The bastardised: A crutch to aid demoralised foreigners seeking accommodation in Singapore.
I've dealt with rentals in Bombay, London and New York but Singapore beats 'em all hollow. As hard as it may be to imagine, the apartments here are tinier (not sure if they're intended for the miraculously metabolically superior Singapore/Chinese frame??), rates extortionate, and a big hoo ha is made about the 'amenities' and 'facilities'. Given that I'm a woman that doesn't do gym's and whose visualisation of a 'lap' pool is significantly different from that of an athlete, I'm not impressed. Actually, I lie. The facilities are impressive, but a fat lot of good it's going to do me to pay for all of this when I'm not going to be using any of it!
Where the locations work, the apartments don't, where the apartment works, the location doesn't, and if both work, then someone insists on putting up a brand new development right next door (naturally, they will only break ground and start the piling work once you've moved in). I've seen more apartments that I ever want to again, and I'm demoralised, frustrated, knackered and ready to run away!
My list of things that I hate now include house hunting with a passion!
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