jobloggs, englishman2010 and steve thanks for your kind words... and pardon me for saying something off the rail - it's said out of desperation...
@englishman2010: i do love stamford!!! it's a quaint little town full of hoity toits hehehe not sure if that's how you spell it. anyway, i just love england full stop! this is where i want to be for the rest of my life.
oh well, will be in the Philippines soon. would be interesting to see what happens when i lodge my application. i have a bundle of papers with me, hope it's enough to support my application but we never know.
by the way, we've kissed and made up!