"Just smile and wave, boys, smile and wave"

There's a certain finality to it when you put everything you own into two small little bags. Okay, maybe they aren't that small, but still...

I think I'm going to miss Kuching. Especially the warm, comfortable familiarity one gets after having stayed in an area for ten years. Most of all, though, I'm going to miss the people that made living in Kuching worthwhile. Goodbye, y'all. I'll be back.

On a lighter note, I attempted to cook dinner for my family today. My first real UNSUPERVISED attempt. Note the words ATTEMPTED and ATTEMPT, cause they obviously show that things didn't go as ideally as they should have. Suffice to say, I burnt today's dinner. Badly. Oh, well, I guess just need more practice. (A note to all who've never used a wok before: it is NOT a beginner's tool; it's an intermediate-advanced cook's tool. Remember that.)






Also, to all out there who're fans of the fantasy genre, may I recommend the Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage. A great, fun read, with an element of humour that you don't usually find in similar fantasy books. I'd give it an eight out of ten.

Lastly, I would like to bring to your attention something my infinitely more famous ancestor, Peter Pan, once said. Doubtless y'all remember the famous quote, spoken when the great Pan was lying dying on a rock with no hope of rescue: "To die would be a great adventure". Ah, how macabre, yet how true. Death is one of the few uncertainties that still plague the human race, safe for those who have found freedom in their beliefs.

But death is not my topic at the moment. The lesser known quote that I want to bring to your attention is spoken at the end of the story. Just before the end of the last scene, Peter says, "Now to live, to live would be the greatest adventure". A surprising insight coming from the boy who never wanted to grow up, that is, who never wanted to truly LIVE. Yet how infintely more uplifting and hope-filled. To live is the greatest adventure indeed.

Let the adventure begin.