…a brief glance…

That’s the song playing in my head…It’s On by Superchicks. I love this song. It’s so get up and go! Which probably isn’t the music one should be listening to at 1 in the morning, but oh well. I am fresh out of the shower and wide awake, why not go with it. To say the last couple of weeks have been hectic and frantic would be an understatement.

So much is going on, at the same time, nothing out of the ordinary, well aside from my whole countdown thing, not much is really new. If that makes sense.

My days are just as busy as it usually is.

Coming back from Salzburg and getting back into the groove of London was a little difficult…especially the work part of it. Instead of chilling me out completely it just heightened my lack of motivation and patience to be there dealing with the same old frustrating politics, I know most of my frustration lay in myself. Mainly because I found it so hard to change my mindset regardless how hard I tried, and in completely honesty I haven’t trying all that hard. All I know is I want out of there and fast.

I moved in with the Lin’s….Gloria, Frank and Noah a couple of weekends ago and it has been great. I am loving the time and opportunity I am getting to hang out with Gloria, the late night talks and early morning catch ups. I feel incredibly blessed by their graciousness. Just as I am grateful for Sherrod and Jaco for letting my crash on their couch for over a month. My roomies, I miss you guys! *sigh*

From the time I arrived from Salzburg my sched has not stopped flying from one plan to the other. Trying to spend quality time with significant people in my life. It has been a blast, at the same time the nostalge is hard to ignore, for in most of our heads we are ticking off the days up there. On Sunday I got a brief glimpse of what the coming weeks may become as I hugged Mei goodbye. Though she will be back just before I leave, it is literally days before I go. Saying goodbye to her made it real. REAL-er than I thought possible. Blubbering mess I became in a moments notice. Ate Ghie, Ate Grace and Mei didn’t quite know what to do with me. I think at that moment the whole ‘BUNSO’ thing spoke a thousand words. Even Ashe has admitted that the pennies began to drop for her too.

Time is drawing to a close. In saying all that, I am excited to be going home. I know that it’s a whole new chapter. It’s a brand new season. It’s just sad that I will be leaving people who have become such a family here in London. I know that dynamics are bound to change, and I will embrace them when they do, I guess it’s just about trying to hold on to a good season while you think you can. There are a handful of people whom I will miss dearly. People whom I do day to day life with. Some more prominent than others…but irreplacable all the same, all equally significant and important.

After singing, ‘the sun will come out, tomorrow…bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow, there’ll be sun…’ surely enough I was awakened through the massive window of my hostel room, beneath the Alps the sun was beaming through…YAY baby!

I spent the morning and portion of the afternoon at Helbrunn (where they have the glasshouse from the Sound of Music) and just chilled there soaking in the sunshine, before heading off to Mirabell Gardens again, to take photos of the famous stairs from DoReMi. Totally cool. Took a few detours before heading back here to the hostel just to properly pack my bag and just get organised. In all honesty I am so buggered that I just wouldn’t mind crashing.

Yesterday afternoon I met a few more girls and we ended up in the same hostel room…so we hung out last night and watched the Sound of Music, enjoying the parts where we got to scream ‘I SAW THAT!!!!’ I predict I will be driving a lot of people insane if they watch this movie with me. Oh well..you gotta love me!

Anyways more update later….

Well the rain finally came, but it was all good. Spent the mornign with girls I met before they left for Vienna. Seeing as it was Sunday and raining, leaves very little to do, so I hung out here at the hostel for awhile before heading off to the markets this afternoon.

Tomorrow I’ll praobably hang at the Mirabell Gardens and check out the castle, maybe check out the Hellbrunn again, but we’ll see how it goes. My flight is not till late tomorrow evening so plenty of time to get myself organised.

I was walking around today with a huge smile on my face. I just love this place. I love that I feel so at home to just wander the streets, gawk at the architecture… ahhh it’s been amazing.

The last few days have given me the opportunity to check out sights as well as have plenty of down time.

In saying that, I am looking forward to heading back to London….so till then…

Day II of Salzburg and I am having a blast.

I have walked all over Salzburg and have met so many people along the way. It#s been heaps fun. Tonight I am having dinner with a couple of girls I met yesterday.

Instead of taking a tour I decided to walk and it quickly dawned on me how easy it would be to do Salzburg by foot. I ended up at the same place I was at yesterday and I bus-ed it yesterday. Not doing that again. I spent about 7 hours walking. It was soooo tiring. Up hill, down hill, up hill again, and thank the Lord down hill again. I love how I am walking around with a map on hand and not using it and just taking each alley and street as I feel led (don’t worry Mom, it’s safe here) It’s one of the safest places I’ve been to and the creepy factor is definitely at an all time low.

