I was talking to my friend Jeff Sladkus this morning and he was laughing because when he told me every time he looks at the weather in Singapore online, it is always 87 degrees with chance of thunderstorms. He is right...Singapore is ~70 miles from the equator so the temperature does not really vary day-to-day or month-to-month - IT IS ALWAYS SUMMER.
When I get home from work, Jane and the kids are often coming up from the pool and we go swimming as a family Saturday and Sunday. Here are pictures from a few places we've been and I think we've only scratched the surface. The closest watering hole is the pool at Great World City, our temporary housing, and you can see Eli & Nathan in their floaties and a yellow tube. It is a great place to meet people from around the world who are also moving to Singapore and are all at the same stage. We had dinner on Friday with a couple originally from Houston (husband designs deep water oil platforms for Shell) and have plans with a couple from New Jersey next Friday. The pool has a reasonably priced snack bar with typical American food [burger, fries, club sandwich, pint of beer, etc.] that we enjoy.
We've ventured out to a couple of other places last Sunday and this Sunday. Last weekend we went to Sentosa Island and found a great restaurant on the beach. You can see us eating pizza and pasta together at "Trapizza" [there is a circus trapeze setup where you can pay and swing from one bar to the next] which is part of the Shangri-la Hotel Resort. Jane and I relaxed at the table while the kids played in the sand. We watched the sunset and saw fireworks in the distance. We had an incredible time seeing the kids chase each other around and remembered the great beach trips we had taken with our family to South Padre Island and Cabo.
This morning we took a taxi to the Jacob Ballas Children's Garden at the Singapore Botanic Gardens - it is a specialized garden dedicated to children. You can see a picture of Nathan and Eli in their swimsuits with water shooting up from the ground. Developed along the theme "All Life On Earth Depends on Plants", it is created as a unique and interactive fun place where children discover how plants provide their daily needs. Jane packed a great snack lunch for us and we played together and ate before coming back and taking naps.
Although we are members of the Singapore American Club, we have not yet been to their pool, but it may be the best of all - they have a permanent 'moon walk' type float that kids jump on. It is about a $5 cab ride from our apartment and we really should be going there considering we're paying for it! It's another hot day here and the kids are just up from their nap, so off we go...
Our next big event is our move into our apartment first week of March!
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The comment from Slad made me laugh -- I have Singapore as one of the set weather destinations on my Iphone and I noticed the same thing -- every day is represented by a gray cloud with lightning through it, but it's hot.
We miss you guys! Give kisses to the kids from us
No fair...showing water parks only helps to increase the desire for me to visit.
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