Living in an HDB

We have been in our new place for a few months now for Papa, and one month for Mama and the boys. One word to describe it? Convenient. This home has got to be the most convenient place I have ever lived in...of my 8 countries. Within a 5 minute walk, there are shops, supermarkets, restaurants, bookstores, several movie theaters, a running track with sport center and pool, the metro and of course, our school.

Further afield are friends with pools who invite us which is very nice indeed. Somehow I do not miss D'Manor or our pool there at all. It was a lovely place for two years and I am grateful for that opportunity. But after two years of shuttling the boys back and forth to the kindergarten by bike and the primary school by MRT, we are really enjoying the short walk through a beautiful park to get to school.

If the saying, "location, location, location" is true in terms of importance, this place gets a 5 star rating. Even though it is small and sometimes noisy, it is just too convenient and comfortable. And another car-free year won't hurt our planet or our bank account! Yipeee!