Natas Fair 2012

We booked our honeymoon at the Natas fair at Expo on Saturday. We are going to the States for 15 days in December. 

These are the freebies we got from the Natas fair.

a) 3 luggages

b) 1 small MasterCard bag

c) 2 boxes of locks

d) 1 card case with pen and key chain

e) 2 discount offers for next trip (next holiday with Super Travel) 

f) 1 free land tour in China (next holiday with Super Travel) 

g) 1 travel adapter

Our Dream Seletar Mall

The Seletar Mall, a new development by a 70:30 joint venture between Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) and United Engineers Limited (UEL), will be completed at the end of 2014.

The 99-year leasehold mall, located at the junction of Sengkang West Avenue and Fernvale Road, will have a gross floor area of 284,000 sq ft and a net lettable area of 188,000 sq ft, spread over four levels above ground and two basement levels.

Key anchor tenants include a cineplex on the fourth floor, a food court on the third floor, and a supermarket at the basement. The basement will also have about 390 parking spaces.

The Seletar Mall will be family-oriented and cater to existing and future residents staying in HDB flats, private condominiums and landed properties in the vicinity. There will be 730,000 residents and a working population of 47,000, including those from the upcoming Aerospace Park which will be ready next year, within five kilometres of the development.

The Seletar Mall and Fernvale Palms Progress (18 August 2012)

The new mall near to Fernvale LRT will be named The Seletar Mall which will be completed by December this year, pretty fast right. They have just started construction few months back. This is the difference between commercial valued building and residential flats. The owner of Seletar Mall will push for the early completion of the mall so that they can start collecting rental. So, by the time we move into Palms, we will have a small shopping mall to walk around. But, the short 6 months completion of the mall makes me wonder how big the mall is. Hopefully, it is not as disappointing as Rivervale Mall and HDB don't close down the Fernvale Point. I guess all residents will welcome more amenities, the more the merrier.

I saw a report that Seletar Mall will be ready by end 2014, which seems to be a more realistic date to me.

The progress of the B blocks seems stagnant for the past 1.5 months though we are unsure if there are any E&M works on-going. The main contractor seems to be rushing civil work for the A blocks. Based on site progress, it looks like quite impossible for us to get the keys before we go for honeymoon in December. April 2013 will be a realistic date to get our keys and February before CNY will be a bonus.   

I enjoyed observing the Sengkang west-loop residents' lifestyle. There was a very queue outside a shop at Tongkang LRT in the late Saturday afternoon. I think that is our home nearest Singapore Pools outlet, which is not that near though. It was also quite common for the residents to have family BBQ at the BBQ pit beside the basketball court. I think I have met at least 3 families having BBQ when I visisted Palms. Yesterday was the first time that I met another couple who went down to observe the progress of Palms. They were taking photos of the project too. The progress of Fernvale Gardens BTO is also in full swing now. There were a lot of workers working on the project yesterday and I guess residents for the B blocks facing the basketball court will have to bear with the noise and dust for a year.

Mr. & Mrs Shen First KL Holiday

It was our first overseas trip together as husband and wife. We visited KL during this year National Day long holiday.

Sunday Breakfast At Swee Choon Dim Sum @ Jalan Besar

Dear and I had breakfast at Swee Choon Dim Sum at Jalan Besar today as we have the crave for it after watching the HK serial L'Escargot through Saturday night.