Busy week of Sailors, AmCham, and Embassy

US Embassy in Singagpore

This has been such a busy week!  I was sick with the flu last weekend and basically just sleep most of Saturday and part of Sunday. I missed out on a special Singapore experience with a Singaporian family from our school.


On Tuesday evening We had dinner at a very special Cantonese restaurant with the principal from the big middle school that right next to our school.  She was so gracious in ordering some very unique and wonderful dishes for us to try.  We are trying to have a relationship with that school and do some community service with our students in a joint effort.  

Wednesday night was a Bunko game after school with ladies and then a trip to Mt. Elizabeth hospital to see one of our teachers who was admitted to the hospital to figure out where the numbness in her arm and hand is coming from.  Without a car, these are always unique adventures and new taxi drivers to meet!  

Thursday we hosted 20 sailors from the USS Pinkney.  I was in charge of their schedule.  We started off with some photos with some of the classes in front of our school and then we split them up and some went to read with pre-schoolers and others joined a soccer game and a basketball game.  A few of them went into classes and talked about their jobs and what they do on the ship and let the kids ask questions.  They were so excited to see children.  Some were missing their own ehildren and nieces and nephews.  We ate lunch with them and then they were on their way.

Friday Chris had an appointment so I had to fill in for him at the Singapore American Chamber of Commerce Meeting.  The man speaking was from Johns Hopkins University and he addressed how colleges and universities to into other countries and set themselves up and what problems can arise.  It was at a nice hotel with a nice American style breakfast.  

Tonight (Saturday) we are going to some lantern festival at a park to celebrate Autumn Festival.  We are going with a family from school.  It has been nice to have the morning to have time to sit and read and run errands and do housework.  

Tomorrow night Chris and I received an invitation to go to the American Embassy to remember 9/11.  I'm not sure how they will do that but it will be at the same time that the buildings were attacked in the United States.  

Next week we have some visitors coming from KORCOS and our organization Network of International Christians Schools and then the following week Chris and I will be in Japan for his Director meetings.  They will have things for the ladies to do while the men are having meetings.  I've never been to Japan so I am looking forward to it.  

Well, I hadn't written for awhile so I wanted to give everyone an update.  Hayden is loving his time in Germany so far.  He has a traveling week coming up where he will be going to France...Paris, Normandy Beach, etc.  So excited for him.