Eat, Drink, Sweat

On holiday

2009-12-25T17:51:00.001-08:00

I am currently in NZ where most of you will know I have gorged myself on fresh seafood and wine.
I have lots of great photos to share but these will have to wait till we return in January.
So far the highlights have been Crayfish, Mouton Rothshield, smoked snapper, whitebait fritters and a fantastic rhubarb and Gooseberry Tart that Barbara made.

Of course non food highlights have been family especially watching Felix play with his cousin.
I will try to do a more complete post soon but I feel another nap coming on!

Some old Photos

2009-11-29T18:01:00.000-08:00

A really cute one of Henry

Felix and the lego tower of doom

Herny makes friends at the pub,

The lights at depavalli

THe Milo Dinosaur

mine

2009-11-29T18:00:00.000-08:00

This is my new baby!

Reassured

2009-11-26T17:28:00.000-08:00

Yesterday on the bus we sat next to a older lady who asked me if I liked Holland Village (a area which is very popular with expats) I told her that I had been there a couple of times and thought it was OK but preferred other parts of Singapore more, she took a while to answer me and then reassured me by saying "well you don't look like a yuppie, that place is so full of stuck up yuppies on a Friday night getting drunk".

I am going to take that as a compliment.

Some randon pictures

2009-11-25T16:31:00.000-08:00

This sign sums up Singapore, but is currently displayed at our condo as they are ripping up the tiles and putting new ones down.

Yes the leaf is almost as big as Felix! the tree is only small though very odd.

I put this in cos Henry is cute!
The funny story of Pikachu's big adventure:

Felix was given a Pikachu by one of the cleaning staff at his friend Georges condo, when we were in the lift going to Georges house for the first time, In the excitement of being in a new house with lots of cool toys Felix left Pikachu behind.
George held onto Pikachu till we came back to visit, he was very excited that Felix would have him back and Felix was also very excited about having Pikachu once again,
Pikachu spent the next few days with Felix, watching him eat and sleep, playing and attending music classes, then tragedy struck on a rather wet day we were running down the drive to catch the shuttle bus, to meet Nick for dinner when Pikachu slipped out of Felix's hand and down into a storm drain!
Now call me a chicken but I was not keen to put my hand into a drain in Singapore and not just because it was raining.
Felix was very upset he cried all the way to dinner and the only thing he really could say was "I have to tell George"
One week later the whole family was walking down the drive to go out to the science centre I noticed that the drain covers were off and jokingly said I wonder if Pikachu is still there, Nick looked and there he was just out of reach, Nick heroically borrowed a broom from the guards house and attempted a rescue, 5 minutes and a scrapped knee later,Pikachu was safely back with a very happy Felix.
Once at the Science centre Pikachu was carefully washed and dried and we all got on with enjoying ourselves.....but then as we were waiting for the bus Felix asked if I had Pikachu and of course he was no where to be found, the lesson to be learnt here is of course is easy come easy go!

oh the picture above is of a replacement Pikachu!
Felix the punk

2009-11-24T23:16:00.001-08:00

Well it has been a a while since I have blogged (and even longer since Nick has) so I thought it was time I jotted a few things down

We have been fairly busy the last few weeks finding a preschool for Felix, exploring and of course eating.

Firstly I think I have found my new favorite lunch food its pork buns its very simply pork in a very Moorish sauce served in steamed bun with a bit of Chinese parsley (coriander) it is the best sandwich I have had!

We have been busy this week preparing for our Australasian tour, trying to do Christmas shopping etc, So today the boys and I headed to Chinatown, we stuck to the department stores and shopping centres as it very hot outside today and the kids tend to wilt.
Chinatown is like everyone imagines it to be filled with everything that is Chinese!
Henry of course was very popular once again with people posing to take photos with him.
I also could not help but buy the kids a few things as the clothes down here are so much cheaper than along Orchard road

On the weekend we made it to the Singapore Science centre with some friends and it was fantastic!
The highlight was shared between the Tesla coil (nicks favorite) and the waterworks exhibit which the children can play in, I am glad we got pre warning about this part, as we took togs for the boys and Nick, unfortunately I didn't take a change of clothes and through my own stupidity got absolutely drenched.
there were many exhibits we didn't see but we will purchase a membership next year as the centre was a winner.

