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“We” are all back!

Posted on 28 November, 2006 by admin

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I confess one of the things bugging me throughout my trip back is whether my checked-in luggage would arrive. The plane was delayed in Nuremburg and I had to slightly run to make sure I arrived with a decent time for Gate F3 in Amsterdam airport. And I knew the transit time was a little short this time compared to when I went to Germany (which my luggage didn’t make it with me). So, you can understand why I packed my luggage more “strategically” this round with almost all of my clothes in the checked in luggage and the “goodies” and “gifts” with my hand-held luggage and notebook bag. The three bottles of wine which were gifts had no choice but to be with the checked-in luggage because of the STRICT new laws on Liquids for hand carry luggage.

So, it was a great relief to have ALL my luggage this round. Gareth and Elysia made my heart melt with their greetings. Both of them have grown so much in 27 days .. especially Elysia’s vocab and way of carrying herself. It’s times like this you feel “wonderful” as a father.

I think May Chin will be happy with clean laundry I brought back … 🙂 The guesthouse I stayed in had the facilities and I’m glad I managed to wash and dry all my clothes in Germany before my return. I’m still waiting for her to come home from work … that’s the less than perfect part of my arrival. And yet the reality of her “work situation” this week with last minute meetings. It was nice to separately put the children to sleep.

I hope to have the day tomorrow conducive to “re-orientate” myself back to life here. There’s still a long way to go … for many things in life. I’m thankful for my 27days in Germany and there’s a lot of raw experiences to be reflected upon. I’m not realizing how “intensive” the whole experience was with the planned and unplanned elements. And I think some space is needed for quite a while to “focus” a little more on the changes I’m undergoing, and to discern what is God doing in my life and in the world today.

Gloria in excelsis Deo

2 thoughts on ““We” are all back!”

  1. kevin says:
    29 November, 2006 at 1:48 pm

    welcome back!

  2. Sivin says:
    30 November, 2006 at 5:35 am

    thanks Kevin it’s good to be back … and it’s good to hear, see, feel and smell Kuala Lumpur in a (fresh) new light. Being away 27 days does give one “perspective”. Of course, one needs to consciously engage in such reflective praxis! Taking my son Gareth on 2 LRT rides – Putra and Star, and walking from the station to my mom’s house REALLY made me notice a load of things – from the people in the train to the rubbish on the road, as well as the amount of noise in our city and also the free play of football near the flats.

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