[L]: Hello world!! Whoaaa....it's so nice to finally get to be on our blog! We haven't had access to the regular internet websites for so long. There was an earthquake in the Pacific Ocean during Christmas that damaged a lot of internet routes from/to here. It wasn't until recently, that we could finally log on to the internet again and get some e-mails.... BUT things are still moving verrrrrrrry slowly. For example, I will look at the browser, walk away, come back an hour or two later, and there will be maybe 1 more tiny image that just got downloaded. And then it freezes. So doing anything over the internet has been quite literally painful... took me over a couple hours to download just a few e-mails yesterday! But we are thankful to have some sort of internet access to the outside world again!
Can't wait to write more, but for now, just wanted to let you know that we are still alive and well. =) Yes, it's cold here! Our lovely ditch outside our apartment with the nice greenish, brown color is frozen. Edwin and I threw rocks at the layer of ice and the rock bounced off the surface -- perhaps the ice is thicker than it looks?! =P (But our friends still claim that this winter is milder than most. haha!) Riding our bikes to class is still painfully hard every morning in the cold weather, but final exams are approaching, so it won't be long till our semester comes to an end.
Anyhow, we hope you all had a great Christmas and a great new year so far! Time flies so quickly, doesn't it. Christmas was a very busy season for us, with lots of stuff going on. We were exhausted, but it was worth it! Being here has made Christmas a truly meaningful season for us.
We hope the internet will be back to full-speed again soon, so we can catch up more with all of you!
Until then...
Happy Belated New Years!
Life in our new 'hood...