I think that is about all I have time for right now I will try to follow this up with some photos soon also my new coffee machine arrives Friday so I am sure I will post many a photo and bore you all with my quest to make the best coffee I can on a domestic machine!

tourists stuff and crabs

2009-11-12T17:47:00.001-08:00

The following photos are taken around Clarke Quay which is very much at the tourist end of town but also where you can get really good Chili Crab, we know because we ate it twice this week!
Felix is holding hands with Matilda, who is town for few days with her folks Laura and Simon.
Felix and Matilda have not seen each over since Felix was 1 and Matilda was 6months but soon bonded over jumping in puddles!

In other news this week Felix lost his boy (which to you that don't know was his toy he has had since he was a baby) this was a hard loss but hes doing OK now.

Currently I am looking out the window at the fog of smoke that has risen up, it is from the spraying they do for mosquito's luckily I got the washing in off the balcony and closed the door just in time before we got fumigated.

Tonight we are off to see the Christmas lights on Orchard road (yes in November).

I was just hanging nicks shirts up to dry on the bamboo racks out the back and didn't hear the sprayer coming I am now mosquito free and feeling a bit teary.

Morning at the Gardens

2009-11-01T03:59:00.000-08:00

Felix and I, left Nick and Henry at home today and went to the children's garden at the botanical gardens,
We both had a great time although I did get attacked by ants which have a nasty bite.

We came home and spent a hour in the pool and Felix had to go to bed early!

Milestones thunderstorms and mutants

2009-10-29T00:29:00.000-07:00

This week signaled a couple of Milestones for Felix ,
First he got his first MRT card (Public transport) this is a pretty big deal as he has to be a certain height and he has finally had a growth spurt as you can see from the photo he is pretty proud of his card and has been showing everyone on the train it.

His second achievement is also related to him growing a bit taller he is now tall enough to pee in the toilet! He is very proud of himself for both achievements!

Felix has also started to make friends around the condo, yesterday he asked one of the girls if she wanted to race on there scooters she then asked him if he wanted to join there club, very cute, he maybe the mascot however as they are all around 10-12 years old.

This post was interrupted by a massive thunderstorm, these are very common here but I must admit this one scarred me we are in a valley and on the top floor so it seems even louder up here, also there was a deafening noise that made me and Felix jump, which may have been one of the nearby buildings being hit which has happened twice now this month.

The picture of Henry is the only time this week he has not been screaming he is currently getting his molars and he is suffering with them he is not at all his usual charming self, I think this photo shows he has grown up a bit not as chubby now just solid!

The last photo is a little hard to make out sorry but it was the best shot I could get.
It is of a massive coi it is about as long as Felix is tall and very creepy it could be a extra in a sci fi film about mutant aquatics, however despite its grotesque size giving me the willies we visit it once a week after playgroup.

Thats all for now hopefully I will have some more food photos soon

life in Singapore

2009-10-26T04:34:00.001-07:00

We are now settling into a bit of routine Felix has a regular music class and we are looking at kindergardens for next year. the snaps here are just some cute ones of the kids that I thought people may enjoy, As you can see from the picture of Henry he was very tired today, hes making up for lost time growing all his teeth at once and has not been sleeping super well, for once he is not the most smiley kid in Singapore.

I have had a little time off lately from the kids and have managed to find a good hairdresser on the first recommendation that I was given, I have not been so lucky with the myattempts at finding a waxer and a place to get my eyebrows done, with the result of my brows looking a little like Bert's from Sesame street.
I won't post a picture as I do not want to have the image following me a round cyber space.

