Wednesday, April 25, 2007
I want my own bachelorette pad!
I have been toying with the idea of getting my own bachelorette pad for the longest time. My motivations? Well, not having to put up with a nagging mum who keeps complaining and couldn't understand why ur clothes are not dry despite hanging for the past few days because its been raining non-stop and insists that you take them down so that she can do your fathers' laundry; also, not having to do swap deals with your bro on which days you can wash your laundry.
Ok, so it may seem that my motivations so far have been very " laundry" based. However, I'm pretty sure that if i do get my own pad, I can survive pretty well. What's going to be so different? So far, i do my own laundry, i clean my own room, i eat meals out or if need be i try to poison myself with various self experimental concoctions. The only problem is of course... paying for it... that I know very well i cannot handle at this point in time.
Recently went to a fren's house warming. He bought this 3 bedroom condo at Hougang for S$350k. And he is my age dammit!!!! made me regret my choice of degree in uni. I digress. The condo definitely has security: you have to enter your key in order to operate the lift. If you're a guest, you have to press the unit number, where the phone will ring in the house u r going to. The host must answer and press the button before the lift door opens. There are individual lots right under the houses. You park, it's sheltered and u just get in the lift. It also has other amenities like the swimming pool etc.
But there are downsides too. The place is damn ulu... chinese say: niao3 bu4 cheng1 dan4 de4 di4 fang1. Nearest NEL is hougang which is 1km away. The place is small. I was generally ok with the kitchen, living room, dining area etc. But it was the rooms that i felt was too small. The Master bedroom was about my current room size with an attached toilet. The other 2 rooms were pathetically small.... There is an in-built wardrobe in each room. Put in
a bed and that's about it. No space to put computer table whatsoever... goodness.
But i guess if i did own the place, I would knock down the walls between the 2 small rooms, so that it is a bigger room. It's not too bad a place for 2 room mates to live in. Just a thought to think about for a while... and how the hell to get S$350k....
Ok, so it may seem that my motivations so far have been very " laundry" based. However, I'm pretty sure that if i do get my own pad, I can survive pretty well. What's going to be so different? So far, i do my own laundry, i clean my own room, i eat meals out or if need be i try to poison myself with various self experimental concoctions. The only problem is of course... paying for it... that I know very well i cannot handle at this point in time.
Recently went to a fren's house warming. He bought this 3 bedroom condo at Hougang for S$350k. And he is my age dammit!!!! made me regret my choice of degree in uni. I digress. The condo definitely has security: you have to enter your key in order to operate the lift. If you're a guest, you have to press the unit number, where the phone will ring in the house u r going to. The host must answer and press the button before the lift door opens. There are individual lots right under the houses. You park, it's sheltered and u just get in the lift. It also has other amenities like the swimming pool etc.
But there are downsides too. The place is damn ulu... chinese say: niao3 bu4 cheng1 dan4 de4 di4 fang1. Nearest NEL is hougang which is 1km away. The place is small. I was generally ok with the kitchen, living room, dining area etc. But it was the rooms that i felt was too small. The Master bedroom was about my current room size with an attached toilet. The other 2 rooms were pathetically small.... There is an in-built wardrobe in each room. Put in
a bed and that's about it. No space to put computer table whatsoever... goodness.
But i guess if i did own the place, I would knock down the walls between the 2 small rooms, so that it is a bigger room. It's not too bad a place for 2 room mates to live in. Just a thought to think about for a while... and how the hell to get S$350k....
# posted by Xallista @ 12:00 AM 
