It was a busy September

In the sadness of losing a good friend, I didn't say anything about what else happened in Sept, particularly the last week.

Another good friend of ours marked the half-century of her life on 26th Sept. We were supposed to drive to KL for her birthday celebration on the 23rd, but Husbands work pressures dictated otherwise. Jackie, I hope that the next half-century will be even more exciting, rewarding and full of love than the first half-century has been. All the best to you, Steve, and Liam!

Well, we did eventually manage to drive to KL on 24th Sept... keeping it very secret from my Dad :-) as it was his birthday on 29th Sept, and he was feeling down that only my mum, my sister and her kids would be around to celebrate with him, so we figured we would surprise him. Called him as usual on the morning of his birthday, pretending to still be in SG.... then Husband and I were at the Ms Read's restaurant at 1-Utama for his lunch treat, and, would you believe, he walked right up to the table before he noticed us sitting there!! Couldn't believe his eyes. Wanted to know why we didn't tell anyone - and, of course, we told him everyone knew except him :-D

It was a good meal - the food at Ms Read's is always good, and the service at the 1-Utama branch is always way better than the one at Bangsar!

In between, on the Wed/Thu, I was sick - didn't dare move from home for those two days. Then, of course, the sad news about Mohan, followed by the funeral on the Saturday. We returned to SG after the funeral, and it was an exhausting journey due to the particularly bad stretch at the Seremban exit, and other stretches, not AS bad, with roadworks happening. It took us almost one hour just to get past the Seremban stretch - so instead of the normal 3 hours and 45 minutes drive, it took close to 5 hours ... and of course, there were loads of crazy drivers on the road, driving at ridiculous speeds, tail-gating like crazy, and generally being dangerous.

You know, one thing about losing Mohan - it has brought home to me that I need to treasure my family and friends, and I need to make the effort to see them more often - well, I do see my family as often as I can, but I sometimes feel that our friends are the ones who get short shrift - we never seem to get the time to meet. So, I want to make the effort, and I hope and pray that my friends can make the effort. We never know when it will be our last get together. With Mohan and Liz, we were lucky that they had the chance to come to SG and stay with us a few days, just a couple of months ago - in late July. If it hadn't been for that we would not have met at all! So, everyone.... treasure your family and friends. Take enjoyment in their company, and treat them with love and respect... for you never know when it could be the last time you see them.

May God bless and keep us all, and especially at this time, keep His arms close around Liz and her family.