Missing

Missing good friends, curry, chicken rice with lime juice, English being spoken (in the street (beyond hello :) ), warm island air, Fairprice (although a new grocery opened just up the road-I'm going to check it out today), and the beautiful trees of Singapore! 

Don't get me wrong it's great here too, but as we tell everyone Singapore was home for eleven years.  You don't get over that quickly!

Ana Wanted You to Know...

She  completed her first 100 piece puzzle (with a little help on the dogs faces).  This was a tricky puzzle--Good Job!

Boom!

Massive firework displays are pretty common here.  There are also lots of firecrackers.  At first the kids were alarmed, but not anymore!  They're loving all the noise-as only kids can!

Singapore Flashback 1

It was great fun to meet up with four alumni from ICS. One of these students I knew as a fifth grader! They've done a lot of interesting things already.  Over Northern Indian food ( I SO MISS IT!), we chatted about future plans.  We hope to meet up with one when we next come back to the States-he's in medical school in Ohio.  It's beyond encouraging to see former students doing well, tackling hard things, and becoming leaders in their community.  Hooray for Third Culture Kids! (Kids that grew up in another culture.)

My Kitchen

Although this kitchen is MUCH smaller than my kitchens in Singapore, it does have lots of storage space.  I love the view from the window and there is even room for the water dispenser!  We had to do a little gluing as all the facings were falling off the cabinets, but besides that it's been an easy room.  As I cook almost all our meals I'm really GRATEFUL for a nice place to spend time in!

Subbing

Just so you know...I've been subbing in kindergarten this week.  I'll get back to posting shortly!  See you soon!

Pirate Party in the Park

Ana had a great time at the Pirate Party.  The sculpture park where it was held was beautiful too.  I'd like to explore it more!  Ana dug for treasure, made a pirate necklace, and consumed lots of sugar.  We got lots of stares on the way to the bus in our pirate gear!  Thank goodness for scrap fabric.  If we would have had black paper we would have attempted a pirate hat too!