mind the gap

3 men

December 14, 2005

Welcome to singapore, ladies and gentlemen.



HELLO!!!! dum dee dee it feels so good to be home. HOME. home. ohhh my when i heard the "we have now begun our descent into Singapore" i started grinning like mad and i didnt stop for the whole 3000ft. got home and WOW it felt SO good to hug my mum. i've missed her hugs the most and just being able to be around them all is such an amazing feeling. then i found pepper!!!! :D :D :D she looks tired. but she's still the same big package of wonderfulness! spent the next three or four hours talking and talking and talking with mark and kally and my parents.
i met kal at holland village today and then carol and tiff came over!!!! i was on the phone and my mum started pointing at the stairs and i stood up and it was them!!! IN THE FLESH hahah it was so great to see you again men. we were talking about it and it really is weird the way things just slot right back in when i come back and it feels like i never left. it's good but a teensy unsettling cos i have so many things that have happened stored up from this year. saying 'could you please go to cornwall gardens' felt strangeee.

i called charm last night and her reaction was so funny. cos they all thought i was only coming home today so when i called i said charm! hey! and there was a pause and then a whispered "chess?????!"
"HELLO!!"
"chess?! what the hell oh my goodness what the hell oh my shit what the HELL?!"
"hahaha mange! i cant wait to see you!"
"chess i feel very what the hell! like what is going on!!?!"

hahahhahahhahahahha it felt so good to talk to you mange. hahaha i am so excited to see you.
most of the netties are on holiday right now.. eddie nette trace gerry hurry up and get back here please! and you too boifren.

perth was nice but so tiring. lara and zarya have unlimited energy and taking care of them for a week was a trial but still great cos it was them and my dad was around too. a few times i reached the point where i just lay down and shut my eyes and tried to block out the constant chattering and headaches, but then they would do something like come and lie on me or stroke my cheek hahah or tell me a terribly lame joke or do something to remind me that they love me and i love them and it all seemed perfectly worth it.

the house looks like a bomb site its all dust and rubble and empty rooms and it was a huge shock seeing everything so different. i really wasnt ready for such huge changes but then i never am and i guess it had to be done.

kal and al will be leaving in early january which doesnt give us long at all but it's good enough that i get to see them for awhile i suppose. i can't get enough of my family they are so much fun!! mark is going on a week long rugby trip to thailand tomorrow. i dont want him to go! we're going to watch a movie tomorrow before he goes i think. oh i love being back and being mobile and having that independence and the weather. i can't wait to go tanning and running.

jo's rellies will be visiting soon and i'lll probably be going to meet them to say a small hello agian. i'm a leedle wary of this jo, since you effectively told them i'm les and your uncle overheard me saying that i'm excited about being an old lady cos then i'll be able to whack people with my handbag. hahaha sorry about that jo.. you have permission to explain away my phoebeness on the basis of my having spent many years on the run from the lima bean police.

i got to talk to umang today! after almost three weeks. i went online and he was like FINALLY chessy is online. hahah it was a nice talk. danyell i havent talked to you in ages! sorry to everyone i havent talked to in awhile or replied to i havent been able to go online in a long time.

oh and my phone account has been disabled so i dunno whether i'll be using that number anymore. for now it's
+6598227494 but i wont have any of your numbers so tell me your names when you msg okay? i cant believe i get to be here i get to talk to you all anytime i want for as long as necessary and i dont have to time the phonecalls or anything i can see you guys soon!! sorry this is such a repetitive and emptyish entry. i'm going to watch madagascar with the others now. night!

Always concentrate on how far you have come, rather than how far you have left to go. The difference in how easy it seems will amaze you.

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