The Singapore Airport is a Must See!

I've never been in a more incredible airport than the Singapore one! There are trees, water features, fresh flowers, potted orchids, a coy pond and a butterfly garden. This is IN THE AIRPORT! It's incredible. Oh and if you're kids need to blow off some energy they have playgrounds too. So we had a little bit of time before our flight when Dave found the butterfly garden. It was incredible. They were everywhere! This is a real butterfly that landed on Lilia's bottom! It happened so fast I could only get a blurry picture before it flew away.

We made it through the night!

Our bedroom was too loud to sleep in so all 3 of us snuggled into Lilia's bed. We enjoyed her sound resistant windows greatly. As we went to sleep I turned to kt and said "We wouldn't have this experience in West Chester."

Pulling out all the stops

I do not know how Lilia will sleep with all these fireworks, but we are trying everything. We no longer have any cushions. They are all stuffed in Lilia's 6x8 window. I have also have tried to spin the meaning of all these fireworks. I told her the fireworks are welcoming her back home. When the boom, she sometimes says "Welcome back Lilia!"

Dave's first thoughts back home

Exiting the taxi in our complex, I saw a number of red leaves on the ground. "The leaves have fallen" I thought, forgetting that the trees have been barren for months. Katie observed that the ground was littered not with leaves, but firecracker wrappers. Some set off right below Lilia's window. We are safe 9 stories up, but it would of been a number of sleepless nights.

Chinese New Years lasts for 5 nights. We came home when it was supposed to be over, but I can tell by what I see and hear that it is not quite done. On the street there are a number of vendors who carve out a bit of sidewalk and sell explosives the size of checked luggage. As for the sounds, I was just interupted by explosions that would end most town's celebrations not 20 feet from our widow.

We do not know how we will sleep tonight. I think a cannon just went off.

We're back

We have had an incredible time in Malaysia! It was restful and we were renewed from spending time with our friends, Kyle, Emily & Sydney. We left the airport feeling encouraged and excited to go back...then the plane landed and we walked off the air plane and felt the cold! At one point after we walked through customs and what not, I remember looking around and only seeing Asian people. It was weird. In Malaysia and Singapore there are so many people groups of people from all over the world. It's very international. Then I walked around our airport and there were only one type of people. It was like culture shock all over again. It was totally depressing riding home. We just left a taste of heaven! Not just the environment, but time with great people too. It's only natural to be sad. We know that once we get back into the swing of things life will feel normal again and we have awesome memories to think back on!

Sunset