28/9 - girls had a great time with ka, tho the first half of the day was by themselves. one of the girls did a whole bunch of instastories. which i viewed and showed to my wife and kid too. when they were finally done, i went to pick them up, and one of the first things she said was “i can see you stalking me”, i was like not sure how to react. it didn’t seem like she was joking, but it didn’t seem like she was very serious either... if she went like “aiya, you stalk me ahhh? aiyo” or like “stalk me again ah ? heh heh”, those i could react to and kinda like have fun and play along with, but with what she said, i just wasn’t sure, so i kept quiet and didn’t respond.... really wished there weren’t such scenarios, but there seem to be so many of them...
went to walmart to pick up stuff for one of the girls, actually almost forgot about it, thank God we didn’t
got to bulldog for dinner, not too bad, besides it being a pub, the food was pretty decent. might return?
went back to SJ after it all, for a final visit and handing goodbye cards to contacts. surprisingly, we managed to meet all except er & ch. miracle !
finally finished with the farewell videos, phew !
29/9 - one of the girls had breakfast with Su. my wife and I had breakfast at Krogers, the other girl, well, as usual, stayed home and probably watch some korean show or something on youtube
debrief was ok, again my wife and myself shared a few heartfelt feelings and observations. i also affirmed again how much these girls meant to us, we both had written lengthy letters to them. as expected, they wrote a short note for each of us. sometimes it really feels like how a parent would love the child so much and the child, being a child has totally no idea or understanding of it, and only comes to realise on the deathbed of their parents, hahaha, sorry for sounding morbid and dark.
went to target and old navy after, Wi was up to his usual nonsense again... sigh....
went to barrelhouse for dinner, daughter was being her usual hyper self, so one of the girls got her to stay at another table to look at oncoming traffic for a pink car. obviously it was just to get rid of her, both my wife and i did feel she shouldn’t have done that, but knowing her, all that was in her mind was how she was doing us all a favor by distracting her, i guess after all, she isn’t really as sensitive as we’d thought... so i left the table and joined my daughter at the other table looking for a pink car, i’m not gonna just kick her to a side like that....
had deep south pops after, had some pictures taken with them... well, whatever it was, good or bad, hurt or not, we still spent a year together, and i had really really grown fond of them, tho the feelings weren’t mutual (trust me, so obvious, hahaha. sometimes i feel people should learn to read inbetween their own lines, remember the heart is deceitful above all else, many times we deceive ourselves into thinking that our actions or lack of actions mean only this while in reality, it meant so much more and alot of it really doesn’t have love as its roots)
30/9 - we all got up and loaded the car. got to the airport and had it all checked in. and i used instastory for the first time in my life ! not too bad if i can say so.
besides that, nothing much was said, eventually after a short bit, they went in earlier and we said our goodbyes. it was surreal right there, watching them walk in and waving off.. earlier in the day i had sent them by email, the link for the video, they said they had to get back to their homes in singapore to download it. no surprise there, each file was 1.2GB, tho i thought they’d try doing it at the airport wifi spots.
we left and went home to clean up the house. that was surreal as well. moving their stuffs out and moving other things in... smelling their respective rooms but not seeing them...
one of the girls kept texting each time they got from port to port, which i was very thankful for
1/10 - got up, prepped and went to have church. wasn’t able to get most of them. same old excuses here and there. but thank God for Ja and Al, and Wi for his place.
once it got to around 1130am, got a text from the girls saying they’d reached singapore. thats some relief. went to look for social feeds of their arrival and was surprised to only find some.
anyways, seem the girls still went for supper after arriving so late. again no surprise haha, bet they really missed things back home.
2/10 - first off day without the girls, again, surreal. man i miss them, maybe i should have tried alot harder to relate to them and chat with them... nah, they were already saying on a few occasions that they didn’t like talking (tho they seemed to love talking to others ??? what is this i detect ?? haha, again, its obvious) and one of them already had nothing to say to me for the last few weeks, or maybe months. this was probably what van moody’s book was talking about, the kind of relationships that weren’t going to be good for me.
had Su over for dinner, hence picture above. was good having company :)
3/10 - the chasing starts again ! but thankfully, managed to meet Ot in the evening, had an ok time catching up, set to meet again thursday night. brought Al out again to help her settle her things, made sure i used the GPS so she’d just remain quiet while i drove...
4/10 - ladies mtg cancelled last min, due to you know what... wife did bible study while i hunted guys again, unfruitfully... after that we went down to the state fair to have a short recce. pretty nice actually, expensive for the rides and food, but thats expected here in the states. prices of some of their items were even as expensive as eating at barrelhouse or bulldog...
we then came to the idea of having a staycation. so we booked a room at holiday inn express that was next to the fair, can’t wait for next weekend now... :)
5/10 - wife met Sh, i hunted for Ch but didn’t get him. then we both went over to Gr and Me. Met both of them and spoke a little to Gr. Encouraged him and tried to setup mondays at 10am for regular bible study, lets see how it goes. He had a moment, and he decided that morning, before meeting us, to once and for all get rid of the weed, smoking, alcohol and women. we are praying that he finds strength in God for that.
had my medical after, managed to get them to set me up with a dermatologist, so thats good. I want to believe for a completely restored face ! no growths or spots !
was supposed to have Ot for BS, but after getting there, something was going down, so Ot told me it had to be another day... again, oh wells....
i really miss the girls, hahaha, i wonder if they had watched the videos ? probably forgot all about them.... oh wells.... hopefully they get the photobook this sunday too
