Moving on up

For the last two days Cody and I have been working with Joanna, a realtor that works with Crown Relocation, to find a new home. Not that I'm complaining about where we are- The Swissotel is the bomb. We'll be here another week before moving into our new place!

Hotel Lobby

The Executive Club has great snacks! 

So grateful for this amazing opportunity- and a smart husband.

Joanna took us to see a few different apartment options here in Singapore. Mostly located in the Orchard Scotts area or District 9...makes me think of the Hunger Games. Every one that we saw was so beautiful! Bigger than I expected, but since I heard we were moving to Asia I think I've been imagining a matchbox!! 

We had lunch at Wee Nam Kee...Chicken Rice was delicious. 

Yesterday we also got our EZ-link cards set up. That's how we'll travel around since we won't have a car. The subway system and buses are all interconnected and very easy to use...kinda exciting! (Since they drive on the other side of the road, with the wheel on the right side of the car...I'm glad we're not even trying.)

Today we went to view several apartments at the building that we liked the most. The rental process here is very different than it is Stateside. You're typically renting from a landlord that is represented by their own agent. That agent and your agent, in our case Joanna, work out the lease details. It's a pretty high pressure situation and we, "made an offer" immediately after viewing one this morning. We won't know for a few days if it's been accepted, but we sure hope so!

The agents making a deal

We had lunch at Ikea after shopping for
new furniture...Cody found
ice cream.

As I'm typing Cody is researching churches so I'm sure we'll be visiting one this weekend! This evening we are going to meet with Quinn and Dawn, a couple that have given us lots of advice on moving to Singapore. They're also Aggies and we've been e-mailing with them for a few weeks. Should be fun, we're excited to make friends.

Love,

Christie & Cody