I often worry about how the rapidly escalating cost of property in Singapore will affect my future. I have always had, and still hold on to, a target of eventually owning freehold land in Singapore. But while I remain stuck in a university library trying to draft a pretend trust deed, the days come and go and property prices continue their ride up some endless stairway to heaven.
Of late I have had more prices to worry about: those of cars, or more particularly, of COEs. This is perhaps harder to explain. I have no plans, short or long term, to purchase a car. My vehicular intentions and fantasies generally involve two wheeled rear wheel driven beasts pulsating and vibrating between my... well, anyway, taking public transport to school every day this semester has not been too bad. Yet for some reason rising car prices bug me, even as motorcycle prices remain fairly stable. Maybe it is a fear that motorcycle COE prices will increase when people priced out of cars turn to bikes. I think there is also a small part of me that realistically expects or hopes to settle down with a small family car some time in the distant future.
On an entirely unrelated note, I wonder why restaurants give themselves names that sound like open mobilisation exercise code names. White Rabbit, Wild Rocket, Orange Lantern, Wild Honey. Report to your Mobilisation Centre immediately.
