Moving house aGAin!

3rd rented place within the last 1 yr +! Both Haz and I will be moving again this Friday; still in Pyrmont though. The landlord of my current place had put it up for sale and we had no choice but to search for a new place 2 months ago. Glad that we got 1 relatively quickly as the current rental market is just too hot! Queues of 20 people are not a common sight at any open house. And of coz, with huge demand and limited supply, the rental costs skyrocketed, averaging $380 (very average place) to $550 (more quiet parts of Pyrmont and newer establishment) PER WEEK.

We got this new place at the same rate as our current place, about the same size and pretty new and sleek finishings. Will post pictures of it after we had settled in.

What had Haz and I be up to in the past month? Hiding at home from the cold... Haha.. I had been pretty busy at work (busy period now) but of coz, we did spend quality time together, exploring new places to makan and practised quite a bit of golf together. Haz is getting the hang while I seem to have 'de-proved'... Hope to hit the course again soon.

Michelle flew to Syd for work last weekend and we caught up for seafood at the Fish Market (Sat).

On the next day (Sun), she joined us all for City2Surf 2007! Haz and I set off with a goal in mind; To beat last year's result of completing the 14km event in under 3 hours. We had jogged, walked and taken photos during the event last year. So, for this year, we tried to jog more and walk less (even though we had not trained properly for this!). We finished below 2 hr 30 mins! Great feat considering that we started the race after it had started 35mins ago! So, in effect, we finished within 2 hrs (with a toilet break in between and walking the last kilometer!). Well done dear for the perserverance!

The photo is missing Mr Tay once again. Apparently he is nursing a knee injury.. Haha..

On the Sunday night itself, after the City2Surfy, we had our very first Sydney secondee dinner, all thanks to PwC SG for providing us an all expense paid dinner at Golden Century (one of the best Chinese seafood restaurant in Sydney). It is both to celebrate SG National Day and also a great chance for all secondees in Sydney to have a formal get-together and know each other better. We had lots of fun, although it took Aileen's (Aaron's wife) Q&A session to break the ice for the new secondees (who are a tad too shy initially).. Haha..

Disclaimer: I'm red-faced due to the sunburn not alcohol. The 2 beers on the table is Aaron's..

That's the latest updates I have for you. Will have more updates on my new place soon, i hope. MAA (3rd technical module) exam is on 11th Sep and study break is here soon.

Take good care all! Cheers!