Friends and F1

What a lot of excitement we've had, two weekends in a row.  Our friends JT and Sarah book-ended their trip to Thailand with two stopovers in Singapore with us.  They were officially our first 'non-family' guests and I think we were able to provide a similar level of hospitality as that which I was lucky enough to experience when I stayed with them in London.  Their feedback was very positive anyway. Potential future guests: take note. 

We visited a bit of old Singapore (the Changi Prison Museum - I would give it a 5 out of 10) and quite a lot of new Singapore, down by the Marina.  We had the obligatory cocktail in the bar at the top of the Marina Bay Sands hotel to take in the view.  Being a property man, JT was impressed with the scale of the building that has taken place in the last 50 years, especially as we had seen glimpses of the old Singapore during our tour of the Changi Prison Museum.

Taking in the view on top of the Marina Bay Sands

Awww, those two

Very impressive

We were lucky enough to get tickets for the Formula 1 night race last weekend and even had two seats in one of the stands.  While JT and Tim watched the start of the race, Sarah and I devised and implemented our buffet strategy at the Raffles Hotel's Billiard Room where we were able to enjoy some corporate hospitality.  You need to have a strategy when a buffet is as outstanding as that one was, otherwise you end up peaking too soon.  We did swap with the boys about half way through the race.  I didn't think I would like it, but was surprised at how exciting it was seeing these huge cars whizz past (too fast to take photos).  At one point, some brave track clearers ran out and started clearing the bit of road in front of us.  They were literally taking their life in the hands and I thought it was all going to end badly when Sebastian Vettel (who led for most of the race) turned the corner and accelerated.  The last guy made a dash for the side, just in time.

The lights of the F1

View from the stands - we were very close!

The aforementioned track cleaner who was almost ketchup all over the track

That blur?  Sebastian Vettel

We were sad to say goodbye to our friends, but know that we will see them again real soon.  Next visitor - little Al who is en route from Saigon as I type!

We had such a Gidd-Knight!

The Gidd-Knights finally tied the knot on Saturday in a beautiful barn in West Sussex. The bride looked beautiful, the groom very handsome, the service made me blub, I got a little drunk on champagne before the wedding breakfast and I danced my socks until it was time to go. It had all the ingredients of a hugely enjoyable and special wedding. Also, it was the second wedding that I have been do with Rose, Al & Diggy (apart from my own of course). The dream team!

Welsh Rach got Married

My friend Rach got married last weekend. She finally snared her man. Here she is with her sister-in-law looking very Welsh. It was wedding number 1 of 7 weddings we are going to in the next 3 months and it has raised the bar for the ones to follow!

Blogging

I enjoy reading blogs - I read all sorts. But I particularly love reading the blogs of my friends (you know who you are) - they are wise and funny and they are a real inspiration to me as they grow into their roles of parents and mothers. I hope one day I will be writing about the joy of motherhood, but until then I have to live through them and that suits me just fine.