Apart from that we have been getting on with life and starting Christmas shopping, and what must be a world record Singapore already has its decorations up!

Stay tuned for Halloween snaps.

Quick update

2009-10-19T05:41:00.000-07:00

Hi all,
Sorry no photos on this post, but it has been a while and I thought I was endanger of being one of those bloggers who starts off with a blaze and then fizzes out to nothing. (see my last blog oldschoolnappies which had 1 post)

So I guess what s new has been that we have moved into our apartment, this has been a roller coaster of emotions.
Having all our things back has meant that we have all felt a lot more settled especially the boys as they have toys to play with and we are not going out all the time so we don't go crazy in the serviced apartment, also moving into our permanent place means we can start to do things like look for a kindergarten for Felix and have people over.
The down side is that it means we are in fact staying don't get me wrong Singapore is fantastic but it just needs a few good friends added.
We are also well and truly out of holiday mode with the everyday drudgery of dishes and sweeping (with all tiled floors its all I do) setting in.
We have also made some Friends who live not to far away which sweetens the deal some what.
Fitted in around the trips to Ikea and unpacking boxes we have managed to do some fun stuff to we took the boys to see the lights for Depavali in Little India which were fantastic we had dinner at a Kashmir restaurant which was OK but I don't think we will be rushing back .

We also had dinner at the local Canadian themed pub which is very close to where we live which was interesting and made me slightly nostalgic for my childhood.

Well that's enough I will try to include some photos net time as I know if I was reading this I would only look at the pictures anyway.

new post soon

2009-10-16T23:34:00.000-07:00

we are back online but the internet is a bit scatty, will update soon

Offline

2009-10-11T23:13:00.000-07:00

Due to the Starhub Calamity of 2009, we're off line until Thursday so no updates till at least then...

Nick

chicken rice

2009-10-08T01:24:00.001-07:00

Today Tom was in town so we took a break from the toil of moving house and went to Five star chicken rice in River valley rd, we had chicken rice, kai lan in Garlic sauce, and tofu(which I can't remember the name of) it was definitely the best chicken rice i have had here but was also the most expensive, costing around $34 for 2 adults and 2 kid, the other good thing was they had plates for the kids.

Moving Day

2009-10-07T18:41:00.000-07:00

I am so tired from moving and everything else going on that this post will be picture heavy words light! here are some before and after pictures of the move it gives you a vague idea of our apartment and how much stuff we had to fit onto it, keep in mind that these photos were taken when only half the stuff wasin, needless to say we are only half unpacked and not even half organised. Also a couple of pictures of the view.

Royal Prata cafe

2009-10-05T05:35:00.001-07:00

The Royal Prata Cafe is just around the corner from where we have been staying we only tried it last week but have been back 3 times since, today I was luckily enough to try the Mutton Briyani before it sold out, and having tried it I can see why they never have any left when we go in the evening it is AMAZING, and only $4.50!
The kids love this place and it is very cheap, today we had 3 drinks, the Briyani, a bag of Poppadoms, a Chocolate Prata (I would not recommend this) and a tissue Prata all for $13.

They make a lime juice which is very common in Singapore which helps to combat the heat, and today I also tried the Teh Tarik ,which means pulled tea, its a mix of strong tea, condensed milk, and sugar which is poured rather spectacularly from one cup to another to aerate and cool it. As the ingredients suggest it is very sweet and strong but goes perfectly with spicy food.
The boys are very popular here and today we had all the guys who were working come out to see us, which is fantastic for keeping Henry occupied when he is Hungary.

Botanical gardens

2009-10-04T17:54:00.000-07:00

As you can see from the Photos the Singapore Botanical gardens are stunning, you could write a whole blog on the place.
The boys and I headed up there late yesterday afternoon with the idea we would spend a hour having a quick look and then come home, however we stayed for 2 hours and could have spent the whole day there! Felix loved being able to run around and both the boys were fascinated with the Catfish and the Coi.

there were also squirrels everywhere and try as I might to take a photo I am afraid they all looked like blurs.

the Children's garden was a hit of course it has three separate playgrounds including a water section as well as lots of sensory and educational areas.

there really is so much to see here that a few photos really do not do it justice!

