So finally I’ve come to my last post about Perth, and it will be the last post for a long long time. Why am I choking up as I type this? I write this post with a heavy heart and shaky hands, the latter probably alcohol-induced from an over indulgent weekend. Oof!

I guess I knew this day would come sooner or later. We sold our apartment in Perth.

I was fortunate to live in a good suburb in Perth just 5mins away from the City and 8mins away from UWA. 25 Melville Parade South Perth was my home for 3 years. I cooked, cleaned, and beautified my little abode. I’m definitely going to miss that place, and so for the last time, “Goodbye House”!

There’s so much attachment to this place besides the apartment. Perth memories were at emotional extremes: great joys, fear, love and lost.
To name a few:

• Experienced alot of life’s firsts such as: Learning how to drive, growing my own herb garden, first hail storm, first taste of freedom, learnt to play golf.
• Partied like a rockstar during my last semester and still managed to emerge a graduate.
• I had a really emotionally abusive ex boyfriend who brought my self-esteem down till the point I felt unworthy
• Lived in serious fear of stalkers and break-ins when I lived alone in my apartment.
• Met an amazing guy who built back that self-confidence and I went on to date for 5 1/2 years.
• Formed some amazing friendships. Like Jono, now one of my best mates.

Now with the apartment sold, the end of a era just feels more real.

Then there was my wheels (well my dad’s)… a 2003 Toyota RAV4, which faithfully travelled up North and down South countless times but chose to die on me once on the Freeway South just 2 minutes from my doorstep.

I loved my license plate (ANG3L) and now it’s out on the market for the taking for those in WA.

We kept it there even after I moved home to Singapore because we were travelling back to Perth quite often and it worked out cheaper to keep it than to rent a car.

So, to my set of wheels. “Bye Car”!

The only consolation is knowing that Perth is only a hop and skip away and that I have wonderful friends there like Jon & Dave still there to keep the memories alive when I visit.

It’s time I closed this huge chapter in my life. And say goodbye to Perth!