I swear I would quit shopping for good...

Yes I swear never to shop again if shopping was to become like this..

It was really a different kind of shopping...

As some of the flats were re-purchased flats, we decided to go and take a look at each one of them.

Tools needed:
- pen
- jotter book (to record everything!)
- touch light (to shine on walls especially if there were fresh coats of paint - to see if loan sharks came to signature the wall!!)
- compass (to see the direction of the flat; and whether there was west sun)
- listing of flats (get from HDB)
- booklet of floor plans of all the available units (get from HDB)

While people were preparing to celebrate Christmas on 22/12, celebrate countdown for Christmas on 24/12 and Christmas on 25/12, we were going to one unit by one unit...looking, shining torches, flashing compass.....

It was tiring..very tiring..

Unforgettable experience:
- The first flat that we went to in Hougang..it was a loanshark flat...there was paint on the door and floor..that was scary..and left a very lasting impression that all the more confirm that we must go see each flat, especially the re-purchased ones...imagine the first flat was already a tai yi long flat...traumatic...Subsequently there were a few flats at Hougang that looked rather suspicious too.

- One lady at Sengkang was really nice. Apparantly many people had been coming to view the vacant unit next to hers. She graciously allowed us to enter her house to have a look.

- One uncle at Punggol saw us holding the floor plans and chatted us up. We confirmed with him that the unit available in that block was free from tai yi long..it was kind of him to initiate the chat with us..and he even told us 'welcome to Punggol'..so sweet...

- We knocked on neighbours' doors to check on a few of the re-purchased flats that we were very interested in...I think that helped alot as the neighbours could really furnish alot of information...of course we did not knock on everyone's door to check on EVERY unit..just those re-purchased ones that we were really interested in..

- We met a handful of couple who did the same as us...fervently going to unit after unit to check...sigh...

The different kind of shopping will continue later in the evening...

Anyone wanna go for real shopping after 04/01/08? :)