BANGKOK : floating market

the floating market was one of the highlights of the trip.

fresh coconut water

i still dream of these noodles. by far, the best thing i ate on the whole trip!

bought a giant bag of saffron for $2

teeth

one of the last pictures with all of his baby teeth

minus one (and happy as can be!)

the tooth fairy came and left S$2 for this sweet boy's first tooth.

lantern festival 2011

went out one night to practice some new skills learned at my photo class.

disney show

remember this t shirt design? i definitely got the better end of the deal on this one. our friend gave us awesome tickets to a disney show at the marina bay sands theater. the boys loved it! after the show we got interviewed for a japanese tv station by rino sashihara from the group AKB48. so funny!

onefc

growing up, my brother watched pro wrestling. i pretty much idolized everything my brother did, so of course, i watched wrestling too. my sister and i had a game where we would go back and forth naming all the wrestlers we could.

ultimate warrior
jake the snake roberts
macho man randy savage
the undertaker
bret the hitman hart
scary sherri
mr perfect
andre the giant
rowdy roddy piper
hulk hogan
...just to name a few...
the best was when superfly jimmy snuka moved into our ward! and even better when his daughter broke my foot (a story for another day...)

so when steve first started watching mixed martial arts (mma), you'd think i would be on board too. after all, this is real. nope. i couldn't stand to watch it. it grossed me out. my clever husband, knowing my weakness for anything reality tv, got me to watch the ultimate fighter. i realized that my previous assumptions were completely ignorant and i learned more about the sport. i'm hooked. at the very least i'm a "tuf"fer.

i didn't realize how much i was into mma until steve took me to a fight night here in singapore. "for my birthday." to tell you the truth, i wasn't super stoked on the drive there. i don't know these people. is it even really going to be mma? it's not even the ufc. luckily it was my birthday and steve put up with my bitter attitude. he got us great seats and it was so much fun. we even got to see phil baroni!! i know. phil. baroni. and some gracies. very cool.

we saw lots of mma too.
kickboxing

boxing

muay thai

brazilian jiu jitsu

the host of asia's amazing race even sat a couple rows in front of us.

there were good fights. it was a good night.

and who knows? maybe name that fighter game will be revived! :)

palau ubin

fun way to spend the day!

i'll have to bring my camera and my family next time!
thanks to jonna for the lovely pics!

petrol man

hair cut

before

can you tell how excited he is?

sniff...
my baby and those blond locks are gone.

BATAM

a short 45 minute ferry ride will take you to a different country.

one saturday, a friend and i went to batam, indonesia and spent six glorious hours at a day spa, one of the top 10 best in asia according to them. it was very good and i hope to return again!

"foofy"

first day of school 2011

monkey on the sidewalk

on our way to the playground up the street we met a monkey on the sidewalk. i didn't get the shot i wanted because ty wanted to pet it like a dog. i guess we see the same amount of monkeys as dogs around these parts.

MALACCA

malacca is just S$40 and 4 hours away from singapore by bus.

malaysia is a world away from singapore's urban jungle.

we stayed at hotel puri, a restored peranakan house that has a fantastic location and feel.

yummy food

MALACCA : jonker street

jonker street is full of fun boutique and antique shops.

we shopped right on in to the night market.

and got delicious treats along the way

then went for some foot reflexology and back massages

just beware of tiger claw!! :)

*thanks to jen for some of the pictures in this post :)*