Finding a home
People who never experience living in Singapore sometimes ask us questions like, ‘How do you manage to live in such a tiny unit? The flats are built so closely together!’. A couple from New Zealand also once said to me, ‘We flew above the city and wonder how people actually manage to live in such a busy and packed city like Singapore’.
I admit, I don’t love the lifestyle here, and I think the blocks of flats do look like lego bricks too, but, it’s all okay (hey, we’ve lived here for nearly 6 years now).
We have a choice. We either list endless complaints about everything in our life, or be grateful and thank God for the countless blessings we receive everyday. The choice is ours to make.
We chose to buy the flat we have today because of the green and hilly areas that surround us. We may need to travel quite a distance to the main city, but the weather here is somewhat cooler and the air feels fresher too compared to some other residential areas.
What makes a home is not the structure or the areas that surround it, it’s what’s inside, the family, the warmth, the love, the bond between one and another.
I’m happy our family live in a home.
