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At one (ok, many) points during the move/renovation/packing/unpacking, I just felt so overwhelmed. Moving to a new environment is upsetting enough without dealing with all the nitty gritty of moving and unpacking.

For us, the one thing that changed greatly is our diet. For weeks, we had been eating hawker food (yes, I do know that is common fare for most Singaporeans), and we just miss having home-cooked food. I’ve been spoiled by the fact that my mum cooks almost everyday. Naturally, first room that is restored to rights first is the kitchen (aside from the beds in the bedroom).

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Thankfully (or is it unfortunately), we didn’t renovate the kitchen. The good side is that the kitchen is the easiest part of the house to unpack and tidy up for daily use. Much thanks to the existence of built-in kitchen cabinets; the other rooms are not so lucky in terms of storage space. The not-so-good part is that I’m always thinking: “if only we hacked this wall, the kitchen will be so much brighter”, “if only we made space for a built-in oven”, etc. Still, I’m grateful that everything works, the kitchen layout is pretty decent and that I get to eat mum’s cooking again.

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The one thing about unpacking is do it slowly, bit by bit, otherwise it is just too overwhelming to see 20+ (more or less depending on how old you are) years of your life piled up in front of you.

Unpack according to your priorities. Yes, it is kitchen first for us. It can be the wardrobe for the clotheshorse, shoes for the shoe fiend, tech equipment for the geek, and so forth.