To be WOWed a million times over

So I got a FEDEX package this week. 

It took them awhile, because they didn't quite comprehend a ship address. 

Ahnywayyyy... 

Took me a lot of walking about to find payphones and emailing and waiting at the window for almost an hour for the great white van with white and blue fonts on it to arrive just 5mins before the ETD. 

But - it was sooooooooooooooo worth it.

OMG you guys! 

Opening up that stack of postcards, seeing all your messages, putting everything together was -- more than overwhelming. WOW. 

I could've cried, I probably did. 

Not to mention being flocked by random shipcompany passerbys while I was piecing the thing together. 

"You have such good friends!"

"You mean this was self designed? ( eyes wide open ). Wow"

"Your friends are so creative"

Yes yes yes. :) I was the happiest most touched most overwhelmed person on board that hour - no doubts about that.

So thank you. Dankiwell. Spesiba. Takk Sumiket. Takk Firyol. Danke schon. 

I miss you guys.  No, actually - I prefer the French term : "Tu me manques". -> You are missing to me. I don't just miss you, but you are missing to me. 

Yep. 

I am touched. It was one of those moments where you for a splinter of a second feel : "I must've done something right.". 

Thanks for giving me that. 

i am SO beaming. :) 

you guys deserve a kiss

NICE to "see" you too, all of you. :) 

Here's the story, morning glory

You guys are smart. 

Or experienced.

Or both. 

SO they really ARE celery stalks. 

But here's the story. 

So I work in the galley now. The galley is the ship's kitchen. 

It's big. We have 3 walk in fridges and we prepare something like 1500 meals a day, everyday. 

We arrived in Holland on a Wednesday morning, and people were bringing in tulips ( like, you cannot get more Holland than that ) and I was thinking that it'll be really nice to get flowers, like real life tulips. (  before this I've only ever seen plastic ones - when I actually DID see real ones it took me quite a while (and a lot of touching & sniffing ) to realise that they were actually real and not plastic. *pffbt* )

So I remember saying, when we 'landed' on Holland land keyside : "God, I'd like some flowers please, thankyouverymuch."

The next day I was working in the galley, yes? And my job for the afternoon was to cut lots and lots of celery. 

Like two pans of this. (600cc each ) 

A lot. 

But then as I was cutting I slowly realised that the remaining-to-be-thrown-away stalks looked like roses. It was amazing! 

It was much more amazing when I realised after awhile that I have 'received' my bouquet of flowers, one day after I had 'asked' for it - No, not in a typical way, not quite what I had hoped for - this was better, waaaaaay better. :) 

Gawkingly beautiful, no? I had to stand there for a very long time. In awe. At this. 

Interestingly, the Head Chef decided to cook the celery stalks differently this time by way of 'baking'. 

Not a good idea. 

They didn't turn out, I think they had to be thrown away. 

It was a sad waste, and all that work!.

But then - heh, maybe this time it was just for that bouquet. :)

owh, and it was hard for me to cut some bits of the celery. 

These bits :

If you have an imagination akin to those who spend a lot of 'quality' time with veggies and fruits, you would realise that these particular stalks look very much like the wooden figurines with a head and hands praising. 

I was supposed to cut exactly at the 'neck' area, thus beheading this 'worshipping stalks'. It was hard. 

Okay, here's the local Celery Church Choir : 

I beheaded them soon after. 

Ah, cruelty. I know.

what was I to do? 

The green thing behind them? Chopping board. 

So what have we learnt today?

1) God's a real Gentleman and He gives amazing gifts.

2) Celery is not only good for you, it's beautiful too ( took me awhile to appreciate this green thing though)

3) Michelle spends a loooot of time in the kitchen, but she'll soon master the art of kitchzadry. :)  

Trivia

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:)