Goosebump Post

How blessed it is to receive a dozen kisses on my face, cheeks, forehead & arm from my soul mate before he leaves for work Mon-Fri; while I was still lazily sleeping in bed and to get another kiss on the forehead after he returns from work. How could a man keep this up for several years (one peck each morning I could understand but one dozen?) ... it must take a lot of LOVE to do that especially to a grumpy, groggy non-morning person like me. Thank you Kiwi G and I appreciate it a lot *muakz*. I must have done something right over the years.

Moved

We've been living in our own home since March 9. Much to do. Boxes unopened.

Little bubba is doing fine, it's one tough little bubba alright, hang in there bub, 2 ½ more months to go till we get to tickle you.

Finally made contact with an old friend I knew and went to school with since age 15. I'd been ingnoring her emails and letter for more than 6 months. Reason? Because she never bothered to keep in touch after all those years despite my efforts. The only times she'd contact me was when she needed help on something. This time I was curious and because she was persistent in emailing me for the past 6 months, I decided to ask why the sudden interest in contacting me. Well looks like she has migrated to Sydney since January this year and just wanted to touch base with me. She apologized profusely (which is nice) for the lack of contact over the years and cited "busy" as the reason. I don't like it when people tell me they'd been too busy to keep in touch even at least once a year by any mode, be it greeting cards, emails, phone, IM, etc. Do they think that people's lives revolve around them? C'mon, you're busy, I'm busy too. Everyone's got a life to live. Contacting me only when they needed some favours kinda puts me off.

Just two nights ago, another friend whom I have never heard from for more than 2 years suddenly asked for my home address. The motive? Hope to stay at our place when she stops by Sydney in a few month's ime.

Hmmm ....

Big hearted people

Many times we tend to forget how fortunate we all are .. well at least for me, I tend to whine about this and that. I was clearing my Inbox this afternoon and was touched by this particular email. I have replaced the real name of the person with only initials to protect her ID and some words with "@_@" that would give away what I do, hehe:

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"I was so excited to find your @_@. My husband and I have adopted two children from China, and it has been very difficult to find Asian children @_@ to use in making their lifebooks. Both of the children have special challenges. Joshua, age 8,(from Hefei, Anhui Province) was burned very badly when he was 5 months old, and he has a prosthetic leg and is missing his hand on the left side. Our Marinna, age 10,(from Shanghai) was born without her left hand. I loved your special needs kids @_@. Thank you so much for sharing your God given gift and talent.

Best wishes,
B. E.
Denton, Texas"
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I am touched by how much love this person has to adopt special needs children as their own. It takes tremendous amount of Love, Courage and Strength to do what she did. She and her hubby must be such lovely people. Yet she chose to drop me a nice note to thank me for something very insignificant compared to hers. May God bless them and their newly adopted children tremendously.

We're getting there

Very busy still. Kiwi G has gone for his weekly cricket comp so I took the opportunity to go shopping. Bought some baby clothes :)

Recap for the week:

Heatlights for the bathroom and ensuite. It's amazing how much heat the lights emit.
It'll be so good during winter, no more shivering the moment you step out of the shower!

Have booked a removalist for 9 March. Over here, removalists charge by the hour (rates range from AU$95 to AU$110 per hour); not by lorry load like in Msia. Here, they usually supply two men and a big truck, not lorry.

Met another neighbour across the road, nice people. Got invited for a tour of their gigantic double storey Bellvale home.