Family and Friends Visiting Singapore

In September we had friends and family visit us in Singapore, and it was nice to see all of them.  

Colleen, Thomas, Nicholas, Timothy and Alexandra
At the beginning of the month, our friends Colleen andThomas, and their triplets Nicholas, Timothy and Alexandra were in Singapore for a short visit.  Colleen, Thomas and their kids live in Munich, Germany and they decided to come to Singapore for a few days, after spending two weeks in Hong Kong and Vietnam for Thomas's work.  Colleen also came to Singapore to visit her childhood school friend Glynnis, who recently moved to Singapore with her family from Australia (they are also ex-South Africans).  It was lovely to see all of them again and to meet Glynnis.  The last time we saw Colleen, Thomas and their kids was about seven years ago in Vancouver, so it was lovely to catch-up with them and it was also so nice to see how the kids have grown.  Unfortunately David was travelling on business, so he could not meet up with them.

Ruth and Robin

Colleen and Thomas's visit was followed by a visit from David's parents, Ruth and Robin.  Ruth and Robin arrived just in time for the Formula 1 race weekend.  They stayed in Singapore for the race, then went to Malacca in Malaysia for a few days before returning to Singapore.  Upon their return to Singapore, we took a trip with them to Siem Reap for the weekend.  After Siem Reap they came back to Singapore for a few days, before continuing on to Beijing.  

While in Singapore, Robin celebrated his birthday and as a gift, we bought him some time on a Flight simulator.  David tried this in March 2009 and had a lot of fun (although he says it was pretty stressful), so we knew Robin would enjoy this too as he also loves planes.