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“How do you and your kids enjoy life in Singapore?”
I’ve recently been emailing with a potential expat. I had a number of Singaporean expats respond to my emails, answer questions, and generally be a great resource for our move. Some of them are now irl friends (or were and … Continue reading
Posted in Assimilation, Attractions, Before the Move, Culture Shock, Expat to Expat Advice, Helpers, Shopping, Singapore, Theater/Shows/Events, Third Culture Kids, Uniquely Singapore, With Kids
Tagged amazon global, culture shock, expat bostonians, expat life, expat moving to singapore, expat to expat advice, moving to singapore, what is like to live in singapore
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Her mother tongue isn’t Tamil
***A quick note of explanation before I get into the post. English is the language of instruction in Singapore. However, all students must take a second language–called a Mother Tongue (henceforce I’ll refer to it as MT) language.*** I recently … Continue reading
Posted in Assimilation, Culture Shock, customs, Education, headdesk moments, Identity, Primary 1 registration, Singapore, Third Culture Kids, Uniquely Singapore, With Kids
Tagged biracial children, expat bostonians, gujarati, language learning, mandarin, mother tongue, race based assumptions, Tamil
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“Am I Black or White?”
August 19th–I was sitting at my laptop when Elanor came over, dressed in her gymnastics uniform. I glanced up, half hoping I could finish my tweet or my facebook comment–or whatever it was I was doing–before she was ready to … Continue reading
Posted in Identity, Permanent Residency Process, Third Culture Kids
Tagged biracial, expat bostonians, identity, racial identity, racism
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Why I’m choosing Singapore’s Public Schools
The Primary 1 registration dates have been released by the Ministry of Education. Knowing that I’ll be queueing on July 30, 2014 to register Elanor for P1 makes everything more real. As this is not a common experience, I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Assimilation, Culture Shock, Education, Singapore, Third Culture Kids, With Kids
Tagged american in singapore, expat blog singapore, homeschooling in Singapore, raising kids in singapore, singapore private schools, singapore public schools, third culture kids
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Gong Xi Fa Cai (2014)
A happy and prosperous New Year to you all. Of all the Year of the Horse greetings that have shown up on my FB feed, this was my favorite. The artist is Eric Carle, who was the author and artist … Continue reading
Posted in Assimilation, Holidays, Pictures, Singapore, Third Culture Kids, Video, With Kids
Tagged 2014, bostonians, Chinese New Year, CNY, expat blog, expat bostonians, gong xi, lion dance, photos, Singapore, video, year of the horse
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The Uncomfortable Truth about Toys in Singapore
Around this time of year I start spending a lot of time at toy stores; Rhi’s second birthday is in October, Ellie turns five in November, and both girls get Christmas gifts. Before I actually went shopping, I began to … Continue reading
Posted in Culture Shock, Identity, Shopping, Singapore, Third Culture Kids, With Kids
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Lapped
Defining oneself as an expat (at least to me) implies some level of transience. Sometimes it’s a month (as my time in France as a student was), and sometimes it’s years. But you always have the intention of going home…eventually. … Continue reading
Expat Wife = Easiest Job in SG?
The easiest job in Singapore has to be expat wife. The quote above showed up in the @hellofrmsg twitter feed earlier today (a person the account follows, not a specific comment to the account). As I am an expat wife, … Continue reading
Posted in Culture Shock, customs, Expat to Expat Advice, Helpers, Housing, Identity, medical, money, Singapore, Third Culture Kids, With Kids
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Elanor is 4
My darling Ellie, Happy fourth birthday. May you always embrace the world as fearlessly and with as big a heart as you do today. Love Mommy PS-Stop calling me mother-it’s freaking me out.
Happy First Birthday Rhiannon
My darling Rhiannon You are now one year old! This time last year we were still in the hospital, both of us still recovering from your unexpectedly early arrival into the world. You were constantly cuddled close to me, … Continue reading
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