(this has been sitting in my drafts for 2 weeks now)

so i went house hunting today [the sat i wrote this]. am i considered an adult now? :O i sourced the houses through propertyguru. though my dream home location is somewhere near the right fringe i still wanted somewhere close to yishun for now. so many thoughts about house hunting for the first time.

for starters, i didnt know what qn to ask. when you first approach the agent through whatsapp about house viewing they usually have a template of questions to ask you. like your name, age, citizenship, how long you wanna rent for, how soon you can move in, your occupation etc. initially i was thinking if i should lie about my occupation, just say a random office role or whatever but i didnt and went ahead with my actual job. i mean not that my job is embarrassing or indecent, i rather avoid so that i dont get any unnecessary request for consult

well there wasnt much issues with my so-called applications for house viewing except that one agent rejected my request because i was fully WFH. at the start i was ?? and even angry when she explained the reason for rejection but i was like whatever. perhaps it's not going to be that feeling if i were desperately looking for somewhere.

anyway the first hosue i viewed was somewhere in Zone G. i cycled there and yes, i got lost as usual though i kinda frequented that place >.< i was late for 5min so the agent was already waiting for me at the lift lobby. i quietly crept behind him and parked my bike but he saw me in the end, looking so shabby :/ the house belonged to his secondary school friend who was a single parent taxi driver supporting his daughter. and he fostered dogs!! aww so cute and he was really such a kind person. i was asking him if he were okay with me fully wfh, cos some owners were not okay due to the increase in usage and electricity for aircon etc and he very layman-ly chided those owners on my behalf (': but overall the house wasnt to my liking as it had an altar and i think he smoked but he's such a nice dude i hope God or Buddha blesses him somehow.

the second house was nearer to the mrt at blk 83X. mid-floor, also being rented out by a single parent. but this lady owner was in a better position so to speak. she look relatively young yet was retired and her son was part-time studying/full-time working. i kinda liked the room (it was bigger than the zone g one) and the house was rather cooling amidst the sullen weather. but i didnt give a reply to the agent in the end (nor did he chase) but as i sat in wildwood cafe that day for lunch, i was thinking about what i exactly wanted. it wasnt about money per se, or was it? i didnt know exactly. just grateful for the eye-opening experiences i guess.