Monday, May 26, 2008

Would You Buy Sentosa Cove or Costa Del Sol?


Sentosa Cove probably cost 10 million bucks and is touted as the most prestigious address in world.Yeah,I know I might not be able to afford it in this lifetime.However,Sentosa was once known as Pulau Blakang Mati .That doesnt sound so sexy now,does it?Other not-so-sexy facts:-

1. Low Tide, can smell the discharge (shit) from the Container Ships & other marine users,..occasional flotsam' in the form of discarded pallets, ropes,..stuff that the MPA garbage boat cannot scoop-up (cos' boat's too small),..washed up the Embankment, next the the bungalows.

2. Current Traffic congestion,..and subsequent speed-limit-cum-speed-radar (additional govt.income) generating machines,..so, that nice, fancy high-rpm car of the resident - would have to go to the workshop more often,..to adjust the timings,etc,..

3. The spacing between houses - is much too tight'. Privacy is afforded by air-conditioning whole unit - which is stupid, considering the abduance of sea-breeze - but the sea breeze sometimes smells,...

4. I can't find any house there that - really is Tropical-Friendly. This estate, currently is nothing but a competition of the different egos of people with money (or credit-line), plus the one-upmanship' prodding influence of many big-headed architects,...it's nothing but a "one-upmanshi--my place-is-nicer-than-yours-game" there,..but the overall picture gives nothing but an impression of a high-class, abeit-poor-taste-squatter.

5. The sense of neighbourliness/hood will be strained - when one family does have a party and invite guests...because when outsiders do drive in,..the roads are too narrow to accomodate,..and outsider-vehicled WILL encroach on another's frontage - thus creating tension',..this place is simply too dense to be positioned as "high class" <-but I guess the ultimate developers simply want to squeeze the most out of the limited land.



Yup, Costa Del Sol is in Malaga & Tenerife. Med seas, beautiful WHITE SANDY beaches (not like our oil reeked seas & rubbish laden beaches), all-you-can eat tapas, cheap & fresh seafood (no more fake Fish & Co type of seafood), beautiful & bountiful tanned Malenas (much better than our cup A sinkie gals) & best of all, cheaper than Sentosa Cove,only $500,000(Sing dollars)Dont worry if you cant speak Spanish can always learn from those friendly Senioritas

If you prefer somewhere nearer,there's always Joondalup in Perth,where you wake up to the breeze of the magnificent Indian ocean

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