Day 12 of 366. Everyone seems to have gone down with norovirus…suboptimal.

Day 11 of 366. The little guy had a great first day at school and came back smiling which was a great relief.

Day 10 of 366. Finally got an internet connection installed in the new place. The dining chairs arrived, the apartment is coming together.

Day 9 of 366. Took my son to his Japanese school today and got him registered. His first day is Thursday. I don’t know how he is going to get on as it’s quite a traditional school and he doesn’t speak much Japanese yet. Could be a tough first few months.

In other news the new house is nearly ready to move into. The Internet gets connected on Thursday. My bed arrives on Friday and the curtains on the weekend.

A new start is coming.

Day 8 of 366. 2% of the year is already gone.

Day 7 of 366. Worked until 9am putting furniture together then slept all afternoon.

Soba with the family for dinner and back to the apartment to put together more stuff.

Day 6/366. Visited Cosmo world and then spent the whole evening building IKEA furniture.

Day 5/366. The new vaccum cleaner and microwave were delivered. Starting to look more like a home now.

Day 4/366. More white goods purchased. School clothes for the little guy picked up. 1% of 2024 is already over…crikey.

Day 3/366. Not a bad day. The two months’ deposit for our apartment in Singapore was – with minor agreed deductions – returned. Helpful. A friend who was holding my last few items in Singapore has found a buyer for most of them.

We picked up a vaccum cleaner, a microwave, a rice cooker and a washlet.

Additionally, after a painful hour on the phone we ‘may’ have an Internet connection in two weeks’ time. 300 meg rather than 1 gig fibre – due to the age of the property – but wired and open. This means I can use my own DNS and set up proper firewall rules.

So ‘getting there.’ Next will be my ‘spousal visa,’ a local bank account and then some form of employment.