Our workdays are as follows:
Connie and I wake up around 7am, do our morning routine, say goodbye to Lizzy and drive off to work - Connie needs to be in by 8am and the total commute is ~15-20 minutes. I get my breakfast sandwich packed by Allen and Connie gets breakfast from the Bloomberg kitchen. We work 10-hour days, including one hour for lunch. That's the schedule dictated by Bloomberg for all of its Singapore employees. We eat lunch around 1pm; it is hard to find a place to sit in the hawker centers at 12:30pm. There are many lunch choices, but for budget and timing reasons we usually opt for one of the hawker centers nearby - our two favorites are M11 @ China Square (air-conditioned) and Hong Lim Complex Temporary Food Centre (not air-conditioned but has some really authentic fare). We leave work about 6pm and get home by 6:30pm. We spend some time playing with Lizzy and then we eat dinner (prepared, served, and cleaned up by Allen). Then we wash Lizzy and start bedtime routine - some play, drink milk, read a couple of books, and get her tucked in. We do some paperwork (Connie), watch TV, drink a glass of wine or a can of beer, and turn in. Rinse, repeat. On Fridays, we might do something after dinner like go to Night Safari or walk about town. Sometimes, Connie and I will go out after work (so far, only a fantasy).
Weekends:
Allen has only Sunday off, so Saturday she cooks us some breakfast. Connie may or may not join Lizzy and I depending on how much sleep she feels she has missed over the work week. We then either go downstairs to enjoy the pool area, or do something more adventurous like riding our bicycles to the beach, fly a kite, drive to Sentosa Island, or go to the Zoo. We usually get back home for a nap. Then, we either play and dinner at home (prepared by Allen), or we go do something and eat out. Sometimes, Allen takes Lizzy out for a walk in the afternoon and we get time to relax or do some house chores or paperwork (Connie) or read and blog (me).
Sundays are similar to Saturdays, except I usually make breakfast. Sometimes I take Lizzy out on my own in the early weekend mornings with a packed breakfast if mommy is in extraordinary sleep deficit. We mostly eat what Allen has left for us, or we go out to sample whatever is Singapore has to offer food-wise (like Carl's Jr. drive-through).
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| From Settling in Singapore |
Until her school starts in September, Lizzy spends the days with Allen, playing at home, going for walks and shopping at nearby Kallang Leisure Park, or for a couple of hours at Peek-a-boo (a big indoor playground).
Our routine life here is actually very similar to our life in Brooklyn, where we lived with Connie's parents and they mostly took care of the daily chores at home, and served as a reliable and always-available baby sitter.
