Singapore Art Museum

Before we moved here, I had been to Singapore a few times on my way in and out of Jakarta. I would spend a few days (tops) here, eating and shopping. I never ventured much out of Orchard, and really didn't know Singapore very well. My impressions at that time was that Singapore was a very cool, clean place, with great shopping- and that's about it. When we learned of Derek's acceptance to NUS and started planning for our big move, a part of me was worried that we would get bored in Singapore. I had talked to a few people who had lived, visited, and worked here. Many of them said that there was not much to do in Singapore but shop and hang out in malls. It sounded somewhat dull to me.

After having moved here, I must say that those people were incorrect. There is so much to do in Singapore- no matter your lifestyle. For us, having moved here with a 10-month old, the locations we hit are generally kid-friendly destinations. There are so many options for outings with kids here, both indoor and out. Today we hit up the Children's Art Garden Exhibit at the Singapore Art Museum. The kid-friendly exhibits were really fun for Dewi, even though she was a little young for some of them. She really enjoyed putting stickers on the elephant exhibit, attempting to make a pear origami, inspecting papier maches, dressing up a cake with velcro fixins, and running around the courtyard. No outings with a toddler is complete without a tantrum or two, so unfortunately we didn't get to look at the adult exhibits today. Next time!

Dewi's First Taste of Fame

Check out Dewi's photo in the local Chinese-language daily paper. Her daycare just instituted a new curriculum (yes, for pre-schoolers) and media were on hand. Seriously.

6 Months in Singapore

Time has really flown by. This past week, we celebrated the 4th of July in our new home, and we toasted to having lived in Singapore for 6 months.  It seems just like yesterday that we were packing up our lives and moving out here. Now we are quite settled in our new home and our new city. We've been pretty busy the past two months, with a trip back home, moving Dasher to Singapore moving to a new apartment (we love Holland Village and aircon!), having family in town, moving Dewi to a new daycare, and getting to know our neighborhood. Some snapshots of the past two months:

Hort Park

Derek's Birthday & Nutella Cake

Flying home in style

Dewi's favorite playground in DC

Hanging out in Grandma Cindy's yard

The view from our bedroom in the new apartment

Clarke Quay (Marina Bay Sands in the background)

Dasher & Dewi are best buds

After brunch at Dempsey Hill

The Botanic Gardens (a quick bus ride from our new home)