(nice isn't it? cheung chau island)

been one exhausting weekend out into the centre of the world. like a whirlwind i'm now back in tuen mun again. though it rained heavily drowning the bottoms of my jeans and scared me with such lightning, it didn't damp me down. seeing my parents, chatting to my sister nonstop, feeling my own comfortable bed at home, seeing sharon for lunch, and in for some more shopping (like i've never seen a shop for the past month), i didn't feel i had enough energy to be at sophia's housewarming party in jordan this evening. but i promised her i'd be there and there i was, bringing a box of guilian truffles with me. thank God i went, saw sooooooo many familiar faces, and saw a lot of surprising smiles as people suddenly found out i was there also :) good old classmates elaine, hilda, trevor, yumi came too, us this bunch of newly developed doctors made a crowd and could not stop talking about our exciting hospital adventures. sounds funny doesn't it. we can never get away from gossips like those that happen in the ER.

sophia is one amazing lady who came all the way from ireland to hong kong to work with those in need, the homeless and the drug addicts. a pretty tough girl who learned chinese from scratch, now fluent and pretty colloquial. if you get to know her friends, you'll find out, they too, all speak chinese. some of them have tattooes and look like a gangster but when they sit down and pray, they concentrate in their conversation with God better than you do. and there's naomi who now works in bradbury hospice, i was so happy to see her again. remember it was her who read my resume line by line and made it look much better. and the funniest thing of the night must have been meeting a new friend called damaris! she too came from sherborne where i was for 5 years. i got baptised and confirmed in her catholic school 10 years ago and she got confirmed in my anglican school! what a small world. she told me about the children in poverty that she now works with in bangkok. and next month it'll be her wedding. i told her i was planning a trip to thailand next month..... and the story of a new friendship goes on....