The Yuletide Season...

As my church pastor once said....Christmas is a time of giving and sharing. Christmas is also a time for joy and happiness. Meeting up with family members, relatives, frens whom I've not seen for quite a while, etc. This year was no exception.......well, almost.

First the joys of the season. Two highlights. One was my annual family Christmas dinner with all my relatives. It was an evening filled with food, fun, family carolling (with me as the guitarist), and the traditional present giving. Second highlight was the nite before that. A dinner meeting wif my poly fren, whom I've not seen since after our final exams in poly; so this was our first meeting in, like, 4 years. We had dinner @ NYDC, followed by coffee @ a bistro. In between, we spent quite a while catching up with each other. Truly enjoyed ourselves dat nite.

But by the same token, this year, I also have to be realistic and understand, that not everyone is in the Christmas spirit. Some frens I know have lost loved ones. My heart, thoughts and prayers go out to them in this time of trial, that God be with them to lift their spirits up, that He may give them the strength to go thru this period of mourning.

To one and all, for all the right reasons.......Have A Truly Blessed Christmas!!!!

1st Day Back

Touched down in Singapore at 5.30 am this morning. Had a few hrs of sleep and i'm off and running.

Started at noon and lunch wif my church frens @ Holland V. Once lunch was over, i thot...SP is nearby, mite as well pop by to see my poly lecturers. Surprised they still remember me, 4 yrs after I left dat place. Good to know they all doin ok.

After further unpacking in my room, I went out again. This time to Orchard Rd.....and meeting a few frens in the process...Nelly, Christopher, Kelly and Ken, members of the NuAge Alliance. On the way back home, happened to meet my poly classmate Francis.

My 1st day back in Singapore....

Time to zzzzzzzzzzz...........

And So It Ends....

So this is it....in a few days I'm goin back home. Regardless what happens, I've secured my degree and I'm heading back to Singapore. It's been a long 2 years, but yet it seems so short.

Still, I'll always cherish the memories I've made in Australia, as well as the pple I met over the 2 yrs.

In chronological order:

2005
Wilson, Josh, Joan, Michelle, Mel, Pei Juan, Angela, Shury, Eunice, Jeremy, Lawrence, Samuel, Jayen, Taro, Phyllis, Jessica, Nicole, April, Joanna, Colin, Edwin, Daniel, Amit, Lai Lai, Wileen, Andrew, Wayne, Shawn, PJ, Aree, Jade, Risa and Pauline.

2006
Danny, Shaun, Nicholas, Charmaine, Jasmine, Debbie, Sondre, Brian, Liting, Leslie, Zailiang, Esther, SJ, Johan, Lim, Jeannette, Kailin, Kelvin, Jia Hui, Grace, Gracie, Ashley, Ben, Wei Zhen, Jaslyn, Kim Wai, Emmanuel, Quentin, Darren, Jieyi and Desiree.

My Coursemates
Jacob, Marion, Lindsay, Eliza, Sally, Chris Z, Rachel, Jess G, Jess W, Cameron, Tim S, Tim R, Ben S, Stacy, Surya, Sean, Ken and Krish.

My Lecturers
James, Marta, Karen, Peter, Owen, Paul, Chris, Daril, Dong Ming, Reza, Nick, Alanna, Marie, Dennis and Terry.

Pastor Micheal, Colleen, Mary-Anne, Bradley, Heather, Michelle, Little Ethan and everyone else at Churchill Baptist Church

Thank you all for making my stay in Australia a memorable one. I'll never forget you.