The Stucki's

Singapore & Johor Bahru, Malaysia
April 14-May 12, 2007

I had to go to Singapore for a month for work, by myself. Singapore is a nice country and all, but for four weeks and alone it is not the ideal situation. Fortunately I came home for one weekend, and although it was a long flight and travel time, it was completely worth it and made it a much easier ordeal. Except for the terrible heat, Singapore is a wonderful country. The people are trem

endously courteous and helpful and it was overall a very pleasant experience. I visited a functioning Indian temple, Chinatown, the famous Raffle's

Hotel, and partook of the "Hawker" food centers (basically large outdoor Asian food courts with numerous different booths of Asian cuisine...although the Thai restaurant in Budapest STILL has the best Pad Thai in the world, ironically enough!)
I did cross the "river" to Malaysia for a day and visited Johor Bahru. This was quite a contrast to Singapore, but fun.
Overall it was a good experience work wise and culturally interesting to see a very western mentality in an Asian setting. It was nice to be back in Budapest, though, once the four weeks were complete!

Quotes to Remember

We were in Munich and just checking into our Hotel and both the girls needed to go to the bathroom. We all ran upstairs to our rooms and they both bolted into the bathroom. They began to fight over which one was going to use the toilet first. They argue for a few seconds when Katie shouts, "Mom, which one of us do you want to pee their pants?!" (May, 2009)
We were driving home from church last week and I said something like, "We are going to buy a Toyota Sequoia". Suddenly from the back we hear our 4 year old, Ashley, pipe up ... "You killed my Father...Prepare to Die!"...somehow she confused "Toyota Sequoia" with "Inigo Montoya" from the Princess Bride! (May, 2009)
Ashley and I were playing a card game when she says to me, "pause the game, I have to go to the bathroom". This is when I realized the technology gap between my childhood and hers.
I asked Ashley what country she was born in (she was born in Canada). She told me that she couldn't remember, so I tried to give her a hint. I said, "you were born in Cannnn...". To which she immediately exclaimed in triumph..."CANDYLAND!!"
Katie woke us up this morning telling us we needed to get up. Heather told her that her head hurt and she wasn't going to get up yet. Katie responds, "But you don't WALK on your head, so get up!"

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