'And on the seventh day, thou shalt find thy apartment'... so it was foretold. As it happened, the seventh day also turned out to be Good Friday, both literally and metaphorically. Some would have even called this D-Day (for the non-historians among us, the D stands for Decision)!
Having seen THE apartment the previous day and having had to haggle over the rent to pay, we had agreed to meet at the apartment to finalise our agreement. So bright and early we awoke from our sleep on this fateful day and headed towards the apartment after some breakfast. Our friends, Martin and RuRu (previously known to you as JuJu - we had misunderstood her name), kindly offered to lend us their bikes and so we cycled the last few blocks to the apartment to get a feel for the area. Truly a great and quiet neighboorhood, just next to the Siglap Connector, a nice walking path that leads straight to the Playa (a Singaporean word I believe...;-) ).
So the moment has come that our 7, well maybe 8 readers (on that note, spread the word, this lowly and poor student, married to a successful wife, could use the confidence boost...) have been waiting for ...;-)
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| The entrance hall |
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| The living room with massive balcony |
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| The kitchen, with at the end a little outside space for a washer and dryer |
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| Our pool view...oh and pool of course |
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| Your room, if you come to visit |
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| Your very own bathroom |
As you can see this is a modest apartment, but we are nonetheless
satisfied with it ;-). No, in all honesty, it’s amazing and we are delighted
with it. It is a 15 min walk to the closest metro, but by bike it’s only 5 mins
and in the opposite direction we have the beach, with all its activities and chill-out
possibilities, a mere 15 mins walk (pictures to follow, as we took a bike ride
to the beach on day 9).
After having agreed to pay the required amount and signing
over a cheque, we were expected in our friend and previous-football buddy’s place,
Johan. They live in the very expat-friendly centre of the island and to protect
his family’s privacy I didn’t take any pictures. Suffice to say that we had a
great lunch, catching up and sharing experiences. Johan, his wife and two,
soon-to-be-three, children have been here for a year and they love it. I must
say that our first impressions of the place are exactly the same. We too love
it! Johan and his wife were great to hang out with and he has been so kind as to
try and hook me up with some much-needed football. As well as that, his children
are delightful and my wife fell in love with their youngest, Marie-Louise
(always smiling).
Having had a lovely-pizza-laden-lunch we were advised to go
to this place on a Dempsey Hill, just off of Holland Road, where
we could find outdoor/garden furniture, something that will be needed to dress ‘our’
beautiful balcony. You can see Elli here, trying out a possible chill-out alternative…
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| The wife lounging... |
A few extra snaps of the surroundings of Dempsey Hill
After
having tried out various possibilities we decided to head to town, to see Orchard
Road by night. However, before the night-cover would fall we were finally able to take a
picture of what we knew as 'The Tree'… a picture that is three years in the
making, as the camera wasn’t working properly last time we were on the same
spot.
Following on from this to us historic viewing, we strolled down
Orchard Road in the hope of catching a movie. Unfortunately, the film we were
hoping to watch (The Hunting Games) was fully-booked and we would have had to
wait until midnight, something we were not quite up for after the monumental day
that had preceded. Instead, we went for some dinner and took a few snaps before
catching some shut-eye…
This truly was a Good Friday…Happy belated Easter to all of
you!
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