I'm not quite sure how I used to fit work in...I now seem to be busy all the time. Of course it's 'good' busy ie stuff I have chosen to do, like meet friends for coffee, practice the flute, reply to emails, read books, cooking etc; but it's a busy time nonetheless. I'm making the most of all this free 'me-time' before baby comes along in July...
We had a fantastic small group (church) meet last night, I cooked a fabulous bobotie (South African dish) and then we had chocolate cake and a pot of tea - perfect. Everyone is getting closer and sharing more about themselves, we even had a new member last night - finally another bloke for Paul! (Up to now the group has been only ladies).
The chocolate cake was great, only $3 (about GBP1) from Carrefour supermarket, but really moist. But sadly still not a patch on Lou's Gran's chocolate cake that she used to bring back to Uni every time she went home - man, that was a treat - which will remain the benchmark for chocolate cakes until I find something that surpasses it (unlikely).
I've recently had the pleasure of meeting some new expats over here, Kim, Rico and Josh, who are great and I happily spend an afternoon a week with. And Camila and Daniel, who are friends of a friend in London and have just moved to Singapore to live, I think they could become good friends. We've also had to say goodbye to three friends in the last two weeks, but that's the way things go over here, the expat community is so transient.
I'm now preparing for Mum and Luci's arrival this weekend, we have an exciting two weeks ahead. It's been a year and a half since I last saw them, so it will be good to have so much time to catch up with stuff.
We had a fantastic small group (church) meet last night, I cooked a fabulous bobotie (South African dish) and then we had chocolate cake and a pot of tea - perfect. Everyone is getting closer and sharing more about themselves, we even had a new member last night - finally another bloke for Paul! (Up to now the group has been only ladies).
The chocolate cake was great, only $3 (about GBP1) from Carrefour supermarket, but really moist. But sadly still not a patch on Lou's Gran's chocolate cake that she used to bring back to Uni every time she went home - man, that was a treat - which will remain the benchmark for chocolate cakes until I find something that surpasses it (unlikely).
I've recently had the pleasure of meeting some new expats over here, Kim, Rico and Josh, who are great and I happily spend an afternoon a week with. And Camila and Daniel, who are friends of a friend in London and have just moved to Singapore to live, I think they could become good friends. We've also had to say goodbye to three friends in the last two weeks, but that's the way things go over here, the expat community is so transient.
I'm now preparing for Mum and Luci's arrival this weekend, we have an exciting two weeks ahead. It's been a year and a half since I last saw them, so it will be good to have so much time to catch up with stuff.
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Sadly I'm not planning on coming to Singapore again for a while - you'll have to bring the little one here to sample Gaz Man's Child-Rearing Services Ltd!