I got a haircut in Asia ... and it was different. First I got lost trying to find the hair salon in the mall, because Vivocity Mall is seriously that big. I turned left instead of right and had to
Moving to Singapore Housekeeping and Helpers About 1 in 5 households in Singapore employ a Foreign Domestic Worker. The Worker - aka Helper - maid is considered derogatory - must live in your house, and you pay their salary, living and medical expenses.
Homeschooling Where Do We Put This Stuff? As the games were unpacked, they were stacked in a large unruly pile on top of a bookshelf in the hall.
Sentosa That's a Real Roller Coaster Universal Studios Singapore closes early in the off-season. We decided to go Sunday after nap time
Sentosa Sentosa's Nature Discovery Centre Right beside Subway and the Cable Car Station is Sentosa's Nature Discovery Centre. This little gem is a free 2-story centre bursting with information about Singapore.
Sentosa Sentosa Nature Walks Sentosa Island has great signage explaining the history and nature. There's also a free 2 floor nature centre and a tree top trail.
Holidays Mid-Autumn Festival at Gardens by the Bay Mid Autumn Festival celebrates harvest and is focused on worship of the moon. Overtime this focus on the night, has morphed it into a lantern festival in some parts of Asia. We took the MRT to Gardens by the Bay to see their take on it.
Nature Rain, Rain... Where is the rain? In Canada you hear the saying, "Make hay while the sun shines". I always feel that we should be outside on a sunny day. That feeling is a little problematic in Singapore.
Moving to Singapore The Help that's just confusing I was warned that people in Singapore are happy to help, but that as Expats we might need to ask for it, because "expats often want to do it themselves". I understand that a bit better now.
Nature Jacob Ballas Children's Garden at Singapore Botanic Gardens A few weeks ago we spent a leisurely Sunday at the Jacob Ballas Children's Garden. It's a portion of the Singapore Botanic Gardens which is a world heritage site.
Homeschooling Homeschooling based on Asia, Singapore first Most of the kids around here have been back at school for a few weeks, so Ms.C strongly believes she needs to be in "school" too. We're starting slowly into our Homeschooling year, and seeing as we are located here, we are focusing on Asia.
Nightlife Down the Rabbit Hole... at VivoCity I fell down the rabbit hole with Jonathan! VivoCity Mall has a free feature happening on the roof which is based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Moving to Singapore Book, Books, and where to put them Jonathan and I have always wanted to catalogue our books so we finally did. We are actually recording the official Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) number (like libraries use) for each of our books and are filing our entire household library by it.
Food Pool Party The night before Ms.E's pool party, we found a $21 birthday cake. A 10:30 swim and then fruit, cake and cookies was perfect.
Food Birthday Cakes, or not. We didn't get around to baking a cake. I mean to be honest, I haven't figured out how to use the oven.
Sentosa A Happy Birthday at Universal Us girls started Ms.E's 5th birthday in a land "Far Far Away," spending the morning at Universal Studios Singapore.
Food Online Grocery Shopping Mistakes I'm trying to do some online grocery shopping, but I'm not very good with sizes. I just don't know what different sizes look like, especially in grams. In Canada I compensated by looking at prices, but in Singapore that's not working out so well.
Sentosa Universal Studios with Preschoolers We did Universal Studios Singapore as a family with 3 kids. I'd never done a theme park with a 2 year old before.
Sentosa Universal Studios Singapore - Annual Pass Sign Up We finally bit the bullet and bought our Annual Passes to Universal Studios Singapore, and it is soooo fun!!!
Nature The Boardwalk and Labrador Park There's a large Boardwalk along the waterfront bordering our condo complex. If you're familiar with Victoria, BC (Canada), it reminds us of Westbay Walkway.
Moving to Singapore Orientation Trip: Tour and condo viewings - Part 2 (P.S. I found this post in my saved drafts and so published it about 2 1/2 yrs over due; but I do think it was worth including). Day 2 in Singapore
Moving to Singapore May'19: Orientation Trip - Part 1 I haven't mentioned anything that happened before we actually came to Singapore, so here's a post about our Orientation to Singapore Trip - Day 1
Sentosa Happy National Day - Wishes for Singapore's Future Happy National Day! We made a wish for Singapore's future
