Week 3, travelling to & from SG

Yep, I have been doing this for 3 weeks now, and it has been quite hectic. Keeping track of Husband's company details, plus doing my own work, plus the time taken to travel up and down. But it is so great to be with Husband wherever he is, so I am definitely NOT complaining!

Luckily we dont have to worry about hotels any more - the last two weeks, and for this week, we have been given the loan of an apartment by one of Husband's colleagues who is on leave. He has broadband connection, so it is great for me to just plug in and I am online. No worries about hotels, so Husband and I can take a leisurely drive from KL to SG on Sunday... so no more dragging ourselves out of bed at 4am on Mondays, for Husband to drive to SG to get there in time for office!! Then, from 5th to 9th Aug I actually have to be in SG for a project, so my company has booked me into the Mandarin Oriental Hotel (Husband's absolute favourite hotel so far) for that duration... THEN, starting 9th Aug, we actually have our own apartment in SG again - in the Upper Bukit Timah area, near to Dairy Farm.

The estate is called Glendale, and we have a unit on the 9th floor of one of the blocks. Not the 'best' facing, as we are partly looking at another block and partly overlooking the swimming pool, but it is a lovely lovely unit. Approx 2000 sq ft, beautifully kept, 3 bedrooms, very nice kitchen, and the landlady is going to furnish it with all new furniture, all for the very reasonable rent of S$3000 per month - which is a lot better than paying between S$2.5K to S$2.8K per month for 2-3 nights every week in a miniscule hotel ROOM with the risk of rates going up during peak season, and sometimes not even being able to get a room (and, of course, driving on Monday to SG cos we dont want to have the extra Sun night cost of hotel). All this is no longer relevant - we have complete flexibility of when we drive to SG, how long we stay, we can stay weekends, our friends and family can come and stay... etc, etc, etc. Another added benefit is that we can get our own broadband connection, for me to work from home, and we dont have to pay exorbitant hotel rates for it either!!

Mind you, we have been very lucky with the apartment - it is reasonably priced, considering that it is a beautiful unit, spacious AND it is going to have all new furniture. Right now the rents in SG are just exorbitant.... my totally wonderful real estate agent (her name is Kylene, and if you want her contact number, just drop me a comment) showed me quite a number of apartments, but within that price range most of them are really grotty, tiny, tatty, badly furnished. This is the 2nd time I have taken Kylene's services and this is also the second time she has fulfilled her task beautifully (the first time was when we had our gorgeous Leonie Hill apartment, but nowadays that unit is renting for S$9K.... which is way more than we want to pay !). Anyway, I would recommend Kylene to ANYONE as the preferred real estate agent!

That's the latest update so, till next time, have a good life and may the sun shine in your life, figuratively if not necessarily literally.