Childrens' Christmas Fayre

With help from some very talented ladies, the children in the land of the eternal sunshine got a glimpse of Christmas spirit last week as one of the mums organised a big Fayre for all of us.

It's beginning to look a lot like....

Well, not yet but as the weather is distinctively British at the moment, we did manage to light a candle last night for the 1st Advent.

Today it was time for the first door of all of the advent calendars - one happy Sofia has a Haribo one and even happier Phil has a dairy milk one! Mine is a traditional winter scene raising conversation about travelling to Finland to see some snow. Hopefully next year! Or if not Finland, we'll definitely go to Singapore to meet the real Finnish Father Christmas. 

JIS International Day

Sofia's school with its over 1600 pupils from Nursery to Year 13 organises an annual International Week to celebrate all of the different cultures represented within its walls, and remind the pupils about tolerance and joint values.

Girls just want to have fun

We shared a shopping and mojito filled weekend in Kuala Lumpur with few ladies from the base. The main aim was to shop til we dropped, and that got pretty much accomplished.