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Holiday events at Phoebe’s school.

Video is here! (raw footage only, work in progress…)

That time of the year, Phoebe’s most special day! Phoebe and her friends had a great time at LilliPutt Golf, see photos here.

Thanks everyone for spending your Sunday with Phoebe and for your thoughtful presents, she loved them!

Vacation photos in Nusa Dua and Ubud are here. Weather was beautiful, traffic was horrible. Word of advice when visiting Bali, pick a place and stay there. We hired a driver for the day, but spent most of the time in traffic jams. Summit of world leaders in Bali didn’t help much either.

Despite this, we had a great time. We rode elephants through the rainforest, picked up some artwork in Ubud, and visited an old temple.

Here’s a short movie of our trip, enjoy!

Along with six other families, we chartered a bus and travelled across the border to Tioman Island. Three hours on the road, and a 90 minute ferry ride later, we all arrived. It was a full weekend of fishing, snorkeling (diving for some!), hiking, and playing on the beach.

Tioman was a beautiful island with lots to see and do. The water was amazingly clear with white sand beaches. Phoebe and the kids experienced and learned so much on this trip, we definitely will be back! See our photo gallery here.

Living in Singapore, you don’t need to go far to escape the turmoil happening in the world. We should be in Japan now, but we thought best to let things stabilize before visiting. Our hearts go out to our friends and family struggling through some really hard times.

We needed a few days to recharge, so we decided to try Nikoi Island, a private island about 30 minutes off the coast of Bintan, Indonesia.

Nikoi is truly “down to Earth”, eco tourism at its best. It has beautiful white sand beaches, coral reefs, and a rainforest that’s home to large Banyan trees and many species of birds. Nikoi is all about sustainable living, nearly everything is grown, made, recycled, and built from materials on the island. There are no phones, TV, internet, or even electricity (except generator power for basics like LED lights!) There are only 15 beach houses for guests, so reservations are very difficult. It was definitely a vacation to remember!

See more photos of our trip to Nikoi and Bintan Island here.

Baby Erica was born on December 22nd, welcome to the world!  Congratulations Ken and Atsuko!

These are some old photos from our trip to Taiwan in 2002.