New Neighbor

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Housework and Snacktime!

This morning, Steven, Brandon, and I walked to the Great World City mall. We hung out there for a bit before Steven headed to work. I bought a cell phone yesterday, and I wanted to buy the Sim card for the phone at Singtel. I'm going to just buy calling cards for the phone as I need them. I forgot my passport though this morning so I was unable to get my phone up and running. You have to have a passport here to get a cell phone, and if you want to sign a long term phone contract, then you have to show your work pass. Singtel is like America's AT&T. Right now, they are the only phone company in Singapore that carries the iPhone. Oh, the iPhone... So tempting...

We also decided to walk to the Great World City because I was planning on meeting some other moms at a coffee shop there. A mom that I met last Friday at the playgroup invited me. Brandon was up at 7 am this morning, so 11:30 was a horrible time for us to meet at a restaurant. I knew that he would be fussy, but I really wanted to get to know other moms. I decided to go and just leave if I needed to. I was able to enjoy a quick coffee, but then as suspected I had to head home. I know that many people wouldn't understand why I don't just want Brandon to nap in his stroller while I am out. Sometimes this is fine, but I really like to be home for Brandon's nap. 1) Brandon sleeps better in his crib and 2) It's the only hour and a half of my day that I have time to myself.

While I was a little flustered and out of sorts at the coffee shop, I am glad that I went for a while. I met some really nice moms, one of which just happens to live in our apartment building one floor below us!

This afternoon, I stopped down at my neighbors to see if she wanted to go with me to the Forum playground. She has a three year old daughter, and they live in a three bedroom apartment in our building. Their apartment was so nice! Much larger than ours, and it seemed like a home. They have been here for ten months and will be here for a while. She is from Malaysia, and her husband is from America. She met him years ago when he was in Malaysia for work, then they moved to Texas for a while, and now they are here. They plan to go back to the States eventually.

My neighbor joined me at the playground. It was really nice to talk to her. In a way, it was like talking to someone back home since she has lived in America. But, her family is only a 45 min. drive from here, so it was also a little bit like talking to a local. I don't think she would consider herself a local. She is not from Singapore, and Malaysia and Singapore are very different. I guess I mainly mean that since she is Asian, and she is familiar with Asia and the area.

I opened a window in our apartment tonight. It's a little crazy because our windows here have no screens and no bars. It wouldn't be too hard to just fall out. It's a good thing that Brandon can't reach the handles to open the windows. Just in case, though, I don't think that I'll show him that the windows actually open!

Forgot to mention in yesterday's blog that I weighed Brandon on a hospital scale while at the NMSG. He weighed 10 kg. So, at 13 1/2 months, he weighs 22 pounds.

Brandon was a little fussy today. I hope that the fourth molar pops soon!