Chinatown

2009-10-04T17:40:00.000-07:00

hi these are some pics form Saturday when we went to Chinatown I ill admit that we forgot to take photos and our main reason to go there was to visit a cook bookshop/cafe but we will go back soon and take better photos.

you can find a naughty corner anywhere, this was one very grumpy Felix.

While in Chinatown we also looked around some of the market shops and visited a temple, which Felix and Nick went into, but I stayed outside with Henry and the stroller even form outside it looked amazing probably should have taken some photos.....

Pepper Crab

2009-09-29T16:51:00.000-07:00

Just a quick note, last night we went to small place which is about 5 minutes walk from our serviced apartment and tried Pepper Crab for the first time.
I have to say evrything I have been told is true and Pepper crab may be my new favorite food especially when it comes with the yummy fried bread rolls that taste like they are made with golden syrup.
We also had black bean fish and kai lan ( a green)with oyster sauce the boys had fried rice with shrimp and every time I tried to take Henrys spoon away he cried he liked it so much.
Crab is probably the most expensive thing on the menu there but I am definatly tempted to go back for lunch.

Oops

2009-09-29T01:18:00.000-07:00

For some reason this did not attach to the last post!

Toy museum and Water fun

2009-09-29T00:47:00.000-07:00

Sorry its been awhile since the last post, we have filled up the time mostly by eating and shopping because after all that is what one does in Singapore.

I am really enjoying it here now and starting to find my way around the city fairly well.

We have now eaten most of Singapore's favorite foods but for some reason Satay is becoming hard to track down.
Talking of food Nick and I had our first night out on the weekend and headed out for Chilli Crab, I have to say I was a little underwhelmed by it but every Singaporean I have talked to has said that pepper crab is the thing to eat, so we will try that next, unfortuantlly the silly photos of nick and I wearing bibs and eating crab got lost when our other cameras memory card crashed oh well.......

The photos are from the Toy museum where we took the boys on Saturday please note the photo of Nick looking disapproving in front of the golliwogs (that photo is especially for mum).

We get the keys to our apartment tomorrow but won't move in for a while as nick has to go to Melbourne on the weekend, while he enjoys wine and chesse I plan on eating out at the local parata shop every day with the kids its super cheep and the kids love there Roti.

These photos are from a Mall I took the boys to today which has a water play area so they stripped of and went in there was only one other kid there and as you can see from the pictures she was super cute and was trying to give Henry a bath.There is also one photo of Felix in front of the formula 1 lion.

Playing

2009-09-24T23:21:00.001-07:00

The last few days have gone pretty quickly it feels like we have been here for ages not almost 2 weeks, the homesickness is starting to really kick in, so in a effort to get over it I have made a effort to make some new friends and set up some routine for me and the boys, first stop was music class for Felix which he really enjoyed, the format is that I drop him off for 30Min's and then I come back for the last 15 Min's so it means he gets some time off and so do I.

We also joined the Australia New Zealand Association (ANZA) which put us in touch with a playgroup which we attended today, both the boys loved it and I got to have my first flat white since we moved here.
The playgroup is held at a indoor playground, we got there a little early and it had not opened yet so while we were waiting outside I got talking to one of the other mothers and it turns out, that her husband was someone Nick went to school with that and he had been in contact with on Facebook but we had not caught up with.

I also got the number of another women who has just moved here so we can catch up during the week all and all a productive trip to playgroup.

I have also just discovered Muji www.muji.com thanks to Lily and I am totally smitten with this shop and went a little crazy today on my first in store visit

Tonight we have a babysitter and we are off to Jumbo Seafood on the east coast for what we have heard is the best chili and pepper crab in Singapore.

