Seems like a very very long time has passed but it’s been only 23 days into 2009. So much has transpired in this short span of 3 weeks. For starters, I’ve been taking care of my not-so-little and not-so-young-anymore baby – Josh. He’s been a joy and can be a pain too. There has been a death to grapple with also. My eldest paternal uncle passed away on 16Jan due to what doctors have termed “End Stage Renal Failure”. It was an emotional and taxing weekend coming to terms with the brevity of life and our mortality.

Cherry went back to work in the beginning of January. For all it’s worth, I’m actually rather envious of her. Or rather envious of anyone that’s currently working as my current work status should read – non-existent.  Not that I’m complaining, but I would like to go back to work as soon as possible but then again I’ll miss this carefree life once I start work. Sigh, the paradoxes of my life. In general, I’m looking forward to going back to work.

I’ve been busy with planning Josh’s first birthday bash. We met with some obstacles in booking the venue. But all is well, we managed to book the clubhouse in the nick of time. Otherwise baby’s party will have to be held at our house void deck… Just kidding. 

I’ll not be contactable on my mobile from 28Jan to 1Feb. Yes, I’m going back to Yangon. I decided to go back as I wanted to do my staff’s appraisal and say a proper goodbye to all the friends I’ve made in Yangon. True, I’ll not miss the lack of communications in Myanmar, but I’ll surely miss the friends I’ve come to learn to share the suffering with. Cherry and Josh will be coming up for the weekend. After this trip, I don’t think I’d go back to Yangon for quite some time.

Time to go. If my track record is anything to go by, expect my next post to be in the range of weeks/months. =P