7 on 6

Lot's to cover in this blog, so we'll jump right to it.

New Year's in Vietnam

Amanda and I celebrated New Year's in Saigon. I had been to the city with my buddy Jordan, but got a totally different experience with Amanda (as I'd expected). On NYE, we went out to a nice restaurant and just walked around the main city area. In the middle of one of the main districts, it felt like Vietnam's Times Square. It was packed with people and motorbikes. There were concerts going on, a food festival, just tons of stuff. We had a really nice time on that trip-explored some of the Mekong River, looked into custom made wedding dresses, and of course, had eating adventures.

Golf Lessons

I started taking golf lessons a couple of weeks ago. Our plan is to be here for a while, and if that is the case, I'd love to play golf out here. The biggest issue is that it's quite expensive. So, my theory is that if I going to being paying a bit to play, I'd like to play well.

So far, I've really enjoyed the lessons. My instructor is an Aussie guy who also teaches Felix. I'm not headed to the PGA tour just yet, but going to the driving range has become more fun.

Lofty Heights

One of the big reasons I wanted to write this blog was because of the cool places we've gone to in the last couple of weeks. Early in the month, our friend had a birthday get together at a bar called Altitude. It's a roof top bar on the 63rd floor of an office building. The 360-degree view of Singapore is absolutely stellar (Stellar also happens to be the name of their restaurant hahaha).
Then for another birthday party, we went to a rooftop bar at the Fullerton Bay Hotel. It's a brand new hotel sitting right along Marina Bay. The atmosphere is wonderful and so are the views.

The other day while there, I just couldn't help but think these are places I'd never be going to back at home. Yes, there are places like this in Dallas. I just don't feel we'd go though. Maybe in the future, we'll search these places out. For now, I'm enjoying them (except for the drink prices-they're outrageous).

7 on 6

Today, February 6th, marks seven years since Amanda and I started dating. It always makes me laugh thinking about our first"date."


I never expected asking her out then, would lead me to one day asking her to be my wife.




We were simply too young at the time, however our relationship grew as we grew up.



Here we are seven years later, and I honestly think we are in one of the best periods of our relationship for sure.



That's all,

Michael