Choo Family

For most of the past decade, we led a typical middle class life in Singapore:

• Calvin was a "weekend husband-father", who had to travel extensively for work
• Serline was a fashion designer-merchandiser, who gave up her career to be full-time mistress of the house
• Janelle and Andre went to a renowned school in the neighbourhood
• We lived in a semi-detached house in Pemimpin Place, where our dogs - Snowy and Ringo - could roam freely in the garden

Then we decided to make some changes, so that we could spend more time together as a family. Calvin accepted a job with Laguna Holiday Club (LHC), and the family moved to Phuket in 2007. One year later, Narelle Serline was born.

In August 2009, the family moved to Bangkok, where Calvin oversees the contact centre, as well as the hospitality staff at various properties within the LHC family of resorts. Janelle and Andre are in Year 10 and 8, respectively, at the Regent's School Bangkok campus. Because of Snowy and Ringo, there are some limitations to where we can live in Bangkok, but we have settled comfortably into President Park.