<H3> And we will rise again........</h3>

The Don and I haven't been very well off late. A result of too much travelling and too many late nights. I have a perpetual flu and today I have an onset of headaches. Taking leave from work is out of the question as we are moving office this week. The Don too is exhausted. Worse, he has reservist for three days this week so there simply won't be time for a break.

Even the Lancerlot has suffered. Yesterday while The Don was on the way to reservist camp, the Lancerlot started having an instantaneous fever, his temperature rising to a dangerous level. The Don who was with two of his friends, stopped by the side of the expressway and found that the water had dried up. That was a rarity as The Don is the type who makes sure his Lancerlot is "well-nourished". In any case, he found out later that there was some problem with the radiator and it has to be replaced.

The Don and I have been through the whole spectrum of emotions these two months. We were at our peak and just as suddenly the tide ebb and flowed and we were at rock bottom, although none of it was any fault of ours. (other than bad judgement, I guess) Still our spirits remain high and will soar even higher in time, just you wait and see.

We are not bitter coz we are not the kind of people who chooses to wallow in sorrow. Instead we choose to look on the bright side and see how lucky we are coz even at times such as these, we have wonderful friends who stayed by our side, their support unwavering. And family members worth their weight in gold who didn't just lent their ears but their physical energy, opened their houses to us and pulled all stops to help us. For that we are eternally grateful.

We realise no team is better than a husband and wife team who trusts each other implicitly and complements each other's strengths and weaknesses. Especially when we have experimented and found a winning formula. All it takes is just some fine-tuning and we'll be on our way up again. Insya'allah. And we will rise again, like a phoenix rising from the ashes.

Just you wait and see.......