Housewarming

Today is the 'n'-th group of frds who came for house warming le! My Sec school mates.. Wendy, Jenny & Bee.. hee.. small but noisy grp esp w. Wendy & Bee around.. wah liao their voices so loud & like can nv get tired or sore-throat from talking non-stop de! how?! HAA..

Also to update on my Wish list! ha! I've almost fulfil most of them!!! I've to praise Bee for being so smart that while I dint update what I had so far, she managed to get that 1 piece that I'm lacking to 'complete' my kitchen wares.. Food blender!

Here's what -

1. Safe deposit box (we just bought it!)

2. Toaster (Coll Jer bought it!)

3. Juice blender (Colls Ros, Cyn, James & Shimin bought it!)

4. blender (Bee got it!)

5. 30cm wide non-stick frying pan (BQ, Benson & Angie got it! + a MJ table!!)

6. streamboat cum bbq table top cooker (Considered done by Sis, as it can be a deep frier too!)

7. sofa cushions (Nope.. I wan to get those super big type, bigger than a kitchen sink! yes!)

8. slow cooker >/= 4Litre (Bro bought it.. guess Mum made him do so)

9. standing tower fan (Hehehe.. Jenny, Susie & sharon sharing.. yet to deliver)

10. a nice flower vase? (Nope.. not a priority)

11. beautiful painting for my empty wall?? (nope.. not a priority)

12. charcoal filter moisture absorber for my storerooms & shoe rack?? (got it! but not effective one.. bluff & mere gimmicks )

Last two groups of friends.. TLP & Poly!

p/s: Had to mention, Wendy gave a big ang-bao! *giggles*

HOME WISH LIST

Hmm somethg wrong with my blogger posting page.. its in plain text! gosh!?! I NEED HTML! GGrr... somemore realised my draft post done in office wasnt sent to my yahoo mail & I had deleted it fm my outlook sent folder! dunno who the fucking hell i send wrongly to this time?! that last time i drew devil wings & horns on a coll photo & fwd it to a snr banker whom i dono !! GGrrr.. i can join contest for 'fastest fingers first'.. so fast & quick i cldnt see who's name i typed which the email auto suggested & i click sent. 3 steps matters & yet i cld overlooked it?! i think my eyes must really be slping on job man.. getting too bored of it.. haha.. ok i know for you must be thinking "Y R u alwys so free in office???" but its not tat im free! it COS I CAN MULTI-TASK & IM EFFICIENT!!!!! WAHAHAHAHA...

For my wish list, hehehe.. Y i wana post up my wish list? it 'serve' at least 2 purposes.. 1 to remind myself & update it whenever i think of something & 2nd, so that u ppl who might wana get me smthg can get some obvious 'hints'! hah.. hey, did any1 of U know that somewhere in the european region or germany, their culture is such that the host just choose a dept store (e.g. Harvey Nicoles) & arrange the store to note down the items U wan while e invited guests can just go there & select whichever items on Ur store list according to their budget and the store wld deliver! how nice?! I pick exactly what i wan & u ppl jus go there pick, buy & give! Not sure we have such service here in the big store?? tell me if u know? heee...

finally getting down to my wish list, here goes:
(not in any order but maybe watever come to mind first means its in my priority??)
1. Safe deposit box (not expecting anyone to buy.. ha.. )
2. Toaster (not sure sis got this, cos she bought smthg thats wrapped up to be in that proportion)
3. Juice blender (prefer only Philips or Braun)
4. blender (all purpose kind. no, it cant be used for fruits! =p)
5. 30cm wide non-stick (NOT coated type) frying pan
6. streamboat cum bbq table top cooker
7. sofa cushions
8. slow cooker >/= 4Litre (chinese use it while ang mo use pressure cooker. method diff but results kinda e same)
9. standing tower fan
10. a nice flower vase?
11. beautiful painting for my empty wall??
12. charcoal filter moisture absorber for my storerooms & shoe rack?? HEE

well, stop @ 12 items now. quite a gd start. my previous list i stop @ 6 now i doubled?! wow! hahaha

ok.. tat for tonite..

