Hi peeps!
A list of "thank you's" for the welcome!
JacksonAlan46 and JoeBloggs - cheers for the advice on that.. we'll see what happens - watch this space (well, maybe in a new posting in the "relationships" section.. let's use the forum correctly!)
Arthur - Billy Connolly eh? I take that as a great compliment - my mom moved up to Scotland a few years ago too.. coincidence?! hehehe..
South-east Boy - In my case I met my friend by searching an appropriate asian interest group which I found.. it was then just a simple matter of sending a few friend requests.. iincidentally she is the only one to have maintained contact.. coincidence?! hmm..
RickyR, Alanmf1 and LEAHnew - thanks for the support and welcome! Coincidence..?! oh, sorry that doesn't apply here does it.. er.. yeah.. thanks for the support!
I could say it's been stress-free chit-chat all the way, but I'd be lying. Although the communication has been great it has also been a little on and off in the last month or so as a family health problem caused her to suddenly relocate from Manila to her home in Legaspi City at the beginning of December (complete with attached, grumbling volcano..). To be honest though the anxiety is probably just me in a disbelieving delayed shock at my good fortune, and hanging on her words (that mysterious "relationship" thing again..). Since then we've soldiered on in Facebook as and when she's been able to get, but we have exchanged phone numbers and talked a little. At first she had trouble with the british accent and admitted she had trouble thinking of what to talk about on the spot as a result (bless her), but I called her on New Year's Eve and that went better - we laughed about it and agreed to just consider it as "another string to the bow". I signed up to Chikka.com for pc to mobile comms so that it would be cheaper for her to text me but it seems a little intermittent at best, and chopping, maybe even losing messages altogether at worst! Can anyone suggest an alternative means? She uses internet cafe's as she doesn't have a pc/cable at either "home", so the oft touted "Skype" is out.. boo :((
Anyway, the latest to the comms nightmare catalogue was a text through the "Chikka carrier pidgeon" this morning asking "if I miss her and that she misses me", but that she is still at home in Legaspi and she "needs to speak with me about something", saying it was important. I sent a reply (which as I say may or may not have got through..). Since that very moment I've lost access to Chikka, my near-creditless mobile has nearly gone flat, the works phone refuses to connect me through the cheap internet phone service I use and Facebook (which I shouldn't try to access at work really) is empty of any potential emails or anything on her account to give a clue as to why she's still in Legaspi..
All things considered, today could be better..
