Random thoughts

I find that counting my blessings can be quite theraputic so here goes: I am happily married to a wonderful, kind, thoughtful and loving man. We are expecting a baby in July We live a comfortable life and want for nothing We have lots of fun holidays to tropical destinations that I only ever dreamed of visiting Our family and friends ar in good health and are successful and happy Now things to be thankful for: Skype, e-mail, friend's blogs and the internet My flute Avocados Godiva chocolate Marmite Freshly squeezed carrot and orange juice Tropical climates OK, so it turned more into a list of what makes me happy, but I'm sure you get the idea...a happy and prosperous 2007 to everyone!

Happy Christmas to all! We had a wonderful day with an adopted Australian family here in Singapore (that is to say we adopted them), three generations all under one roof, a traditional turkey roast and lots of good food and cheer. What a great day! I got a beautiful flute for Christmas, it's something I've wanted to learn since I was about 6, and now I can't wait to have a go. I'm going to teach myself to start with, then move on to lessons when I can't go further on my own. In fact, I'm off to have a go now... I'm thoroughly enjoying working part-time, apart from it's raining so much here at the moment I'm not doing as much swimming as I'd like. Oh well, monsoon season is over soon.

Wow, finally I can publish the news I've been wanting to tell everyone for the past couple of months. Paul and I are expecting our first child in early July next year. Yippeee.

I've just been onto Gaz's photo site and stolen a whole load of cool photos that he took while we were away at the weekend. From the top: La Pau Sat, our living room, me at Pulau Ubin, Paul and I in a restaurant.

Well, it seems that it's been a month since I last wrote anything. I guess I've been busy. This month I've gone to working part time after a bit of a battle with the school I work with. It works much better for me to have some of my own time, I'm not quite fully a lady of leisure - but almost. KL and the Cameron highlands We've just come back from a weekend in Kuala Lumpur and the Cameron Highlands with our friends Gary and Paul from the UK. A good weekend was had by all. The Cameron highlands is a cool mountainous area three and a half hours north of Kuala Lumpur. It still has lots of buildings from the colonial era, including the wonderfully named 'Ye olde smokehouse' restaurant, which is about as authentic a British pub/restaurant as you will find anywhere in the world! We busied ourselves touring tea plantations, supping local tea, eating local strawberries and eating roast beef. The weather was cool and everything was distinctly British. Very quaint. It