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*Terry is the new England Skipper. I love that lad but my first choice for that captaincy would be Stevie G. Because Liverpool rules! And they will win the Community Shield 2006 tonight.

*Troy gave me a fright – text me on 3am-ish with this message: ‘the heart is alone and wants to cry…grieving for the tears…I’m overwhelmed with sadness & loneliness…I don’t know how to cry anymore…’. I know Troy is missing home. The past year has been very cruel.

This week has been dramatic. The Others were in danger!
Someone created trouble, put the blame on Pietro, Seth, Juan & Tommy. Someone ran to daddy and make a complaint. Someone back-mouthed & back-stab and make a scene on purpose.
It smelt like there was a well-planned conspiracy going on. The Director was not in the whole week – went sailing in the Mediterranean. Thus, the timing was perfect. By the time The Director comes back, the storm would have subsided and the crew would have left the ship. (Tommy intended to leave on the spot but I told Tommy not to. It’s not to Tommy’s advantage to leave when Tommy doesn’t have a back-up job and the whole issue is not Tommy’s fault either. It won’t be hard for Tommy to find a similar job, but the tricky part will be asking for similar pay).
It has been very obvious that Boss harbor the ambition to reach the highest office of all; bringing along the team that Boss has build over the years. But this time the culprit was someone else. Someone who is more wicked than Boss. Everyone got a shock; someone was a devil in disguise.
We are yet to determine the motives but most likely it was a grudge at a personal level – against Boss, Pietro, Seth, Juan & Tommy.
But what was very touching in a way, was the way when Boss drops everything, unite the team and fight the outside enemy first. Of course once Boss is done with the culprit, Boss will continue with the office domination plan, but the impressive part of this week was the way Boss, Pietro, Seth, Juan & Tommy handle the situation. Professional, principled and ethical.
The story does not end here yet, I believe there will be a few more episodes to come in the coming weeks :)

From this week experience, I truly feel humbled. Grateful. Indebted. And slightly embarrassed :)
I gotta slow down - to remember that life is good. That things could be worse. And that my little problems aren't so bad in the bigger scale of things.

"I suppose you feel you let everyone down, and that you made a fool out of yourself and everything. But did you notice something, Charlie Brown? The world didn't come to an end."
- Linus, "A Boy Named Charlie Brown"