Many apologies for my Santa, I received their amazing gift and took FOREVER to post about it. What a great introduction to Singapore! I think the 2 most important things a person can learn about a culture to better understand it are the language and the food, and it seemed like my Santa knew that!

I received a great sticker set of Singlish, a mash-up of all of the different dialects and phrases that flow into Singapore to create this really unique unofficial language. I'm still learning what some of them mean but it's so interesting to find out just how fluid this 'language' is.

I also now have a great cookbook with examples of regional dishes. After reading through it, I need to make a trip to a multi-cultural market because there's a LOT of things I need to try making...and eating!

Finally, this neat little flip pad of moods will be great on my desk. I really like that I can write in my own messages too!