It's a nice, cool, Sunday evening and we just finished watching the closing ceremonies of the Olympic games. The games is one of the reasons why I haven't posted in a while, we've been watching quite a bit. The satellite company here Astro developed 10 interactive channels specifically for the event. There is a red button on the remote control and if you pressed that twice then you would get a screen showing all the events taking place and then you can select the one you want to watch full screen. It was pretty cool especially since we're on the same time zone as Beijing. I don't think I've ever watched this much Olympic coverage in my life. Even though the Chinese dominated the games it was full of drama as well.
We haven't really been up to anything special lately. Jim has been dealing with a crisis at work the last couple of weeks so I haven't really seen all that much of him. Sim was working in Penang, which is north of Kuala Lumpur all last week so I was without my homie until she returned on the weekend. That just leaves Mel, who I talk to on the phone at least once a day and text message constantly. I had a couple of doctor's appointments just for check ups on my diabetes and everything seems to be well in that respect. Friday night Sim spent the night after keeping me out late til 5 am, then Mel spent the night on Saturday after a relaxing evening at City Golf. Jim has met a group of Americans who play poker twice a month so he invited them to join him in a fantasy football league. No one here besides Americans understands the NFL and it's pointless to even try and explain it to them. To them it's all about the soccor or cricket field which I just can't seem to get into. I'm not sure yet what Jim is working on so somehow, some way we can see the games. It would be great if we could, it would be just weird going through September to February without it...
I have managed to book us a trip to Langkawi next month for Jim's birthday. It's one of the popular island destinations in Malaysia, and it's duty free so supposedly everything is cheap. Even thought we live in a tropical site, where we live it's mostly like a city built in the middle of the rainforest so I'm really excited about going to a beach where we can snorkel, jet ski, drink little cocktails with umbrellas hanging off them. Should be a good time. I've decided to board the dogs because of the last incident with a house sitter. It's worth it just to be able to come home and relax instead of cleaning and mopping for 5 hours.
My brother Nicholas who is in Baghdad has encountered his first casualty of the war. He lost his platoon sergeant this past week and I know it's really bothering him. I would like to ask everyone to continue to pray for his safety as well as his sanity. I know it can't be easy for him and he does hide it well. We all would just like to see all of our troops return home safely to their families. Thank you and God bless.
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