No sign of snow in Penang
Even when you decide to go slow for Christmas or as we are calling it this year, a ‘Christmas Amnesty’, it is still pretty damn busy. I have conquered my allergy to shopping malls,...
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Busy times in Penang
We have been busy bees here in Penang – the days seem to rattle past and before a blink of an eye we are talking about the forthcoming end of term and Christmas. Wow....
A Simple, Special Day
Finally, I start to see how beautiful life’s simple pleasures can truly be. I have had to decelerate. Alas, no work projects, no income but time to linger in a moment without driving forth...
Reflections – how we are who we are
I really thought nothing much of my Asian Respite and Reflection post, and yet it touched so many of you that I have done what I normally don’t let myself do, and re-read my post...
Asian respite and reflection
Really, the situation at the British Passport Office is pretty dreadful. Cost-cutting activities have reduced consular services supporting British Expats around the world. Renewing passports outside the UK no longer an option Expats in up...
Settling into Penang
As always, I am here to report our progress and the inevitable change that we witness on our Sunflower Journey. There is so much, and I have been slack at keeping more regular posts...
Establishing routines as domesticity returns
I’ve said it before, and quite frankly I am destined to keep on saying it – Every week is #oneweekon and a lot can, and will change. This past week has been no different with...
Undivided Attention
This is the longest gap between posts, and for you avid followers (Mum, Mum-in-Law), I deeply apologise. What respect I now have for solo parents. It is amazing on many levels, in a way...
Boys start school in Penang
It was quite a trek returning from Phnom Penh to Penang, more due to the emotionalism of such a quick decision to abandon Cambodia (and J!) earlier than planned. The boys and I each...
Another stretch the comfort zone
Never did I think this past week of a holiday in Malaysia would bring such far-reaching change, and here we are #oneweekon. Our long awaited reunion with Mimi at Kuala Lumpur airport was magnificent. Our 3...