Yesterday Ann added to her list of recent achievements by gaining her NSW Driver's License. In doing so, she leapfrogged the whole provisional license stage, largely because she already held a Thai license. I can also report with considerable pride that she passed both written and practical tests with a 100% correct record, something of a rarity I am told.

She is a very goal-centred person and works very determinedly on tasks until they are achieved. This is one of the key differences between people raised in Asian cultures (specifically, East and South East Asian) and the increasingly sorry state of how Westerners approach education and much else besides. I won't go on.

Well done honey.