We have just been told that our apartment is going to be sold and we are having to find somewhere else to rent. We have been looking but rent is becoming more expensive, almost double what it was when we arrived. Where we are living is what they call 'out as far as you can get', yes we are almost in Malaysia and the rent here is as high as anywhere. We think we have found one in Yishun for $600 more than what we are paying here so that will be good. I didn't want to go into an HDB (housing corp type housing) but would have had to think quite seriously about it if this one didn't turn up. It is smaller than what we have now but still has the full condo facilities.
Yesterday we went to pick up an optic mouse that was a give away when we bought a hard drive to store our many photos on. We finally found the place with a bit of help from the taxi driver and then caught the first bus that went past and ended up at Vivocity...this is a huge shopping mall about the size of a city. We had a wander then found a bar with happy hour where you got 1 for 1 drinks of house pours. We spent a couple of hours there before finding our way home. The bus drive took us through parts for Singapore that we had never been into before and it was fascinating.
Today being a Tuesday, we spent the morning, well the middle of the day by the pool reading and then coming back up for a cold drink and snacks. Wednesday tomorrow and we meet up with our new landlords to sign up.
We have now done all the Christmas shopping and are just waiting to pack our bags to go home. Wayne can't wait to be able to get out in the boat to catch some real fish, and I can't wait to eat it. We both can't wait to see the boys as we fly down to Wellington as soon as we arrive in New Zealand and then back up to Auckland where my lovely sister will meet us.
Some mildew we found on the Bintan lookout.
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