Keeping in touch...

Hi folks...

I'm sorry I was out-of touch for awhile - I missed the writing, too :) Yes, we're in the very last legs of our transition - just waiting for funding, purchasing of airline tickets and we are out of here!

In the meantime, I got Tania, my accommodating and versatile sister, to spruce up my blog look a bit. She came up with this rainy jungle look - hope you all like it :)

Speaking of keeping in touch, I have been catching up quite a bit over Facebook with old friends from working days and schooling days. A schoolmate, who is now in the U.S.A., has been in touch and we've not connected with each other for a good 25 years! Another schoolmate; about 12 years. A supervisor; about 5 years or so. A college-mate; about 5 years.

Then, I got in touch with Catherine, a college-mate turn work-mate from over 10 years ago. Or rather she Fb-ed me and added me. She was new on Fb and pretty soon, we got into our little cohort and began reminiscing about the good old days. Before we could plan a little get-together, Catherine passed on. What a shock :( We were speechless with a load of sorrow. How I wish I could have seen her for the final time... but the moments that we did spare for each other were beautiful ones... and for that I find comfort.

Again, I am reminded, even as I go about my life's journey, in every sense, that life is not all that long-drawn. Our plans however grand or insignificant, make up the facets of our life, and as we approach each step or stage in life, it is all too soon over and becomes immortalize in our memory recesses... In other words, life has an expiry date on it - may the good moments sustain us before we go to seed!

*In memory of loving friend Catherine Yong...