Kelly's Bday

Just wanted to share some birthday pics - it was a lovely day. Hubby tracked down and baked a good 'ol American box cake - Betty Crocker, yum! Went out for tasty dinner of seafood and wine (just can't find a decent steak over here) and enjoyed opening some nice pressies from Al & Jackie, Gram and Dot!

Getting ready for Spring Break

Well they don't really have a "spring break" here at the University. Instead, it's a bigger deal to wait and take a 2 week vacation in August (and a long weekend break over Easter).

Brian and I however are planning a proper spring break vacation - last two weeks of March and we are going back to Singapore. Since Brian's paycheck has been paid from the National University of Singpore since last March, we had been planning on going back this March. Now with his new job change, since he starts that in April, we'll still go back to Singapore so he can wrap things up. And so we can enjoy some holiday!

We'll fly to Singapore on Saturday 20 March on Singapore Airlines (13 hours!) and stay there until Wednesday. Then we are going to fly up to Bangkok, Thailand to play tourist for 3 days. Then fly down to the resort/island area of western Thailand called Phuket for sun and beach. Back to Singapore for a few more days before we fly back to the UK on Sunday 4 April (Easter). In the UK, they celebrate both Good Friday and Easter Monday, which are public holidays. So we'll have Monday off to prep for work on Tuesday.

I'm hoping to work on my non-existent tan and lightening my hair!