The New Year

Our new look for the chinese new year!

THe boy complained the lack of pictures on da blog, hence I shall start the ball rolling..

New hairdo for us both.. the boy with ah beng highlights.. and myself, with new curls.. think he don't like it very much =(

Smooth.... the only thing that is....

Shilly is best to me.. coz she will:

1. Drive from home to town to fetch me home when I end work late( about 830pm) today!
2. Make me feel happy even thou i know she is stressed and pissed at work
3. Change all her lunch appointments so that she can keep me company for lunch.

Today, she gave me the smoothest moment of the day when she took me home in a car. If i had taken the train, it would have taken me 1.5 hours to 2 hours get done and walk thru the door at home.

Shilly, I LOVE YOU!

Luaie and his real life

Watched "Dan and his real life". Luaie loved it. Laughed loudly. Laughed non stop. Thought was a so-so movie. But 'Dan' said something which struck me. Hard.
"Love is when he/ she makes you feel good about yourself" ~~ something along that line. Can't remember exactly the lines.
THen I felt guilty. and BAD. Coz I say things to hurt you. Coz I do things to hurt you. BUt you never stopped loving me. Never gave up on me.
But I really want you to know. You are the best. Really. No matter what you do. No matter what others say. No matter what I say. I say things out of spite, and too many times, I've hurt you deep. I'm really proud to have you. Proud to be called your gf. Proud to be wearing your ring. Proud to be in your presence. Proud to be your wife(to-be). I'm.. just proud of you, can't you tell. For everything that you are. For what you are.
So, the movie taught me something. Taught me something that was right in my face, but too proud to admit it.
Where else can I find a guy like you?
Someone so giving
Someone with such a big heart
Someone who places me as no. 1
Someone who listens
Someone who bears my rantings
Someone who tolerates
Someone so patient
Someone so forgiving
I must be so lucky to have you. Really. I promise to make things good. For life. For us.
Yes, to me you are PERFECT!

I love you, Luaie. *Hugz*

The one with the low cash....

Our house hunting "season" begun way before "to me you are perfect", but however, has so far been nothing encouraging. The first foray begun when we attempted to ballot for a flat in Commonwealth in early 2007 before our increment came in.

After that ballot exercise where only 300 odd flats were available and over 10,000 applicants appiled, all we got were blank draws from many a resale flat seller or new condos which were too attractive but meant that we had to pay cash to finance the loan.

The 2 main reasons for our predicament are :

1. We had no money to make the owner want to sell leh in the sellers market where exorbitant 50-100k above valuation meant that COLD HARD CASH, has to be paid and cannot be extended to us in a form of a loan.

2. We had exceeded the limit of the S$8k combined income cap, meant that we are priced out of HDB's goods to offer and also losing our stab at the $30k grant, for 1st time buyers and also the much lower interest rate of the hdb housing loan(about 1 plus % below that of a Bank loan)

So on Sunday, 06/01/2008, a viewing opportunity of some 4 room flats in Bishan popped up and we went by too take a look. One caught our eye and particularly was not asking exorbitant cash up front.

It was a 4A Corner unit, mid-floor located in the vicinity of Bishan Park.

1st impression when we got to the house was that it was lively and the living and dining area were big. The flat was nicely maintained and had some recent renovations taking the form of the downlights and door facade (feng shui set up). The price of the flat was also "delicious" considering the hefty prices sellers are lelonging at these days. S$20K above the Valuation was a decent sum for this unit and we were really set on paying ard this amount give and take S$5k

So we took a 2nd viewing appointment with the agent, hoping to secure it by offering our sincerity in a cheque, with my mum, and low and behold, we found a LEAKING SEWERAGE PIPE. So there it ends and our offer cannot get any higher with that prospect on mind.

So the agent badgered and badgered. came up with lots of tactics!
1. offer higher, seal the deal wif S$3k more.
2. Eat his commission so that we can have the place

Well, this is not to be, so here we are hanging ard again looking for a flat.

That's our 2nd close shave with buying a place to stay!

Shilly, don't worry, we will find our place soon and very soon, okay? Be patient.
We just have to make the price right for us!

Prologue

Ahhhh.... the beginning of new life.

I started this blog so that we can document our times (good and bad), our visions, our good, our bad, our future, our family, from the moment I say " to me, you are perfect!" to you, Shilly, til the end of the road(probably either when blogspot goes BUST, or when we both die and cannot post on blogspot from heaven's internet).

Shilly, do treat this blog special, so that we can look back in life and reminiscent the facets of our journey on this long and beautiful road to eternity.