Ok…it has been more than 3 months being away from Singapore. So here is my top 10 list of what I am missing so far. (not in any special order).

1. Of course my family…my mom, my sisters and my mom’s cooking.

2. My friends …i haven’t had the time to make new friends because the housework, the swedish classes and the kids are taking up all the time. I hardly have any time for myself.

3. Kopi in the morning. I have seriously downgraded to instant coffee. (nescafe sort). The swedish coffee is too strong for me.

4. Chai Tow Kway, Char Kway Teow, Laksa and Yong Tow Foo.

5. Cheap Taxi Rides (you can never think about getting a taxi here and not expect to pay less than $100…unless you are seriously drunk).

6. The convenient laid back NTUC supermarkets (specially the one is Hougang festival market). The supermarkets are great here…even better than those in Singapore. But the feeling is not the same. Everyone is so dressed up and upmarket here even going to the supermarket.

7. My chinese desserts…i want my cheng tng!!!!!

8. Ok lah. my domestic helper Joy. I must give her credit. Keeping up to my ‘Monica’ standard is not easy but she did well. I just cannot stand mess. Maybe that is why I am so tired cleaning up after my 3 kids.

9. My chinese drama. We have good cable here… in fact we have 33 channels at our fingertips. But none beats my Channel 8 local drama and of course my Chinese Channel on cable.

10. I miss my Singlish lah! I am so blur with my swedish and i fear that I may start Swenglish.

11. Yes, I exceeded 10. i am on the row here. I am not sure if i like the cold. I haven’t seen my arms in 3 months. Its totally dark here at 4 pm and taking time to dress up the kids is no fun. Today, i had to buy another pair of gloves for Jon just because i forgot to wear one for him. It’s not like i can tell him to ‘tahan’.

12. Service…service…service. Your roof needs to be repaired. But the repair guy says that you need to wait for 3 months as he is fully booked. Ditto for every household repair service. I am seriously thinking of taking up a ‘home improvement’ course.

13. A ‘Galang Kuni’ man. Seriously, this country takes recycling to the extreme. You have to think twice about buying something big and new because you need to think about how to dispose the old one. For example, how can i dispose my queen size mattress?

Otherwise, things are ok. 🙂 and we are having some fun. The kids love their new house although Linn wants to go back to Singapore.