signed the lease on my apartment today with a two year lease.  I will be paying $2300 per month and the school will be paying $1000.  Not a bad deal for the owners.  It is very nice one bedroom apartment in a quiet, high rise building.  The security is very tight.  No one can get on the floor without an electronic pass.  The elevator will not ever stop on another floor unless someone who lives on that floor is riding with you. The apartment is along the river promenade so there are lots of restaurants and walkways.  Once the sun goes down, the streets and restaurants are very busy.  They all have tables right out along the walkways.  You hear languages of all kinds.

I am enclosing some photographs of the apartment. A few photos cover the whole thing.  The bathroom is quite fancy.  Singaporeans really like granite and this bathroom sports a lot of it.  Notice how tall the tub is.  Tubs are all tall.  At the hotel, they have warnings to hold on getting in and out.  Their bathrooms have sunken floors with drains in the floors.  I guess they are expecting overflows.  

The kitchen is tee tiny.  I got a very small trashcan to fit in the corner and I could not get my rear into the space to place the can.  I guess I will need to use the broom to pull it in and out.   

 

I was happy to learn that the refrigerator had ice trays.  I had been told that ice cubes are uncommon in their homes.  Before I left the apartment, I decided to fill the ice trays.  Well, my friends, don’t expect me to share my ice!  The cubes are 1” x 1”.  The trays are about 8” long.  I am enclosing a picture of the trays next to a very small flashlight to give you perspective.  The tee tiny trays fit in the tee tiny kitchen and are clearly intended for tee tiny people.  I will make it work.