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<\/figure>Let\u2019s start with the youngest for a change. Emilie is doing well. She found a good group of friends at school and she is getting used to her new life. It has taken a bit more time because she is a bit older and making friends is a bit less straight-forward than when you\u2019re 8. I think she still misses Hong Kong and her friends there, but it hurts less. You see she is trying new things!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Commen\u00e7ons par la plus jeune pour changer. \u00c9milie va bien. Elle a trouv\u00e9 un bon groupe d’amies \u00e0 l’\u00e9cole et elle s’habitue \u00e0 sa nouvelle vie. Cela a pris un peu plus de temps parce qu’elle est un peu plus \u00e2g\u00e9e et se faire des amis est un peu moins facile qu’\u00e0 8 ans. Je pense que Hong Kong et ses amies l\u00e0-bas lui manquent toujours, mais \u00e7a fait moins mal. Elle essaie m\u00eame de nouvelles choses !<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n Alex has a busy social life and is like a fish in water. He has a lot to do with his studies and he is also worried about university. He needs to submit his applications by end of October and it doesn\u2019t seem that far away. He really has a great life. So much more freedom that we would give him in France or the UK. He is still really much into volleyball and I found him a club to play. There are only Singaporeans in his team. At first, he was very much intimidated. But now he really likes being in a different sphere from his everyday life. It\u2019s a great escape. Besides, he loves playing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Alex a une vie sociale bien remplie et est comme un poisson dans l’eau. Il a beaucoup \u00e0 faire avec ses \u00e9tudes et il est aussi inquiet pour l’universit\u00e9. Il doit soumettre ses candidatures d’ici la fin octobre et ce n\u2019est pas si loin que \u00e7a. Il a vraiment la belle vie ici. Tellement plus de libert\u00e9 qu’on lui donnerait en France ou au Royaume-Uni. Il aime toujours beaucoup le volley-ball et je lui ai trouv\u00e9 un club pour jouer. Il n’y a que des Singapouriens dans son \u00e9quipe. Au d\u00e9but, il \u00e9tait tr\u00e8s intimid\u00e9. Mais maintenant, il aime vraiment \u00eatre dans une sph\u00e8re diff\u00e9rente de sa vie quotidienne. C’est une belle \u00e9vasion. En plus, il adore jouer !<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n S\u00e9bastien is very busy at work and very stressed. But this is not news. We celebrated his birthday in style with a few friends. What a night! We started with drinks in the American Club pub then we had a lush dinner. The night was still young so we wanted to try the Atlas bar. It was full so we went in another bar with a rooftop nearby and had a couple of drinks. Then we went to the Atlas bar again and gained entry. This place is amazing! It\u2019s 1920\u2019s d\u00e9cor and flamboyant. Who thought we were too old to do a bar crawl?<\/p>\n\n\n\n S\u00e9bastien est tr\u00e8s occup\u00e9 au travail et tr\u00e8s stress\u00e9. Mais ce n’est pas nouveau. Nous avons c\u00e9l\u00e9br\u00e9 son anniversaire avec style avec quelques amis. Quelle nuit ! Nous avons commenc\u00e9 au pub de l\u2019American Club, puis nous avons eu un super d\u00eener bien arros\u00e9. Il \u00e9tait encore t\u00f4t, alors nous avons voulu aller au bar Atlas. Comme c’\u00e9tait plein nous sommes all\u00e9s dans un autre bar sur une terrasse \u00e0 c\u00f4t\u00e9 et avons pris quelques verres. Ensuite, nous sommes retourn\u00e9s au bar Atlas et avons pu rentrer. Cet endroit est incroyable ! Une d\u00e9co ann\u00e9es 1920 flamboyante ! Qui dit que nous sommes trop vieux pour faire la tourn\u00e9e des bars ?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n As for myself, it\u2019s still difficult to get into a routine when there is always something different every week. But, I try and make something of myself. I am going at least twice a week at the gym and I stick to that (good point for me!). I continue my studies, not as fast as I wanted to, but still assiduously. I found a way to get things done more efficiently: I go to the library and I study there. I concentrate better outside home. I obviously continue exploring Singapore at any occasion, be it with Accueil Singapour visits or simply when I have errands to run in a new area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pour ma part, c\u2019est toujours difficile de trouver une routine quand il y a toujours quelque chose de diff\u00e9rent chaque semaine. Mais, j’essaie tout de m\u00eame de ne pas perdre mon temps et de profiter de cette exp\u00e9rience. Je vais au moins deux fois par semaine au gym et je m’y tiens (bon point pour moi !). Je continue mes \u00e9tudes, pas aussi vite que je le voudrais (ou qu\u2019il faudrait), mais je m\u2019accroche et j\u2019avance. J’ai trouv\u00e9 un moyen d\u2019\u00eatre plus efficace : je vais \u00e0 la biblioth\u00e8que pour travailler sur mes cours. C\u2019est plus facile pour me concentrer. Je continue \u00e9videmment \u00e0 explorer Singapour \u00e0 toutes les occasions, que ce soit lors de visites avec Accueil Singapour ou simplement lorsque j’ai des courses \u00e0 faire dans un nouveau quartier.