This is being extracted from an email sent to me by one of the gal who went SUR with me... I was so touched by her words. I never know that someone would ever see me in this way. In fact I tot she is unhappy with the group as some incidents happened during the trip...

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You know i love you, i really do. (loads of smiles) thanks for ya letter babe. I have so much things to say about us, our friendship and all of it but it seems so unfair to do it. I wasnt faking it, I really enjoyed being your friend not because I have to but because I want you as a friend on this trip. you are FUN babe, you are what this trip is about sheer "fun"(You know that laughter I make when I dun get the joke and its suppose to be funny so I laugh the laugh, I am making it now) and you're funny too. You are real, you get it, you're yourself, you're so darn real. There are no masks, or pretence or needs or wants or agendas or objectives, you're just there to be yourself and that seems to be what its all about. You are really just full of yourself and oddly there are no defences or strategies from you. You simply put yourself out there and do what you please and actually did it well!! I could never be that vulnerable and secure about my individuality. Thats why you are whats real to me. And thats good, to have someone that real on the team. it makes decisions harder to make as it wont be as its, no longer black and white. You, the gray one, matters. I am proud to call you a friend and I have mentioned our happy times to my parents and close friends, you're the happiness and comfort Indonesia has offered and a blessing in disguise, you made this trip bearable, you made this trip memorable, you made this trip a reality worth remembering. thanks for being you and what you are and allowing me to be part that. Have a great 2007!"