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I’m happy we could help…

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Play time

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A (not as) sensational sunsetDie

Yesterday’s sunset had simply blown my mind, so I naturally had scouted the area around our villa a little bit for the best spot to take photos tonight. I found a nice viewpoint with a single mangrove...

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And another stunning sunrise

Just saying…

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Welcome to our “crib”!

We’re leaving the island today after lunch, so I wanted to take a few photos of our villa. The place is really spacious and feels quite luxurious. There is a living room, a master bed room, a big...

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Island view

Taken from the main building. Left, you can see part of the (small) pool. Right, the path to our villa. Before that, the housing that holds kayaks and other toys for more active visitors. On the other...

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Bye, bye, paradise island…

And back we went on the boat to Sekupang where the super nice and helpful staff of the resort made sure we would catch an earlier ferry to Singapore, saving us one hour of our day.

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New bands have arrived

With the Apple Watch being available in Singapore, I could finally order additional wrist bands. I got the blue sport band and the link bracelet (yeah, I know…). The technique to adjust the link...

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The new playgroup…

… seems to be so much better than the previous one, that it really makes us wonder how we could have picked so poorly in the first attempt.

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Eyeballing the situation

This morning I went again to the eye doctor to do a follow-up check on my last visit. When I left the place last time, I had in my mind not to go at all. After all, the doctor had explained what...

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Good pick

Lamia had already written about the diary our new school writes for Oskar every day. The one from today is another great example how much better the new school is: (And two bowls of steamed rice and...

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89.8 kg

Okay, that came earlier than I expected. Today, for the first time in 10 or more years, I weighed less than 90 kg. Since January I have lost around 7 kg. I know in the next few days I will bounce back...

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Delightful!

Another enjoyable Musical night at the Marina Bay Sands.

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Vr-vr-vr-vroom, vroom, vroom!

Today the car seat I had ordered via Amazon in the US arrived. I know what you think: You: Why the heck did he order a car seat from the US?! Well, kids: Singapore is a great place, but many things are...

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Big boy gets a big bed

And there was not only a new car seat tonight, but we also finally set up Oskar’s new bed. We had bought this bed 2 or 3 months ago at IKEA, I actually cannot remember anymore. Since then we had waited...

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… and to the zoo on Friday

Today is a holiday in Singapore. So we took the opportunity to try out the new car seat and visit the Singapore zoo. Again. But now that Oskar is nearly a year older than last time we went, this was a...

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Wet like an Oskar

In my previous entry I had indicated that Oskar had lots of fun at the zoo’s water park. This is an area with lots of water play: slides, the occasional giant water fall from an elephant’s head, water...

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Spaghetti and noodles

Claudia arrived with Henrik and Live today, stopping over for a day in Singapore before they continue their flight home to New Zealand. The first stop after they had dropped their luggage was the pool....

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Sleeping at the Night Safari

Henrik und Liev seemed to be pretty fit after the long flight from Germany, so Claudia and I decided to take them to the Night Safari, one of the most popular tourist attraction in Singapore. But of...

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Reaping the benefits of having a son :)

Claudia, Henrik and Liev brought a little present for Oskar which he eagerly unpacked today. Wow! – a jeep, rocks with an Orang Utan and a tiger and a snake and lianas and… yay! I gotta say: the fact...

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