Today is the 25th Anniversary of TPS! The PSG group has been practising everyday. We will perform the Poco Poco dance tonight in front of many high officials of Tampines, not to mention the principal, the entire staff and many parents like Papa in the audience. I must be nervous because I woke up at 5am and just bent my toe backwards while tripping on the carpet. I am sure the adrenalin will set in and all will be fine...and fun.
We have been very busy since returning from Australia so I have not made the time yet to chronicle our adventures. But I will. In the meantime, we enjoyed hosting our colleagues/friends from Belgium. They kindly brought us tons of beer and chocolate and made mousse au chocolat which did not set but tasted incredibly good none the less. We visited Chinatown, Little India, the Night Safari and walked around the entire Marina Bay. We saw a view of the city from Papa's new office which is a gorgeous building just completed next to his old building which is being dismantled. 20 years old is considered ancient here and although the building seemed fine to us, it was not high enough! We also spent some time with our friends at the pool and we all needed that lounging around time between sightseeing. They have headed over to Australia to coincidentally do the same trip that we just completed and then over to Christchurch, earthquakes permitting. They may return to Singapore for a few days if they cannot proceed to Christchurch and we will be happy to host them again.
We very briefly celebrated Canada Day with some red strawberries. We did not do our country justice though so we will have a part two this weekend. Last night, Pit made dinner for us and although no one liked it, including Pit, we are very proud of him. He made Rosti Nests and it was a school project. He got furious at our helper who would not let him do everything himself. I was helping him and he said he wanted it to be the two of us in the kitchen so we will have another attempt this Sunday when Ailene goes to church.
Frunty is home doing e-learning. He is being trained to do this in case there is every a natural disaster in Singapore and he cannot go to school. As well, there can be extremely hot days when the school will be closed. The show must go on and no one gets a holiday thanks to computers. But this afternoon I will take the boys to TPS to watch a theatrical performance. Ailene will pick them up and take them home and then Papa will come to the school to have dinner with everyone and watch us dance. Hope it is a fun night for all!
