Where shall we Live???

My family is believing God for a home, in Mandarin gardens. Afterall, at this moment no other place feels like home. I love the sea, I want to stay near the beach. Yan's piano studio is here and uprooting elsewhere may not be ideal for the many students that come for lessons in our place. Rachel was born here and I believe this is one ideal place for her childhood and our parenthood.

Personally I can feel the property market cooling. That is great news. With more projects in the nearby amber and marine parade areas TOP soon, more rental units will be on the market and I pray that rent will come down soon, substantially.

Yesterday we viewed a shabby 2+1 marine parade flat with asking rental of $1800. Both of us were shocked to our bones, such a tiny unit, horrible floor tiles and a "vacant" unit could command so much. Yet I understand that "foreign talents" will gladly grab these units and even those 3+1 for up to $2500 monthly in this old estate of almost 30 years.

Sometimes I can't help but feel that in the pursuit to stay economically viable, the influx of "foreign talents" is adding more stress to our already fast paced lifestyle. With an ageing and picky labour force, we are indeed "losing" jobs to the PRs. The demographics of this city had changed with 1 in 4 no longer local. Some FTs bring with them undesirable habits like free-will spitting, squatting and others really bad smells. While some competition is good, life became more stressful when one had to spend much time in crowded public transport and also long queues.

Thankfully our family is pretty freelance and our off peak usage of public transport and malls made life more livable. My only grouse is rental and property ownership becoming more out of reach for ordinary citizens., especially those with families.

With only less than 2 months to go, we are depending on God our provider, to bless us with a home. Nothing is impossible with him. I believed and thank God that he had already provided a choice home in this same estate and the rental will be way below current market one. He will provide all the funds we need and more. It will be a place we all like, newly renovated, fully air con and with a good view. A peaceful place where we can live, work and nurture rachel well, not forgetting the music making.

Thank you Lord.