One month and 2 days since...

PROJECT COMPLETED. ON TIME and UNDER BUDGET ALLOCATION. Yay!

BENEFITS: New friend (the builder guy) and was nice to the custodian staff in school who built the concrete base.

Pictures to follow.

DOWNSIDE: Boss liked the damned thing and gave me 3 more projects.... why?... why?... That's the problem with being a closet Kiasu. You tell yourself and others that you're not but deep, down, inside the deepest crevasses of your heart - you are.

Ouch.

A big 'HI' to Rachael in Melbs. How's ya?

THE FAMILY:
We've just hosted the Covenant Players' SEAPac Team for 3 weeks. They arrived very sick and worn out. Took them to our family doc- Dr. Willie Lau- and he gave them the whole sha-bang about taking care of themselves while travelling or risk catching something nastier than bronchitis (i.e. bird flu, penumonia, etc.). they promised to be more careful and he let them off with some meds and orders to sleep for a week. thank God he didn't prescribe them his 2 pints of Guiness treatment for colds! They're like family and have been with us before. Carli Hall (Aus), Ruth Vance (Aus) and Howard Rogers(NZ). Aside from their performances and training engagements, they've been trying to teach David Aussie-speak and succesfully got him to say "G'day, mate" and "Good on ya!". Carli got the tyke to do "Noooo" Aussie style too. Big 'ouch' for Mamma who's trying to get him to speak properly.

We had fun and were terribly blessed. I think they were too. Loads of food and laughter flying around those 3 weeks.

DAVID - we're counting down to his 2nd birthday and he's learnt the art of blowing out candles (minus the saliva shower). He now RUNS everywhere and that boy can run fast. We take him walking (running) every evening. He'll do approximately 2 rounds of a running track - with numerous stops, of course. Lots of 'Wow' time for the little fella.

ORLNDA- she's busy with her big drama production for St. Thomas School. It's called 'Death of a Longhouse" by Patrick Yeoh. It's a story centred around an Iban community dealing with urban migration and a romantic sub-plot. Performances scheduled in June. She's getting quite nervous about the whole thing but is still steadfastly optimistic. I love her...!

That's the family at a glance, folks! See ya'z next post. Gd Blz.