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3月16日 1001it might be fun to create a list of reasons why i haven't posted here for heaven knows how long. two and a half months actually. then again, it might be wickedly boring, too. i'm not prepared to take that risk. instead i will provide a diary like catch up of what has preoccupied us all the past while.
on christmas day we flew to perth for brother matthew's wedding to christa. the week we had with the bucks and the sambells and the daltons became the highlight of the year, predictably. the hospitality provided by all our perth hosts was second to none (one - for those non maths boffins). respect to all the sambells for their welcome and the daltons for their generosity and thoughtfulness throughout. the bucks never disappoint with their persistent humour and insatiable need to use the word 'pigeon' like gordon ramsay uses *&#$. it was literally swell.
i hope you also know by now that we will be leaving the uae this june. from august our new adress will be malaysia, asia, world, earth, milky way, galaxy.... as much as we will miss our dear friends in ras al khaimah we look forward to becoming part of a new community on the east coast of malaysia. i did a reckie to kl late january and was very pleased (with the price of all skateboard accessories at 'cool element'). we now begin the task of getting rid of 90% of our worldy possessions here and travelling as light as possible. this continues with jenny attending the rak women's flea market this weekend with a car load of stuff.
having used a good chunk of air miles to get to kl in jan, we still had plenty left and with only a few months to use them, we decided to book a last minute holiday. last week we went to cyprus. i didn't really know what to expect. i have added a ridiculous amout of photos to an album to give you a glimpse of this fascinating country. we hired a car and visited as much as we could. next time we will spend days instead of hours in the troodos mountains and take more time to explore nicosia. it was great to be able to cross in to the turkish half of the city too.
our boys are growing cleverly. ben's language is fantastic. he is so delightful to talk with and so engaged and engaging. jonah, at nearly 10 months, is the bomb. he now pulls himself up onto both furniture and any legs dangling from. when he is not smiling he is laughing. we can't wait to take them to nz this july/august asthey are our pride and joy.
jenny recently took part in a 1/2 marathon. a group of 4 ladies formed a team and ran 5km each. jenny ran in a very impressive time of 26 minutes. full credit to her for being devoted to training and for literally pulling one out of the bag. i had planned to run too, but found myself in hospital 4 days earlier with a thumping headache and out of hospital one day earlier appendixless. followed by a couple of weeks at home.
so far we are really enjoying the new year and looking forward to the changes ahead. saying goodbye to friends here will be devastating and softened only by, well, nothing really.
finally, i swam in the sea this arvo and saw a turtle.
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