Getting Settled

I have finally found a place to live after much procrastinating and minimal searching.  I am moving into a 3 bedroom fully furnished condo that only has one other roommate right now.  My roommate is a Malaysian girl who moved here and opened her own hair salon.  She barely speaks any English but is very nice and respectful so far.  Her boyfriend speaks English very well and helps us communicate as we get things organized.  She has the master bedroom with her own bathroom.  I have what is called a common room, which means I have my own bedroom but eventually I will share the bathroom with whoever moves in the 3rd room.  The condo has 2 pools, one of which is huge.  It also has a gym which I have not checked out yet.

My new roommate works a lot including on the weekends, which means I will have lots of quiet time to myself at night and on the weekends which I like. :)  I will be using Google translate a lot to help communicate with her.  If you haven't checked Google translate out yet, it is a must.  You can translate any word/phrase to another language and you can click on a link and the computer will say the expression for you so you can hear how it is pronounced.  So I will be learning a little bit of Chinese while I am here. 

The condo is very nice, clean and modern looking.  I haven't seen many condos in Singapore yet, but I think it is the typical style of condos here.  I think they are designed the way they are due to the climate.  The floors are all tile except for my bedroom which has medium colored hardwood floors (or fake hardwood floors, I can't tell).  There are mirrors everywhere in this place.  There is a whole wall that is just mirrors on the back wall of the living/dining area.  There are sliding doors in the living room that open up to the outside, but not really a balcony to step out onto, it's kind of like the living room is the balcony if that makes any sense.  There is a kitchen with stove top burners, but no oven.  Most condos here don't have ovens.  Then the laundry room is a balcony area that is actually outside, but has roof and is partially enclosed with walls.  Also, most condos don't have dryers, but we do have a washing machine.  I am having trouble uploading photos into the blog for whatever reason, so you will have to refer to my facebook album 2011 for pics of the condo. 

It is nice to have a place to go home to after working all day. :)