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Big Trip to Singapore, Nov/Dec 2023

Yep, it’s 2024! Perfect time to look back on the last 2 months of 2023. LOL!

We did, what I consider, to be a BIG trip to Singapore.

Big in more ways than one; big in length of time (at least for me, it was 7 weeks). I think the last time we were there for that length of time was when my son was born. And what a lovely bookend this is because on this trip we usher my son into a rite of passage for any Singaporean male; into National Service (NS). Big also because I had so much I wanted to get done. I think I managed just enough for now. More to do next time… lol.

So what did I get done?

There was a wonderful primary school class reunion, lots of drawers and cupboards to clear out in the living room, loads of items to sort through, furniture to get rid of, new furniture to build and then fill with the items which we decided to keep. My brother also had emergency gall-bladder removal operation just before I arrived so there’s trying to make sure he recovered well.

Of course, there were visits to our family and friends, with lots of yummy meals to digest as well. It’s with a little bit of sadness that I realised lots of my relatives are really getting on in years. While many of them are still in fairly good health, the health issues that are there is affecting their daily lives slightly. Yet I have hope as I also see that they do have good family support and also the health care in Singapore is quite good.

Here are some pictures (quite a lot are of food, which tells you how much we ate… lol):

In Flight
Istanbul Airport
First Meal in SG
Little Treasure Found
Peranakan Meal with blue rice
New shelving in progress
The Boy and the Cousin’s Dog
Cockerel and Hen in my friend’s garden
Something new – EnChanko
Remembering my Daddy on his birthday
Never too much Japanese food
Anime Fest Asia
Financial District Singapore
Finally met this beauty
New Haircut
Grilled Wagyu Beef – Wa-En
Beauty-in-the-Pot
Korean BBQ
Traditional Breakfast
Maxwell Hawker Center
Sunset over HDB flats
Yummy Meal before leaving Singapore – peanut butter filled thick toast with honey and butter

This new chapter of our lives has began and we are all adjusting; my husband and I to being empty nesters, my son to life in Singapore with his grandma and uncle and my family to having a young adult in the house again. I sincerely ask God to help us so that we might find this a fulfilling and blessed time for all of us.

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Summer Hols Photo Summary 2022

This summer it was back to normal programming for our annual visit to Singapore. No more tests or quarantine, just need to be fully vaccinated (3 jabs). And because the last week of school for the Son was project week and he could do that anywhere, we went early and stayed for 4 weeks.

Besides the usual; time with family and meeting friends, eating favourite foods and shopping, part of this trip was about preparing for the Son’s move to Singapore next year to do his military service. At least, we tried to make a start by clearing some space in the cupboards so he can have somewhere for his stuff.

We definitely enjoyed ourselves and it felt good to be able to freely meet up with people again. Here are some photos:

Transit Meal
Transit airport, new to us –
Abu Dhabi
Yummy Sushi
Spent time with this cutie
Omurice
Chocolate OD
Must have – Prata
Taiwanese Noodles
Harry Potter themed cafe
Platform 1094
Favourite Cake Cafe
Kki
Toy Museum
At the football
Singaporeans are always willing to queue for food
Waffles
Tested E-car sharing
This was not the only robot we encountered
Yearly visit to Jewel
Haircut & colour
Goodbye Singapore
Transit Meal 2
Hello Switzerland

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Our Summer Holiday 2019…

Wow! It has been almost 3 weeks since we got back from our annual trip to Singapore. School started last Monday and we are trying to adjust to a new school timetable and get a routine going.

This year, our trip to Singapore was shorter than previous years because we could not afford to have Lexi (our black Standard Schnauzer) boarding for too long at the pet hotel. So we were in Singapore for just 24 days, instead of the usual 30 or so days. Plus we also brought Tobias’ best friend with us, which meant we did more touristy things, on top of having less time to see the usual number of family and friends.

It felt quite stressful while we were there and looking back, maybe we should have not done both shortening the trip and bringing an extra person with us at the same time, but i think we all did have fun in the end and we learned a bit about more about each other and our little island country while showing it to a new person.

Of course, we had lots of yummy food (it was quite enjoyable to introduce a foreigner to our unique food culture in Singapore) and lots of fun and laughter with our beloved ones. It was also great to have traveled there and back altogether, without the usual split where Walter had to come back first.

Here are some highlights of our trip in pictures (see captions for details):

Entertaining themselves while we wait for our flight.
The must-have shot when visiting the latest attraction at Jewel, Changi Airport
It’s been years since we visited the zoo.
Always wonderful to see animals in action.
Waterfall at Gardens By The Bay
Looking down from the top of the waterfall.
View of the Singapore skyline, with the Singapore Flyer in view.
Lightshow at Gardens By The Bay.
Watching my brother during Hair for Hope charity event.
Learning to throw an axe!
That’s a bull’s eye!
Waiting for our flight back to CH.

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