precious children

well i just home from the orphanage christmas party. and it was real good fun. its the first time ive been out to the orphanage since ive been back. im so ashamed of that. i remember the first day i got back to kai fai qu all i could think about what getting out to the orphanage and seeing the children again - but it never happened. for 2 reasons, 1 being that they've had visitors like every weekend, so it wudnt have worked out for me to go out there and the 2nd on is that, on the few occasions that i was welcome out there i had already planned something, or was sick, or there wasnt enuff room in the van anyway. so yeh, i was pumped to be seeing them all again.

some of them have changed soooo much. for instance, mo jo lin, he used to be short and fat but now he is a good height and a good build, not fat at all - same character tho of course..cheeky! and same with Han Xiao, wow her hair is sooo long! so beauitful. then there are the ones that havent changed AT ALL! like mah jun, still little, still sooo adorable! and Qiao Dun i remember when i was here the first time her and i were close and she wud give me the BEST hugs ever. she still looks the same too.

there are a few new additions. and 1 that has left, with his father. one of the new children, hei lu lu lost half her left arm, but we are in the progress of getting a special arm, just for her from states so she'll b able to function properly. she is real sweet. she liked my dad.

there was also a young girl, who's name i can not pronounce let alone spell. she doesnt live at the orphanage, she lives in the little town where the orphanage is situated. however her mum has passed away and she rarely sees her dad so she spends most of her weekends at the orphanage and attends the free english classes on sat and sun. i really fell in love with her. words can not and will never describe the look on her face when receiving all her christmas presents. wow. these kids got totally blessed! also, it was her bday! so she got even mooore presents. she seemed so overwhelmed!

after all the formalities and eating the kids started playing around and i hit the floor to catch up with the children again. some remembered me, others didnt. i guess physically ive changed. and its been a while. when i approached that local girl, (who comes on weekends and has the english lessons) she had this awesome grin on her face. she was wearing a santa's hat, with 2 white long plaits. i grabbed them and used them to tickle her and then she did the same back to me. hehe. it was so cute. then she grabbed my hand, with both hers and that was it, she wudnt let go. she held on so tight. i was touched and torn at the same time. i wished i cud take her with me, back to oz. she was just...ah...there are no words. and when i was leaving..aww the way she looked at me. i cud hav just cuddled her forever.

so precious...all of them, so so so so precious.