Flashback Friday: R at Seven Months

This is R at seven months, shortly after we'd moved to Singapore. She has grown up so much! It's really incredible to see the difference.

R three days ago, talking up a storm as usual.

Flashback Friday: 2008 Shanghai

Typical street scene in Shanghai, China, where B and I lived 2008-2009. Shanghai is an extremely vibrant city full of lively street life, an exciting cultural scene and constant change physical and otherwise.

Flashback Friday: 2007 Xiamen, China

Me on our honeymoon in China, where we toured the country for an entire summer. This is the "piano island" of Gulangyu, formerly a European enclave, as their attempt to escape the noise, dirt and heat of the main city of Xiamen. It is totally charming, so much so that both B and I fantasized about buying a house and moving there. 

Flashback Friday: 2002 Kinmen, Taiwan

From our trip to Kinmen (Quemoy), a small island off the coast of Taiwan. It was one of the major places Chinese immigrants came from, and the successful ones returned and used their earnings to construct showy Chinese-Western fusion houses like this one. The tower is partially defensive: to scan for pirates (a constant problem until the modern era).

Flashback Friday: 2010 Japan

For our "babymoon", B and I toured Japan together for two weeks. It was my first time in the country, where B had been living temporarily (he was just there for a few months, for work). Here I am in one of the beautiful Japanese gardens. They are truly stunning in person!