Hair of the dog

I know you should never wish your life away but I am really looking forward to the end of today. Yesterday was the first time in as long as I can remember that I stupidly decided it would be fun to partake in lunch time beers, afternoon champagne, early evening white wine and then a pre-dinner bottle of red. Despite all this I'm relieved I remember most of what happened all day as I woke up this morning with a rather lovely looking mark down my back. (see below) Only after I'd been 'tramp stamped' did I realise I placed complete confidence in the artist Apple and her colleague Whopper in actually writing what I'd asked. Sitting in a local bar afterwards I asked a local waitress to translate the chinese characters and was relieved when she said they spell William and Emma. Whhew!

As our moving day creeps closer and closer I am starting to think of so many more things I'll miss about living in Singapore. Yesterday was a prime example. Gorgeous hot mornings followed my tropical midday thunderstorms, lunch time beers sans kids along the river, champagne with an amazing friend and then home just after my helper had fed, bathed and put the kids to bed. Parenting here is just too dam easy.
I am also going to miss crazy Singaporean taxi drivers. I've heard that 90% of taxi drivers in New York can't speak English so I'm sad I might not get to have similar meaningless banter that some Singaporean taxi drivers are so good at.
I walked into a supermarket this morning and was welcomed by no less than 11 people. Hello Welcome, Hello Welcome. I'm really going to miss that too.

The Henderson house hold sale is finally over with almost everything in our flat gone. I've managed to sell all our white goods, most of the electrical items and lots of unwanted toys.
We've bought a few new pieces of furniture including a solid wood four poster bed and a great chinese medicine cabinet. Here's hoping that neither crack in the sub zero temperatures in New York. Has anyone ever heard such nonsense?

I'm off to watch yet another beautiful storm from the comforts of the couch. Here's to another week of admin, packing, sorting and socialising, oh and gyming. #gottagetmyfatlazybumoffthesofaandbacktothegym

C

PS: I tweeted Kevin Spacey yesterday wanting to know where he's staying during his visit to Singapore for Richard III. Bit miffed he hasn't replied.