Rants

This must have been one of e sunday after many weeks that I'm slacking at home. With coming of my first 'baby', there's SO much to do! So much that I'm kinda lost what have I been busy with.. hee.. from discussing the designs, carpentry, meeting with shifu Lin, looking for TV, furnitures, to finally buying them! Gosh such matters ALWAYS exceed your expectations & budgets! In terms of the latter, its less of exceeding the estimated cost but more of under-calculating that you need more!!! Just take for example, we've managed the reno cost but little did we know that just running/installing the electrical points etc would cost a whopping $3K?! wtf! Not only that, we had the idea to install another aircon unit in the dinning hall area but the implications of that led to suggest us that it would be better to re-install the aircons in the entire house = min $4K! No way am I gonna agree to it & was so adamant to Honey this time that he relented so that we could make better use of these unneccessary costs else where. Talk about marriage, home & financial planning!

One of the most 'cost-saving' of all are our TVs! Yes, it not TV but TVs! We're gonna have TWO TVs in our house & I'm telling u it's not in the rooms..but each in our living & dining! ho ho ho! Guess we're gonna be couch potatoes liaoz... but Hey, we're not saving anything here with 2 TVs?! Rather adding to our cost isn't it? Wait, U're not gonna believe it that we'd got our 32" for approx $3oo+ & our 42" for FREE! FREE FREE FREE!!!!! Its one of the lastest LG's which cost at market $3K! wahahahaha... Thanks to Singtel MioHome plan! Honey got an 'upgrade' of his plan from MioTV to MioHome and the costs diff is not even $0 bucks?!

韩宝宝 ~ 我在家！ says:

Honey.. u upgrade miotv to miohome.. hw much dif ar?

thomas says:

for me no difference

same amt..

~ 韩宝宝 ~ 我在家！ says:

ho ho ho!

Call that an upgrade! lolx

Then for other things in the house, there's mattress, dining table & chairs, sofa, coffee table, lightings.. Lightings are SO expensive!! 我的天啊！Cove light bulbs, white & warm spot lights, kitchen & rooms lights, bathrooms & a more grand hall lamp - $2K! -_-" .. not finished. Then got fridge, washer, hob & hood, oven.. sink.. toilet bowl (did u know it cost min $200 to sit on?!), taps.. wat have not.. Make a guess how much these sets me in?! Thomas said he wil pay for all reno cost & I to foots these bills.... lucky enough? :s There're still curtains & wallpapers.. acessories.. I rem asking Thomas, "what do we need to shop for these weekends....??" - not that I cant wait to shop but I like to know if there's uncalculated for items!! Rem someone saying nonchalantly.. "Hai ya.. its like that la.. U wont be left a penny in your pockets..".. Ya .. u being there done tat.. "thanks".

Oh well.. Baby is in midst of reno. Titles are set, fixtures are up, first coat of colours painted.. arr.. happy each time I see our baby. Imagining it.. Mmmm..

updates: Scolded hell out of the curtain maker Peter from Eastpoint mall for making us waited an hour for him WITHOUT any notice! Honey was real pissed-off. We ran some errands & rush in time for our 2pm appt but til 20min past there was no sight of him. FYI, all the time that I'd made this appt, he didnt reply to confirm my sms twice so I had to call him to confirm out appt 3hrs before & worst of all, no calls from him that he'll be late. When I called him @ 2.17pm he was 'on the way'.. "where are you exactly now".. 'er.. tamp..'.. wtf.. does that means he left whereever he was @ 2pm? Shop is in Simei, we're at Punggol & 20mins past appt time & he's jus at Tamp?! ... For it was me who got referred to him by a coll & his initial quote was much cheaper so I pleaded a few times with Thomas to wait for this Peter .. when he finally arrived.. whoa.. he got a bad lashing from nonetheless - my Honey da ren.

