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17 Jan 2010 No Comments
in Reality bites, Relocation Tags: home, relocating, updates
Packing sucks. Be it packing of gifts, suitcases and even boxes, it never fail to give me a splitting headache.
The packing began last Monday (at least for me because I had to collect my stuff from my mom’s). I spent the whole afternoon going through my personal belongings. I never knew I had so much knick-knacks! Shoes, clothes, books, paintings, speakers and even the boxes of my camera and laptop, I had to haul it all back to The Tessarina where the movers will pack them properly for the shipment to Zürich. By the end of the day I was kaputt, Too tired to pack (again) my suitcase for the move to the temporary apartment in Wilby Residence.
The things I had to lug home from my mom's
On Tuesday, we started on our luggage, packing a month supply of clothes, toiletries, our laptops, a few books and some other essential items. This was a huge headache because I had to plan a whole wardrobe without over packing. And that means packing things for; gym, party, formal, travel, lounge and casual wear. That’s not inclusive of shoes! Miraculously, I managed to squeeze everything in 1 luggage. Impressive eh?
Luggage done, we rounded up the things we had in the kitchen to move to the temporary place. Fortunately for us, the temporary place is a stone throw away from The Tessarina. We made 3 trips to and fro from the 2 apartments and moved everything we needed for a month. We went to collect my dress in the evening and finally called it a day.
The temporary home @ Wilby Residences
Wednesday and Thursday was a breeze, Crown Relocations sent a team of 4 men and everything was done by them. Each man was assigned a room in the house to pack and they were super fast and efficient. By 4pm, everything we had were in boxes. Each furniture / item was wrapped with bubble wrapper / paper and then packed according to their size and labelled neatly with stickers. I was surprised to see the dining chair packed in a box shaped like a chair!
Professionals at work
By Thursday noon, all the boxes were safely loaded in the container and ready to go
