New Chapter

We've officially moved in.  We finished unpacking the last set of boxes this weekend and we've finally put everything in place! (except for the mirror and fan which requires drilling through the wall.)  Well anyways, after 2 years of looking for a better home for our baby we've finally set foot on appleton-carlmig suites.  We spent a fortune renovating the place before moving in.  Room divider, replaced broken tiles, repainted the damn walls, fixed the damn flooring, fixed the roach problems with a hundred gallons of insect spray, mounting of airconditioning…@!&*%#!! I'm trying to forget about these expenses, WHOOOSAAAA….Tumaas din ang rent ng 45% pero nasulit naman ng space, fresh air, at ambiance na matagal na namin hinahanap.

Still, nothing is perfect.  Here's a list just to site the advantages and disadvantages. 

ADVANTAGES:

1.  Space.  50 sq m na ngayon, dati approx 20 sq m lang.  Pero may disadvantage din pala.  Hehe.  Read on.

2.  Fresh air.  Windows are facing a vacant lot with a bunch of trees so air circulates like a mofo.  We seldom use the electric fan even though its summer time. 

3.  Tipid sa kuryente as mentioned on #3, and natural light kami during day time. 

4.  2 bedrooms.  Now we can accomodate visiting family and friends.  Dati, siksikan sila sa pagtulog na pag-gising nila magkakapalit na sila ng mukha. and/or amoy.

5.  Location.  Walking distance sa mga bus terminals going to Lucena.  Although we're planning to buy a car (sana po sana po sana po within the year!) convenient sya for again visiting family and friends.  Still in Pasay area so malapit pa rin sa office ko at mas lumapit sa office ni Trini.  Last year we were offered by our Titas to move to a spacious apartment, almost the same rent, may garden pa, kaso sa C-5, so we turned them down.

5.  Couldn't reiterate more about the space.  Mas malaki na ang toilet and bathroom.  Araw araw na pwede mag-swimming si Lean sa bathtub nya.  "siming! siming!"

6.  Meron na akong workshop for my gundams! Ang lawak ng pwesto ko sa likod ng parking kung saan pwede akong mag-spray paint, magpatuyo ng pintura, magliha, etc. etc.  Pero hanggang ngayon, hindi pa rin tapos si Chaos Gundam.  Hehehe.

7.  Facilities.  There's a phone in the building we can use.  Pwede nang tumawag sa akin sina Lean anytime and vice-versa.  Meron pang malaking common na basurahan sa may gate.  Sa dating apartment may mga batang nangongolekta ng basura.  Irregular na, over priced pa!

8.  The word "Condo".  Where do we live? sa "Condo" pare…Hehehe.

DISADVANTAGES:

1.  The bigger the space, the longer the chase.  Bago mo mabihisan at maliguan ang batang pagka-likot likot, magca-cardio exercise ka muna.

2.  We sacrificed cable TV just to balance out expenses.  Bye Jack TV, ETC and HBO…you are dearly missed.

3.  Walang malapit na tindahan.  Saan ako bibili ng beer?

4.  Neighbors aren't that friendly.  We miss our old neighbors.  They love Lean back at the old apartment.   Iyakin sya lalo ngayon dahil sa kanyang bungang araw.  Yun nga ang kanyang bagong pagpapatulog, kamot sa likod.  "KA-TTTI…KA-TTTI…"

5.  Disadvantage for Jacqueline, mas malawak na ang lilinisin nya! Hehehe.

Nakakalungkot din sa isang banda ang paglipat namin.  I lived there with my buddies for 2 years and with Trini for 3 years.  I was just starting my job when we moved there at dun ako sa apartment na yun na-regular.  It was there where Trini and I lived together before we got married and It was there where we had our son.  Dun na din sya nag-celebrate ng kanyang first birthday.  Maganda nga daw ang feng-shui sabi ng kaibigan ko.  Sangkatutak ang mga napagdaanan namin, lalo na ako, sa apartment na yun.  Happy times mostly, but life changing episodes ng buhay ko dun ko naranasan.  I can say that I was already on my comfort zone at that apartment and now there's this little gloominess inside our new place that I wish I can explain.  Siguro nga naninibago lang ako.  Pero ganun talaga, change is the only thing constant.  I guess we'll have to see what happens in this New Chapter…