Singapore is awesome its just a shame I miss everyone at home so much and especially coffee at North Island can some one please tell Matt me and Felix miss him, and Felix keeps telling me that the muffins here are nice but Matt's are better.

Asian civilistaions museum and lost cardis

2009-09-22T22:34:00.000-07:00

So I figured it was time the boys and I tackled the MRT into the city to do some tourist spots before we got settled into daily life, so We caught the bus and 2 trains into the city, and found a new cafe with good bread and ok coffee (well at least it was fair trade)at Raffles Place, and then Made our way over to The Asian civilaisations museum ont he way felix took this rather random photo of a guy with a banana on his head.

The museum was pretty cool although we did have limited time as Henry got bored, it held Felixs interest though and I had to promise we would go back.

We had a picnic next to the river and this is where the day started going down hill first I got hustled by a Buddhist for a prayer card and then lost my favorite cardie,although we did get to wave at the boats going past and the kids really enjoyed running around in the city.

On the way home in a fluster I jumped on the train heading the wrong way but we managed to correct that and get home easily and in time for a swim. I did manage to get a little sunburned and scare a few people with all my Tattoos because of not having the cardie, but I think overall it was a successful trip and the MRT is easy to use even with having to change trains etc.

Our pet gecko David

2009-09-22T05:10:00.000-07:00

David the Gecko lives in our bedroom and keeps us company at night...

Next time I get married...

2009-09-22T05:08:00.000-07:00

I saw this outside the Carlton Hotel today - it's a suped-up boy racer car, with wedding fringes.

Felix considering the Merlion & heavy rain

2009-09-22T05:02:00.000-07:00

Singapore & censorship

2009-09-21T06:30:00.000-07:00

When I lived here as a teenager, I rememebr when they introduced the new Restricted (Artistic) 21 rating to Singapore which meant that far more films could be seen. I also remember Mum getting me into The Piano.

These days Singapore has a much more sophisticated rating system for film (G, PG, NC16, R18, R21), not to mention a better video game rating system than Singapore! You can also look up all movie ratings and level ofcensorship here.

This doesn't mean that you can get Far Eastern Economic Review in Singapore, but hey, improvement is improvement!

New house

2009-09-21T05:14:00.000-07:00

Hooray we have signed a lease on a apartment, we will take it on from the 1st of Octaber but probably won't move in till later then that because Nick has to go to Melbourne and our stuff won't have arrived yet

http://www.singaporeexpats.com/singapore-property-pictures/condo/hume-park.htm

this will give you abasic idea what it looks like but these are the show pictures so its not exact.

Henry walks!

2009-09-20T17:59:00.001-07:00

More zoo photos

2009-09-20T17:16:00.000-07:00

House-hunting and the Zoo

2009-09-20T15:43:00.000-07:00

In the last two days we've looked at 10 different flats, 4 in the same complex. It's a intensely frustrating experience, in part because there seems to be little rhyme or reason in the pricing of places. It's made worse by the very odd agent system in use. You can call a specific agent who will go find places for you and then show you through them, or you can find places yourself (online or in the paper) and then call them up and an agent will still show you round. Most rents seem to be negotiable, so you make an offer and they'll decide based on what they think of you, who signs the lease (you or the company) and how long you want it for.

That said, we have fund a place we liked a lot. It's more expensive than our allowance, but we've made an offer and I'm meeting the owner this evening. It's huge, has a great view and big kitchen etc. I guess we'll find out tomorrow!

In order to break up the monotony of flat hunting, and to stop Felix from losing the plot, we went to the Singapore Zoo. It's a really great zoo to be honest and we took lots of pictures!

We went really early so that a) we could look at apartments in the afternoon and b) we could hopefully se things beflore the heat kicked in.

These orangutans were pretty cool - they live in the trees above the path ways you walk around. Apparently they sometimes come down to where
you are and wander around, but not today.

There were also these awesome white tigers. It wasn't just us who felt more active - the animals did as well!