Verdict: I've decided not to take him. First is he might up the price cos the actual measurements was slightly more than the initial sizes I gave which means the cost will be higher too so it wont be competitive anymore. 2ndly, if I would to engaged him, that means it would be a one-sided followup considering his 'way-of biz'. 3rdly, I like things in harmony.. Honey already condemned him so... U know wat I mean.

Well again.. let's hope everyone be nice.. don chop too much off ppl's profit & don let ppl take u for a fool.

Good Sunday.

Floorplan

Honey paid $5 online (HDB of cos!) to acquire the exact map for our unit. Hee! Kudos!

Punggol 5 room, 110 sqm

Now, next 2 things to do; Souce some interior designers for quotes & to contact a Feng Shui Master whom is quite 'difficult' to reach. I am of the opinion to have the MAster view out flat first before we determine which element(s) have to to be supplement or reinstate before we conceptualise the flat design or commence renovation. However, as it would be at least until June that the key may be hand over to us OFFICIALLY, we may have to make do with whatever we can first within this period. We have bought our bed too! hehehe..

Flat 2

On the way.. the blue dot!!

Map of Punggol
TPE in Red

Our Flat

Quick update on the latest of our flat search; We've come close to placing a deposit @ the Edgedale Blk 129A.



Sunday 15/02; Joined a 'mass-viewing' scheduled by this 'top' agent from one of the most well know property firm in Singapore.. her name is ELAINE Lxx. This Elaine is the 'seller' agent, i.e I am the buyer. Under her schedule, she arranged each house at 15mins interval. E.g. 2pm Flat A, 2.15pm Flat B, 2.30pm Flat C... etc. this 15mins include getting to the location, goes up, super quick view of the flat, get out & rush to the next unit! How to carefully view the flat on such tight time lines?! I thought only work have time-lines?! WTH...

Anyway, 1 of her apartment caught our attention bcos of the interior & layout. So we shortlisted this unit & have our agent arrange to take a second viewing on Tue nite. We even got ready like cash for deposit for upon confirming of the negotiated price & some necessary 'logistic'.. Were so excited & nervous but lucky I got my Aunty Brenda to tag along & speaking to her normally calms me down..



Got Aunty Brenda along cos I knew Thomas & I as a 1st time buyer would SURELY overlooked some important issue & we ready did. Aunty Brenda hit it right on the nail

(1) that the air in the house is not circulating nor ventilates.. Its not 'sucking/attracting' wind into the house nor can the wind ventilates out else where. It NOT a matter of 'wind changes direction half yearly' & it so happen that this part of the year the living rm faces the direction that wind is not coming! ~ these were wat the agents (5; 3 seller side, 2 from mine) claimed. [don ask me Y so many.. everyone kiasu, generals want 2bring soldiers'to fight e war ma.] Its really cos the living faces the inner estate & the main door is at right angle to the corridor where the winds come from!

(2) The walls have exceptionally too many cracks on the wall. According to Aunty Brenda, it jus shows that the house is too warm, hence wall & plaster expands & cracks. Its really quite stuffy thou. Standing right @ the windows U wont feel a hint of breeze.


As the seller agent Elaine got too pushy & impolite - she pissed Thomas & I off by saying "U're not the only buyer, there's alot of peo willing to queue-up to get @ this price...owner take time off .. blah blah..". Me, immediately turns to Thomas speaking in a clear loud tone "Let's go apologise to the owner NOW cos we really cant make a decision." Turn & walk out of the discussion area.

The owners were really polite, nice speaking parents as I apologetically explained. We walked out giving "french-kisses" (er hem! Friend/Flying kiss!) to the KIDS.. hee.

Nvm, this Sat we'll try again. Again viewing that Elaine's units..
3.15pm - 641B
3.30pm - 637D
3.45pm - 642D
4pm - 126A - same one… skipped this
4.15pm - 126C
4.30pm - 109A (#15)
4.45pm - 109A (#12)

nvm we hate her, we must be objective: cannot let any1 stand in our path in search for our HOME.

Luv,
Hanbaobao