The first quarter at school is over and the 'fall' break will begin next Wednesday (the 26th). It has been a long start to the year, so everyone is looking forward to a five-day weekend. Our plans are to go to Pulau Tioman, a small island off of the eastern coast of Malaysia. I have added a link to the resort under 'website links'.
The fist day of the break is Deepavali. Singapore is truly a multicultural society and many differnet religious holidays are observed publicly. It is fascinating to live in such a small country where our children can be exposed to such a variety of experiences. One weekend we went to Chinatown and saw buddhas, the next weekend we went to Little India and saw temples. Now with Deepavali coming up you can actually watch 'firewalkers' walk across hot coals in Little India as well. At school and in public, we hear malay, chinese, and english all spoken. We walk among people wearing western clothes, buddhist monks, muslim women wearing a hijab, and men wearing 'skirts (I don't know the official name).
Halloween is wildly popular and celebrated in Singapore. I'll post pics from when we trick-or-treating.
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