Vancouver Children's Portrait Photographer | Rebecca Sehn

It’s been a while.  It’s been Shanghai, Bali, Lombok, & Gili.  It’s been back to Canada… back to cold, delicious air.  It’s been Christmas, it’s been New Years.  I’ve been there and back again.

I backpacked for three weeks with my husband and both of us (miraculously) would like to stay married.   We were growled at by monkeys, barked at by wild dogs, took a spill on a motorbike, swam in the ocean, got sick, saw ancient temples, wandered through rice fields, and rested on the sand. All in the name of adventure, and that wonderful thing called ‘life experience’…..because other than that, all I have to show for it is my already fading tan.

I feel like the last time I wrote on here was a lifetime ago. When I came home, between Christmas and getting over jetlag, catching up on work and being hit by that nasty cold, it was fairly busy (to say the least!).  Any spare minute I selfishly hogged all to myself – just me, my couch, my new tassimo machine, and the BBC’s Emma.

And it was pretty lovely – not the busy-ness, but the allowing myself the downtime amidst the busy-ness.  The looking very carefully at what needed to be done, and what could wait.  I think that will be my goal for 2012 – to work just as hard as ever, but to get better at relaxing too.  

I hope you all had a lovely holiday, and wishing everyone a very happy & healthy 2012.

Adam & I left Shanghai last week, and while it was neat to experience… we were honestly happy to head to Bali!  I’ve seen my share of smelly cities, and it let me tell you – it was up there. What I did enjoy was visiting a few temples, trying out some street food, and visiting a water village outside the city – it was super touristy, but looked the way ancient china does in the movies.  

I improved my skills with chopsticks, while Adam plodded away eating with the serving spoon – there were no forks to be found!  He wasnt’t too happy about that.

Now we are in Bali, and it smells of incense & flowers in the streets, and we’re never too far from a beach.  We are so happy to be here.

Incense burning in a temple in Shanghai:

I hope you’re all having a good day!