下雪了

Vancouver had its first snow on 25 Nov 06 after many years.
It rarely snow in Vancouver, we heard....

Picnic at the beach

Enjoying herself at a beach by the lake.

Fun moments

Pumpkin Patch & Apple Barn

It was near Halloween when we first arrived.
It was the first time we visited a pumpkin patch, she was so excited when she saw all the huge pumpkins and she started singing this song she learnt from Kinderland :

We are pumpkin
Big and round
Big and round
We are pumpkin
Big and round
Big and round
Seated on the ground

Now I truly understand the meaning of the lyrics when she sang "seated on the ground"

We also visited the Apple barn, she couldn't resist, so eat as she picked.

New begining

Land of maple leaf

SG Days - Changi Airport

Good bye Singapore ....

SG Days - Non-stop packing

These photos were taken about 10hrs before our flight...
We packed non-stop till we left! Insane I think.....we recuperated all the beauty sleep on the plane!

SG Days - Farewell Makan Treats

Chilli crabs, black pepper crabs, fish head bee hoon, satay, fish head curries, kway chap, teh-si, 60cents kopi-o....

Some of the last things we ate before leaving...
Can't type anymore.....seeing these pictures makes me drool all over the keyboard now.

SG Days - A day at Music Class

SG Days - A day in Kinderland

She still talks alot about her teachers, her friends at Kinderland. I know she misses them. But she also understand that there is no Kinderland in Canada.

This was typically her one day in Kinderland....

They gave her a farewell party just the day before we flew off, teachers teared. We still call the school occassionally and I heard that they put up her recent Vancouver's photo on the notice board.

Her classmates kept asking the teachers why hasn't she been in school for so long

She was there since she was 14mo... How time flies

SG Days - Towed Away

We scrapped our car....
Farewell to our corolla. For nearly 6 years, problem free....it served us well.

SG Days - Pack Up

We left Singapore with 6 luggages while these boxes came by seafreight 2 months later

BIG MOVE !

I am back online. The sudden disappearance, I apologise

We have moved, from the sunny little island, Singapore, which was home for the past decades, to Vancouver, Canada.

We immigrated, or what Mr. Goh labelled us as "quitters"

We have moved, not because S'pore is NOT GOOD.
We have moved to seek a different pasture in life, not necessarily greener, but hopefully.

We have been asked thousand of times, why immigrate, whats wrong with Singapore, will you come back if you don't make it in Canada .... the list goes on. We had to answer all these repetitive queries in the midst of packing up (we packed till the last moments when we left for the airport, no kidding),

We have been here since mid September 2006. Everyone who sees me on MSN will ask, "Have you found a job?"

While the Canadian market is vibrant, its not easy to penetrate into the market, they need "Canadian experience", agree that its a crazy requirement.

But we are prepared for it, we have been warned by friends who immigrated here before us, its a humbling process that God is putting us through. Advises are :"Grab any job that comes by, and more jobs will fall into place, no social stigma here, nobody cares what you work as, unlike Asia, so long as you are not a bummer living off the welfare!" So, yup my hubby got 2 jobs for now, this arrangement is not permenant, but we are taking the advise seriously. Hence I say, immigration is not everyone's cup of tea, eh...

We have moved not because we want to live in big houses, drive flashy BMWs. The main and foremost reason is my kid and hubby has eczema, we are not able to do some simple things in life, like enjoy a stroll in the park, have a decent meal in the hawker centre, or have fun at the playground, coz the warm and heat will cause them to perspire and scratch, everyone will get really really frustrated.

So for the past 2 months that we have been here, kiddo had been to the beach, the playground, the park many times and she truly enjoy herself, the smile on her face makes us feel the move is worth it, we will try, no matter how hard it may take.

For now, we are still in the settling down process, it will take months or years. Just enjoying the moments for now. Should we not make it here for some reason (again, that depends on one's expectation of "MAKING IT"), at least we tried and not live in regret for not trying. Its a dream where we both share as a couple.

And yes, we do miss S'pore at times.....(minus the weather lah...)