On Thursday I did a tour of the Black and White Houses of Singapore. Colonial Black and White houses were built by the British for officials and give us a peak of yesteryear, and the extremely rich today. The cheapest Black and white house can be rented (they are all owned by the government) for about $20,000 a month!!!! And then you are required to maintain their upkeep which is quite high due to the tropical conditions. 
Alice also had a big day Thursday. She received her Silver Award at assembly (which means that she has 10 merit awards - 5 of these in Mandarin). She also got another Merit certificate in music for getting her Black Belt in recorder. I can no longer help with recorder practice. She surpassed my abilities about 6 weeks ago on blue belt. She is very determined. She is about 4 belts in front of anyone else in Year 3.
All women need to stop reading this blog now. This is now only for the husbands:
This week I employed a full-time maid, Cynthia, and she is a delight. She cooks, cleans and does all the washing and is available to babysit at all times.. but all the male readers know exactly what that's like already so just wanted to say I can now you join in appreciating excellent domestic help.
That is not new. Christine has had that sort of help for years. His name is Jim!
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