it’s 10 March, 2 weeks since I should have first left Beijing, and the day that my return way ticket expires.

for all of you here. yes. i’m still in PEK. and i’m not sure when i will return to SIN. but things are definitely looking up now. in a mere span of 3 days, it seems there’s now a ray of hope.

Jasmine: i’m wondering who you are, but i’m hoping you’re the jasmine i loved to hug:) thank you for your message. it’s strange how God speaks to one. i remember on the first day, i was blithely reminded of the day of cruxification and how each day things just gets bad and worse. but it is when things look the worst that God’s salvation will come and bring on a miracle.

and miracle it was.

i got a couple of contacts from some friends who suggested that i approached headhunters. on friday, i laid out my final bets and i told God, this is the last day, this is my last bet. both interviews went on well. the second, in fact, after interviewing me for an editorial role for a UK publication, asked me if i was interested to work for them instead. i was exhilarated! couldn’t believe my luck! so tomorrow morning we will discuss the salary and details for my employment.

so yup. i’ll still be here, meanwhile :)

joa is especially nervous. in fact we had a really lovely weekend. found a nice, cheap yum cha place near our new apartment. oh yes. we have a new apartment btw ;) it’s close to a modern mall, and next to a condo where we heard we cd sneak into to use the gym. it’s a lovely 2-bedroom apartment, oh and has a mosaic sink feature (how cool!), and has a nice master bedroom (for us) with a large wardrobe :) it’s also close by the street with international restaurants, joa’s office, and if things works out well for me, is also in the vicinity of the headhunter company that i’m hoping to work for :D

but it was a crazy weekend for mum and dad. they were totally against it but it seems after mum had spoken to joa, it’s funny how she’s started to take it better. and she’s agreed to send me some money to buy a new laptop and post me some clothes. i’m gonna miss my family madly. but the best i can do for them now is to do my best here and not screw things up.

i’m happy. happy. happy :)

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