8 days To Go

After one and a half year of planning, our migrating to New Zealand will actually take place in 8 days' time. How time really flies.

For the past 2 weeks, we have been busy with packing, throwing unwanted things, buying new things to bring into NZ, more packing and for myself helping my students with their exams and assignments. I will definately take a few weeks break when I reach Palmerston North on the 25th Oct 2005. Of course, there will be sad goodbyes to my family and friends but the world is getting smaller and communication and travelling is cheap and do not be surprise if you find me in Singapore this time next year. Things are getting into shape now. The movers will be coming this Wednesday, Junius have stopped school since Friday, will be giving our house keys to our tenant on the 23rd and will be selling my car this Monday.

For all my friends in Singapore, I will miss all of you and cherish all the moments that we have spent together but always remember to keep in touch. As for my family, I will always remember the love that you have given to me, Joo Bee and Junius. I will update you with our new life in Palmerston North once everything is settled.

For now take care and adios in 8 days time.

Vincent

Getting Ready for Move to New Zealand

We are now in the midst of preparing our big move to New Zealand. We have engaged Crown Movers to transport our things from Singapore to Palmerston North and it cost us $9K+ thanks partly to the high crude oil prices.

Our house is also in the market for rental/sale but I doubt the buyers are able to match our asking price due to the weak residental market and buyers prefering to buy houses in the primary market. So, in the meantime, we will rent out for 1 year first and assessed the situation.

As for the airtickets, we are waiting for the travel fair from the 9 -11 September at Suntec City to get the best airfare deals. At the moment, Air New Zealand has the best 1 way fare of $870 from Singapore to Auckland but there is no baggage allowance.

Lastly, we will be organising a farewell party for friends and relative this Sunday, 4th September.

Vincent

Cat (Miao) Gave Birth

Today, we sent Miao and Seng Chye to Mt Elizabeth Hospital and at 0217 am, Miao gave birth to a bouncing little baby boy. Congratulations.

Today, we also arranged for two moving companies to quote us - Crown Movers and Asian Tigers. Also arrange with Wilson from ERA to arrange a meeting but he did not call.

Vincent

Getting a real estate agent and a mover company

We are in the process of getting a real estate agent to either sell our condo or rent it out. We are also looking at the possibility of getting quotes from moving companies to carry our stuff from Singapore to Palmerston North.

NZ dollar coming down

Today the kiwi dollar dropped 1 more cents against the Singapore dollar. That is really good news because every cent drop mean I save $1000 bucks if I change $100 K. Waiting for the kiwi to drop to about $1.10 before exchanging.

Vincent