On Fridays, there are worship gatherings shortly before we start the school day.
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Delight 8: Cultural Exchange of Nom Noms
“It’s mango season. Can get so many for little!” This explanation accompanied my friend giving me a bag of three ripe mangos.
Continue readingDelight 7: A Peanut Sadness
We are fast approaching the end of our school year. We have exactly seven days of school left and the flight to visit home is becoming more real. (I’ll be back, Lord willing, Malaysian friends, just gotta go home this summer and get some well-needed hugs from the fam!).
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I love to crochet.
When I was 11 or 12, one of my babysitters taught me how to do a simple single-stitch – easy enough to duplicate and use to make blankets and scarves. I was hooked (crochet pun for the win!) and over the next few years, I made enough blankets and scarves to drown in.
Continue readingDelight 3: April 23rd
(Pre-Lockdown 3.0 in Malaysia, obviously, but this was the first “delight” I wrote before I knew I was going to make this into a thing).
I’ve run away from my job for the day. I was given permission – a day of rest provided by our school, so I’m not straight up playing hooky.
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