Visitors from Down Under

Cheryl and Kayla came over to visit yesterday. They'd been down to see Cheryl's family and she'd been pretty busy since being in Singapore.

Kayla is pretty tall now, she's 5 this year and going to kinder in Melbourne. Her hair is soft brown and really LONG, she looks like her dad and mum. We didn't really do much, but it was nice meeting up with Cheryl, and finding out about our old friends in Melbourne. ( still pretty much the same, just married and pregnant, most of them .... )

I really admire Cheryl's tenacity, coping with being a SAHM to Kayla for the past few years... she has to cope with housework, childcare and everything else on a daily basis. In Australia the work hours are better and she sees Jake daily, and he must help out quite a bit so that helps. We didn't get to meet him this time round; he left for Melbourne a week ago. Well, kudos to the mom, Kayla is doing well and blooming into a young lady!

Speaking of visitors, Chai was back in town too, for the past 3 weeks. The next Dr Fong in the family. Pa is really proud of him. Ma mainly misses him terribly when he's in Melbourne. We only got to meet up with his current beau once for dinner.. the future "Mrs Fong"??

My little brother is quite mature these days. He comes back from overseas and has the initiative to try and help around the house, get the TV screen checked ( bad news, the LCD screen is DEAD), and spend quality time with his little nieces. I think he was pretty bored too. Ma took a few days off to keep him company, although I'm not quite sure what they did those days.

Chai left for Melbourne about 5 days ago now, taking a ridiculous 12 hours to make the journey back via budget airlines! He's flying back with SQ in November. Wait till he has to work! Then time is of the essence and every hour is $$$ ( or so Pa says!)

Next in line to see us will be Anthony. He's due at the end of the month, the lucky sod. Travelling for the best of this month and a bit of last. Tour de japan to see his loved one, Kei, then to Malaysia to visit the grandparents before the last stop here to see his niece.

Thank goodness no one has come down with the "swine" flu or H1N1 (hini!) just yet, although the excitement about that has just about dwindled to seasonal flu. ( and who cares about that, even though heaps of people die from it every year!!!)

It's great having visitors, like an excuse to take time off work to do other stuff. Although we should try and be more "fun" and "adventurous" from time to time. Why are we always stuck in a rut?

Oh.. and not to forget... our dearest cousin Kay Shin who is now staying with us. It's great. She loves to cook and bake too, and so we get " cook-offs" from time to time... we've had cheese cake, brownies and cookies. It's a tough call.

Visitors. It's like contact with another universe.