{"id":33291,"date":"2024-04-01T11:17:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T11:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sebetanne.co.uk\/hkblog\/?p=33291"},"modified":"2024-07-09T04:24:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T04:24:34","slug":"happy-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sebetanne.co.uk\/hkblog\/happy-easter\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Easter!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Like every year, I hid easter eggs in the lounge for the kids to find. This year, I asked if they still wanted to do it and it was a resounding yes. It warms my heart that they still want to keep this tradition alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comme chaque ann\u00e9e, j’ai cach\u00e9 des \u0153ufs de P\u00e2ques dans le salon pour les enfants. Cette ann\u00e9e, je leur ai demand\u00e9 s\u2019ils voulaient toujours le faire et c\u2019\u00e9tait un oui cat\u00e9gorique. Cela me fait chaud au c\u0153ur qu\u2019ils veuillent toujours maintenir cette tradition.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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March has been full on! For the good news, Alex received 5 offers from universities in the UK, i.e. all of his choices want him. So, he will be living in London next year with us. Maybe not so good for his independence \/ cutting the umbilical cord, but very good for my planning and budget \ud83d\ude00 Emilie was also accepted at St Dunstan\u2019s, her previous London school and we are all very happy about that. Such a relief to know where they will be next year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le mois de mars a \u00e9t\u00e9 bien rempli ! Les bonnes nouvelles d\u2019abord, Alex a re\u00e7u 5 offres d’universit\u00e9s du Royaume-Uni, c’est-\u00e0-dire que toutes les universit\u00e9s qu\u2019il a choisies le veulent. Il vivra donc \u00e0 Londres l’ann\u00e9e prochaine avec nous. Peut-\u00eatre pas tr\u00e8s bon pour son ind\u00e9pendance \/ couper le cordon ombilical, mais \u00e7a m\u2019arrange bigrement c\u00f4t\u00e9<\/em> organisation et budget \ud83d\ude00 Emilie a \u00e9galement \u00e9t\u00e9 accept\u00e9e \u00e0 St Dunstan’s, son ancienne \u00e9cole londonienne et nous en sommes tous tr\u00e8s heureux. Quel soulagement de savoir o\u00f9 ils seront l\u2019ann\u00e9e prochaine !<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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S\u00e9bastien gave us a bit of a fright at the beginning of the month. He had a blocked intestine and spent 4 days in hospital. Thankfully, he didn\u2019t have to go under the knife and he is now 100% back to normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

S\u00e9bastien nous a fait une petite frayeur en d\u00e9but de mois. Il a eu une occlusion intestinale et a pass\u00e9 4 jours \u00e0 l’h\u00f4pital. Heureusement, il n\u2019a pas eu \u00e0 passer sur le billard et il est maintenant revenu \u00e0 la normale \u00e0 100 %.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Next week, he and Emilie are going to Club Med Bintan to enjoy a last holiday in Asia, while I stay home with Alex and make sure he revises properly. First exam paper is the 25th<\/sup> April!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La semaine prochaine, Emilie et lui partent au Club Med Bintan pour profiter de derni\u00e8res vacances en Asie, pendant que je reste \u00e0 la maison avec Alex et que je veille \u00e0 ce qu’il r\u00e9vise correctement. La premi\u00e8re \u00e9preuve de l\u2019IB est le 25 avril !!!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did a few interesting things this month as well. First, S\u00e9bastien and I went to an exposition about men jackets. It was supposed to be about how this male garment has changed through time and how it is a reflection of our culture, etc. But in fact, it was a sample from a private collection and showing jackets from this century only. All the jackets presented belonged to a single collector who owns more than 300 jackets. He even wears some of them. I hope this didn\u2019t inspire S\u00e9bastien to start his own collection, he was tempted by the idea. See pictures below of some of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

J’ai \u00e9galement fait quelques visites int\u00e9ressantes ce mois-ci. Tout d’abord, S\u00e9bastien et moi sommes all\u00e9s \u00e0 une exposition sur les vestes pour hommes. Elle \u00e9tait cens\u00e9e parler de la fa\u00e7on dont ce v\u00eatement masculin a chang\u00e9 au fil du temps et comment il est le reflet de notre culture, etc. Mais en fait, il s’agissait d’un \u00e9chantillon d’une collection priv\u00e9e et il n\u2019y avait que des vestes du XXIe si\u00e8cle. Toutes les vestes pr\u00e9sent\u00e9es appartenaient \u00e0 un seul collectionneur qui en poss\u00e8de plus de 300. Il en porte m\u00eame certaines. J\u2019esp\u00e8re que cela n\u2019a pas inspir\u00e9 S\u00e9bastien \u00e0 commencer sa propre collection, m\u00eame si l\u2019id\u00e9e l\u2019a tent\u00e9. Voir les photos ci-dessous de certaines d’entre elles.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I visited a new area with Accueil Singapour called Jalan Kayu. No idea that existed but it was very interesting. Pictures here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

J’ai aussi visit\u00e9 un nouveau quartier avec Accueil Singapour appel\u00e9 Jalan Kayu. Je n\u2019en avais jamais entendu parl\u00e9 avant mais c’\u00e9tait tr\u00e8s int\u00e9ressant. Les photos ici<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I asked S\u00e9bastien, Alex and Emilie that we spend Friday evenings together as a family for the last few months we have here. At least when no one had prior engagements. The first Friday, it was only Emilie and I as the boys were busy. And so, we went to a tapas restaurant for dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

J’ai demand\u00e9 \u00e0 S\u00e9bastien, Alex et Emilie que nous passions les vendredis soirs ensemble en famille pendant les quelques mois qui nous restent ici. Du moins quand personne n\u2019a d\u2019engagements pr\u00e9alables. Le premier vendredi, il n’y avait qu’Emilie et moi car les gar\u00e7ons \u00e9taient occup\u00e9s. Du coup, nous sommes all\u00e9es d\u00eener dans un restaurant de tapas sur Orchard road.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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For Good Friday, as it was a bank holiday here, we went to Haw Par Villa, an incredible place and you can see the pictures here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vendredi Saint \u00e9tant un jour f\u00e9ri\u00e9 ici, nous sommes all\u00e9s \u00e0 Haw Par Villa, un endroit incroyable et vous pouvez voir les photos ici<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In two and a half months, Alex will leave Singapore, in three months, Emilie will leave Singapore and in three and a half months, I will leave Singapore. So little time left\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dans deux mois et demi, Alex quitte Singapour, dans trois mois, Emilie quitte Singapour et dans trois mois et demi, je quitte Singapour. Si peu de temps\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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At the American Club after my aquagym class, oh the hard life!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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