following last year's sucess, we're upping the bar slightly & aim to raise $40,000 for this year's ASD event. I must say that everyone has worked tremendously hard this year, under multiple stress factors ranging from death in a family member, busy work schedules which often requires 3 of us to be out of Singapore and personal commitments. there are days when i question the feasibility of us pulling this off, given the odds against us this year - long weekend with many of our regular supporters away + the gloomy economic situation. Jacq & I were pulling our hair thinking of plan B and even considered moving the date of the event. When we reconvened last week to work out the numbers, we felt more reassured & more positive about the whole thing. Cautiously optimistic, if i may use that term. These 2 weeks will just be about pushing ticket sales & attendance.  Jacq has done an incredible job getting all the auction items together & we've sent them out for pre-event bidding. we're really glad that it has resulted in some incredible bids. Suddenly $40K doesn't look all that daunting anymore  

 

we can't save all the abandoned dogs in Singapore through the money we'll be raising through these events. that is only possible through a combination of long term education & awareness programs done with big government support. however every baby steps we make through creating awareness will hopefully give a  dog another chance to live a life it so rightfully deserves. Indifference is the worst crime any human being can commit, so "Stand up for animal rights and make a difference today". 

Found out about Jona's pregnancy about 6 weeks ago. She's about 10 weeks pregnant now. I still can;t believe one of my best friend is pregnant! Really thrilled about that. I know Jona will make an excellent mom - if she's then, then i'll have the excuse to take over haha.

 

She came around with Dee last weekend. We shared a simple local meal and had a few drinks at home - jona's not drinking of course. Showed me an ultrasound picture of the little bab - oh my god, it's so tiny! i think it's only 2cm long at this point and it seems to be waving! haha.

 

we're struggling with names - jona's asked for some ideas. What do i know about baby names? ZERO! I can only think of traditional names but i think she wants something trendy .. Lei? That's Japanese for peaceful - i think that's what she told me.

 

Very very exciting journey for jona. She deserves to have something to call her own and who loves her unconditionally. And i wish her pregnancy will be smooth sailing.

 

A beautiful & fun filled night, celebrating life, love, family and friendship.

 

Rasa & Chris looked really content during Konrad's christening. This journey to parenthood has been miraculous. And Mega and I are really honored to be part of this celebration.