Slowly but surely

June 2009

May 2010

I will never forget the overnight queuing we had to endure last April when Sim Lian announced the walk-in-selection. It was awful. Imagine sitting on hard, plastic chairs for more than a day! And we weren't allowed to leave. Anyone who left was assumed to have given up his/her queue number. Roll calls were done to prevent any unfairness (i.e. some people going home to sleep and coming back the next day).

When morning finally came, there was more waiting, this time in the humid heat, for our turn to select our unit. We waited a total of 19 hours, without sleep, before signing our lives away on the 2nd evening. But it sure was worth it. Looking back, i really have to thank my parents for driving all the way down to the East on that Fri evening to help us to 'chope' a queue number. And of course, his parents, for helping us to buy lunch and taking our place, as we slipped away to wash up at his place on the 2nd day.

As of our last site visit, all floors for the blocks are up. Water tanks are up for most blocks and they are starting work on the multi storey carpark and the road drainages. The window and balcony grilles for our unit are also up. Fingers crossed we will be able to collect our keys by Jan next year? :)