last weekend (9th Sept), 2 cars of KL people went down to singapore. it was definitely great. it took a while to get accustom to the people around me. from being the one of the seniors in adelaide, now i'm the youngest back again. and when i was catching up, i got to refresh my memory to when did they return. and it varies from 6 months to 2 years. and it seemed as though it was yesterday that i saw fannie left in mid '04.
there's so much more to learn from them and a very different view too. not that the advices that i got from my seniors in adelaide are not good. its just that the advice from the returnees in malaysia, is different because it is different in malaysia.
they shared their experiences, from their initial return to getting a regular time-plan each week. and i do start to feel the drag. man, i really respect the returness that return to malaysia or their respective countries. they deserve respect.
the way down was really an adventure. i was the only guy in this car and also the only uni adelaide on that trip. the uni SA people are really close to each other.
we left about 8-9pm and halfway down, someone had left the passport. so we didn't turn back but went to johor to look for a bus terminal. got lost looking for the bus terminal. waited a while to ensure the person's safety. really prayed for safety. the person got back to KL safely and took a bus back down to singapore.
after that, we got lost getting out of the bus terminal and trying to find our way to singapore. reaching singapore, we got lost again trying to find location A that was set as a meeting point. after lots of frustration and helplessness, we found orchard road, stopped there, and called others to pick us up there. the time we finally reached our respective homes? 3.30 a.m.
we had lunch with aunty merrilyn. and with her limited time, she wisely divided her time to spend significant time with everyone (about 12 of us). while she went for the singapore alumni meeting, we did some shopping. had dinner with aunty merrilyn and later proceded to kevin's house.
at his house, more catch-up's and aunty merrilyn had a heart for kevin's grandmother. she shared about Jesus and prayed for kevin's grandmother. we sang Christian songs with richard leading jin jia ho. haha... a jewelled moment.
it was great to be able to meet aunty merrilyn and say a proper goodbye and tell her about the wonderful'ness of God. and fannie shared how refresing it is to see aunty merrilyn again.
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