Blog | frasergo.orghttps://www.frasergo.org/blog/2010-08-13T06:42:42+00:00BlogNews update, Japan trip and some photos2010-08-13T06:42:42+00:00david/blog/author/david/https://www.frasergo.org/blog/2010/08/news-update-japan-trip-and-some-photos/<p>Some brief news updates after a long hiatus:</p>
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<li>Charis had an eye operation in July to correct a squint. She was very brave and the operation was successful! We're grateful. She still wears <a href="/photos/2010-08-anni-visit/299/img_0164/">very cute glasses</a></li>
<li>David's off to Japan on a work trip for 10 days. He will be in Tokyo for a week working with partners and clients there, and in Nagoya for a few days seeing friends and sorting out company business.</li>
<li>James is heading towards the end of his 3-year maintenance chemo treatment at the end of the year, and starting primary school (at Grove) next year.</li>
<li>Charis has been enjoying a playgroup four mornings a week and is going to the same wonderful preschool that James has been at next year.</li>
<li>I've posted <a href="/photos/2010-08-anni-visit/">some photos from David's sister Anni's visit last weekend</a></li>
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<br class="clear" />Last few months2009-09-10T10:03:32+00:00david/blog/author/david/https://www.frasergo.org/blog/2009/09/last-few-months/<p>Since our holiday it's been the flu season in Cape Town - swine flu, other flu, and serious pneumonia going around. We've all been sick in turns and James has spent quite a while off school - two weeks a few weeks ago, and then the first three days this week. He could have gone back earlier the first time but we didn't want to risk him getting a more serious infection. He's back to school today. Tomorrow is their dress-up-as-a-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterland">Letterland</a>-character day which he's really excited about (yes, he's going to be Jumping Jim).</p>
<p>We had lots of fun celebrating Charis's birthday although she was sick around it. One of the highlights was that the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International Space Station">International Space Station</a> was <a href="http://www.heavens-above.com/gtrack.asp?date=40055.7046875&lat=-33.98579&lng=18.48441&alt=0&loc=Kenilworth&TZ=SAST&satid=35811">flying directly over Cape Town</a> <a href="http://www.heavens-above.com/PassDetails.asp?lat=-33.98579&lng=18.48441&loc=Garfield+Road&alt=0&tz=SAST&satid=35811&date=40055.7046875">just around sunset</a> - Danielle and I spotted it the night before (when it came past a bit later) and then on the day we all went outside and saw this yellow "star" moving rapidly across the sky until it disappeared in the Earth's shadow. The next day I found out that the space shuttle <a href="http://www.heavens-above.com/PassDetails.asp?lat=-33.98579&lng=18.48441&loc=Garfield+Road&alt=0&tz=SAST&satid=35811&date=40055.7046875">came past 5 minutes later</a> and that night they <a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/08/31/space-shuttle-station.html">docked</a>. It's fantastic thinking "there are people on that thing whizzing round way up there!"</p>
<p>I've put up some photos mostly from <a href="/photos/2009-06-joy/">Joy's visit in June</a> but also of <a href="/photos/2009-06-joy/252/p1220362/">us being silly</a> - hopefully more will follow soon.</p>
<br class="clear" />First day at school2009-01-22T20:06:33+00:00david/blog/author/david/https://www.frasergo.org/blog/2009/01/first-day-at-school/<p>James had a fantastic first day at school today. A bit nervous (the butterflies in his tummy meant he didn't eat much breakfast), but when we went to fetch him he came running out saying "I love school!" It's the honeymoon phase but it's great to start off so well.</p>
<p>Charis had a fun time with Danielle at Rhodes Memorial while he was there which was great; before she left Mama Mavis got a fright from a gecko in the bathroom; Charis and I went to rescue it and in the end she caught it (by accident I think) in the bath mat and was very proud of herself.</p>
<p>We've uploaded <a href="/photos/2009-01-starting-school-etc/">photos from the first day</a> (as well as a few from saying goodbye to Andy and Louise and Mia at the airport)</p>
<p><a href="/photos/2009-01-starting-school-etc/214/p1200603/"><img alt="The world awaits" src="/static/media/galeria/2009-01-starting-school-etc/P1200603.JPG" /></a><br />
<i>The world awaits</i> (<a href="/photos/2009-01-starting-school-etc/">more photos here</a>...)</p>
<!--break--><br class="clear" />UK Holiday 20082008-10-13T21:09:37+00:00david/blog/author/david/https://www.frasergo.org/blog/2008/10/uk-holiday-2008/<p>For anyone who didn't see - we had a wonderful family holiday in the UK in July / August - there are <a href="/photos/">photos</a> of our time in <a href="/photos/2008-07-uk-holiday-london/">London</a> (including James's excitement at seeing <a href="/photos/2008-07-uk-holiday-london/91/p1160341/">Big Ben</a>), <a href="/photos/2008-07-uk-holiday-shetland/">Shetland</a> and <a href="/photos/2008-08-uk-holiday-bedford/">Bedford</a>).</p>
<p>Since then we've been back in Cape Town going on with the ups and downs of life...</p>
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