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It was a beautiful evening so we sat out on our balcony for dinner. Around about 7:10 pm, when we were just about finishing up, I suddenly felt like we were swaying. Having lived in two other places in the world which are prone to earthquakes (Turkey and Southern California), I immediately recognized the "sensation". I asked Brian if there's an earthquake and he confirmed that our apartment building was indeed swaying. Our hanging lamps soon became clear evidence that we were not "feeling" things. We expected the tremors to pass within a few seconds as they normally would if they were the results of earthquakes at neighboring Indonesia. However, this time, it went on for a long while. We estimated that the tremors probably lasted for up to two minutes. It actually got pretty intense at one point where a lot of the hanging things in our living room were swaying. Brian was all ready to leave our apartment to go downstairs when the tremors finally ceased.Anyhow, to our family members out there who are concerned if we are affected by the quake here - we want to let you know that we are fine. Don't worry!
Time flies. When we first started this blog in May, we were preparing to go to India. Presently I am preparing to go to India again. Brian was supposed to come, too, but unfortunately there has been a change in plans and I will be traveling alone instead. And it will be a long trip - 2 weeks! A long time to be away from my husband...In addition to being a longer trip, I will also be visiting a few cities: Chennai, Pondicherry, Kolkata and Guwahati (please see our itinerary on right side-bar). The first few days in Chennai, I will be teaching at the RZIM Academy of Apologetics. Then, I will travel by road to Pondicherry (4-hour ride from Chennai) to teach at a weekend seminar. After that, I travel back to Chennai to board my flight to Kolkata.In Kolkata, I will be speaking at a public meeting on the problem of evil and suffering. I hope I will get some free time in this city as I would like to visit Mother Theresa's orphanage. I had once toyed with the idea to serve there for a year...From Kolkata, I will fly northeast to Guwahati - a city near the India-Myanmar border. My destination here is Shillong which is another few hours of rugged road travel from Guwahati. This will be an interesting place to visit as the culture here is rather unique - it's matriarchal! Also, the Indians here look distinctly different from the darker-skinned Indians we typically meet in Malaysia or Singapore. In fact, some of the Indians in Shillong look Chinese! So, I think I will blend in easily.After Shillong, I will return to Kolkata to fly home. Yes, it will be a long trip in more ways than one! In the 2 weeks I am there, I will be teaching/speaking more than 15 sessions! I know that I will be drained! Please pray for me (and Brian as he will be home-alone)!I'm quite sure that I will have access to the Internet in the first leg of my trip and will try to keep you posted on what I'm up to. Meanwhile, I've to get back to my prep.
It was our third wedding anniversary yesterday. Did we do anything special? No, not really. We did venture out to Little India and had a wondrously delicious but cheap Indian banana leaf dinner (where we eat from a large portion of a banana leaf instead of from a plate). Then we came home to watch Eureka and Criminal Minds on tv.It has only been three years but it feels like we've been married forever! At the same time though we feel that there is still so much more to learn about each other. Love is not an easy thing...But we take nothing for granted - we thank God for His grace that sees us through every single day as we live in this challenging culture where divorce is an easy option out.
