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Monsoon started early in New Delhi…

Nearly feels like in Germany…

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Claudia, Henrik and Liev arrived

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Claudia yesterday: “We normally wake up at 6:30 or so… is it okay if we...

Sure it is. Here’s the situation at 10:30 though :) I am happy Claudia was able to sleep a bit longer. Jetlag and a crying Liev at night (at least so I am told) took their toll…  

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A big fish tank

The original plan was for us to take Claudia and the kids to the Singaporean zoo. But with the massive haze that is currently blowing over Singapore from the forrest fires on Sumatra, this plan was not...

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Hannibal Lector? Bane?

I have already indicated that we currently have the worst haze in Singapore since records are taken. The haze, or smog, stems from the massive forest fires in Indonesia. Palm oil companies are said to...

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Birthday present

It’s beautiful - thank you, honey!

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Just a perfect day for a birthday

It nearly worked out too well: so, around 2 pm, just after the birthday girl had a little nap, the door bell rang… Leo: Honey, can you get this? … and the delivery man with the surprise flowers...

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Guys, this is really happening (oh: and hi, Stefaan)…

Thursday we passed by the home of a French couple that was about to leave Singapore on Friday and picked up a second hand baby cot they were selling. Some IKEA thing, nothing special with mattress for...

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Visiting the Taj Mahal

A little more than 2 weeks ago we did our trip to the Taj Mahal. I wrote about that visit quite extensively here. And now I have finally finished editing most of the photos from that trip. Yep… that...

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Cute greeting from our friends in Germany

That’s very sweet - thanks a lot Alex, Silke and Fabian :)

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Life in Limbo

Yesterday I read about a new game on iOS called “Limbo”. Limbo is a game that originally is from 2010 and debuted on the XBox 360 (hi, Jimmy). Some boy in a dark black and white world who is looking...

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It’s a really nice day

Makes you forget the haze from just 2 weeks ago. Too bad we’re flying to Aurangabad via Mumbai tomorrow… still have to see an Indian city that is pleasant to visit.

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Framing the problem

Okay, okay – let’s recall together: Lamia and I were on our Bali honeymoon and we bought a painting there. And because we were not sure we would be able to find a frame in Singapore, we also took the...

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India, take 3

Okay. We’ve had Bangalore. And we’ve had Agra and New Delhi. And now we had our third (and likely last) trip to India this year to Aurangabad, which is a city only a kitten jump away from Mumbai. While...

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Mischief at Aurangabad airport

Look what the pregnant woman did!

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The Thai Treatment

I’ve spent the last few days working from home. Memories of India are still running through my tummy. And then I caught a pretty heavy cold on top. Nice. I don’t have much patience these days at work...

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Giselle

Tonight we went to the “Ballet under the Stars” series, taking place at Fort Canning Park. The performance of “Giselle” just started… Edit 8:30 pm Intermission. I think Giselle died. How sad. But how...

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The most innovative packaging in decades…

… at least in its category. Now hitting shelves in the UK.

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Something’s growing…

Everything grows in Singapore.

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The perks of being a corporate warrior…

The last two days we’ve spent at a company event. I won’t comment on the event. My mouth’s still dry from all that bitching. Anyway, an upside was clearly that we stayed at the Marina Bay Sands, that...

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