The Wilful Sunflower

I'm leaving Sabah tomorrow and can't wait to get home. Petaling Jaya is now my home, since the parents are no longer in my hometown. This year I had to do lots of explaining in the run-up to Chinese New Year.

Friend: "So, will you be going back to celebrate the Chinese New Year with your family?"

Me: "Yes, I'll be flying to Sabah on [insert day here]."

Friend: "Oh, your hometown is in Sabah?"

Me: "No, it's in ___________, but my parents moved to Sabah two months ago..."

*sigh*

The three highlights of my stay here were 1) meeting Dee, a fellow blogger, for the first time & hanging out with her, 2) getting to have a loooooong talk with Dad one night about life and career and being brave enough to step out of one's comfort zone, and 3) Dad buying a computer! FINALLY! lol

Dee and I have had a rip-roaring time together. She's been soooooo kind to me, and my parents will love her forever... *guffaws*

I've always been amazed by the kindness and open-heartedness of my fellow bloggers. People who are, to all intents & purposes, strangers, some even living on the other side of the world, have always been willing & ready to lend a hand whenever I ask for help. Especially when it comes to tech advice & assistance! (Hats off to Eric Siegmund, Jonathan Fox, Jason Wall, Mac Swift (no longer blogging), Kevin, Kevin Davis, and Dean Peters... I hope I didn't miss out anyone. Bob, you're not in this list coz you became a blogger only a year after I'd been blogging. But you know how much I value you & your tech know-how )

It's funny coz yeah, there are a lot of liars and con-men out there in cyberspace, but I've had the great good fortune to meet the good guys about 98% of the time. The other 2% were weirdos -- non-threatening, just slightly irritating or creepy, that's all. The best part is meeting people with whom I just 'click', like Dee, and having the most wonderful time laughing together, sharing stories, going shopping. Imagine how much poorer I'd have been if I had never started blogging and never met any of you guys, whom I now count among my friends. Now to find a way to explain all this to my parents!