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Fountains by Night

08 Jul

Nyan used to be a bit skittish around water. Washing his hair – especially the rinsing part – was an exercise in patience and crying. He tolerated going in the pool with Daddy at swim lessons, but just barely. He even went through a phase when he refused to take baths, so we could only sponge him down. (This was only a couple weeks long, thankfully).

I think it’s fair to see he’s over that skittishness. He loves playing in the pool, he doesn’t fuss at all when we’re washing his hair, and he runs through fountains no matter what he’s wearing or what else is going on.

Here he is a couple weeks back, on a Sunday evening in a part of town called Clarke Quay. It’s got lots of bars and restaurants, and also a big fountain with lots of colored lights. Nyan was drawn to it like a moth to a flame. Or like a fish to water? He didn’t actually splash around, for which we were thankful, since we were on our way to dinner. But he certainly has come a long way.

 
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Posted by on July 8, 2014 in Video

 

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Hotel Living

25 Jun

From early May through early June, we all lived out of a hotel room in Singapore. It was quite nice – large, great staff, fantastic grounds including playground and a huge swimming pool. We were certainly ready to move into our new place once we found it, but no complaints at all about the place we stayed (it’s called Tree Tops Executive Residences, by the way, and we recommend it highly). Here are a few photos and videos of what Nyan got up to during our time there. Swimming, playing, napping, waiting for a taxi with Mommy, etc.

Plus a couple of videos: one of his favorite games was to run through the hallways, looking for our room. They all tended to look alike, of course, which made it a challenge. And it also burned off some of his voluminous energy! Win-win.

And here he is, just relaxing on the couch, reading the paper. As you do.

 
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Posted by on June 25, 2014 in Photos, Video

 

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The Singapore Zoo

22 Jun

Nyan loves animals – what kid doesn’t, of course – and we’d read that Singapore has one of the world’s best zoos. So last month, a few days after we arrived here, Daddy and Nyan spent a day at the zoo. We weren’t disappointed.

It rained heavily that morning, but the skies were clearing when we arrived at the zoo, shortly after it opened at 10am. The rain meant no crowds, which meant we had the animals mostly to ourselves. We started out at the polar bear exhibit, where Nyan was wowed as he watched the bear dive under the water and eat fish. (He still talks about that today, more than a month after our visit.)

A small sampling of some of the other animals we saw: zebras, giraffes, crocodiles, lions, birds, monkeys, kangaroos. And a cheetah.

And pygmy hippos.

 

And organutans.

And turtles and fish.

 

Monkeys too.

 

The highlight, perhaps, was the elephant show. All morning long, Daddy had been promising that we’d make it to the elephant show, which somehow in Nyan’s mind became ‘We’re gonna see the elephants dancing!” Well, they didn’t actually dance, but they did put on a nice show for us.

Video from the show:

 

He looks less than enthused, but that’s just ’cause he was paying close attention. And perhaps because the midday heat, the humidity, the jetlag and the hours of running around were all catching up to him: after the elephant show, we made our way to the exit, and he fell asleep in the car within a few minutes of driving off.

 

 

 
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Posted by on June 22, 2014 in Photos, Video

 

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Into the Pool

21 May

In the weeks leading up to our move to Singapore, we would tell Nyan about all the things we’d be doing, such as going to the beach and visiting lots of swimming pools. He was always less than enthused, usually saying that he’d be making a sand castle while he watched Daddy or Mommy swimming.

On one of our first days here, Mommy and Daddy were swimming in the rather large pool at the hotel we’re staying at, and predictably enough, Nyan decided he would get in the pool after all. Of course, Nyan being Nyan, he had to do it on his terms – which is to say, by riding Daddy’s shoulders. Not that Daddy minded.

 

Later, young Nyan Thomas got brave enough to go in the pool by himself. Well, it was just the kiddie pool. But that still counts:

 

“Swimming,” Nyan style. He also found time to strut around the pool.

 

Sad to say, we haven’t been able to get back to the pool too many times since then, as our days have been filled up with apartment viewings, school visits, trips to government offices to get our visas squared away, and the like. But we’ll get back in there soon, and we fully expect him to be swimming laps in no time.

 

 
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Posted by on May 21, 2014 in Video

 

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Dancing in Chinatown

18 May

This blog has been a little quiet of late as we try to get settled in to our new home in Singapore. But suffice it to say, things are going fine, and there will be lots and lots of pictures, videos, stories etc. soon to come.

Here’s one: it dumped rain on us most of the day, ending around 4. We were all stir crazy by then, so we headed to Chinatown for some food and sight-seeing. We came across a public plaza that had several dozen locals doing synchronized dance moves to Western songs. It was quite strange, but cool. And guess who joined right in?

 

Yes, the boy loves to dance, and he’s got some killer moves. (Did we mention that he’d been cooped up in the hotel room most of the day and had buckets of energy to spare?)

He even got Mommy to get into it too:

 

A strange but fun find, that’s for sure. Here’s a bit of an overview of the scene, showing the people he was watching dance, as well as some of the scenery around Chinatown:

 

Yep, so far so good in Singapore. Stay tuned for more.

 

 
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Posted by on May 18, 2014 in Video

 

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