September Shake-Up

18 months.

This is how long we have now lived in Singapore.  It’s hard to believe how quickly time flies. If we had stuck to our original plan we would have been back in Vancouver now, but, as they often do, our plan has changed and it  now looks like we will be in Asia now for an indefinite amount of time – i.e come visit.  

To back the train up a few meters – Mike decided to quit his job at KPMG and take an in-house transfer pricing position with RBS (Royal Bank of Scotland) based again in Singapore. The change in jobs resulted in Mike having two-week period off in between and we decided to make a trip back to Canada as neither of us had been home in over a year.  

With plane tickets booked we soon found ourselves in a far more planned out itinerary then anything Mike and I have put together before with stop overs occurring in Vancouver, Victoria, Kamloops, Kelowna and Castlegar.

Reconnections were made with old friends (including with many of the ladies), birthdays were celebrated, weddings were attended, overindulgences with food and drink occurred on more than several occasions and finally and unfortunately a funeral was thrown into the mix.

Below a brief look at the events that transpired,

Mike's Birthday BBQ

Our ridiculously cute niece  

Mike and Teaghan out for a stroll

Playing dress-up

A diva in the making

Morgen and Carter came over for a visit.

Brad & Sarah's Wedding

The boy's hanging out before the wedding

Stacy and Kev

Mom & Dad before the wedding

Brad and Sarah

 Wedding Reception

Good to the last drop!

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Dusty re-living his youth.

Overall the trip was fantastic and we thank you to all who made that possible. For those we didn’t have the opportunity to catch up with we apologize but will most likely be out sooner than later in 2012.

Finally I end this post with a note to my friend Jessica who the universe had other plans for that unfortunately didn’t involve her being with us anymore.

Jess – While I’m sad we are not going to get to play and go on any more adventures for a while, I thank you for all the fantastic girls weekends, memories, laughs and insight. While I have no doubt in my mind that you shaking your head and laughing at us from above as we try to figure out the “bigger picture”, I selfishly wish you were still here figuring it all out with us. Nevertheless I know there is no way you won’t be checking in from time to time and finding ways to organize us from time to time.

Jess and member of our Victoria family

Until our next chat and shot of fireball.

Risha