Good news! ..

We went to the Swiss embassy yesterday with all documents, forms and all papers needed for our long sejour visa. Husband had called the day before to the embassy and the staff said it will only take one week to finish, so he proceed to give the travel request to his office and got the approval for our flight for Sunday 6 March around midnight.

So next week would be our final days in Singapore. I'm experiencing a different feeling from last time when we moved here from Geneva 3,5 years ago. This time I feel like we're coming home .. it's strange but it's true. Last time when me moved here I felt a bit lost .. I know Singapore is a more "glamorous" city compared to Geneva with its big shopping malls, busy town, crowded people. The first months I came here, instead of being excited .. I felt lost and lonelier than ever. This kind of life wasn't exactly what I was looking for. People were so competitive, so cold, I'd hardly seen a smile ... The only good thing was the foods! I can go to a wet market to find things that I've missed, I can find so many good Indonesian restaurant and stalls and friends who can cook delicious foods .. that explained why I could gain weight so fast! ;-p

But it's unfair to say that I didn't enjoy our stay here. I enjoyed it, at least I can say I've tried so hard to be able to finally enjoyed it. It's also so close to our home country, so if we're bored we just take an hour flight back home. It's unfair to say that I didn't have a good time .. I did. We've gone to places and seen new holiday getaways around Asia Pacific, I've met many good friends here, I've learned so many things from them .. I've learned to see who I am and what I really want .. and in the end it leads me to see what I really want is to go back to where we used to be .. and that's more or less what husband also feels.

Our old friend back in Geneva came to visit to Singapore for a week and last night we had dinner together. He got a proposal to be assigned as an expat here, after about 3 years as an expat in Luxembourg. I can see they're excited to move here, to the warm tropical weather, just like we did 3 years ago, they had enough with the cold weather. I wish them good luck and hope they get the good life experience here as well. For us, it's clear that in a long term this isn't the place that we're dreaming of raising our kids ...