You can get really close to the annimals in some parts of the zoo. I read some where it was 'no-cage' which is rubbish, but they have minimized it where possible. The lemurs were literally right above us.

Same with this sloth (which sloth?). We joined the zoo which allows us to go anytime we like. You can join the bird park and the night safari as well but that was going to cost all up nearly $500. Anyway, there's some more pictures to show, so I'll stick them in a different post!

Adding to what nick said

2009-09-18T21:12:00.000-07:00

ok I just need to add to Nicks post that Starbucks is NOT my new favorite place but it is where Ican stop my headaches, if anyone can suggest where I can get a good coffee in Singapore I would be very thankful.

I do how ever like the waffle biscuits at starbucks.

Bureaucracy, Merlion and storms

2009-09-18T20:08:00.000-07:00

I got back from HK last night with an extremely runny nose and a bit of a cough. Everytime I sneezed, the people sitting next to me edged further and further away, presumably fearing the dreaded swine flu! But no matter...

This mornign we had our direct experience of the Ministry of Manpower and I have to say that it was the most efficient, friendly and helpful experience of bureaucracy I have ever had in my entire life! The whole experience took 30 minutes from arrival to departure, they prioritised us because of the kids, the fingerprinting was electronic and extremely fast and you're allowed to smile for the photos. Amazing.

After that we went for a walk down the river and to Merlion which Felix has been asking about since he first saw it in a book. Unfortunately the camera had a flat battery and while I took pictures on my Blackberry I can't seem to get them off. Anyway, this was the first time I ever visited Merlion, despie having lived here for over 4 years previously. It's kind of cool, and Felix liked it, but I'm not sure I'll be making it part of our standard Singapore tour.

On the way there we got a little lost and overshot. As a result we ended up next to the Esplanade Theatre building. This famously looks like a Durian but luckily smells quite nice! I'd like to check this out a bit more. The Grand Prix is on in a few weeks as well so the whole area is getting ready for that, with large barriers being erected. The papers are full of scandal about cheating in last year's Singapore GP. It's a bit deal over here!

The weather was suppsoed to feature 100% humidity today which meant that although it wasn't super hot, we were all sweating. Then the skies opened with a massive rain storm. We retreated to Starbucks, Abbie's new favourite place, and then caught a cab home. This afternoon we're looking at an apartment and then getting ready to watch the AFL final on the telly!

malls and coffee

2009-09-17T18:33:00.000-07:00

So Nick has been in Hong Kong for the last few days leaving us here to explore by ourselves, so we did what everyone else seems to do in Singapore and went to the mall, 2 malls in fact the first which is the largest in Singapore and that is really saying something, this mall has a great playground and a coffee shop overlooking Sentosa island, also dangerously it has a Ben and Jerry's ice cream shop, which we gave a wide berth too.

the second mall is mainly a expat hangout which gave the boys a break from being swamped with attention it is also where Felix will be starting Kinder music next week.

I have had to drink Starbucks all week and apart from the fact its to weak and to large it has been feeding the caffeine addiction

Today we are off to look at some condos with a new agent as the first agent was a bit of a dud I am looking forward to seeing whats available I only help that my boys are well behaved, as we are being driven around by the agent.

finally some photos

2009-09-16T19:29:00.000-07:00

Hyper marts and Ikea

2009-09-15T05:14:00.000-07:00

Today we had our most relaxing day so far and believe it or not we went to ikea and a hypermart,
I never thought I would say I enjoyed Ikea or that I would drink coffee with creamer in it but today was a day of firsts! Ikea was made even better by Felix being able to play and Henry crawling up to complete strangers and giving them cuddles, he is definitely a hit here.
As for the hypermart it was just a really big supermarket meets Kmart but a bit more random and you could buy steamed buns in the middle of it.
The boys were a lot more settled today although Felix had a melt down and fell asleep on me on the bus and I had to carry him for about 45 minutes while we set up bank accounts etc which does not sound to bad in to you factor in the heat and humidity
Hopefully on the weekend we will get to do some of the really fun stuff like the Zoo or little India.
Nick goes away tomorrow and there a thunderstorms forecast so don't think we will be venturing out to far, house hunting starts for me and the kids on Thursday.

