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Tuesday, September 2
the fox family 5:56 PMMy buddy, Laura Fox, was really nice to agree to pick us up from the airport. Because we could not check into residence till 1st Sep, Laura had offered her guest room for us to put up for the night (this was agreed upon even before I left Singapore). So anyhow, her dad John was there as well, and he helped with our suitcases and drove us back home, while telling us about Winnipeg, its buildings, farmlands, housing, things like that.
Their house is really nice and cosy! First thing though, we were quite amazed and excited to pull into the garage, cos well, we don’t see garages in Singapore do we. Haha.. anyway, their house is really warm and nicely decorated, all done up by Laura’s mum herself! She’s a bubbly lady (kinda like my mum, cos abit plump haha) and she was soooo nice! Apparently she guessed we did not have dinner (they didn’t serve proper food on the plane) and had made us muffins! And all the time, she was going, “Would you like one more muffin, or some yoghurt, or even some cereal? Milk, juice or coffee and tea? We have apple juice, cranberry juice, orange juice…”
Haha.. it was really an experience in the house, cos it had a nice fireplace (although it’s not so cold yet to light it up) but the whole ambience was really warm and nice. It’s like we’re 2 hungry and cold souls and here we are, warmly welcomed by the Fox family.
And Laura’s mum also asked me about my family, so we chatted a little about my parents and what they do, my brother, and things in Singapore in general. They’ve been reading and hearing a lot about Singapore cos Laura’s going to SMU in January for exchange; in fact there are 5 U of M students going to SMU. I guess I’ll be meeting them sometime these months and be there as their information provider (like how to bid for courses, cos they have to bid too, just in case some of you don’t know.. but they are given 500 e-dollars to ensure they do get their spots).
We also talked about Halloween, and I asked a silly question like if people really go trick-or-treating. And they do! Well, children do, at least. Haha.. and Laura said I could dress up and go as well, but hmm.. we’ll see about that. Anyhow, the Fox family celebrates Halloween every year, and they carve a lot of pumpkins! And I asked if I could have a go at that and they said they’ll definitely invite me over! YAY!
Anyway the guest room that I stayed in was really beautiful, it’s all nicely done up and it just feels very heartwarming.
There is just so much effort put into decorating the guestroom!
Even the bathroom displays nice pictures, candles and soap-dispensers.. yep.
Breakfast was homemade French toast and Aunt Jemima’s syrup + real authentic Canadian maple syrup. Haha.. and it’s so wow that in the middle of the dining table, they do have a 3-tiered plate holder that held so many fruits! They are also so sweet and polite to one another and they really go, “Honey, would you like some coffee?” and “Sweetheart, would you pass me the butter please?” and food really gets passed around the table like what we see in movies! Okay, I sound very swakoo now but it was just quite exhilarating, heh.
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You are an enthusiastic innovator, always seeing new possibilities and new ways of doing things. You have a lot of imagination and initiative for starting projects, and a lot of impulsive energy for carrying them out. You are stimulated by difficulties and are most ingenious in solving them. You can get so interested in your newest project that you have time for little else. Your energy comes from a succession of new enthusiasms and your world is full of possible projects. Your enthusiasm gets other people interested too.
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