Eric and I were busy recently. He has been out of town for the last two weeks and soon he is going away for several weeks. A friend of us is leaving us soon for Singapore for a career advancement. At the farewell dinner, you can tell he is sad about his own leaving. I would feel the same as him if I am the one who is leaving the states.
I came to the United States in the year of 1997, finished school in 1999 and then went home worked for two years, and then made a U-turn back to the States again. I remember the 1999 depatures was sad and heartbreaking. Back then, I started the relationship with Eric for almost 18 months. When I was back in Malaysia, I kept thinking about going back to the States. Eric was part of the reasons, but still I had grown into adulthood while in the US. This is a place that has mold me into an independent adult. Having said that, have both of us immersed ourselves in the US melting pot cultures? We both are working in a only English speaking working environment, and only see American and Hispanic-American at the workplaces. Other than that, we love hanging out with Chinese. We go to a local Chinese Church, meet and dine out with Malaysian Chinese during weekends, and attend Chinese Mandarin Chinese Fellowship. I joked with Eric one day, stating that Meredith doesn't know that we live in the States, a foreign contry where majority of the residents have different colors of hair and eyes than us. Would Meredith thrive when she starts attending the daycare where the teachers are speaking English?
Anyway, just a thought.
I came to the United States in the year of 1997, finished school in 1999 and then went home worked for two years, and then made a U-turn back to the States again. I remember the 1999 depatures was sad and heartbreaking. Back then, I started the relationship with Eric for almost 18 months. When I was back in Malaysia, I kept thinking about going back to the States. Eric was part of the reasons, but still I had grown into adulthood while in the US. This is a place that has mold me into an independent adult. Having said that, have both of us immersed ourselves in the US melting pot cultures? We both are working in a only English speaking working environment, and only see American and Hispanic-American at the workplaces. Other than that, we love hanging out with Chinese. We go to a local Chinese Church, meet and dine out with Malaysian Chinese during weekends, and attend Chinese Mandarin Chinese Fellowship. I joked with Eric one day, stating that Meredith doesn't know that we live in the States, a foreign contry where majority of the residents have different colors of hair and eyes than us. Would Meredith thrive when she starts attending the daycare where the teachers are speaking English?
Anyway, just a thought.
The following are some photos from the recent treasure hunt in church and also at the farewell party for the friend leaving for Singapore.
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