Which is my side of the bed?

I am now beginning to like our new room. Without living eight to a room, we can be a lot more creative. I even decorated the room to my liking too. Can you guess which is my side of the bed?

I bought new bedsheets, new pillow cases, a table and a few other items too. In the past, there were too many items on the bed to want to do it up nicely. Now, we have a cupboard, drawers and even a make-up table to keep some of out things. This way, we can keep our bed really neat! How nice!

I am beginning to get used to the new place and I now have a sound sleep each night. While the room is not air-conditioned and we can hear the traffic, getting used to it is easy... especially when you are dead tired at the end of the day!

My first night at the new room!

Moving to a new place and sleeping on a new bed is always not easy for me. Sometimes it takes me a few days to get used to the new bed and the new environment. Fortunately, it was a long weekend, which allows me an extra day to get used to the new environment. Sunday is going to be my first day at my new room... am I excited!

I spent the latter part of Sunday buying some utensils for my cooking and eating. At my previous place, we could use what was provided by my ex-landlord but my current landlord is a Muslim, which means I have to use my own utensils. Not that I mind using his, it's more like he minds me using them as he has to ensure everything is HALAL (...although I do not know what exactly that means! Nevertheless, I must be sensitive to these things). He did tell me not to leave pork in the fridge!

That evening I went back home at about 8pm. My landlord was at home so I was feeling a bit uneasy about moving around. He is a nice person but I think it's just me, trying to get used to the place.

At one point, I was feeling hungry and I did not feel comfortable to go cook in the kitchen. Fortunately, I had a loaf of bread which I brought over from my old place and I took two slices before I went to sleep (or at least attempt to sleep). Plain old bread taste good when you are hungry enough!

I tossed and turned till my sister came back close to midnight! By then, my landlord was asleep so I showed my sister the bathroom and how to turn on the heater etc... We then had a short chat before we both tried to sleep. She must have been tired as before long I could hear some heavy breathing! I was awake till about 2am!


When we both woke up on Monday, my sister said she had a very sound sleep and the room and bed was very comfortable! My poor sister must be really tired. She had to work overtime, just trying to earn a little more!

Found a room!

I finally found a room at Bedok! I had wanted a room for so long and finally I found it. A friend saw an ad in the internet and told me about it. With her help, I immediately made arrangements to view the flat at Bedok, right after my work. When I arrived, I was shocked! The outside of the house was full of plants... obviously a plant lover, I thought!

This is a two bedroom flat owned by a Malay bachelor just across the road from the Bedok library. He had previously rented the common room out to a Chinese couple but they left recently. When I was there looking at the room, I noticed that he was receiving many inquiries about the room. The price he is asking for is quite reasonable, SGD500 per month. It was well kept considering that he is a bachelor!

I decided to take the room and told him that I will be sharing it with my sister. He then asked for SGD650 which is way off my budget. We finally got it down to SGD600 but this was still quite a sum for me. If I divide this amount between the both of us, we will be paying SGD300 each, SGD90 more than what we are paying for now. Thoughts ran through my mind like a train! Should I? Should I not?

I weigh the benefits... a room to ourselves, no queuing for bathrooms or washing machines, privacy, no more missing items, better sleep, ... The disadvantages... no friends to "gossip" with... so when my sister is at work, it will be just me or if I am at work, it will be just her! But it's only a 3 minutes walk to my current place which means I can still walk there to see my friends! What is more important? Privacy or friends... both are important but at this point in my life, privacy and a little peace is more important.

The owner seems a nice guy, a little introvert but he did not like heavy cooking (which I don't do anyway) and ask that I be considerate to his Muslim faith when cooking or eating pork in the house. That's fair!

I decided to go for it! I gave him a S$600 downpayment and decided not to think about it any longer. I know it will be painful when I think about it... and to think of it, my sister has not seen it yet! The deal was I move in on 1 May!