Moving Day!

Moving Day was on the 31st of May. The day where packers came and boxed up the last 3 years of our lives in The Netherlands into multi-sized carton boxes, packed into a 20-foot container and shipped off across the ocean to Singapore.

The packers brought a whole load of cartons and tape and tape and arrived before 8am. Talk about an early start. I could barely keep my eyes open...

And then they just went right into it! Folding boxes, wrapping our stuff, packing them in and sealing it shut. And all the labelling... Living, Kitchen, Bedroom, Fragile, Electronics, etc etc.. Watching all our stuff being methodically wrapped, packed and labelled was strangely surreal and nostalgic. The fact was dawning loud and clear.. WE ARE REALLY MOVING!! *panics*

A 20-footer Backing Up Into Our Little Lane

 

Then a 20-foot container was driven into the lane where we lived and our many boxes were hoarded into it. It was a truly reminiscent experience of us moving to The Netherlands 3 years ago, when again, we watched the movers in Malaysia packing our items into a container that was to be shipped to Europe. After everything was done and the container was locked, while we waited to sign off on the shipping documents. I felt a sudden rush of relief... I suppose it was due to the fact that I was in hyperdrive for the last two weeks and was doing frenzied dusting and cleaning of our accumulated possessions in the past 3 years.

And now, we are freshly checked into a long-stay apartment in a hotel and going through the motions of everyday life, before we really have to say goodbye to our life and friends here in less than 3 weeks...

Talk about being on an emotional roller coaster...