28 hours, 4 cities, 273.7 kilometres. It was quite serene to stay at Andrew's place overnight. The morning was spent at the zoo. It was just way too hot...and most of us quit by 2pm, only visited the African and the Indo-Malayan sections of the zoo. Too tiring, I say. I guess the good thing is that I met a few interesting new people, and got reconnected with Paul. Rest of the day was spent resting, avoiding the ourdoors, buying dumplings, having a good dinner, shopping at T&T, and shopping for "cheap" gas (ended up with 104.9... it was 110.9 in Waterloo). Still don't know why I went, but it was good, I guess.

It's funny how I'm still in January for my "Bible reading plan." I guess I didn't anticipate turning away from speed reading to really slow reading. At this rate, I may finish February by the end of this year, and finishing the entire Bible by 2011... It's good, though, because I don't think I've ever studied the Bible so deeply before.

I'm grateful to God for...

• providing protection during this trip;
• meeting new friends and reconnecting with Paul, Andrew and Mary;
• giving me occassional flashes of moments where I experienced absolute surety of living in the Lord;
• keeping my body going in the zoo amidst the brutal heat and some great pain in my body; and
• inviting me to come closer and closer to Him.