12 Types of transportation used
plane, city bus, intercity bus, taxi, ride-share car, feet, bike, ferry, train, sky-train, motorbike, van... and with biking we've had to be somewhat creative in getting things home at times: Grace biking Jasmin on Aiden's seat at the back, a flat of eggs strapped on the bag carrier, Aiden sitting inside the big container we needed to get home... Most of the time we use the buggy/trailer we've borrowed from a friend though.
12 flat tires, 10 replacement tires - not just the inner tubes! - and 5 other replacement parts on our bikes, such are the hazards of constant biking.
25 Birds identified
25 Birds identified
Sunbirds, woodpeckers, kingfishers, myna, sea eagles, plovers, blackbirds, storks, songbirds, etc....
12 the rough number of liters of water consumed daily by the 5 of us
7 Skills learned
Aiden to swim, bike, and play chess
Jasmin to bake great cakes in the rice cooker, and now cake and cookies in the toaster oven recently given to us
Grace to play the guitar, hand sew clothing
Jasmin to animate well, paper quilling, calligraphy
Jasmin to bake great cakes in the rice cooker, and now cake and cookies in the toaster oven recently given to us
Grace to play the guitar, hand sew clothing
Jasmin to animate well, paper quilling, calligraphy
10 Pets and plants acquired
Sugar glider, dwarf and Syrian hamsters, turtles
Orchid, Aloe vera, Jack fruit seedling, Oregano (a previously unknown variant), Succulents, Unknown one gifted to us
Orchid, Aloe vera, Jack fruit seedling, Oregano (a previously unknown variant), Succulents, Unknown one gifted to us
Kilometres biked
A rough estimate:
Mom: 2,600 km
Dad: 1,400 km
Grace: 1,600 km
Jasmin: 1,000 km
Aiden: 200 km
Mom: 2,600 km
Dad: 1,400 km
Grace: 1,600 km
Jasmin: 1,000 km
Aiden: 200 km
12 Classes taken:
About 100 hours of Chinese instruction (Grace, Aiden, Mom)
About 40 hours of Malay (for Grace)
About 60 hours online Spanish (Jasmin)
About 50 hours of voice and violin instruction (Grace and Jasmin)
4 month-long courses (for Dad)
4 month-long courses (for Dad)
Batik painting (Grace, Jasmin, Aiden)
SOZO training (Dad)
Spice Garden tour class (Grace, Jasmin, Aiden, Mom)
Spice Garden tour class (Grace, Jasmin, Aiden, Mom)
3 Beaches explored
Barnacled and oystered rock beach (ouch on the bare feet!)
"Infinity" beach where we usually go to cook a beach supper
Miami Bay beach where we can meet our friends and find lots of small square tiles
"Infinity" beach where we usually go to cook a beach supper
Miami Bay beach where we can meet our friends and find lots of small square tiles
2 trips to the hospital (and lots of dr trips)
Jasmin sliced open her finger, got cellulitis in her knee, had an allergic reaction to an ant bite
Dad with ear infections
Aiden with an eye infection
Mom with knee bursitis
Grace for a months-long explosive cough
9 Trips taken:
Bangkok (x2)
Sibu, Sarawak
Kuala Lumpur (x6)
Jasmin sliced open her finger, got cellulitis in her knee, had an allergic reaction to an ant bite
Dad with ear infections
Aiden with an eye infection
Mom with knee bursitis
Grace for a months-long explosive cough
9 Trips taken:
Bangkok (x2)
Sibu, Sarawak
Kuala Lumpur (x6)
20+ New friends made
17+ New Experiences
17+ New Experiences
Mom made red bean paste and other new-to-us Asian foods
STS group - Bible study group where everyone tells/recites the passage of the week in whatever language you want. So we hear the story in Malay, Hokkien, Mandarin, English
Grace took a music theory exam
Mahjong game
Cook fish on a stick on a beach fire
Rice cooker cakes
All day praise and prayer services (Grace and Mom stayed for 5 hours at one, and 12 hours for another)
lots of new foods
growing lots of house plants
making batik
hand sewing a pair of shorts
Jasmin teaching herself to play the flute
The girls babysitting Aiden while Mom and Dad go out
Fixing mom's computer with duct tape - oh, so Canadian?
Tropical weather patterns: rain so thick it looks white; regular, very close thunderstorms; haze; and even a local waterspout!
Tropical wildlife: monkeys more common than squirrels; birds smaller than a butterfly; bees as big as your thumb
Bugs getting into our washing machine and shorting out something so it doesn't work. We sucked out the bugs with a vacuum.
STS group - Bible study group where everyone tells/recites the passage of the week in whatever language you want. So we hear the story in Malay, Hokkien, Mandarin, English
Grace took a music theory exam
Mahjong game
Cook fish on a stick on a beach fire
Rice cooker cakes
All day praise and prayer services (Grace and Mom stayed for 5 hours at one, and 12 hours for another)
lots of new foods
growing lots of house plants
making batik
hand sewing a pair of shorts
Jasmin teaching herself to play the flute
The girls babysitting Aiden while Mom and Dad go out
Fixing mom's computer with duct tape - oh, so Canadian?
Tropical weather patterns: rain so thick it looks white; regular, very close thunderstorms; haze; and even a local waterspout!
Tropical wildlife: monkeys more common than squirrels; birds smaller than a butterfly; bees as big as your thumb
Bugs getting into our washing machine and shorting out something so it doesn't work. We sucked out the bugs with a vacuum.
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