Back in the saddle

We have come to Malaysia to visit nanna and poppa and we have been able go to the beach and i have refound my love of surfing even though i don't have a board! we found a piece of styro-foam in the back of nanna and poppa's car and it turned out to be a great board! unfortunately the waves were too small for dad!

Finn Turns 1!

Yesterday we celebrated Finn's first birthday with our neighbours! we had a great party and over 50 kids squished into our lounge room! Ibu Tati and Ibu Sumi and Mum spent a long time preparing food and party bags and party games! At the party everyone came on time dressed in their best clothes. Everyone gave Finn a present and he had to shake their hands.(i was very excited about the presents and now have many new toys which I share with Finn, I think he is too small to enjoy them so I am enjoying them for him!). After that we sung the birthday song and then blew out the cake candle before playing birthday games which was a bit difficult as our lounge room is quite squashy with 50 bodies in the room! We then ate birthday food and cake! Finn loved the chocolate cake and at loads of it! I think i enjoy it when Finn has a birthday because new toys come into our house and I get to enjoy the spoils! My birthday is in March and I am beginning to remind people now so they don't forget (and so i can share my presents with Finn!)

 
 
 
 

My New Rain Coat

Mum bought me a new rain coat with Iron Man on the back! i can now run in the rain and splash in puddles! i love it!

Uncle Pete

We had a flying visit from Uncle Pete who is the shepherd of the flock back in Woonona Pressy! It was great to catch up with him and I had a fun time playing with him and hearing stories of India and life back in Oz. We showed him around our city and he saw lots of different things including the big mosque in the centre of town, dad teaching a class and uncle Pete had a go teaching some English, although dad said sarcasm didn't quite work on the non-English speaking students, we also visited a volcano and Uncle Pete tried to dip his toe in the boiling water but it was too hot! Some people were happily having mud baths in the boiling mud but it was too hot for me! We had a great time and were greatly encouraged by his visit!


 
 
 
 

An American, an Englishman, an Irishman and an Australian climbed a mountain

No joke!

Dad and some of his friends set off at 5 in the morning to climb one of the bigger mountains not too far from our house! At over 2,000 metres high i am told it is pretty high! they scrambled through bush and climbed over rocks, heard monkeys and wild pigs and reached the summit to find it covered in cloud! Everytime i look out our back window i see the mountain and say "dad climbed that mountain!" (well at least dad does!)

bush walk

Last weekend we went on a bush walk to a wonderful waterfall. We walked through a dark cave which was dug out during the war times and then we walked up and up for another 6 kilometers until we reached the waterfall. We saw lots of little monkeys in the trees and running across the road and then saw a wonderful waterfall. The other great thing was a small play area and I was able to swim in the pool for ages while we waited for dad to come back with the car. We had fried rice at a little shop and then drove home. I was so tired i fell asleep straight away in the car!

 
 
 
 

Medical Clinic

On Friday mum and Aunty Sue went to another area of our city and helped out with a medical clinic. This was a free clinic with local doctors providing free checkups and free medicines. About 300 people turned up and were checked. Sue took up a role of checking blood pressure and Corinne became a pharmicist for the day dispensing medicine. As people were going home they were also given a small packet of food and things which helps them to live. They were working alongside a small team from Singapore and they had another clinic the following day way out in the village and about another 160 people turned up. The day was a real sucess and a great encouragement to all involved and provided great links with the community.