Hard to write...

As we move closer to our colloquium days, it's becoming harder to write... both the paper and this blog, for me at least. Plus, it feels so strange to still be doing work when most folks have ended semester and have headed/are heading back home or for holidays! I'm looking forward to having a good Christmas. Can't remember when was the last time I spent Christmas away from Singapore, so this will be interesting.



Weather here has been quite nice- it's actually turned milder and the cool nights are welcome. Spring rains have come along, and so have the summer flies... Would you like flies with that? Er, no...



We were visited by Mich and TS from Singapore yesterday, brought them on the Brisbane river for a joy-ride on the ferry. After that, to George's seafood market for a taste of fish and chips, and then to Three Monkeys for some good coffee and cake. More on that from Joerg, who has already written his next post and is waiting for me to do mine!

At this stage we're both leading pretty mundane lives of writing, reading, thinking, cooking, FACEBOOK-ing... yes, I am proud to say I have 60 friends! It's amazing whom you can find on Facebook, and what they look like after 5 years! Well I'm just really looking forward to the Colloquium to come round and have that burden off our shoulders. But in the meantime, I need to polish up the work, and make it good- for His glory :)

Happy to say that to date, I have improved in my culinary skills. Over the past four months, I have cooked up the following:
1) corned beef and cabbage - a family recipe, reverse engineered to bring back those good ol' days;
2) spaghetti bolognaise- don't laugh... the last time I did it it had zero taste;
3) chicken piccata - a poor imitation but still edible;
4) beef stroganoff - twice!
5) some kind of curry;
5) a couple other more forgettable dishes.

Joerg, on the other hand, is now declared head chef, winning all of us hands-down. Today's Friday, and the head chef is busy preparing siew mai and hokkien mee. It's confirmed- there will be no leftovers!!

Tomorrow's a special day- Helping Hands Day aka Festival of Hope at the church we attend. From 8am to 12pm, we'll be giving out free clothing to needy folks. It'll be a good breakaway from the books, and something meaningful as well!

Wherever you're reading this from, God loves you!