Housing has been a hot issue since we got married in 2008. Property prices have since skyrocketed and no one knows if it will ever come down. I have been yearning to have my own home after marriage but my hopes are already shattered as we were not very lucky in our quest for a new home. So I had to force myself to live with his family and made a lot of adjustments to fit in.
It's really convenient if I put the blame on HDB for causing my misery and for not taking my appeals seriously. But no matter what, I believe that all these shortfalls might be a blessing in disguise. And life has to go on so we decided not to hold back the decision to have a family. A year after marriage, I had a baby and it was wonderful raising our child but life was never a bed of roses. There's stressful and teary moments and our parents came in handy during those struggling times. Ironically, they also gave us problems by not giving us the space we needed. Ahh, life is never perfect.
The recent BTO take up rate is enough to kill our dreams with the success rate being 50-50. All we really need is lady luck to be on our side. Otherwise it will be too painful to wait for another BTO and by then, I won't know if I could still muster enough patience to live through another god-knows-how-many-more-years.
I'm earnestly waiting for the time where I could go back to a cozy home and prepare cuisines for the family to enjoy, where the husband and kids return home to a great aroma in the kitchen, and to see them sharing family moments and filling our home with love and laughter.
Please let this be a reality one day...
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| Ready in 3rd Qtr 2014 |
