Longan

The longan ("dragon eyes") is so named because its fruit, when it is shelled, resembles an eyeball (the black seed shows through the translucent flesh like a pupil/iris). The seed is small, round and hard, and of an enamel-like, lacquered black. [1]

One old, one new

My Ergo carrier... too worn, have had a hard time admitting it would not last till Ulf is out of it. It have a bit of Colorado in it, reminds me of all those Mondays on Hogback.
Ulf likes the new one as much as the old one - and I like that it is not torn all over.

Monkey

We had some proper monkeys swinging in the trees at the hotel in Malaysia and then there was the teasing monkeys that spread the garbage all over. The black dusky leaf monkeys were a lot fun watching as they jump around, picked leaves and cuddled the brown baby. The long tailed macaque were noisy and after the monkey in the stroller episode I am not fond of having them to close. The trip has been exciting on animals and not as many creepy crawlies as I had feared.

Nemo

Was just off our beach, so many anemones with clown fish.

Merry Christmas

Snorkel and fins are packed and we are off tomorrow morning, vuuhuuujj I´m looking forward to the time on tropic islands. And to see Lauge´s reaction when a fish pass under his snorkel mask.

Toys

Where to buy toys? Still need to find a place like Into The Wind in Boulder, but two stores we can recommend: The Better Toy Store in Ngee Ann City and for Lego the little shop on third floor in Great World City.

Get off

In the Zoo I enjoy watching the monkeys play. Moving out here I was looking forward to meet monkeys in their natural surroundings. I have not yet, only met monkeys looking for human food, why does some people feed wild animals. It is just the end for that animal and it can get such a nuisance before it reach the end. Last week a monkey jumped in our stroller. GET OFF!

X-mas

December is a really lovely and cozy time of year, but also a time for feeling guilty about not being able to be with all of your parents. I just gotta put it in a box and enjoy the lights in the dark of x-mas.

Family day

So nice again to be invited to get together with Janus´ work colleagues. In Boulder we had a lot of welcome and farewell evenings and I so enjoyed them. In Oxford there was nil. Here it is quite a big group, so no chance to learn all the names, but still really good to meet up. Wednesday we were on Sentosa Island for the yearly x-mas dinner and all four of us had a fab time.

Mosquitoes

Aarst they sometimes freak me out, they are everywhere and you do not see or hear them they just put their marks on your body. Was it one of those black and white striped ones? Was it infected? I´m so happy we are not living in a malarial area.
Dengue Fever is enough to scare me.
In Boulder it was the West Nile Virus that scared me and I still so remember the slogan: One Bite, One Life Changed Forever.