It's been awhile

Sorry its been so long since a post has gone up.  We have been quite busy.


My trip to Germany went well.  It was a very long week for all of us.  Halie fared well and was great for John.  I was mentally drained when I returned as it was a completely solid week of meetings. John was drained as well from taking care of everything on this end. The good news was that I only worked 3 days this week as I took Thurs/Fri off for Thanksgiving.

Dannette is doing well.  For those that are curious, we never heard anything back about the movie audition although everyone was supposed to receive a phone call.  I think follow through might not be so good on that end but Dannette seems unphased.  In school news, we went to tour Singapore American School on Tuesday and it is exactly as we had imagined.  A very large (3800+ students) American school that houses preschool through high school on 38 acres of land on the north end of the island.  It is picturesque and the facilities are top of the line.  After seeing it, Dannette is certain that she would like to transfer in January so the paperwork has begun.  She will finish at the Canadian school at Winter Break and begin at SAS on January 10th.

Work has been steadily getting busier and I am in the process of planning my travel for next year.  January is starting to be booked as I will have 2-3 trips during the month.  The first will be to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at the beginning of January.  Assuming the dates stay the same, John and the kids will be accompanying me as Dannette will still be off school.  Mid-month I am off to Hong Kong for a few days and then it will either be the last week of January or first week of February for South Africa.

Halie and John are doing great.  They have enrolled in a Gymboree class this week and Halie spent most of her time pointing and grunting at the other kids. We need to work on her waving skills :)

We are all getting excited for our vacation to Bali at the end of the month.  Xmas decor has started to appear everywhere here and Orchard Rd is now lit for the season.  I am hoping to get down there this weekend to capture the lights on film.

Our Thanksgiving dinner was a hit with everyone.  We tried a different restaurant that is along the Riverfront called Brewerkz.  It is famed as Singapore's only micro-brew.  They were serving a Thanksgiving buffet, complete with turkey, ham, roast beef and all of the accompanying side dishes.  We all enjoyed it a great deal. Halie loved the turkey best of all and had to be cut off near the end as she started falling asleep at the table while still holding onto some turkey.

Can't wait for Black Friday online shopping in a few hours. It will be 2pm here so much easier than waiting up until midnight! I have to get through my two hour Mandarin lesson first!  We have all begun our lessons and finding them challenging but enjoyable. Though I can't say much yet we are really focused on the tones.  Tone is critical in Mandarin as the same word, Ma, can mean mother or horse!!!!!

That's all for now, I hope you all see this after feasting on your Thanksgiving dinners before the food coma sets in.  Love to everyone!