Pepper Crab

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.

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Toy museum and Water fun

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

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

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

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

Next time I get married...

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