So you might have heard, we collected our keys to our new flat in Punggol! That was on 8 Oct 2012. Fast forward to today (27 Dec 12), and guess what? Our flat is still not ready yet! Every time we visit the flat, we end up being frustrated, helpless, and dejected. "Why?" You may ask...

Well, we looked for our brother-in-law on 7 Sep to get him to design and do up our flat. The designs didn't come till mid/end-Oct. Well, we should have taken that as the first sign that things were not gonna come soon. But we were assured that the flat would be ready by mid-December.

In Nov, the designs were out, we chose our tiles, bathroom accessories, lighting. We even bought our kitchen appliances (stove, hood, oven), refrigerator, washing machine, dining table. To top it up, we even went on a 2-week holiday to the UK/France, and now we're back! And we have now bought a rice cooker, sound bar, vacuum cleaner, kettle, bedsheets and more. Oh, did I also mention that we had already bought our mattress back in April? And guess what? Still no flat.

Basically, we have planned to make use of this entire Nov/Dec holiday to move in and settle into our new flat, but let's just say that things haven't gone according to plan. We've spent days literally scouring the streets, and sitting at cafes watching time go by. We're sick of shopping for this and that, and then wondering where the hell to put all the stuff we've bought. Thankfully the big ticket items can be stored at the warehouses until our flat is ready.

We even had grand dreams of hosting Christmas parties (notice the plural form used here) at our new flat, as housewarming! But of course, grand as these dreams may be, they remained as dreams for now and we shall now hope that the house will be ready by Chinese New Year. (which FYI, is about 1.5 months after Christmas)

The progress thus far - tiles have been laid (excluding the vinyl tiles), the lights and fans are up and just today, the first coat of paint was laid. And that's all that's been done in the flat for now.The last we heard today, the carpentry work will only be ready 15 Jan, so after installation, the flat will be ready 20 Jan at the very earliest. If you are reading this, we're gonna need to borrow your fingers and toes to be crossed that it really will be ready by then..... :(