Have sort of settled down in my newly rented flat.

it's like a new beginning to me, new clothes, new place, new (first) job, new hairdo, but not new boyfriend.... haha..

like all new places, we needed to get used to the place. we imagined a large area, large place when we heard it was a jumbo flat. but the truth is, it's just 2 three/four room flats adjoined. if we only expected a flat, then we would have been pleasantly surprised.

big dining area, but not sure how the stove works. or how to turn on/off the gas. never used one in singapore before. and the owner didn't cook in this house before!!! so the knobs are rusty and some cannot even be turned...

problem number 1 was my mom's car. it was too small. we loaded the "necessities". and it took up the whole back seat, together with the boot. so me and my 2 sisters had to take taxi down to the custom and travel to the flat via public transport while my mom drove and my bro got a free ride coz he was supposed to carry the "heavy' stuff.

in the end we got there at the same time, so we all moved the stuff up. took us 3 trips, with 5 of us. my mom stayed in the flat on the last round. pity her, it's the most exercise she has done in a year.

next, no shower. then, no heater. right, so we were supposed to bail cold water from the bucket to bathe. then...as night fell, we realised there was no light....
cannot find the switch. called the owner, said it was probably fused.

then, no bed (it's supposed to be furnished). only one queen sized bed. but my tall sister can't sleep along the width of it, her legs would be popping out. so today we went to buy mattress. it was so big that when i carried it on my back, i looked liek a turtle, and i had to say endless sorrys becuz my shell kept banging into people. next came the plart where i had to go into the elevator...i had to approach it sideways, and with the help of people to squeeze my shell in. the worst part was stuffing it into the car. we managed it alright, then we couldn't see from the rear view mirror anymore. not to mention that i carried the raffia handle on my shoulder until it left abrasion marks.

last but not least the only entertainment: tv. first we forgot the remote control, which allowed us to tune the tv. so the next day we got it. then we couldn't get any channels (given my sis was very patient and approached it in a mathematical way of trying all the combinations of configuring).

no internet as well. singnet says 5 working days. then one more day to wait for installation. (activation comes before installation..huh?)

no fridge, for cold water, ice, or even fruits. so we went to buy one.
my printer is spoilt, and the service centre is far away, so my mom said throw it. and we had to get a new one, coz my sis has lots of homework to print from IP. their system is so like uni. the have something like our IVLE where they have to download and upload homework to.

washing machine....dunno whether it works. owner says there might be some problem with the spinning. *keeps fingers really crossed*

erm, so who wants to come for housewarming? ticket is "suggest what to do in a house with no tv, no internet and no cooking facilities". there's a toaster and electrical kettle. toaster has not been certified usable.

i did it! i manage to make my mum ban me from dance. i was supposed to move to the new flat tmr.

today, i tried to go for isolation class. then it happened....it rained.

so she started by telling me not to go to school to donate my labcoat, no point spending so much time and effrot in the rain to do something which is "useless"

then she asked how long i've learnt salsa. 2 years. today you go for what class? to learn. you can teach already still must learn meh? learn so many years still must learn meh? how much you spent on school fees already!!!!!

then the rain got too big, the wind too strong, a tree fell on the road.

don't go for your dance already lah, rain so heavily, cannot see the road. but but if you go home it's the same as sending me to singapore, we are already 90% there!!!!

you all are all the same, sharon wants to go support her school's football team, tell her don't go, she go. jason wants to train for cheerleading during vacation, rent the hostel just for that, still want to go thailand for it. now you want to go for dance....

(even wondered why we all turn out the same? coz you never allowed us to go, so we have to go, to see it for ourselves, what's so bad about it that you don't like them? turns out, we like what we see, thus we think you are always unreasonably keeping us from good things...)

you know i rent the jumbo flat half a month early just so that you can go dance. (then she thinks that it's absurd to be paying 350 for 2 weeks, only for me to stay, coz my sisters will not be needing accomodation as school holidays are here, but i think they'll still have stuff to do in singapore and the flat will be a blessing)

then, as if not allowing me to donate my labcoat, not allowing me to go for salsa is not enough, she said, "don't move in so early lah....when you start work then move in"

i knew it was too good to be true.