Thus begin the ONLY crazy weekend in Kuching; The RWMF at Santubong (Rainforest World Music Festival). ALL hotels are fully booked. Yup, even the seedy 2 star ones have one or two rooms left. It's a crime that the hotel previously known as Holiday Inn Damai Lagoon Resort could not be completed in time, hence, causing the loss of 200+ rooms and cancelled bookings by those last minute type folks (read, Malaysians).

The latest buzz around is that they've relaxed the security at the festival by allowing more people in. Going by the murmurings of veteran RWMFers, last year's fest was as interesting as a deflated rubber balloon.

My cousin Darren is finally attending the fest, so three cheers for the festival virgin!

We are soooo off going to the RWMF. After David arrived, it just wasnt / isn't / not going to be possible. I'm glad we went together previously. The atmosphere was electrifying. The sound -albeit wonky, at times -was loud enough to blow yer socks off. The very fact that one was at the foot of Mount Santubong - a place laced with enough legends, spooky happenings 'dan lain-lain' to make Bram Stoker want to migrate - was fantastic --- and so was the amount of canned booze we brought to *ahem* share with the visitors around us.

That was then...

We are so married. Just the other day we realised how much we were into the whole young parents thing. It was David this, David that and "have you packed his..., what about his blanket...."!!! Is is worth it? Without a doubt, i would say yes. He is worth every moment of it.

Would i do things differently if i had another shot at life? Interestingly, Linda and I would change just ONE point in our lives. GETTING MARRIED EARLIER INSTEAD OF BEING NUTTERS WHO ENDURED 4 YEARS OF SEPARATION AND A LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP BEFORE GETTING HITCHED.

Ah... There, i've said it.

Happy New Semester to Rachael as she begins slogging till Christmas. Love ya, Cuz.

AND to Ben, two big thumbs-up for getting through the selection process. You are one step closer to your DG41 PxTx starting salary, plus regional allowance, housing allowance, hardship allowance....

Enjoy your weekend, y'all!