Tomorrow I plan to do the other side of Salzburg, saving Monday to just chill out and stuff before my flight late Monday evening. Praise God my ankle has healed allowing me to walk and explore as I please. I am having a blast.

Will write more when I am not typing by the minute. Too much pressure. Love lots! xx

okay, let it be known… this keyboard thing is going to drive me insane, seeing as all the keys are in different places. grrrr.

i spent the day leisurely taking mý time getting ready yesterday as my flight to salzburg wasn’t till 6:30pm. getting to stanstead was easy enough, but talk about breaking one’s budget and i hadn’t even began yet. oi!

got to stanstead and was bored quite quickly seeing as i had hours to kill before my flight, but slowly it passed. thanks ashe for keeping me company.

got to salzburg airport without any hassle, and the bus stop was right there. got to my hostel without a hitch. unfortunately i got to my room too late and everyone was asleep so i had to sort of make my way in the dark…which could have been a huge blessing if the place was gross, praise god, it wasn’t. had a little trouble sleeping, new environment and all that, but slept enough to wake up extremely early to greet the beautiful surroundings of salzburg austria. this place is amazing. i love it.

what was the first thing i did, you ask…as if you have to – the sound of music tour…of course. it was soooo cool. had a blast. met a couple of tourists and that was fun. i realise i love my on company…i have so much fun just wandering around aimlessly. after the tour i literally sat in the mirabell garden for hours just soaking in the atmosphere before doing a little more touristy things.

tomorrow i’m planning to take destiny into my own hands…as far as where i go and how i go. i was going to jump on a tour bus but i bought a map today and thought it might be more fun to do it that way. wish me luck. i haven’t done too badly so far. i did miss my stop by four this evening as i headed back to the hostel…oopsie daisy! but i didn’t panic. i just got off, crossed the road and hopped back on a bus…had to wait like twenty minutes, but hey, that’s what shuffles are for.

anyways, i want to jump in the shower before the sound of music starts…they play it like every nigth at 8pm. might try and see a mozart show tomorrow evening or take a cruise. hmmm…

hope everyone is well… take care. love lots.

Cookie anyone? As I sit here continuingly being interupted by the ringing of the phone…’HarperCollins Good afternoon’ are words I will not miss if I never have to say them again after June 16th 2006! Yup yup, it’s official…my last day at HarperCollins is only a month away! Yay!!!

On an extremely cooler note, my Kuya Joel and Ate Noreen are getting married tomorrow…11th of May 2006. So bummed to be missing it, as Kuya Joel is one of my all time favourite Kuya’s. But I am definitely there in thought and spirit. Know that you guys are in my thoughts and prayers. I am praying for everything to run smoothly tomorrow. That you enjoy every moment of the day and the blessings headed your way, for you truly deserve it. Enjoy it! I am sooo excited for the life you have ahead…see you in the States!

I’m off to Salzburg, Austria tomorrow…though I realise it is my first trip that I am not going or meeting up with anyone (oh, hang on…with the exception of the World Youth Day of course – well even then I ended up running into Daan, Mary and Jeanette)…I am excited at the prospect of adventure ahead. No matter what, it’ll be a great experience. I know God’s with me every step of the way! I get back very late Monday evening and back to work on the Wednesday.

It’s a strange sensation…the realisation that my days are numbered…not that I have been in denial or anything, but it’s weird. We said our goodbyes to Ate Shirley on Sunday evening…which kinda made the whole goodbye thing even more a reality. Hmmm!!! Give me strength! =)

On Friday I met up with Mark and Theresa for a couple of hours, and we got to catch up. It was a little weird to realise how time has flown by as we said goodbye, it was like, see you at home… WHOA!!! What the? Oh yeah I am going home in a couple of months *ponder moment*. Afterwards I met up with my fellow H’Smith Connect-ers @ Capische in GreenPark before heading home to hang out with Sher for an hour or so, seeing as she was leaving for California early the following morning and will be back before I get back from Salzburg. Saturday was spent hanging out with Ashe, well the evening. Seeing as I spent most of Saturday with my ankle elevated…let’s not even go there! Sunday was another AWESOME day in God’s house. Have I mentioned that I have the cutest kids (from Kids Church/CubbyHouse) in the world?? One of them fell asleep on me again. I am starting to think I was a couch in another life. Bless! They’re adorable! How I say goodbye to them in a couple of months will definitely be a challenge and a half.

Anyways, I better go and sort out last minute work things before I fly outta here. Hope everyone has a great weekend, and I will be back with an entry all about Salzburg upon my return.

Tchuss!