Can't escape from the juggernaut...

I was woken up by a phone call this morning... for a split second I was wondering why this Aussie fella was calling me up so early in the morning... but in the subsequent split second, I realised that it was the new director of the recently established Synovate Australia.

Yes... Synovate is a juggernaut in the market research and consulting world now. They're out to take over the world!!! So they've just taken over a promising company in Australia to suck them up into their business... yes... and so, these exciting developments have made it interesting for them to consider taking me back... or for me to consider if I want to go back...

My conversation with the fella was brief but nice. Friendly fella. We agreed to meet sometime in early October. Right now he's flying across the region meeting with all sorts of people in Synovate. But when he's back in Sydney, he's keen to meet me... according to him... I'm keen to meet to... it will be good to be back in the ranks of one of the fastest growing companies in this industry... in the meantime, I'll have to be doing some thinking... is this really what I want to do.

MH's comment: Squeeze as much $$$ as you can out of this.

Nasi Lemak

Mmmm... my leftover nasi lemak is heating up in the microwave now... I made it last night for dinner and deliberately made extra for everybody's lunch today. MH should be tucking it into his now at the office. Yum!

News update of our house-hunting... we finally found a lovely little unit on Belmore Street in Burwood. We'll be going down to the agent's office to sign the contract this Friday. I'll definitely take some photos of it to send over. After we sign the contract, there's still so much to do... we'll be renting a car to move all our luggage over and then there's loads of shopping to do as well... Yeah! So exciting!

It's about time

Finally... it's about time I sat down and type a new entry for my blog... even if it has to be a short one.

It's beautiful in Sydney now. Now that I am here... I can remember how this is really one of the prettiest cities in the world. MH and I were at Darling Harbour on Monday night to meet up with Ronald who flew in from Perth on a business trip... it's so pretty there... you get a nice sense of calm and feel like you can really exhale as you stroll down along the water down there.

I've also been exercising my culinary skills here. We're still staying at MH's friend's place. But we definitely cannot eat out every night. So I cooked as often as I can for all of us. Somehow it's so easy to be a James Oliver wanabe here... don't know if its the cheap and fresh ingredients... the spring air... or MH's friend's lovely kitchen... whatever it is, it's good...

We finally found a place to rent in Burwood. The rent is a bit higher than our initial budget when we first started house-hunting. But we realise if we want a nice place at an excellent location, the price will definitely be a b it higher. We're still finalising some documents and trying to bargain with the agent to push down the price.

There's still so much to do once we get the place... like setting up the phone and internet connection and the furniture and kitchenware/cookware. We'll start with very basic items and build up slowly. We'll probably be scouting around at garage sales for good bargains.

Okay... my short entry is starting to become a wee bit long.

Singapore seems very far away now... but thanks to our little family blogging community, KK and home are still very close to my heart.