summary of the month - July 2007

a special month because Mom, and my nephews & niece from London were here for couple of weeks...beside computer games, they were very much into rubik's cube too - the teenage bonding tool in today's world i guess.

summary of the month - June

a rather busy month with a few visitor coming through and Le-Lah for one, all the way from SC.
she took some really nice pictures but i'll post a few she thought that were unique to this sunny island.
school reopen today and my 18 years old left home at six in the morning to report to his new posting.
we had a busy but quiet holiday.

summary of the month - Feb

a very healthy new year lunch at the Wans - make your own popiah.
i have yet to settle into a routine but certainly love the daily visit of these macaw in the morning.
finally, all the boxes are cleared - welcome to our home!

summary of the month - Jan

at long last the younger two started school after being at home for 7 months!
and yes, we moved into our new apartment, lived through all the noise, dust and mess while the construction of the kitchen and bathrooms were going on...














the highlight of the month was when the Kanekos flew in for a short visit.


















and the aparments in the neighborhood has a face lift too; these days i've been unpacking all the boxes and feel like i'm home at last!

summary of the month - Dec 06

the highlight of the month was the 5 days 4 nights Youth Camp, it was a privilege to get a glimpse into the hearts of these precious bunch.
the young people also put up a wonderful Christmas Musical on Christmas eve, retelling the birth of Christ.

we ended the year at Paterson with a feast on the eve of the new year's eve,
and we had a rather big turkey too!

summary of the month - September

we picked up a bug from our trip to Tioman, and we all have our share of sorethroat, fever and running nose for the past three weeks.

we holed up at home and watched the entire first season of Everwood and played Settlers of Catan.

another hightlight of the month was Thursday dinner with the god sisters - now young ladies in their early twenties.
the three god sisters and the three not so little boys spent a couple hours making sparkling sculptures with the sparklers in an open field.

i bet their laughter can be heard miles away!

summary of the month - August

August was a very busy month with many visitors from near and far -
Jemmi was the youngest guest and she stole our hearts from day one!
our visitors came through from the first week of August and right up to the last day of the month;
and in between we also made two trips up north to visit Mom and family.

the boys are still hanging around because we haven't settle their schooling yet,
most likely they will start school in Jan 2007 -
seems like we are having an extended summer holiday!

summary of the month - July

July was a supper long month:
the first two weeks -
the boys were at DC when someone signed the contract for our house; we loaded our eight year worth of earthly possession into a twenty foot container in two hours;
followed by countless goodbye meals, and the surprise farewell party...leaving the States for good.

the remaining two weeks -
we landed on this sunny island and were put up in an apartment that was very convenient to get food!
an old friend lend us his car for our first two weeks here of which we were very grateful.
a kind lady whom we had never met before offered us this present apartment rent free for the next six months!