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...
View ArticleWelcome 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...
View ArticleIsland 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...
View ArticleBye, 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.
View ArticleNew 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...
View ArticleThe 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.
View ArticleEyeballing 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...
View ArticleGood 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...
View Article89.8 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...
View ArticleVr-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...
View ArticleBig 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...
View Article… 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...
View ArticleWet 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...
View ArticleSpaghetti 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....
View ArticleSleeping 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...
View ArticleReaping 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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