COVID19 The Postponed Party MsC's birthday party plans were dashed by COVID-19. She celebrated her 8th birthday at home during lockdown and was promised a "party" when things opened back up.
The Birthday Girl MsI is now 3. The birthday girl chose her only yellow dress to wear that day. She says, "Yellow is my favorite colour."
New Normal No Overdue Library Books We finally returned the stack of library books we took out back in March before the libraries closed.
Moving to Singapore I went shopping... I went shopping by myself on Orchard Road. It's the high end shopping district.
New Normal The Girls at Jubliee Park We headed to Fort Canning and a playground outside of our neighbourhood.
New Normal Masking Up Washing mask is the last thing I do at night. If I wring them out really well and hang them up inside, they're usually dry by the time we go out the next day.
Universal Studios Universal's Open July 1st Amusement Parks, zoos and the library opened up. I was able to restrain myself for a total of one whole day before we found ourselves in Universal Studios.
COVID19 New Normal We've made it out of social distancing, and just like that I like Singapore again.
COVID19 SDL Day 86: Phase 2 is coming Friday June 19, 2020 is a big day for us! The start of Phase 2!
COVID19 SDL Day 82 - Out Together We are allowed out of the house with our household's now. Of course, we still have nowhere to go, because businesses are still closed.
COVID19 SDL 77: Embracing Change It took more than 10 weeks of Lockdown to convince Jonathan to rearrange the living room, but I did it.
Moving to Singapore SDL Day 76: 1 year in Singapore It's our one year anniversary of moving to Singapore today.
COVID19 SDL Day 74: Essential Hair Services I was able to get my hair cut and the stylist was polite enough to not even comment on how I obviously cut my own hair in Lock Down.
COVID19 SDL Day 68 - Wildside During essential services garden services were limited, if not cancelled all together. Things grow like mad here - where the sun always shines, yet the rains are aplenty.
COVID19 SDL Day 67 - The Consulate I've been finding the emails I receive from the Canadian Consulate in Singapore really disconcerting.
Nature SDL Day 66 - Hot and Sweaty When I say they kids are hot and sweaty with the aircon off, I mean it.
COVID19 Pre-COVID19 People have been posting their "last" pre-COVID-19 photo. I thought I'd take a peek at our photos and see what I found. Here's a compilation of our "last" pre-COVID-19 photos.
COVID19 SDL Day 64 - Too Much Tech We are all spending too much time on technology. The adults are as bad as the kids.
COVID19 Unintended Consequences Mosquito control is a serious thing in Singapore. Especially because Singapore is having a bad year for Dengue Fever - double last years' cases.
COVID19 SDL Day 62 - Chickens on the Loose I did get to head in a new direction and we found some feathered friends about 2 blocks from our condo complex.
COVID19 SDL Day 61 - Prom Queen We were in need of some serious fun after hearing that Singapore will start a very slow transition to opening up.
COVID19 Day 47 - Yep, I'm an Extrovert After 6 weeks of hanging out with just my family I have started to unravel a bit.
COVID19 SDL Day 49 - Covid Questions with the Kids I saw a list of questions to ask your kids about Covid-19 on Facebook, so I thought I'd share our answers on the blog for your enjoyment too.