EsthertanC

It’s Been A While… September 17, 2009

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September 17^th, 2009

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[notice: this is a long post]

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I know, I know.  Timid people have been politely silent, while their more assertive friends have ventured to hint at it. The much bolder ones have come right up and said it directly in my face (some of whom had been ALee and KGT): I have NOT been Updating My Blog!  And it is about Time I Did!

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In my defense, I had been swept away by the intense business of work, study as well as pleasure (yes, I include pleasure as well because yes, I had had many good times in the last few extremely exhausting months. God is good).

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And to my credit, even though I did not find the time to blog, I did, however, record the major happenings in my life in the last months with the good old camera.

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So I would stop talking here for a bit, and allow the pics to tell the story…Enjoy.

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APRIL 4^th: Park time after Missionettes:

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April 30^th: STM Romans class presentation

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April 30^th: STM CRW classmates

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MAY 1^st: MRYC + YCYC combined at IRC

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May 3^rd: After being in the midst of so many cam-whoring youths on Friday, I decided to try doing it myself….hmmm…not bad…lol

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May 9^th: It was En’s FIRST TIME ever up on that Hill we all love so much – K. Hill. She did very well, I must say… In the event that she turns out to be one of those world-famous mountain climbers one fine day, I guess this picture will go down in history as her first taste of the heights…

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We went for brunch with dad later. It was his birthday the day before. As usual, the dim sum was good, the company great.

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May 10^th: It was Mother’s Day. I got a perfectly beautiful rose from En. She scoured the whole of Jusco to find me this…ain’t that just too sweet?

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May 28^th: My first attempt ever at making Dumpling….I made a mess and was asked to eat it up!!! But it was fun. I think I’ll do better – all I need is practice…lol

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JUNE started off by being extremely Kidz Safari busy[June 6^th]….

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…and went on being BCM class busy…

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June 9^th: …family outing busy…

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June 20-23^rd: …vacation busy…

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June 30^th: …and finally, party busy…

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…Not bad, considering all of the busyness had much to do with pleasure. Lol

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JULY came, and with it, the start of the Kidz Cell in AGA…

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There are 3 cells altogether and the kids are having fun, definitely.. J

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July 2^nd: Om was back from Pennsylvania for summer hols…

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And then there was the day I had my impacted and half-rotted wisdom tooth finally extracted. After seven jabs of LA, my gum (and half my tongue) were sufficiently numb to endure the excruciating moments that were to come…

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I know, it isn’t exactly a pleasant sight – but I promise you, I had it cleaned up over and over again before I took a picture of it. Anyway, if it wasn’t so rotten, I would never have been desperate enough to make the appointment with Dr Louis. As it is, I bore the pain and sensitivity heroically for two long months before finally succumbing to the need for relief.

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July 12^th: The Yeoh clan dinners are legendary. This one was no different, save for the fact that it caused me to have a 4-day long stomach upset from the deliberate intake of butter (on my part) on the toasted French loaf. What can I say – the taste of it was worth the pain it caused. Lol

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Other random pics include more cam-whoring and hiao-ing…

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AUGUST came…It was Uncle Phan’s 80^th b-day [Aug 1^st], but looking at the pics, it is hard to tell – all the pics took were only on ourselves!!

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Aug 12^th: Anne had her b-day this month and was totally taken aback by the huge bouquet of real flowers she received – she did mention that she had never received flowers for her b-day for the last 8 years. Well, this one came All The Way from HongKong, so be wow’d, People!

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Aug 16^th: H1N1 struck hard in August, En had the fever and had to be masked for fear of actually contracting the virus…she religiously wore the mask for a Week – even to sleep… 

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Aug 22^nd: This one is a happy occasion – I was to meet up with YKL and JLim, friends I have not seen for at least 23 years…discount the date on the pic, folks, it was actually on Aug 22^nd…typo…hehe

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Aug 30^th: Esther and Allan came back from Oz and we had a great-but-not-enough-time dinnering at mom’s…

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Oh yeah, did I mention that church camp happened in this month as well? Well, it did. It was totally exhilarating, but utterly exhausting as well. I didn’t get to take a lot of pictures, though, so you won’t see any here. Apologies!

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August was also a study/assignment-heavy month for me – I had to hand in assignments for two courses – 7 papers in total. If you’ve seen my previous pics on assignments, well, just multiply the mess by about 7 times and you may just get a slight picture of what my office desk and my whole house looked like. The assignments pretty much squeezed every single thought, creativity, energy and bounce I had for the month, so I guess that would be my excuse for not having pics taken of the mess they made of my house and office desk. I was thoroughly bushed by end-August. I really, really thought I would not be able to make it in time to hand in the assignments. But God is faithful. He brought helpers and prayer-mates into my life at just the right the times I needed them. Thankfully, though, the SCG lessons were planned for June and July, and not August, or I would not have been able to cope with my assignments.

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It’s now SEPTEMBER. The month began pretty numbly for me (it was right after submitting all my papers, remember?), and I took about a week to recuperate from the assignment marathon,and another week to laze around. But it is well into mid-Sep now. I wonder what the next two weeks will bring…oh well, I guess we would probably see it in the next posting.

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There, that’s my life for the last few months, folks. It has been a whirlwind, and boy am I glad it’s over. Looking forward to quieter months ahead…or not!

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