smilemum: You will survive. In fact, I find living overseas exciting. Me and my hubby have been talking about returning to Singapore since Matt was born. Now Matt's coming to 3 soon and we are still here. Sigh, we count each year as it passes. But somehow, everytime, I think I will leave SH eventually, there is this tinge of "she bu de". don't know why.
Bring your herbs to cook soup. We bring a lot of that. we are quite ridiculous. My hubby passes by Spore every mth, we even bring fish back in ice box, cos hard to find child friendly fish here. All fish here have lots of bones. haha
Weishy: My sis will be here end June so may not have space though. but do check out budget hotels like hanting, motel 126, can be relatively cheap and it's decent. Call me when u are here. Can bring u around.