5/29/2016 - We're Back!

It's alive, it's alive....thanks to requests from our thousands of readers (ok, ok, more like dozens), much like Frankenstein's Monster, the blog has been brought back to life!  Why, inquiring minds would like to know?  Well fast forward from the last post to Spring of 2016 and we have somehow found ourselves "Back on the Far Side of the World." You half expect Doc Brown to yell "I just sent you back to the U.S., what in Great Scott are you doing here?"  As you can tell (oh brave readers who have ventured down this twisted path with us before) a few years has not changed my cultural reference points and go to movie analogies.

As usual - I digress.  It would appear that I came dangerously close to tying a bow on the initial version of this running documentary and then just up and walked away.  Almost as if you were working on a puzzle and decided the last few pieces weren't really important, everyone can tell its a painting of a windmill even if it has a hole or two in it.  In our case, the two missing pieces were a wonderful day spent wine tasting in Australia followed by 4 days of being lazy in Ubud, Bali amongst the rice paddies.  Luckily, this movie sequel that is our life will likely involve both of those endeavors again and they will ultimately get their moment in the sun.

A few months back, Sarah and I landed at Changi Airport with all our gear in tow.  Some of our household goods likely have more frequent flier miles than your average person.  Probably not the most eco-friendly expats in history, but what you can you do?  Maybe we'll run our air-con a little less to try and balance things out.   Now that we are starting to feel settled in again in Singapore, this has freed up some spare time for yours truly to dust off his creative writing skills, so here we are.

The journey this time around promises to be a little different.  New job so no more weekly flights to Penang for this guy.  Sarah is convinced she would have been a great lawyer (she's probably right) and sporadically threatens to go to Law School, but no additional planned graduate programs for her. I'm more worried about a furry four legged friend greeting me at the door one day than I am of a University acceptance letter arriving in the mail.  Likely less weekend trips to far flung locales, but hopefully longer, more in depth vacations.  That being said, we are of course off to Thailand in June and July for a few weekends trips.  Apparently, somethings never change.

What else can you expect in the next few weeks in terms of reading material?

• Photo tour of our new lodging - just like House Hunters International except you only get to see one place.  Maybe we'll slip some info in for the places we chose NOT to move into.
• We have a car!  I'm driving to work every day..... on the wrong side of the road.  I still haven't convinced our friends from Singapore that it is the wrong side of the road, but I'm working on it. Need to study for my driving test some more, ugg, but lots of good driving stories. 
• New outdoor market.  Lychees and rambutans are in season!  Plus, we brought a bbq with this time so it forced us to put on a brave face and start purchasing meat to grill.

I also take requests, so if I'm skimping in certain areas, please let me know.  I might even put some ads on here to see what type of money we bring in.  I have a feeling it won't even be enough to purchase an item off the dollar menu at McDonalds, but would probably be a good story if nothing else.

Thanks for stopping by - enjoy the sunset from our balcony!