DECIDED

i'll be posted to nyc this august for 8 months, instead of the planned deploy to east timor.

CURL ME UP AND FOLD ME AWAY

hello.

i thank you for those kind sweet comforting words and i'm sorry i had to withdraw from the world for a while. the two weeks in sydney was hard for everyone. many things were in need to be done and all of us tried to comfort one another. adrian dropped everything from singapore and flew back to sydney the moment the news was broke out to him. the sorrow was almost undescribeable.

one question keeps haunting me:

why did god take him away when he was the one who brought us together in the first place?

BLISS

engaged.

it happened yesternight. :D

ALL IS WELL

i almost never update this blog when i'm deployed but i know not why i just feel like doing it today. coincidentally, he and i have some free time today so we spent the day quietly at the local hotel which was owned by a malaysian and they serve many malaysian dishes for dinner, which reminded me of mom so i utilised the business centre to skype her.
it's almost funny that how doug and i ended up here in sudan together. looking back, we've known each other since we were, what, 11? we were downright nasty at each other back then and luck had it that we were stuck in the same school and same class until year 11. even after then, when i was in tokyo, we did get casual updates about each other through mutual friends. i went for medicine so was he, but of a different kind. he was aiming for raamc. 5 years later without any contact, god made us meet again. it had to be the weirdest thing that happened in the weirdest place; afghanistan. it gave a whole level of meaning to 'love knows no boundaries' for us. also it made my first fieldwork easier because of him. fast forward, it's been a year since the fateful meeting and we are going strong. in between he's stationed home while i flew to sydney as often as i could. mysteriously, we got our deployment to sudan at almost the same time.
he had changed so much since i left for tokyo. he wasn't the boy i couldn't see eye to eye. instead he was absolutely charming and charismatic that literally swept me off feet. of course, the fact that i always get to see him in fatigues is a major plus point.
like today, he surprised me with a day trip to the hotel as his idea of pampering me. we are at the point where i know what he wants and he me. it is so comfortable to just talk to him without me hesitating over my choice of words and choice of topics. despite geographically-challenged, our life is simply blissful.

WHERE WE WILL BE AT

Khartoum, Sudan.

got this photo of khartoum from doug a couple of days ago along with some updates of the current situation over there. many asked me the same question; if i ever felt scared or worried for being posted for such high-risk area. the truth is, it doesn't. when you know the need and help is badly needed there and you know you can provide it, all the irrelevant emotions are beyond you. dugii and i feel that if it's time for us to leave this world, then it's time to go. god has plans for us. not many understand it but as long as we know what we want to do.

NYC.
truth be told, oli's been spoiling me. a lot. perhaps, too much. she kept me well-fed, well-entertained and well-indulged. now this will come as a big surprise to those who knew me since young. perhaps it's due to my experience in gaborone and kabul, everything is just too luxurious! i find it hard to accept how reckless we are with our freedom and capacity! i wish not to elaborate more for i'll get rants from you and you and you for being this way. :D

NYC IN SEPTEMBER

Hello. I'm back here again.

Where my dream started.

Where a large sum of my money will go to.


Where New Yorkers remember the heroes.

WATCH ME WORK THAT POLE

shin pulled some strings of his own and surprised us with real good treat at a shibuya club. i've been away from the clubbing scene for quite some time and club pure surprised me. heaps of expats swamped that place at the main arena. it's a massive fresh and young japanese meat market out there for fellow gaijins to enjoy. it was almost funny and i felt almost bad for both sides but it's all fun.
good times sure pass fast, don't they? sept 10th is the day i send myself all the way to nyc for a week before UN packs and sends me to sudan. at the same time, i can't wait for it. i can't wait to see doug again. men in fatigues are irresistable, aren't they? LOL
til then i'll be spending quality time with the family. it's gonna another 7-8 months before seeing them again.