4 Ghim Moh Road With Internet

I've moved into 4 Ghim Moh road for more than 2 weeks now. And we've finally got home internet today (haven't been blogging because of that). Before that I've only been getting snippets of the internet from Jon's phone's data plan and during free hours at work.

There's a lot of nice food outlets around here with a cluster of small sundry shops and Shop and Save which opens 24 hours. I like the fact that now we're nearer to the hawker center and small shops. Last time when I was staying in Kovan I had to walk a fair distance to those because we were staying in the area of the rich who had their own cars and such. But now I'm right in the center of HDB clusters. So it's very community friendly.

However, the living space is so much smaller. When we first moved in with the 14 ft truck packed full with all our belongings (excluding Yvonne's stuff), we weren't even sure if the house would fit everything. But eventually, thankfully, it did. A lot of spacial arrangements had to be done and I had to buy a plastic set of drawers to stack up my things cz there wasn't even space under the queen-sized bed Alicia and I shared. It was over-priced, in my opinion, but it held a considerable amount of things so I think the investment was still worth it. The moving and arranging felt something like the Singapore government stacking up more and more HDB and creating more housing areas for Singapore's growing population. It's difficult but has to be managed, somehow.

Anyway we're quite settled down. I'm saving a lot of travelling time too, and a bit on travelling expenses. Now my next thoughts are on my phone and which data plan I should take up.

My current plan (with no data plan) with M1 is expiring two days later, and I'm supposed to return my phone to M1 unless I plan to re-contract and take a new phone. However, iPhone5 is coming over to Singapore soon and it seems not worth it to contract for a 4S which will have a price fall once the newer version comes up. Also I'm planning to switch from M1 to either Singtel or Starhub due to its weak coverage at my work place. I can't even receive normal SMSs properly. I think Singtel has a better coverage, but sadly they are only offering 2 GB of data now instead of 12. Starhub is still giving out 12 for roughly the same price, but I'm not sure if they've got decent coverage.

So I'll be phoneless until iphone 5 comes out. Justin is loaning me his NS phone. Feel rather said giving back my Xperia Mini which everyone says is super small and quaint, because it has gotten rather personal. They are probably going to scrap and recycle it or something. :( Still it hasn't been working well, and it's about time for a change. Phones used to be very personal things but in Singapore when I change my phone each time I have a new contract (2 years), I've learned to accept things that come and go.

Doesn't that sound something like people you meet here and there in life. Sigh.