Low Key Times

Things have been pretty low-key since the end of the college year. Nevertheless a string of little events has punctuated the beginning of holidays rather nicely.

I enjoyed the pinnacle of my tomato-year this afternoon as the first of our crop was declared ready for picking. Delish! For ages now I've been telling Noah that we have to wait for the tomato to turn from green to yellow and yellow to red, finally we could pluck it from the vine :)


There are many more on the way...


I'm fighting off caterpillars on the tomatoes; slugs on the beans; snails on the gardenia; and some other burrowing bug has nearly killed my coriander. I kinda like the challenge, actually. Keeping them all alive and healthy is a very satisfying adventure. Thank God for plants!

I feel I should briefly report back on how the rest of my exams went... They went well. Both Old Testament papers could have been much harder than they were. Church History, likewise, fell my way pretty nicely. I'll devote another post to sharing some of the joys/reminders/discoveries of my exam prep. But for now, thank God for the completion of second year. It really was a tough one and we feel the need for a good rest. As usual, my mates have been a great help and the college community out here (at the But) has really supported our family at some key points. Just fantastic.

Very briefly... My mate Tungy (a Chinese guy) took a bunch of us out to a Chinese restaurant (Fisherman's Wharf Seafood, at the Fish Markets) just after exams. It was spectacularly good. The Peking Duck was exceptional. Ahh! What a great finish to the college year!