the perspective of a military family . . . the narcissism of a blog
Where did the week go?! Sometimes it seems like everything is going smoothly, I am on top of my daughter’s progress at school, have a steady stream of care packages going to Afghanistan and know the general location of our toddler, and then something unexpected comes along and I get derailed. Which is what happened [...]
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Citrus went to her first abacus class. These classes are popular in Singapore both for learning math and for developing ‘mental agility’. I signed her up on a whim, figuring that it was something unique to living in Asia and would be a tactile approach to learning math that she might enjoy. I liked that [...]
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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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I discovered today that Google Maps is able to give driving directions from Singapore to Kabul. It would only take about four days of non-stop driving (4,400 miles/7,100 kilometers). Singapore to Malaysia to Myanmar, and through Bangladesh and Northern India along the borders of Bhutan and Nepal. Other than the last 1,000 miles through Pakistan [...]
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