Nathan rides without training wheels. He resisted for months, but this morning when we finally forced him to try, he immediately hopped on and rode like a pro: starts, turns, stopping--he does everything, without hesitation. Didn't fall down once.

Beijing is hotter than Singapore: about 90 degrees, but less humid. I'm only here for a day, though. Here I am in the courtyard of my hotel, the Shangri La, in the HiaDian district.

Singapore

I'm in Singapore, speaking at a Microsoft MVP Event held at the Suntec International Convention and Exhibition Centre.



My hotel, Mandarin Oriental, just completed a major rennovation in December and it's fabulous.



My plane was an hour late, so I didn't get to my room until 2am, and I'm so exhausted I haven't had much chance to look around. The weather is hot and humid, like New Orleans in July.

Narita Airport in Tokyo is only the halfway stop on my trip to Asia this week. Turned out that the rest of my MS colleagues were on the same flight, so we relaxed a little between planes. They're headed straight to Beijing, but I won't get there until Wednesday, after a couple days doing a presentation in Singapore.

Devoted, loving, husband and wife.

Vancouver, British Columbia is only a three hour drive from us, so we drove up for a week of sightseeing during the kids' spring break.