We Found Our Home

@ 15 months 6 days
We drove down to SG on Friday morning 5am. Yes.. it was 5am! Hubs and I had planned for an early journey so Ryan could sleep in the car. He was awake when we strapped him on his seat but after a long silence (still blur and half awaken I guess) he finally dozed off at about 5.30am and only woke up at 7.15am. By then we almost reached the second link. Hooray!!
It was still too early to check in to the hotel, so we visited our cousin instead who stays just around the corner. It was also Ryan’s first met wit his two cousins, Rene and Ryan (yeah.. another Ryan). Initially I was expecting Ryan to bond with lil Ryan as they are only 5 months apart but I was wrong. Ryan hit it straight away with Rene (3 years old) instead, maybe because they are both super energetic babies when it comes to play. One was busy digging out toys, one was busy exploring. They definitely made good partners in crime. :P
Anyways, while they played in my cousin’s place, hubs and I went to do some serious business – house hunting. MIL (yeah.. PILs tagged along this round) stayed back to keep an eye on Ryan. Ding Ding Dong Dong, by the time agent showed us the 5th unit we were already like walking zombies. Desperate for rest!!!

By the end of the day, we finally zoomed down to two units in EastCoast and TaoPayoh area respectively. Both commanded the same rental. For me, I like the unit in EC for the size of 1600sqft with 4 rooms (eyes blink blink) but I must agree with hubs, the place is very inconvenient for one have to rely on call-cab and shutte services to get around. Even if we get a car, it’s either hubs or me would have to bear the inconvenience cos for obvious reason we’ll only have one car. The unit in TP comes with smaller space but is surrounded with good amenities, MRT, bus services, cab services all within walking distant and it’s very near hubs’ work place too. So, the decision was made. Our tenancy agreement actually starts from 1st Aug – and we have to agree to that else the unit will be snapped by other willing tenant. That’s how hot the property in SG now. I read on the paper over the weekend, property in SG hits 10 year high. We’re definitely going there at the wrong timing. Likewise two years back we could get a bigger unit in downtown with the same amount of rent we’re paying today. Sucks man!
Well, deposit paid, one mission down. We drove back to KL this morning at 6am. Again, my angel Ryan slept for like 2 hours in the car and we reached home around 10am. Pretty fast as there were not many cars on the road at such early hours. Not sure when is our next trip down, probably 1st week of August to collect the keys to our new home and to get some new furnitures! Wish us luck……..

Ps: Sorry daddies & mommies out there, I may not have the time to drop my foot prints in your blog all the time, but I’ll still visit as usual…:D

During the car ride to Singapore… see how Ryan ‘kacau’-ed YehYeh

Pic taken on 21st Jul @ play area outside Crystal Jade, Paragon

The mommies; Ryan and Ryan

The daddies; Rene and Ryan

21 thoughts on “We Found Our Home”

  1. < ![CDATA[Congrats..!! you've made the right choice..! toa payoh.. is very near to Raffles.. so it's good for your hubby for work.. and it's near to travel to anywhere in town.. ;)]]>

  2. < ![CDATA[oh good that u found the place :).

    eh..i just saw ryan’s face in the wwm magazine for july kekeke]]>

  3. < ![CDATA[I LOVE TP! That was the last place I stayed before I have to come back here... And maybe you can move to Novena too later when the house pricing go down... Novena also very convenient esp with Novena Sq. I stayed there for a year before I left for Aus. But TP is better coz have library!!!! I love the library and I think you will definitely like it too especially with Ryan for weekend fun...]]>

  4. < ![CDATA[wow congrats! its true that toa payoh is the better choice cos it is an old town (means lots of amenities nearby) and super near to town!!! east cost is great for being near to beaches and park but it's not too troublesome for u guys to drive over on wknds la:D]]>

  5. < ![CDATA[Congrats on your newfound home. :) Good luck in SG and looking forward to meeting you guys before you leave! ;)]]>

  6. < ![CDATA[Hehehe! Next time got buddy at S'pore to help me to withdrawal money for PPP :D

    By the way, gonna miss u :( I think we should meet up to each other first before u ciao since we stay so near. Calling calling one weekend ok!]]>

  7. < ![CDATA[hey, so happy that you have found yr new home... wow, ryan sure is a good boy, can survive long journey like this... *hugzzz*]]>

  8. < ![CDATA[good that u found ur 'thau' oledi... come to think of it, extra room also good leh, next time i come sg, i can tumpang... too bad now oni 3 rooms hoh... (lucky you)

    HAHAHAHA… JUST KIDDING!!!]]>

  9. < ![CDATA[Congrats on finding your home.

    I think toddlers this age prefer the company of older children – more stimulating]]>

  10. < ![CDATA[congratulation on finding ur new home!!
    hehe..Ryan that little “hand” toy very cute!]]>

  11. < ![CDATA[glad for u....very impt mission completed!!

    i strongly believe yr move is going to be a good choice (education, clean environmt etc etc…..) how i wish too !!!

    good thing is we all still can keep touch thru d net & blogsphere!!

    good luck!!]]>

  12. < ![CDATA[glad you found a place.. It can be really hard to find the right home.. but at least you both made up your minds pretty fast.. one headache down..:)
    Take more pics of the new place ok?]]>

  13. < ![CDATA[Good that you'd found a place.. starts at 1st Aug? Even when you are not there yet?

    So hot these properties?]]>

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