Coffee with Christine

We arrived in Kenya in October 1992. Our girls were borned in 1994 and 1996 and all these years, we have never once been on safari in the Mara- that's right, not even once!! The girls do get to go to different mini safaris as part of their school activities and as a family, we have always preferred a beach holiday...yup, we are all beach people! Besides, the prices are always so high! Since we are leaving, we decided that we must at least be on safari once as a family. A great friend, Marigold, got us an out of this world kind of deal and we were able to go on a weeklong safari and enjoyed every minute of it! Here's some pictures... The incredible scenery and landscapes of the great Masai Mara. This huge baboon was climbing up the water tower! pretty bored looking lioness, we were only a few feet away albeit safe and sound in our van! beautiful rainbow after a heavy downpour Our guide, Tita, drove us about 45 minutes up to a mountain to see these buffalos, I f...

Happy Belated Mother's Day to all the moms out there! Tony started the celebration with me last Wednesday by taking me out to a nice bistro kind of restaurant for breakfast. Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day; especially when I don't have to fix it and when I have lots of choices! I love lingering over a cup of coffee and reading the newspaper and just having a slow start to the morning...a perfect way to begin the day, if you ask me! Then he got me this bouquet of gorgeous flowers, and then a meal out...he has to keep this up till my birthday on the 19th!! It's like a Jewish festival..and I LOVE IT! I didn't take pictures but the girls got me cards and jewellery...and Kathryn told me that I am worth approximately $200,000 annually for my "mom" job! That felt good! This was a Sunday service at a local church and it was a special service for us as we are telling the congregation that we are leaving for our new assignment in Malaysia.... :-(( Af...

I was wondering if I should keep this blog when we relocate to Malaysia??? I know that our friends in Malaysia and elsewhere are interested about our lives in Kenya but Malaysia??? I am not sure... I am thinking about it... write me a comment if you think I should keep it up!! Some random pics.... This is Max longing for his daddy. He did this the entire time that Tony was in Malaysia.. poor baby! He loves Tony! Awwww......(the girls' favorite expression!) Kat took some pictures around campus....pretty eh? This huge pine tree is on our front yard. This is one of Vickie's teachers. The middle school was raising funds for some social projects and he challenged them if they raised a certain amount he would shaved off his beard and if they raised even more money, he would shave his hair as well! Brave man and they did raised the funds!! Too bad I didn't get the 'after' picture! Vickie is on the far left, as a stage hand during one of their drama production. She ...