Britain's Got Talent

Rome Home Sweet Home

My friends and I had been searching for a place to stay in after leaving NTU hostel. In fact we had been contacting many property agents and asking people that we know for any recommendation and suggestion. The reason that made it difficult for us to find a good place was that our group wanted to move in early July but settled the deal by end of May 08. Many had tried to convince me that it would be difficult but hard works did pay.

After sharing with several friends, many had feedback that our unit is a very good deal. Some pictures of the unit were taken using my mobile phone camera:







So Do you think it's an HDB, Condo or EA?

I would not give you tips for finding good house as I don’t have ones. However I would like to share what we had done to get such a good deal.

1. Define our requirement. It should not be merely defining the type of accommodation, the location and the move-in time but it is also important to determine the total budget of the group. For us, we base our search on type (e.g. 3+1), location (distance from MRT) and the rental fee.


2. Search on internet (http://www.sg-house.com/, http://www.flatsdb.com/, etc), read newspaper for any listing, ask friends or call the agent. Don’t hesitate to ask me if you need contact number of a good agent. I have some. (Note: if you are using agent, remember to ask them about the commission fee and other administration fee)


3. Visit the house with several people of your group to derive a fair judgement. Sometimes the emotion override man's conscience. Don't forget to bargain!


4. Pray, pray and pray! Yes I did pray to God for His guidance in finding the desired unit the night before with all my heart... And... it's just the night before I closed the good deal.


5. Last but not least, ensure that all the member of the group put effort for finding the place. It needs not to be fair but sufficient. Hence all will know how difficult it was to find a good place.

A Grateful Engineer

I have just come back from a prayer meeting in NTU. It has been a while for me not having such a great time praising and worshipping my wonderful God. I came to the prayer meeting with so many things inside my head. I have just cleared my final examination as an undergraduate and completed my final presentation for the degree. I am unofficially a BACHELOR... yeah a bachelor with so many things in his head...

"William Kangdra B. Eng"

Although I have finished most of the necessary stuffs of my academic life, there are still so many things that I have to work on... career, fiancée finance, business, friends or a place for living. All this things distracted me from being thankful of all that I have received during this past few months. And... truly the prayer meeting with the theme of thanksgiving is just a perfect reminder to me.

Here are some of the great events that I should be grateful for:

1. Completed my last examination as an undergraduate in NTU. Definitely there is still room for improvement but I guess I have done my best for all the papers. During the exam preparation process itself I learnt a lot of new things. I meant beside the technical knowledge. Hint: it’s about belief, perseverance and compromise.

My Last paper: MP4010

2. Finished my FYP presentation. I really thank Prof Heng for helping me so much during the presentation and inspiring me throughout the year. If you asked me what is one thing that I regret in life, the thing will be I didn’t take URECA under Prof. Heng in third year. (I am kidding... I shouldn't have regretted what had happened)

My Final Year Project: Electroencephalography (Mind Controlled device)

3. I am a National Achiever Congress 2008 graduate (Thanks Benny!!!). Yeah, it is a great three days seminar. If you were reading one of my posts and thought that being a millionaire before thirty years old is a joke, I think you need to attend this congress. I have meet James and Eric in this event. They are a very motivated and programmed-to-success kind of people.

4. Makan Sutra session. It’s a free event organized by the government agency for foreign student and for me it is a very good networking session. I got to know new people like: Yos from Nigeria, Desy from Medan (my home town), Hartono from Jakarta, Victor from Malaysia (KL), and many more.

Left to right: Desy, Lele, Rica, Kadek, Sophie and a handsome guy :-p

5. I have produced a (technical) paper that was accepted to the Second International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology, i-CREATe 2008. Hence I got a chance to go to Bangkok for free. Yay!

Be grateful and all the good things will come upon you!