Nate went to his friend, Catriona's birthday party... unfortunately it was raining so the kids could not hit the pool or the outdoor jungle gym but had to stay indoors with one tiny jumping castle, worse they had access to the switch so they kept switching the motor on and off making the castle deflate and reflate and were all on top of one another. The room was quite small so alot of kids, noise and parents squished in.
The food was alot of kiddie favourites, pizza and sausages... but a good thing here is that all the party packs to date has small toys and minimal sweets. I did notice though alot of the moms here seem more matronly. My friends all also seem to have aged, many of the guys have braved the grey and not dyed their hair black anymore, the girl friends have tiny crow feet. I met a friend for dinner last night and found an area in singapore that looked like NY Soho, chic little tiny stores.
I also read a pamphlet on housing here, so there are only 2,400 plots of land that are designated GCBs (good class bungalows) and thats why there is a "shortage" of them and why it was a bit of a challenge to get one as most are owner occupied and owners who rent also have "holding power" and can choose not to rent if they do not want to.
Which reminds me, near our home is a house that is so huge it looks like an apartment, it has a big eagle outside (must be indonesians), the eagle is bigger than the eagle at Christine's Eagle Canyon roundabout and the owner has like 6 ferraris parked outside (almost resembling a sports car show room). Mom and I just had to burst out laughing, it was hard to figure out if it was an apartment, a house, a showroom or eagle canyon entrance!
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