mom's home

Mom's back :)
She spent a wonderful month in Israel with Ishikawas, Omeed and Kathryn. The trip home was a little tiring for her as there was a 10 hour stop-over in Bangkok in addition to the long flights. But she's finally home and Chiko is just as excited as we are to see her ;)

It's been one week...

We've been in Australia for a week. Most of the time we've been unpacking, running some errands for dad, just taking it easy and adjusting to life in Australia. I've already gotten my queensland 's driver's license and opened up a bank account. So far we've been to one devotional meeting, and also a dinner with some of the local Baha'i community and their friends, where the hostess surprised us by asking us to talk about Haifa and the Baha'i World Centre. We wished we were given more warning so that at least we could be prepared for it and maybe bring along photos etc to share with the friends there. But it was all good and it was nice to meet all these people.

Today, Faraz took me to a pretty big Asian supermarket and we did lots of shopping to stock up. It was a pretty impressive selection and reminded me of the asian supermarkets that I frequented in Perth. Tomorrow, we might be going to Ikea to just get some storage organisers etc and I like Ikea! fun fun but because we aren't working yet, we won't go crazy in there and just buy what we need :)

Finally to Australia

After more than two months of travelling and visiting family in Singapore, Malaysia and South Africa, Faraz and I finally got to Australia. We were just thinking that we got to Haifa almost the same time as Arman, but we left 2 months before him and now we are arriving home in Brisbane almost the same time as he is in the US. It is good to not live out of the suitcase (once we unpack) and our home in Brisbane is awesome. Faraz's mom and dad did such a great job with our home and making me feel welcome. Friends and relatives here are so welcoming too. It will be a great time in Brisbane. Oh yah, and Chiko, Faraz's dog, seem to get on well with me so far. hehehe