We were invited to a dinner at our good friends and mixed tennis nemesis from the American Club. Mark and Stephanie have an amazing story. Mark was a former partner of a major accounting/consulting company who walked away from it all to follow his passion of owning his own business. He and Stephanie are now very successful, living in a beautiful home with four great kids, one of whom is adopted from Cambodia. We always see them together around the club, smiling and having fun, which I must say almost reminded me of Yumi and I. I say "almost" because Mark will mix it up with the boys on the tennis court from time to time without Stephanie. I never did or dare do!!
Other couples who came to the party also have an amazing story. One couple is from Pakistan and has 3 beautiful and well-mannered daughters. One couple runs their own business while also homeschooling their 3 children. We also have one couple who almost always have lunch together at home because he has a 3-hour lunch break. The last couple is leaving Singapore for a posting in New York. Talk about going in the opposite direction from Laos.
But we all have one common thread. We are all tennis fanatics. I won't name names but I have seen many of these guys pounding away on a tennis court on weekdays during the working hours. And these guys are working for big banks and other MNCs!! Of course I saw them during my vacation:-)
Thanks a lot, Mark and Stephanie, for a wonderful evening.
This beautiful house must be about 10,000 sq feet.
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