We're moving!

Over two years ago, as I was sitting in an apartment in Baton Rouge and Derek was sitting in an apartment in Houston, we decided that the best thing for our family was a change.  We did not like being apart but wanted to be able to continue to travel and move for our jobs so Derek decided to leave his job and come work for the same company as me.  Derek, I can't thank you enough!  We were told we would be in Houston for a few years so were settling down and enjoying life in the suburbs.  Then a few months ago plans changed and we found out that we were going to get the opportunity of a lifetime,  an assignment to Singapore!

We have been fantasizing for years about what it would be like to live life overseas and are so excited that we will get the chance to do it.  It is sure to be challenging living 12 timezones and a 24 hour plane ride away from our families but we will do everything we can to make it work.  

To make the most of our two years in Singapore we have made a few objectives for ourselves:

1.  Travel as much as we can.
Singapore is on the tip of southeast Asia and is just a couple of hours flight from so many amazing places.  A few of the places we hope to see are Bali, Bangkok, Siem Reap, Hong Kong, Japan, China, Australia, Hanoi, New Zealand, Boracay, and Phuket.  If anyone has ideas of must see places, please let me know so I can add them to our list.

2.  Eat our way through Asia.
Of course we love food so we will try to be adventurous in our eating and not turn our nose up to too many dishes (I draw the line at insects).  One notable Asian delicacy to try is Durian which is a fruit with the saying "Tastes like Heaven, smells like Hell."

3.  Become more worldly.
Living in America we find people seem to be very unaware of other cultures and customs.  We want to immerse ourselves in Asian culture and keep an open mind so that we may learn about other people's way of life.  We will not discriminate against people of different religious beliefs or ethnicities but try understand more about them.

It is sure to be a fun and exciting couple of years and we look forward to sharing stories and pictures of our adventures!

Beautiful Singapore