Honestly, this trip deserves at least 3 blog-posts to adequately describe our wonderful trip there..
Firstly, it was truly a feast for our tummies - Yong Yi & I were treated to the best culinary delights and seafood dishes Sandakan could offer. Rowena pre-warned me twice about the sumptuous food she'd be feeding me with.. =) But it was really over-whelming.. =)
Uncle Alex (Rowena's dad), was quite a joker with many stories to tell.. It was a real joy to meet him for the first time. While Aunty Patricia, (Rowena's mum) was our tourist-cum-foodie guide. She fed us so much, accompanied us to Sepilok, and introduced us to the many Sandakan specialty food and even made us her very own triffle, which was simply delicious.
Why feast of the eyes, you ask? Sandakan is famous for it's wildlife sanctuaries - like the Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation centre. Whilst there, we also had the opportunity to travel via a gravel road to the Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary. You can view the many trigger happy shots i took (too many to post) in my picasa web album . Again, like my previous posts, i am amazed at the uniqueness of each creature that God created. He could have very well made all monkeys alike - same mouth, nose, tail, but NO.. not our creative Creator God. He had to make each one unique, special, beautiful, purposeful..
And finally feast of the heart.. Whilst YY caught up on his rest and sleep on the last day, Rowena and i had some time to catch up and chat.. Something that we haven't had the chance to do much in the past few years. It was nice, to reminisce the good-ol-days, remembering the things we experienced in college and Uni, our favourite foods and favourite 'makan' haunts, our favourite song to dance to in our little dorm room, our fond memories of birthdays and walks in the parks, our final year torture of thesis, the sleepless nights, and exhilaration of finally graduating.
It was sweet and touching, just reflecting on how things have changed and not, how life has turned out thus far for each of us.. It was sweet and touching to know that in all facets and circumstances of life, we could always share our heart to each other -- through the toughest moments, and the happiest moments. It was sweet and touching to know that such God-given friendships go beyond distance and time. This friendship is one where we could just pick up from where we last left off.. knowing that we are thought of often, and always held in each others' heart. It was sweet and touching to know that in such friendships we could each be ourselves, hair down and souls bare.
*Row, I truly truly thank God for you. =)
*B, next day, you're coming along too so that the 3 musketeers get to party together.. =)
