Return to Asia

Well who would have thought that I would be back... that's right I'm now sitting in Singapore's Changi Airport writing back in this blog about my 2nd adventures in Taiwan.
Today has been a long day... woke up at 530am after having gone to bed at 1am (watching Lost again!) and we're not even in Taiwan yet.
Well this time I've swapped Pete and Jade for my new flatmate Mike form Wagga and we're off on a holiday (not an elective) and spending 1 week in Taipei (meeting up with Sammy and others) and 1 week in Singapore (staying with Jeanne from church). This time I have no one 'picking me up" form the airport so I'm gonna be using a 'sink or swim approach' with me now rusty and badly pronounced Mandarin... Mike appears to have more confidence in my navigation and linguistic abilities than I do... so here's hoping we make it to our accomodation before midnight (when it closes!)
Well today also marks another significant occasion. I received my medical school results back and I passed! That's right I got 63% and am now a fully finished junior medical officer! I'm vbery thankful to God that I didn't fail as that would require me to go back to Sydney and abandon this post-exam trip so thumbs up to God!
To be honest I'm feeling a little nervous about going back to Taiwan... I had such an amazing time over there last time that I fear this time won't live up to my expectations... maybe the 'gloss' of it all will not be so shiny this time? But hopefully it will keep the concept of overseas mission and life overseas fresh in my mind.
Well it feels good to be back blogging again... and what a big year it's been... I've had quite a rough last few months and am glad that it's all over and God has kept me under his wings... I have so much to give thanks to him for... but today I want to thank him especially for keeping me Christian when I was tempted to start living for myself and not for my Lord Jesus.
I hope this trip will give me some time to clear my mind, enjoy his creation and catch up with some old brothers and sisters in Christ.
Well my time limit is up at the Airport, so I think it's time to head off and check in... here we go again! Haha... one of my friends, Ange, couldn't believe I actually decided to come back to taiwan on a holiday!
Well God works in mysterious ways eh?
Dr Jimbo