I am currently searching for a new house for after graduation. He has decided very firmly that he wants to remain in KL although I am against the idea for I am thinking about the future, when we have kids and what kind of place I’d like to live in; I imagine a place where I would feel it’s safe to let the children (read: in the future) play outside, very much like my childhood days where I would go around my housing area on a bicycle or even walk to the kedai runcit with my neighbours. 

I want an area where the neighbourhood is like a real tight-knit community. I want us neighbours to know each other and to actually talk to one another, like one big family. 

However, as a very young couple, I also understand that work opportunities are best in KL. So we made a compromise, whereby, we would prefer to live in the suburbs near to the big city. 

We headed to my uncle’s place for an open house a few weekends ago and we thought, “This is a nice are to live in.” This place had everything we wanted for starting a family! 

That’s when the Husband decided to Google for a place in Shah Alam and we stumbled upon the first high-rise and first resort-inspired residences in TTDI Alam Impian; Olivina Residences.