SKYNI

I wonder what is on mom’s mind. I think she is happy to see us.

Nicke and Jon made 2 trips to Sungei Buloh just to find crocodiles. They were really lucky to find it on theor second visit.

Jon finally swam with the sharks and had a great experience.

How i missed the food. It was heavenly to indulge in the food.

Linn had a great time adding colour to BEEB’s backyard. I am extremely proud of her persistence under the warm sun and for completing her vision. We had great fun. Thank you so much for the opportunity BEEB.

We were really lucky that a great friend kindly arranged our accomodation in this wonderful apartment where we happily called home for 3 weeks. Thank you A+A+a. We love your beautiful place…and the fantastic food within the neighbourhood. We also got to explore a whole new neighbourhood we never stayed in Singapore.

Great to catch up with my Fab8. Always wanted to join their morning walks and this time even get to celebrate their birthdays in person. Looking forward to more great times together.

This year we managed to spend more time with the very special BEEB family. Thank you for the hospitality and precious moments. Love how Beth and Elliot has grown. Love the mother my best friend has become.

How we cherish the times together. Thank you so much my dearest sister and Mr Quek…not forgetting the young Master Queks for making our trip so special. We really missed you. Love you to the moon and back.

Haven’t see Mom for almost 3 years …she is precious and priceless.

We made it back to Singapore post covid when restrictions were eased and the three week stay was really nice. Really happy to be Singapore again and see my dearest Mom, sister, the Queks and friends again.

Our plan to visit Singapore during Christmas was impacted by the Covid restrictions. With 4 travellers flying together, we felt that we will not be able to deal with any complications. Hence, we moved the trip to summer and hopefully restrictions will be fully lifted.

It would have been great to be back for Chinese New Year. I have not been back for 3 years now and it would be wonderful to meet our family and close friends, share the joy, laughter and warmth. And not forgetting to fix all the food cravings…so I guess I just have to make do with my own home made cookies and nian gao.

Love to you all and may you have a wonderful new year with your family and loved ones.

Meet Spike, our first family pet cat. We cannot say he is our first pet as we have other aquatic pets before Spike.

We have been contemplating for the longest time if we should get a dog for the family. But we had too many concerns and Jonathan becomes anxious whenever we talk about dogs. We never really considered a cat and so I guess we just jumped straight into it.

We did not really look around either. Spike’s breeder lived in the same town and when we went to visit the 7 month old Spike, he was scared but calm. We gave it some thought and wondered if we are ready for Spike. But Spike’s mom wanted him out of the house and that makes a really good reason why we should give him a good home.

So that is how Spike came to us on 30th Dec 2021.

Just before the darkness creeps in. Yes..November in just a couple of days.

Jon is 16 today. How time flies. I still remember on this day 16 years ago when I held Jon in my arms in the hospital. Now, he is strong enough to lift me.

My dearest son, I wish you every happiness and joy. We are proud of your every achievements as they do not come easy. We love you so much.

May all your dreams come true my darling son. Happy birthday.

Linn likes art and design. She has been doing quite a bit of painting, spraying and digital art lately.

Here we have photos of our visits around sweden during summer.

Well, we were hoping to go back to Singapore but due to many covid restrictions, we have to make do with more swecations.

The kids spent most of the summer at home and we went out to the archipelago occasionally. It is one of the best summer as we had sunshine everyday in June and July. This was horrible for the plants as they could not grow. But great for lazy lawn mowers like myself as this means less attention to the garden.

Summer time is also great when Nicke does more BBQs at home and he is a great cook. We were spoilt rotten with his delicious wagyu beef burgers and great cuts.

It was certainly a good sunny summer.

You are 14 today and my, you have grown to be quite different from what you were 10 years ago. No longer the sweet, cute, sociable, funny little girl you were then, but the serious, anti social, grumpy teenager you are today.

My wish for your birthday is for you to seek happiness and make all your dreams come true. May you find the inner strength and motivation to pursue your goals. All it takes is effort.

Love you to the moon and back.

The Walls continue to invade the swedish archipelago during summer 2021 as we still cannot travel overseas.