So there. I began it.
My family moved to Singapore 14 months ago. There are thousands of expat families living in Singapore. Sometimes living here it's easy to slip into everyday routines and almost forget that we are having this amazing experience. So... Why write a blog? What do I want to achieve?
- I want to share details about our life here with friends and family.
- In the blogosphere, I hope to interact with other people in a similar situation, people traveling to Singapore and people who already live in Singapore.
- A blog seems like a great way to share practical advice to others preparing for a move overseas or travel with kids.
- The end product will be a documentation of the experiences we are having during this adventure.
- Maybe, just maybe, I'll become a travel blogger one day! Oh wouldn't that be the best?
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| This is the map that we had on the wall in Florida as we prepared for our move. You can see, written in purple marker, our flight route. Fort Lauderdale to Bilbao, where we spent a week with my husband's family, and then off to Singapore!! |
The basics: Like I suppose so many expat experiences, ours began with a conversation that went something like this on a regular day in our regular life:
My Husband: Today so-and-so told me about a possible opportunity in Singapore.
Me: That is ridiculous. We already moved here to be close to my family. And besides, there's no way the offer will be enough to move our family as far as possible from here to Singapore.
Fast forward many many months and, after long conversations after the kids went to sleep, interviews to see if this offer was even a reality and hours of online research about Singapore, off we were. We sold our home, got rid of most of our stuff and stored or shipped the rest and, after teary-verging-on-heartwrenching good-byes, off we were on our new adventure far, far away.
So far so good.
And so I have not only begun but also ended my first blog entry.
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