a week and then have to go to work on weekends as well.
Well, today was my last day of placement. FINALLY. I can have a day off. FINALLY. After a straight run of 12 days, I can kick and back and stay home all day!!!
Well there's still an exam coming up on Wednesday, and I guess its about time I get off my lazy and tired bum and start studying. Man, I miss those days when the biggest worry was what I would do with my day.
oh well, I'll get there soon, with the end of placement, I'm one more step closer to freedom!!!
Wish me luck!! :)