long overdue.

in between summer term starting, and a whole lot of other things, i've barely had time to update. it's sunday night and i just had a delicious homecooked dinner of mince & potato casserole, salad and a slice of papaya after a day out at church and then to the movies after.

my gang and i celebrated two 21st birthdays recently, and it makes me so excited cos my own is coming up...and i decided to celebrate it with a small bang and have an afternoon tea party at one of my favourite restaurants with my dearest.

birthdays are all smiles and songs and laughter and joy, and i like them very much. probably cos they're a celebration of life, and after my own brush with death, i guess life becomes all the more precious, and worth celebrating!


the first was gabe's...and he's the guy in the striped polo tee sitting in the middle. somehow along the way i got roped into planning his wedding-like birthday bash and gosh it was terribly stressful sometimes, but seeing the whole plan come into action was probably the nicest present the few of us could give...aside from the cologne i ran around town hunting for, which was his 'official' birthday gift from us.


the second was estrella's, and she's somewhere at the back of this photograph. we couldn't celebrate on her actual birthday as she wasn't free, so we planned a surprise birthday party for her at swensen's, mainly because one of her favourite things ever is ice cream! and yes, we did pull the surprise off pretty darn well, we made a lot of noise, confused the waiters with our orders, and indulged in some wicked good sundaes (yes, i had some too! leeched off my friends, of course.)

friends, what would i do without them? we don't talk about my diabetes much. and i know they forget about it sometimes. they forget...so very often. offer me sips of regular soda, and so on. but when and if something major happens, i've got many shoulders to lean on, many arms to hold me close and tell me everything will be okay, many lips to offer me encouragement, many ears to listen.

and i know too well that they don't understand the struggles i sometimes face with dealing with diabetes, because it's something they've no need to go through. and that's what you guys are for. i may not post often, and i may have temporarily dropped out of the D365 project because of some camera woes, but i treasure your blogs, your writings, and the fact that even though we are geographically far apart, we share the common bond of diabetes and the ups and downs it brings us.