hi everybody welcome back to Gemma and george in today's video we have left quarantine
hi everybody welcome back to my channel if you're new here my name's gemma this
is george and we're a travel mad family who spent my maternity leave traveling the world
and we have just moved to singapore in today's video we're going to show you our transition from
leaving quarantine to moving into a temporary house trying to find
a new apartment get some cards get a serology test navigate the heat find
child care and all the things that come with a family moving abroad during corbin
hope you enjoyed watching good morning today is our last morning in quarantine
we just gotta wait for a text message from the government and then hopefully
we're out of here the sun set is beautiful this morning singapore has turned it on to celebrate
our bags are packed and we've just received our negative text messages
nathan's just on the phone to reception and there's a big queue which means probably lots
of people have got their test results today and are evacuating so to speak we have just
been given a time slot at 12 15 and we've been told we can make our own way down to reception
so just trying to arrange for transport and then today will be our first date in singapore
we are making our way to the lift for our freedom
we've done it oh there's our spin back bye
lots of people getting out today there it is the door right there
just waiting for a taxi nathan's just sorting out the details now so we've been
kicked out of the hotel everybody has to wait outside here it's very very hot and so hopefully
our taxi will come sooner rather than later and all of our belongings will fit into it hopefully
in the back of the taxi and we're on our way to our new apartment for two weeks
and we're actually driving through the area that we stayed in last time we came to singapore which
was when george was 12 weeks old and so we're just kind of reminiscing now and we stayed over there
in those apartments and this was um our first experience of travel as a family and with a baby
this is our you've got your own room
that's quite nice living room office living room
yep oh master bedroom i've got a bath as well nice bath
and this must be george's bedroom yet little bed oh george has got great views
got a kitchen washing machine just unpacking our belongings we'll be staying in this service
appointment for two weeks until we can find our own place so today in an hour or so we're going
to go for a serology test and then we're going to take george to a park and then go to the swimming
pool and tomorrow we're going to go and visit lots of different apartments using an agent
and then on sunday we'll be going to visit my school for a tour so a pretty intense weekend
nathan has just gone to reception we got two boxes sent over from the uk one box was returned because
i left an aerosol in there and the other one has just arrived now so nathan's going to collect that
and pay some tax on it and then we're gonna go outside for the first time
we're here today to get a serology test done for myself and nathan we are both double vaccinated
and we got those done in the uk i have my certificate of authentication but nathan's
is missing in singapore you have to have double vaccination to be allowed into
the majority of places and the best way to do that is to come to get a serology test
you get your budget unclosed taken and that shows you that you have had
both jobs and then you get um some kind of certificate or whatever it's uploaded onto
an app and then that app then allows you to enter the premises and for you to show it to people that
are on the doors of shops or supermarkets or restaurants so hopefully it's really hot we've
not had our lunch and we're not going to pass out i might need them more because he's solid
just had my test done i didn't faint and neither did nothing
and so now i've just got to wait for a few days for our app to be uploaded
um and then hopefully we're all good to go and i can go and spend my wage
just got back to our appointment and we've underestimated perhaps
how hot it's going to be hug thank you and george very rarely sleeps in the afternoon and but just
fell asleep possibly with the humidity just um two things to note about the serology tests
um number one how much it cost remind me how much it cost 180. 180 singapore dollars per person
for the two of us and we found that place george thank you how did you find the that clinic the
reception told us a minute nothing else reception and but i think if you type it in and you go onto
the government website there is a list of all the clinics and where you can get a serology test
where would you like to go
okay should we get dressed you can't go dressed like that sausage where's george's bedroom
where are we going george go shave we're going to the swimming pool yeah
had our first swim now we're just gonna go and check out a park
and the local area because george had asleep so as you can tell he's very excited um small
pavements and you're trying to navigate dogs bikes delivery drivers uh slightly chaotic but
today we're going apartment hunting we've got an agent with a car
and she's just about to pick us up
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