July 2009

What Male Milspouses Do

by Mitja on July 31, 2009

Sniff.  It seems like only yesterday that our daughter was small enough to sit on the end of a Howitzer aboard the USS Kearsarge.  [Photo taken only three years ago.]

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Hiking the Tree Tops in Singapore

by Mitja on July 30, 2009

Citrus’s preschool had its first H1N1 case this past week.  The base clinic said she could catch it anywhere at this point but that since she has been fighting off a small cold we might want to keep her home for a few days in case her immunity is low.  Which means I needed to [...]

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How the Other Half Lives

by Mitja on July 28, 2009

I was shopping for party decorations and needed a plastic tablecloth so the kids could roll out their pizza dough.  My lucky day:  I found an advance one with No Poison and No Taste for only SGD$1.50 (USD$1). Kids today don’t appreciate what they have.

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Bag of Joe, To Go

by Mitja on July 27, 2009

Or, as they say in Singapore, “Kopi, take-away”.  It does not matter that our car does not have any cup holders, since take-away coffee in Singapore is served in plastic bags with a straw.  I was not sure what to do with it once I got in the car.  Hanging scalding coffee from the rear [...]

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Birthday Party 2009

by Mitja on July 27, 2009

One girl, two cakes.  And I put frosting all over Barbie. Citrus has been counting down the days until her fourth birthday since she turned three.  Last year we went to a local carousel in Maryland and invited a few friends from preschool and elsewhere.  But in Singapore — at least our corner of Singapore [...]

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