Why Twins, Lah?

The short answer is because it doesn't matter what side of the planet you live on, if you have twins you are a traveling circus to which the rest of the world has free tickets. In the MRT (subway), supermarket, or street, we constantly get the same question from the locals, "Twins, lah?" It's not an unreasonable thing to ask since one of our sons has flaming red hair, blue eyes and fair skin, while the other has dark hair, brown eyes and more olive toned skin. It's a lot better than the question my brother gets about his boy/girl twins in Michigan, "Are they identical?"

Why the "lah?" It's Singlish. That's the Singaporean improvement on the language the Americans stole from the English. Lah is one of those words that doesn't really mean anything, but makes a frequent appearance at the end of sentences. Think "eh" for Canadians, "right" or "umm" for Americans or "like" for teenagers.

We've been here for two weeks today, and the boys have adjusted to eating and sleeping on local time. Mommy and daddy are working long hours at the office or keeping up with two babies in a small apartment. We try to get out as much as meals and naps will allow and our favorite
question so far has become the name of our blog. There's the explanation. Besides most of the other suggestions we received were culturally insensitive or morally objectionable. Pictures will follow. We only have pics of the apartment so far - not any different from any large city. More details and hopefully funny stories to follow.