Monday, December 27, 2004

After 10 days in Thailand, I'm back! And no, Chiang Mai wasn't affected by the earthquake calamity. God was (and still is) watching over us, and we had a safe journey back and touched down in Singapore late last night.

You know after 3 times of going for overseas missions trip without people sending me off/picking me up, I should think I've gotten used to being independent. But last night when we walked out of the glass gates of Terminal 2, when I saw the family members of my fellow mission trippers of my family waiting for them, I couldn't help but feel very sad. I didn't have to look for my parents because I know they won't be here (my mom's in Cambodia, my dad will be at home), but I looked anyway. I didn't see my parents, but I saw mothers hugging daughters, fathers patting their son's back, sisters embracing... I had to keep looking down at the floor because I don't wanna think too much about it lest I start tearing or something.

Probably, like Evan said, its a family tradition not to send members off for short term overseas trip. At least, I hope so.

Anyways, I will be writing more about my adventures of this trip soon, but not today. Maybe because of the extreme weather change in transition from Chiang Mai to Singapore, (Chiang Mai is freezing cold at 16+ degrees, especially in the village), I have occasional headaches, and I feel as if I'm 80 years old - my body is always tired and aching somewhere.

I hope I get better soon because there's a full day of training ahead tomorrow and this was the first piece of news I got from Cheryl the moment I came back home.

So exciting.

writing at 10:25 PM

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