Back AGAIN!

And here I am! When I looked at the last post I made, I gasped! Was it already that long I've not pen my thoughts?! Some apologies are due; maybe not many read my blog, but I regret it very much that I don't write as much as I aimed I should. No excuse.

Spring Velvet Rose, Wellington Botanical Garden

So, what's been happening in that...wait for it... a year?!

Lets update you with the things that are still me: a poor student, unmarried (at this age, I guess it's normal for people outside the perimeter of KP), a lovely girl! With the emphasize on the last one.. Yup, I've got about 8 months to go to finish my degree; and fingers crossed make myself employable to save up some money to get hitched and go for vacation a lot. At the moment, things are tough. The thesis writing part I mean. I started about 4 months ago, and I'm less than 40% of readying my first draft! And it's not procrastination-I can assure you-it's more like I'm at the end of my wits of how to translate things I've learnt and discovered so far in research into words that are not mumbo-jumbo, present ideas in a flow that is easily accessible to me long in the future. Who knows I might not be in this business anymore once I'm capped?

On the other side of the coin, a lot has changed. The last time I went back home, about a year ago, my brother in-law passed away because of a suspected heart attack. He was a very heavy smoker. I missed the funeral and only managed to get there the day after the burial. It's a fateful reunion for the family I'd like to think. Months prior to the passing, I've been tinkering with my flight tickets to a conference in Beijing to make a stop over in Singapore so that I can make it our thanksgiving day. My brother booked a ticket home from Johor for that purpose too. So are my other nearby siblings. It was when they've reached home-that late evening-my brother in-law fainted and passed away on the way to the hospital. He was buried the day we've marked for thanksgiving reunion. To another not-so morose incidents, most of my best girlfriends from SMSL have gotten married. And trying hard to be pregnant. Some got lucky, some are still praying for the miracles. I'm glad for them, to be adventurous on having a family of three. I cannot imagine the antics the baby made at nights, but they seemed happy with those.

Comments: In that ONE YEAR, I've done several hikes and sightseeing as well. I should be able to weave some stories of my journeys soon when I am able to share the pictures. Don't give up on me!