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Today marks my first full week anniversary of being here and I STILL feel like I'm on holiday and going home in the next couple of weeks. Mainly because all I've been doing is sleeping, sunbathing, swimming, eating and shopping.

 The job hunt is slow and boring - nothing more disillusioning than applying for tons of job with not even an email to say REJECTED. It's difficult as most jobs here want you to be a permanent resident, speak Mandarin or have 3-5 years of filing experience for a receptionist role. Seriously. And even though I already have a visa in place, noone seems to want me *sad face*

Anyway, apart from meeting up with new people and exploring the city, planning a list of things to do while I'm still unemployed and swimming a ridiculous amount a day, we've mainly been eating. We're lucky that we live between two hawkers centres, which are ridiculously cheap to eat in and have quite a selection of Chinese/Indian food. The price also makes us feel less guilty for eating out every night (although when I look at our kitchen and the fact we need to uy a gas bottle to make the hob work, I'm not that bothered about not cooking). 

So this is your typical hawkers centre. Complete with Singaporean soaps on the TV - we watched 5 minutes of a guy being hit by a broom. You basically choose which stall you want to eat from, pay your £2-3 and sit on any of the free tables. The woman in blue is a drinks/napkin lady who comes round and takes your drinks order. 

This is definitely his *let me eat* face.

Today (Thursday) is National Day, where Singapore is celebrating its 47th birthday. It's also a public holiday, so I've got a feeling that the pool/MRT is going to be busy! Almost definitely going to end up by the pool...

Nade x