Homeschooling Celebrating Regional Holidays - Qiqiao Festival Yesterday was Quqiao Festival (Chinese Valentine's Day) which celebrates the romantic legend of the weaver fairy and the cowherd.
Homeschooling Counting in Mandarin The popular game on the playground is Hide and Seek Tag. The kids cover their eyes and count in Mandarin.
The Never Ending Story of Laundry The laundry never ends no matter what country you live in. One of MY major housing requirements was a separate dryer
The search for "Red" Thai Curry Ms.E’s favorite food is "Red Thai Curry". She call is “Chicken and Rice, and I can not find it in Singapore. I've searched
Sentosa Dreaming of Universal Studios Annual Passes Sentosa Island has Universal Studios. For a wander I took the kids to find the entrance. And then I sent poor Jonathan these photos at work.
Sentosa A little dinner and a crane dance The restaurant was right at the start of the Sentosa Boardwalk. The lights were so pretty in the dark we wandered a little way down it.
Renting Sick in Paradise and how it impacted our Move We finalized the house rental around the end of June and then us girls all got a horrible flu.
Beaches Girls Beach Date We're learning to do things as the day starts to cool off a bit, so we headed to the beach at 4:30 pm with Ms.C's new friend and her Mom.
Food Groceries - "What is 'dat?" Now that we're grocery shopping more, we're finding more surprises with our food. A pomello isn't what I thought it was.
Language 3 reasons why English might not be enough in Singapore Almost everyone speaks English in Singapore, in theory. Reality is slightly different.
Sentosa Cable Cars to Sentosa Island Cable car is also our closest access point to Sentosa Island so you can imagine what we've been doing a lot of. For the cost of 2 trips we got the annual family pass. The views are spectacular.
Ikea Furniture Ikea brought our couch and table about a week ago. We paid to have the couch assembled. It’s our second time doing this.
Geckos Live on my Block When I got up to make a phone call at midnight to Canada (9 am PST), I found a wee visitor in my kitchen.
We're back online! Internet finally. Sorry for the break in posts. We moved and it took us almost 3 weeks to get Internet in our place. Lots of blog posts to come shortly! Here's the quick update:
Swimming Pools Our big day at the Far East Organization Children's Garden left us feeling worn out so we spent the next morning playing at our hotel pool. Ms.C's made friends with 3 families
Is this a holiday or home? We've been in Singapore for 3 weeks now and we've been treating it like a vacation so far - out most days seeing the sights, eating lots of "take away", and running ourselves a little ragged.
Ms. E tells us about the Mynas Ms.E has always been one to watch the birds, but she's taking her bird-watching to a whole new level in Singapore. Ms.E's observations at breakfast today
The Far East Organization Children's Garden - A trip to the Splash Zone The rain almost foiled our plans for the large splash zone within the Far East Organization Children's Garden at Garden's by the Bay.
River Safari - Great escape for an inside day We visited the River Safari on a rainy day. About a 1/4 of the park is uncovered and closes in the rain, but most of it is inside or under large covered walkways.
"A Whole New World!" - 8 ways seeing a movie is different in Singapore Going to the movies was also an experience in how everything is a bit different for us in Singapore.
Finding Nature Everywhere - the Garden City Singapore is called the garden city and even in our first few weeks right in the city center we’ve been pleased to find ourselves in green spaces every day.
Planes with a child under 2 - Using a carseat Airline personnel are very concerned about the use of a carseat, but no one seems to know how to actually do it. Everything I read says a child under 2 must be secured in a car seat or else held as a lap infant.
Moving to Singapore Celebrity Status - They're looking at me It’s interesting being such so conspicuous. We are often the only westerners within sight.
Ms.C's Singaporean Blog - Post 1 Hello, this is Ms.C. I went to Singapore on June 6th, and arrived in Singapore on June 8th. I miss Canada.
VivoCity - The most overwhelming mall We took a trip to Vivocity. It's Singapore's largest mall. This mall is completely overwhelming and it's not just it's size that makes it so.