Jess and I finally got the keys to our new home today! Just a stone's throw away from Tanjong Pagar (if the stone was thrown by Hercules); overlooking the historically-charged Malaysian Railway Station, and even with a seaview (including free containers and shipyard equipment thrown in as well), this soon-to-be lovely place in Cantonment Close is finally and officially ours! Soon-to-be; as you can see from the photos. But before we reach that state of affairs, we'll have to do an Extreme Makeover: Teck & Jess Home Edition before showing you photos of our beautiful home two months down the road! So for now, it's still not Home Sweet Home...yet!
One thing I realised when I stepped into our home today is that we're really no longer young anymore. We've grown up. No more begging our parents to buy the latest Sega game for us; no more saving for months and working part-time just to buy that pair of Nike shoes; no more skipping meals just to save up for that Starbucks low-fat grande hazelnut latte. We just spent $480,000, i.e. about 16,000 Sega games (without taking PPP adjustment) or 4,800 Nike shoes or 80,000 Starbucks low-fat grande hazelnut lattes, on 90 square metres of land!
Oh well; the view from the 23rd storey is beautiful, and we now have a place to call our own. To do up in the way we want, to come home to everyday after work, to cook up wonderful meals, to throw exciting parties, to host boardgaming sessions and of course, to start our own family and our own lives. God is good!
btw, Mum told me after dinner today that our door number won the consolation prize in 4D today. Hehehe. Not that I advocate gambling; but let's hope that it's a sign of more good things to come! =)
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