Reunion

Just this evening, a few of us, old acquaintances hosted a reunion dinner for a good old friend and his family who left Bintulu some five years ago and migrated to Australia at the beginning of this year. As usual, its the reminiscences about those good old times, sumptuous food and updating each other on the latest goings in our lives. Like most immigrants, our friends did fairly well in their adopted homeland. He managed to secure a good IT position in one of the local university, purchase a decent house and their children are doing well in the university and high school. It sounded so good and rosy ! In my fantascies and musings, I had always dreamed of living in a foreign land, a land of flowing milk and honey. Maybe, I am just an illusionist, running away from realities of life.

At the homefront, things are catching up with the up-coming Christmas festivities, carolling and church activities. In addition, hubby and Ruth will be making their annual year-end trip to visit his sisters and other relatives in Sarikei. Ruth will be meeting up with her aunties and cousins and catching up with their lives. This will the one last trip before she starts her school year on 3 January 2007. Sigh.......... Time really flies!