Week 1

A quick rundown. 

The flight was great - they played a rendition of the intro song to Jurassic Park during the 20 min decent into Singapore. It was awesome. 

I wanted to start a 'what we ate today' a la Rose Record, but I got discouraged after our first meal was donut holes from 7-eleven because nothing else was open at 5:30am when I got in. I'll try that again for you all sometime next week ;)

I've been to the grocery store a few times - that was kind of fun. The carts appear to be locked together, I wasn't sure, but I wanted to buy what I could carry anyway (as a former NYer, that is a lot) Need to figure that out. Second panic attack - can you separate the bananas? I don't think you can separate the bananas. I ended up buying a bunch of like 9 because I was unsure. 

The cross walk sounds like a laser beam. My refrigerator also appears to let out a screeching alarm if you leave it open too long. That made putting groceries away fun - and startling. 

Checked out the mall a few times! Was only asked twice if I wanted to declare my items assuming I was a tourist (more than fair assumption). In one mall there was a play area for unsupervised children consisting of a large mat, flat screen TV and was simply enclosed by 4 free standing velvet ropes. Dorothy, were not in New York City anymore.

Biggest challenge thus far: training myself to look the opposite way when crossing the street, as they drive on the left side of the road here - really need to master this one and quickly. Also, I am not quite sure, but as they drive on the opposite side of the road as we are used to, I feel like walking patterns are also opposite. This has resulted in A LOT of step right, freeze, hesitate, studder left, almost run into oncoming person. Times this by 10 when trying to go for a run.   

Oh and yes, it IS as hot and humid as they say it is. Like whoa. 

Going to take the new camera out this weekend! Also, next Tuesday is a public holiday so Michael and I are hoping to do something fun :) 

Until next time. 

C 

PS - I have seen 4(!) golden retrievers since being here. Michael lied to me and said they didn't exist in Singapore. I will not buy a dog in Singapore, I will not buy a dog in Singapore, I will not buy a dog in Singapore, I repeat, I will not buy a dog in Singapore.   

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KC Party

Good morning from Singapore! As I lay on the couch and map out my first adventure in the new city, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the awesomeness of our friends and family, and generosity of those who hosted our wedding shower in KC a few weeks back! 

It was THE MOST absolute perfect evening and setting to bring everyone together to celebrate. I can't put into words (partially because my brain is working in slow mo right now) how happy and incredibly loved we felt that night - seriously. Thank you again to the amazing hosts and all those that were able to join us! 

ALSO, big huge jumbo thank you to everyone who so generously gave to our group gift - an AMAZING new Canon camera. Cannot wait to put that bad boy to use and share high quality photos of all our upcoming adventures. Starting today! 

Much love from the other side. Xo. 

F.O.E

Shout out to the always amazing Anna Petrow for stopping by and taking some party pics :) 

Photo by me on the new cam! 

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Bye Bye NYC

Goodbye 9K! We had a great run!

We will miss your incredible fratio that provided us, and many others, with incredible amounts of joy, grilled meats, pong games and afternoon relaxation - you were the perfect oasis in the concrete jungle. Thank you fratio, you will forever hold a special place in our hearts.     

Photo by: Anna Petrow Photography 

We will miss your cozy paint colors (that we had to pay a small fortune to remove once we left) and your ability to make us feel truly at home.

Photo by: Anna Petrow Photography

We will miss your direct rays of sunlight from 8am - 11am and beautiful sunsets and shadows.

We will miss your ability to contain only 1 documented cockroach and 4 small mice.

We will miss your flexibilty to transform from a smelly 2 bedroom frat cave (sorry Johnny) to a beautiful, young adult, 1 bedroom apartment, almost perfect in everyway.

We will miss your sweet doormen and the way you always made it easy to get a cab.

We will even miss the sweet lady who worked at the laundry mat next door. Although your same day service claims are completely bogus, you were a part of our life and routine - bouns points for telling Michael he looked like he lost weight! It was only fitting that after we were all packed up and moved, we waited on the floor of our empty apartment for over an hour waiting for our laundry from you. 

You know what, we may even miss the crabby manager in the sweater vest at Morton Williams (grocery store) and our neighborhood bum. May I finally forgive you for your incessant defecation on our block.   

New York, 9K, you were really, really good to us. 

As one famous New Yorker would say, on to the next one! 

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Work Farewell

In what has been my biggest shock of reality to date, I celebrated my official last day at work this week! (As if having a 2-D relationship in a different time zone wasn't reality enough). Packing up my things and saying my goodbyes made this move seem real. 

Everyone was so kind and generous in celebrating my last week at work - and it truly was a week long event. My closest friend at work was so kind to organize an after work happy hour at our favorite rooftop bar near the office.

We had a great turnout, but naturally insisted on 'girls only' pics :)

We had another mini send off with my immediate team right before I officially left. What thoughtful people! 

Don't worry it's just sparkling cider ;)

I am so thankful for the personal and professional relationships I have made in the last few years. I am so thankful for the incredible amount of growth and happiness I have experienced the past 3 years. I credit a large part of that to the amazing, intelligent and hard working people I have been lucky enough to work with everyday. Love you guys!

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Hong Kong

Michael went to Hong Kong for a week - so that's fun. 

A quick recap:

This is a picture Michael took from a raised sidewalk (to escape the heavy traffic and rain) of Victoria Peak in downtown HK. 

This is how Michael ended each day. His justification: it would cost like 3x more in Singapore! PS I absolutely love how he purposely styled and captured this moment just to send to me. We are slowly catching on to this social media thing. Slowly ;) 

Confession: I am embarrassed to admit I had no idea what this was. Michael was seriously disappointed in my lack of a reaction. For those of you like me who spend more time immersing themselves in more modern day fiction (Real Housewives, Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team, Giuliana & Bill), this is 2 IFC. Best know for its famous scene in a recent Batman film! 

(and by best known, I mean best know outside of its stunning architecture and major impact on the world financial system - we keep it light over here at LGE). 

#hongkongselfie 

Those of you we have seen in the last few days know Michael has been a wee bit jet lagged and tad 'tired' from traveling and celebrating our good friends wedding this weekend in Minneapolis. I have asked him to explain this photo/ scenario/ 'game' in the photo below multiple times to no avail. Apparently it was some kind of game inside of a club and you had to find the right answers to get out of this little room? I have no idea. I stopped asking after he had a compete breakdown over a 9:30am bacon cheeseburger last Sunday. 'YOU GUYS HAVE NO IDEA HOW I FEEL!*#%!' We couldn't help but laugh at the poor guy. Karma will be reigning upon me soon enough. 

This is where the post stops as the party at HK apparently didn't stop until well into the morning. But all jokes aside, the poor guy stayed out all night - had a meeting the next morning - took a train and got straight onto a flight from HK to Toronto to Minnesota - straight to the Friday night pre party and into an action packed, non-stop wedding weekend. What a great friend and good sport. I think he single handedly kept the 5hr energy market going for one weekend.

2 more weeks, 4 more cities, 2 more parties and we are off to SNG full time! Now if only I can finish inventorying every cup, fork and book in this apartment...  

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