Saturday, January 14, 2012

Benefit on hind sight

So Papa, Mum, Monkey and I decided to take a trip down south to see what our inital choice of suburb to settle down in Perth is like. See, when my parents started sourcing out for a place to build our own property (that was early 2010), they were very interested in thornlie, a small suburb down south of perth. It's a smaller land lot, further away from the ocean, more expensive but nearer to town, and of course, UWA. We have never seen that place during that time for everything was conversed with the Singapore branch of the housing agent based in Perh.

However, due to time restrictions, the land in that particular place was not ready yet and we couldn't get it on time to fit into our plan of moving over by June 2011. So, my Dad began to source for other areas and eventually, we got Butler. Back to the story, we took an 80min drive down to see what that town actually looks like.

Upon reaching there, there was a common viewpoint that all of us shared. We were all very grateful that God lead us to Butler instead of Thornlie. I'm not saying that Thornlie is a bad suburb. NO, I'm just saying that the layout, the scenery, the everything of Butler appealed to us more than Thornlie. Though it's way further for us to travel to school, my sis and I still could bear the distance and from what we can see, the prospect of Butler is really up and coming.

I mean, the train station for Butler is right on it's way. There will be shops and businesses all around our area in about 2 years time. So, benefit on hindsight, I'm glad we ended up in Butler. Haha. I'm okay not living near my fellow Asians fellows, I'm okay being different. Just where God leads, I'll go :)

2 comments:

  1. Hi Jia Yee,it's Chinese New Year at Singapore soon, starting next Monday (CNY eve on Sunday), so happy CNY in advance! Do you still celebrate CNY over at Australia? And 80min trip?! That's like unthinkable in Singapore, especially with the launch of the Circle Line (MRT) last year.

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  2. Yes! Happy CNY yuan hao. Nah, they don't celebrate CNY here, but you can still find the new year goodies in the Asian supermarkets here. My family just bought yu sheng, love letters and pineapple tarts ya. Yes, Perth is soooo big. Really, Singapore can't be compared to it man. Haha. Hope all is going well in school. I know that the mrt recently keeps breaking down!

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