EXCITEMENTS!!

The Saturday Straits Times article "Condo-like flats for less than $700,00" got the families all excited. Adrian read the article and called my Parents in law to share with them the news. My Father-in-law is now working in the Property Industry as his retirement career. He started analyzing all the pros and cons of the units, judging by the picture on the article and ahem…we had “shortlisted” which block we would like to apply for. Knowing that we cannot afford a real condo lifestyle, I guess this is the closest we can get to…haha. My PILs and youngest BIL also planned to apply for a unit, looks like competition is going to be tough.

Eventually, it'll still depend on LADY LUCK at the balloting time.

Adrian is scheduled to depart for his oversea attachment on 2nd August and his return date is tentatively 04 October. The excitement at home is building up; he had started packing his luggage. Looking at him packed, I realized that our current Samsonite luggage bag is a bit small for his stuff. So I told him that it’s time to consider buying a new one. I told him that Samsonite had some kind of promotion, so if we are in town, we can check it out.

My MIL had to attend a wedding dinner at Marina Mandarin hotel, so it was actually to our advantage. We tagged along with my PIL and had dinner with my FIL at Swenson in Marina Square. During dinner, we had a very good discussion on our new potential home with my FIl and he was very encouraging toward us getting a unit. It has been 10 years that we had stayed in our current home and it would be good to make a change for the better.

For dessert we had a 1 for 1 Sundae coupon, so we ordered a Banana Split and Frosty Malt… : ) . We even managed to catch a glimpse of the “Black Knights” flying passed the hotel as there was the NDP rehearsal.

After a sumptuous dinner, we took a stroll to Suntec City – to the Samsonite shop. When we reached there, I had a sweet surprised – I met a long time friend – Lillian. She was actually a friend cum mentor to me during my Part time working days as a baggage promoter. I was so happy to see her after all these years. We bought our 1st samsonite bag through her almost 10 years ago. Now we bought our 2nd samsonite luggage with her again…this is 缘分。She even gave us 2 pencil cases for the children.

Now with the new luggage bag, Adrian managed to pack all his stuff inside and there are still rooms left. I am glad that we made this purchase.

We returned to Marina Mandarin hotel to wait for my MIL and since we still had time, we had a drink at the hotel lobby lounge. It was very relaxing and the children enjoyed their juices. We reached home almost near 12 midnite...what a day of excitements.