Life goes on as normal
Work, home, friends, family. The routine of everyday life.
On 30 September 2006 Mum, Dad, Oma Z. and I went to the William Rickett's Sanctuary to remember my Oma K. who recently passed away. It was a place that is special because she introduced it to my parent's on one of her visits to Australia. It was a very fitting thing to do - and very peaceful and beautiful.
Later in the day Mum and I played Rummy, which Oma always loved to play. I won both games :-)
For dinner, Mum and I had sausages, mash potato (from a packet) and salad - like Oma used to make whenever I was there to visit. The packet mash isn't as good as the real thing - but that's how Oma made it, and it wasn't too bad. The sausages were about the only meat Oma ate occasionally too.
Later that night, I made pancakes. Oma always liked it when Dad would make pancakes in the evening. Yum yum!
The day was a fitting tribute to Oma, and co-incided with a family lunch being held in Germany on the same day.
OMG, I was on train this morning and a little tubby man sat near me (on opposite side of carriage) and he was disgustingly chowing on a hot dog....YUK! Then he opened a can of Coke, and ate an Apricot Bar. I thought that was plenty, but then he scoffed down a mars bar making all these chewing and slobbering sounds.
Sooooo grosse!
This evening I cracked the 2.5km swimming goal!! WooHoo!! Arno, wie geht's bei dir mit schwimmen?
It was such a good exercise session, but I'm a bit sore now. Not to worry, because I will now be having a few days rest from exercise.
After eating some yummy Laksa (made by Kai Ma) with toasted Turkish bread, my stomach was sore. It's good again now after a bit of a rest.
TUESDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2006
I swam 2.2kms tonight! What a great feeling...although I shouldn't eat chocolate so much afterwards. Tomorrow I will aim for 2.5kms....one day I'll do 3kms. But let's not get ahead of ourselves :-)
On Friday 8 September 2006, my Oma passed away. She had a tumor that got the better of this very strong woman. She taught me many things, and I will always have fond memories of the times I spent with her. I am thankful to have had the opportunity to get to know my Oma even though she lived on the other side of the planet to me.
I hope my family in Germany also have many great memories of her.
Find out a little about the place she lived - a beautiful region which Oma loved very much. She showed me many of the places she enjoyed visiting.
