the perspective of a military family . . . the narcissism of a blog
Tonight we had a Chinese New Year dinner with a few Singapore families. An authentic experience for a foreigner from the United States: steamboat, lo hei, Wii and Van Helsing. Despite having lived in Singapore for a couple years now, we have never tried steamboat. It is a fairly common dish here for a group [...]
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A couple weeks ago we went to a Chinese New Year celebration at a shopping center where, previously, we had seen a few fun performances. A low-key casual community event next door to a place we often go for noodle soup. I feel like my daughter has grown up at this the hawker stall. When [...]
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Happy New Year from Camp Blackhorse, Afghanistan! Elysia received a large box of Chinese New Year candies and decorations from her sister — this lantern was pretty complicated to put together — and I sent another 16 pounds of treats for her to share with other servicemembers and her Afghan mentees. It is a good [...]
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It is the Year of the Rabbit and the fireworks have been exploding for hours. In the States we used to try to visit Chinatown every year for the parade but it was never anything like this. Chinese New Year is one of my favorite holidays of the year and our daughter’s as well. She even [...]
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