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I took a coffee with one of my new friends near where she lives around Serangoon. It\u2019s a very residential area and different from the places I usually go. It shows a different view of Singapore. As you can see on the pictures, it has rained A LOT in the last few months. No fear of drought here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n J’ai pris un caf\u00e9 avec une de mes nouvelles amies pr\u00e8s de l\u00e0 o\u00f9 elle habite autour de Serangoon. C’est un quartier tr\u00e8s r\u00e9sidentiel et diff\u00e9rent des endroits o\u00f9 je vais habituellement. Il montre un autre aspect de Singapour. Comme vous pouvez le voir sur les photos, il a BEAUCOUP plu ces derniers mois. Pas de s\u00e9cheresse ici.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I went on an \u201cexpedition\u201d in West Singapore with Accueil Singapore. I\u2019ve never been so far West! Another very different area, very suburby. I\u2019m sure I can get fruit and veg for half the price there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Je suis partie en \u00ab exp\u00e9dition \u00bb dans l’ouest de Singapour avec Accueil Singapour. Je n’ai jamais \u00e9t\u00e9 aussi loin \u00e0 l’ouest ! Un autre quartier tr\u00e8s diff\u00e9rent, tr\u00e8s banlieue. Je suis s\u00fbre que je peux acheter des fruits et l\u00e9gumes pour la moiti\u00e9 du prix l\u00e0-bas !<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I discovered that there is also a Sun Yat Sen museum here is Singapore (more info<\/a>). If you remember I went to the one in HK. Dr Sun Yat Sen is the man who created the first Chinese republic. And apparently, he spent quite some time in Singapore and formed a group that supported revolts in China, eventually taking power in the 20s. What was even more interesting is that the museum is housed in a period building, Wan Qing Yuan, that has been refurbished as it was in the early 20th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n J’ai d\u00e9couvert qu’ici aussi il y a un mus\u00e9e Sun Yat Sen (plus d’infos<\/a>). Si vous vous souvenez, je suis all\u00e9e \u00e0 celui de HK. Dr Sun Yat Sen est l’homme qui a cr\u00e9\u00e9 la premi\u00e8re r\u00e9publique chinoise. Et apparemment, il a pass\u00e9 pas mal de temps \u00e0 Singapour et a form\u00e9 un groupe qui a soutenu les insurrections en Chine, pour finalement prendre le pouvoir dans les ann\u00e9es 20. Ce qui est encore plus int\u00e9ressant, c’est que le mus\u00e9e est install\u00e9 dans un b\u00e2timent d’\u00e9poque, la villa Wan Qing Yuan, qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9nov\u00e9 comme au d\u00e9but du XXe si\u00e8cle.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n When we did the Chinatown visit (see the pics here<\/a>), the guide told us about this place that makes the best traditional Singaporean breakfast in town. So, we went with Audrey. We didn\u2019t expect to like it, we were just curious. But it is actually pretty good. The coffee is awful, though and the tea not much better. But the kaya jam sandwiches dipped in soft-boiled eggs are nice. Kaya jam is in fact coconut. It\u2019s not too sweet and it goes surprisingly well with salty eggs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lorsque nous avons fait la visite de Chinatown (voir les photos ici<\/a>), le guide nous a parl\u00e9 de cet endroit qui pr\u00e9pare le meilleur petit-d\u00e9jeuner traditionnel singapourien de la ville. Donc, nous y sommes all\u00e9es avec Audrey. Nous ne nous attendions pas \u00e0 aimer \u00e7a, nous \u00e9tions juste curieuses. Mais c’est en fait plut\u00f4t bon. Le caf\u00e9 est horrible, cependant, et le th\u00e9 pas beaucoup mieux. Mais les sandwichs \u00e0 la confiture de kaya tremp\u00e9s dans les \u0153ufs sont bons. La confiture de Kaya est faite \u00e0 base de la noix de coco. Ce n’est pas trop sucr\u00e9 et \u00e7a se marie \u00e9tonnamment bien avec des \u0153ufs sal\u00e9s.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n We had lunch with our old neighbours from Combedale road. They left London for Singapore in 2011. We saw them a few times when they were visiting in London. The last time was in 2014. Kids are all grown up now!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nous avons d\u00e9jeun\u00e9 avec nos anciens voisins de Combedale Road. Ils ont quitt\u00e9 Londres pour Singapour en 2011. Nous les avons vus plusieurs fois lorsqu’ils \u00e9taient de passage \u00e0 Londres. La derni\u00e8re fois, c’\u00e9tait en 2014. 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