I flew back to the UK for a few days over the Christmas holidays.
It was wonderful to celebrate with nearly the whole family and enjoy a traditional Christmas meal with roast turkey, crackers and a beautiful poem written by my talented niece LN to celebrate the special occasion.
Followed by afternoon games including the usual charades and then by popular demand this year; arm wrestling! Who would have predicted that the family women's arm wrestling champion for 2015 would be my unexpectedly strong daughter BT?
Before return to Singapore I made sure I took advantage of the local countryside and had several lovely walks. I was hoping for dry, sunny and frosty weather whilst in the UK but instead it was unusually warm and as often happens over Christmas often overcast and drizzly but the sun did come out a few times and I had some great views 
I arrived back in Singapore in the evening of New Years eve and Papa T and I had intended on going to watch the firework display at Marina Bay but as it was a wet evening ( still Monsoon season) and the long flight and 36 hours of being awake had caught up with me so by 10.30 pm I was tucked up in bed! I think this is the first year since childhood that I've not stayed up to "see the NewYear in"
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It was still pretty grey but not actually raining the following day and I was keen to play with my Christmas present; a new camera, so Papa T and I visited the Botanic Gardens for a stroll and to experiment with the camera's bewildering array of functions, below are a few of the pictures.
We were lucky enough to watch this Stork Billed Kingfisher for several minutes as he watched over the pond waiting to catch his dinner and then this Myna bird looking very curious
Not all perfect photos but I'm looking forward to practising and I'm sure there will be plenty of opportunities over the next year as I continue to explore Singapore and Asia
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