Please bear with me just a little bit more on my rants about moving out. It’s just that these past few days have been emotional, physical and financial roller coaster ride for me still is).
Yes, it is really hard to find an apartment here in Singapore. Dealing with very aggressive and sometimes offensive real estate agents could really drain your patience and morale. If you are very satisfied with your apartment, then be prepared to get disappointed. We have viewed 10 apartments. Obviously, most were very disappointing. Those apartments could be too small yet priced expensively. Some have Japanese-style toilets which we refer to as “jet-ski”. There was one with where the tenants still living in it, was really dirty. Before we go inside, we had to take off our shoes. That one, we had to step on a very sticky floor!
One was two-storey executive apartment. That place was really nice. It was fully furnished, all the rooms had queen-sized beds, and the toilets were really neat. The living room even has lights that are as nice as Murray Feiss. The fridge was really huge. Everything was so nice that I was prepared to pay a little bit extra. But another group of tenants offered a higher rate so they got it.
The other nice apartment got me in trouble. There was a complete misunderstanding that I had to endure verbal lashing from a very angry real-estate agent. Yes, sales people here are often not as nice as sales people in Japan. I’ve met a few who are nice.
Then we got to the one we’re moving in to tomorrow. The cleanliness of the apartment and all the furniture inside made us take it without going through all the factors. Yet, we were already running out of time, were already desperate, and later on regret saying yes to a 2-year contract. Little did I know that a 2-year contract obliges us to pay 2 months deposit! An agent gets half the monthly rent commission for a 1-year contract. Two-year contract means another monthly rent amount to our cash-out! On or before moving in, we have to pay four times the monthly rent! Ahhhhh I don’t want to dwell more on it because I get headache each time I think about it.
I’m excited because finally we’ll have better kitchen and toilets. I’m not because I still have to pay off what I borrowed for the cash out…
I love spicy food that I even put chili in almost everything that I cook. That’s why I loved McDonald’s spicy mcchicken. Before, my stomach didn’t get upset for at least 8 hours after hot and spicy food intake. Now, I normally take a trip to the toilet less than an hour later. A friend told me to try colon cleansing: take more food that are high in fiber, this would serve as 
