My “freshly baked” godson!

Monday, December 12th, 2011

my bestie is officially a mom and i am proud as punch! Ensel Koen Chew was born 9th December 2011. how stinking cute is he?! my amazing girlfriend Sock, took this shot (signage and all) and posted it on my facebook wall. a simple gesture that meant the world to me. tears were welling up. [...]

hello ‘Chester’!

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

As some of you already know, my best mate is expecting her first child. She’s always wanted to name her son ‘Chester’, but that won’t be his actual name. Her husband feels it most unfortunate when national service comes around because C(hester) C(hew)’s initials will be C.C. It sounds like “sissy”. No child should endure [...]

another one bites the dust…..

Sunday, May 15th, 2011

Last night, i received a disturbing and worrying long distance call from my bestie. She sent me a what’s app message, but rang moments later. The conversation began ominously with her saying something very serious happened. The pessimist in me thought the worse, “Shit! She’s talking divorce!! Some one we know probably died, or worse, [...]

incommunicado

Monday, February 21st, 2011

sorry i’ve been incommunicado. it’s been a busy couple of weeks: “finale” to summer school (late nights finishing off assignments), volunteer work at the cathedral (the boy is the new piety store manager, whilst i’m now a cathedral guide). the store is a mess! we’ve had to take stock, re-structure the prices of some items [...]

Yanchep with mr.pinky

Sunday, January 23rd, 2011

so pinky and i recently went to Yanchep. it was awesome! we saw kookaburras, grey kangaroos, 28s, galahs and koalas. we went into the crystal cave and had a picnic lunch on one of the park benches. pinky is one of my closest friends in Perth. he’s funny, silly and never takes himself too seriously. [...]