The definite highlight for us so far has been the Indian restaurant across the road it is so good and so dangerously close.

Our Second Day

2009-09-14T14:45:00.000-07:00

Sorry - this post is still without pictures!

I went to work yesterday to sort out some bureaucratic stuff - in order to get my Work Pass and everyone else's Dependent's Passes work needed to do a bunch of application stuff and make an appointment. Without the actual ID cards saying we have the passes we can't open a bank account. Pay day in the 23rd of each month and as a result there's no way we will have a bank account in time either so we'll be getting paid in cash!!! It's all slightly annoying but hopefully these things will just be teething problems.

The other issue is that we need to get finger printed and photographed at the Work Pass Processing Centre before the passes can be issued so we need to go down there. There were no appointments available today and tomorrow I go to Hong Kong for three days so we have to go down at 8.30am on Saturday morning.

Once I got back we headed into town to try to get some essentials and stopped off for Abbie's first outdoor hawker stall experience where we chowed down on some Mee Goreng and Nasi Goreng. It was actually pretty average but it was incredibly cheap. Then more MRT trains and a wander around Raffle's City Shopping Mall. The trip was spectacularly unsuccessful - the big Robinsons department store in Raffle's City only seems to stock big designer lable stuff, not smaller things like beach towels and woks.

Felix is obsessed with fountains - I hadn't thought of it before but Melbourne doesn't really have fountains anymore due to the drought so he wants to spend endless time watching jets of water shoot into the air and gets pretty grumpy if we go past a fountain without stopping to let him watch. Henry on the other hand is just a bit grumpy - he didn't sleep in the pram yesterday afternoon so he was just hot and tired. The lesson we're learning is that we can't just blast around all day - it's too hot and Henry and Felix both fall apart (as do we!)

Everything was made better by coming home for a swim and some dinner. Today we're off to Ikea (groan) to see what we can get in the way of cooking utensils etc. And then we need to find a flat...

Adding to what nick said

2009-09-12T19:52:00.000-07:00

First of all a warning about my posts they will probably be badly spelled and have terrible gramme, but I will try to improve on that over time,
So far we have only got as far as the Supermarket, where we spent a lot of money but don't seem to have any food, we will venture out for some murtabak for lunch soon and then maybe hit one of the big shopping malls for some more basics especially a coffee plunger!
I will post some photos soon of where we are staying hopefully this week and try to capture a picture of David who is the gecko who lives above my bed
So far Felixs best quote has been "Singapore has a pool"!

In Singapore...

2009-09-12T14:56:00.000-07:00

After a very long day, beginining with sick children and slight hangovers and ending with a long flight, we finally arrived at our serviced apartment to about 10.30pm Singapore time. The kids flew pretty well considering and we all felt sorry for the woman next to us who was taking her 15 month old all the way to Heathrow solo.

The apartment is fine, but certainly not designed to make us want to stay here longer than necesary. Apart from anything else, the aircon in the main room is broken which can only add to our rapid aclimatisation.

Henry seems to magically know what time it is regardless of time zone - 5am is when he wakes up. So I'm hanging out with him while Felix and Abbie try to catch up on some much needed sleep. Today is our only 'free' day before I head off to Hong Kong for two nights so we'll try to do soemthing fun in addition to supermarket shopping etc.

Pictures of empty houses and the like to come soon!

We're packing up and moving on!

2009-09-06T04:55:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Nick and Abbie's blog about moving to Singapore. This will be a place for us to talk about the stuff we encounter, the experiences we have and to put up photos and the like.

We're packing up this week, flying out on Saturday, and then we'll be positing in earnest!