Magandang araw sa inyong lahat. Nagulat ba kayo at nandito na naman ako. Pasensiya na kung medyo M.I.A. ako ng ilang linggo. Tulad ng sinabi ko sa aking last entry – sobrang daming mga nangyayari nitong mga nakaraang linggo. Jampacked sa happening ang teleserye ng aking buhay.
Kung medyo matagal-tagal na kayong nagbabasa ng aking blog – malamang ay natatandaan nyong nabanggit ko ang tungkol sa pangangailangan naming lumipat ng tirahan. Supposedly ay 1st quarter of this year pa – pero dahil sa mabait kami - naextend pa ito ng ilang buwan. Until finally — we have to face the music. We need to find a new place.
Fortunately – medyo swerte ako sa paghahanap ng bahay. God’s gift ito sa akin which I am very thankful. Ayaw nyong maniwala? E di wag. Wala akong panahong mamilit.
Anyway – the place we just left ( Note: 3 weeks na po kaming nakalipat) – was the only house we viewed last time we are looking for a house. Yun yung first and fortunately the only unit na pina-view sa amin ng aming agent.
First impression sa unit — “Yeah baby! Yeah!” with matching Austin Powers theme sa background. Yup. Shagadelic . Don’t get me wrong. The unit was rather spacious. Maaliwalas ika nga. It was a renovated HDB unit. Designer unit sabi nung mga owner. Unfortunately – medyo dated ang theme. There are a lot of colors – very reminiscent of the 70’s. Parang si Austin Powers ang huling tenant. But still — it’s a nice place. Sabi ko nga – I can overlook the interior design. It’s a huge place. 1 wall of the 2 bedrooms was knocked down to have 1 big master bedroom. Pero – the one thing that really had me — the walk in closet. Aiyah – it had me at hello! It’s in the 11th floor – very windy.. very private… very quiet. It’s just a couple of block from the MRT, near a mall and 24 hrs convenience store and food center. What more can you ask for di ba? Unfortunately – that time – it was also being viewed by another party who was willing to pay a higher rent than what we are offering. They have a Filipina agent —- na kinuha ko yung calling card when our agent was somewhere outside. We love the place pero we thought that it was not meant to be. The following day – we were to view another unit pero no-show si agent. We are pis… okay.. need to be nice.. not happy. So – I called up the Filipina agent. She asked if we liked the place we viewed the night before – and we said yes. Di pala kinuha nung mga unang mag-rent dapat. That day kasi nalaman yata na natanggal sa trabaho yung isa sa mag-rent kaya di natuloy. Well – ganun lang talaga siguro — if its meant to be.. its meant to be.
Yan ang kwento ng aming shagadelic house. We were fortunate enough to find a place that we love. A home away from home ika nga. We loved it so much that we stayed for 5 years and 8 months. Too bad at natapos na ang maliligayang araw naming. The owner decided to renovate the house – babalik na raw sa Singapore. We have to go – and find another home away from home. We need to leave the place that we have lived in for more than 5 years. It was really rather sad. I never though that I’d feel attachment to it – pero siguro sa tagal na rin ng pagtira naming dun — you can’t help but feel like you are leaving something that have been a part of your life. Pero ganun talaga — life sucks – but you have no choice but to live it.
The place we are currently living now — is the 2nd unit that we viewed. We liked it the first time we viewed it but the rent is rather exorbitant. We bargained for a few days and set our max price. We viewed a 3 or 4 more units but my heart is not just into it. I loved the 2nd house we viewed and I feel that I was meant to live there. After 5 days – the agent called and informed us that the owner decided to rent it to us. Syempre – happy ang lahat. It’s more than 2 folds pricier than our last unit… pero ganun talaga. Rent here in Singapore is crazy – and I still think that we got a good deal.
Yan ang isa sa pinagkaabalhan ko the past few weeks. Moving to a new place is a pain in the you know what. Grabe. Nakakapagod – physically, mentally at financially. Not to mention time consuming. We rented a moving van – for the big items. But we have been slowly moving some items daily for two weeks or so. Nagtataka nga ang mga kaibigan ko bakit parang hindi kami natatapos sa paglipat. Well… ganun talaga. Minsan hindi kaya ng isahan lang.
One big realization sa experience na ito… narealize ko na I am my mother’s son. And if ever tutuo man ang reincarnation — basurero ako nung past life ko. And definitely not Japanese. Bakit? Wala lang — I just don’t throw anything away. Very evident yan nung nag-iimpake na. Just like my Nanay — I keep everything.. boxes, plastics, small knick-knacks, old magazines clothes… everything. Hirap tuloy maglipat.
I snapped a few photo of our shagadelic unit nung moving out day — ishare ko sana.. kaya lang di ko pa makita yung cord nung phone ko. Hayaan nyo… when we are officially moved in (all boxes opened and the contents are in their new place) – aasikasuhin ko na ang pag-share ng pics. Pramis yan. Sa ngayon – all you can do is wait… or not… kung saan kayo magiging masaya. Sa muli!
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