After our return from New Zealand we had a jammed packed couple of weeks with wine tasting, Christmas parties, football games, dinners, horse races just to name a few things. With most of our friends leaving Singapore for Christmas vacation the city has gotten quiet. It was fascinating watching the last minute Christmas shopping craze here. I still don’t understand how Christmas works, since about 90% of the population is Buddhist and I can’t help but wonder how much is this sign that the old ways are truly dying in Singapore? Although in a few weeks time Chinese New Year will be here and the flurry of shopping will begin again. Our attempt of going to Christmas Mass failed first by a church that was packed to overflowing, and second by a church where the priest only spoke Chinese. Although at the time I was disappointed John saved the evening by taking me to a pastry shop. We returned home to open one Christmas present and went to bed. Christmas day we got up to more presents, cooked and skyped our families. In the afternoon we headed over to John’s colleague Nick and Sarah were we had a feast! Turkey, ham, sausage, bacon, stuffing, potatoes, carrots, parsnips, shrimp, smoked salmon, chips, cauliflower all while drinking champagne and Pims. And to top it off for dessert Christmas pudding and Christmas cookies! I also can’t forget our Christmas crackers and snow! From the merriment of feasting we moved to meet our friends Chris and David for a Christmas movie and drinks at a boutique little theatre just down from our apartment called the Screening Room which is in the same building as John’s favorite boutique scotch whiskey bar Malt Vault. All in all a lovely day for two people very far away from home. Now as the week winds down and the clock ticks ahead into the next year we look back on how blessed we are and feel very grateful. We are looking forward to 2010 and are excited to see how it unfolds. We are planning to continue living life to the fullest and enjoying all we can out the adventure. We thank all our friends and family for their support and well wishes and wish you all a happy and blessed new year.
So great to see some pictures from your trip to NZ and hear all about the adventures! We're glad you are having fun but excited for your return stateside.
r our return from New Zealand we had a jammed packed couple of weeks with wine tasting, Christmas parties, football games, dinners, horse races just to name a few things. With most of our friends leaving Singapore for Christmas vacation the city has gotten quiet. It was fascinating watching the last minute Christmas shopping craze here. I still don’t understand how Christmas works, since about 90% of the population is Buddhist and I can’t help but wonder how much is this sign that the old ways are truly dying in Singapore? Although in a few weeks time Chinese New Year will be here and the flurry of shopping will begin again. Our attempt of going to Christmas Mass failed first by a church that was packed to overflowing, and second by a church where the priest only spoke Chinese. Although at the time I was disappointed John saved the evening by taking me to a pastry shop. We returned home to open one Christmas present and went to bed. Christmas day we got u
p to more presents, cooked and skyped our families. In the afternoon we headed over to John’s colleague Nick and Sarah were we had a feast! Turkey, ham, sausage, bacon, stuffing, potatoes, carrots, parsnips, shrimp, smoked salmon, chips, cauliflower all while drinking champagne and Pims. And to top it off for dessert Christmas pudding and Christmas cookies! I also can’t forget our Christmas crackers and snow! From the merriment of feasting we moved to meet our friends Chris and David for a Christmas movie and drinks at a boutique little theatre just down from our apartment called the Screening Room which is in the same building as John’s favorite boutique scotch whiskey bar Malt Vault. All in all a lovely day for two people very far away from home. Now as the week winds down and the clock ticks ahead into the next year we look back on how blessed we are and feel very grateful. We are looking forward to 2010 and are excited to see how it unfolds. We are planning to continue living life to the fullest and enjoying all we can out the adventure. We thank all our friends and family for their support and well wishes and wish you all a happy and blessed new year.
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Margaret & John,
So great to see some pictures from your trip to NZ and hear all about the adventures! We're glad you are having fun but excited for your return stateside.
- Trent, Gini and Lowen
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