The one thing that i look forward to these days is to eventually just settle down in ONE place. One country, one city, one home.

Currently, I can say that I have three homes- my current home in Dubai, my home where I grew up in in Singapore, and the home where I will eventually live in in Sydney. Apart from these THREE homes, I also make a living place out of hotel rooms. I very frequently am spotted through the lobbies of the Hiltons, the Holiday Inns, the Sheratons and the Marriots. It was all very exciting in the beginning being able to shower with designer bath products and plush towels before resting in the comfy bed with a goose down duvet. But now the excitement has worn off. Crabtree and Evelyn toiletries is a standard requirement and the room service menu has to be more than a 2-fold card.

 

I am tired of shuttling between countries and living out of a suitcase.

 

But of course, the universe has heard me and decided to play a big cosmic joke. I was forced to move out of my apartment in Dubai because the lease has ended so I packed all my personal belongings and had the movers take it to my new apartment yesterday. However, my new apartment has no bed, sofa set, refrigerator, cooker, washer and dryer, so I am forced to come back home to my old apartment every night just so I can have a bed to sleep on and food to eat from the refrigerator.

 

Isn't it ironic? I went from shuttling between countries to shuttling between apartment units.

My only consolation is the size and beauty of the built in shoe closet in the new apartment. My shoes have never seen such joy.