In a week's time, my hubby and I will be moving in to our new HOME. For the past weeks, we have been busy - hubby busy building his "empire" at work whilst I, being the organized, creative freako, took the responsibility of making sure our home looks perfect to us. Thank goodness for my hubby's flexibility, he could hop over to our house to make sure things are ok as and when I need him to, whenever I cannot get off work in between the working hours.
This afternoon, we arranged cleaners to clean the entire house today. The house was a mess initially but when we came back to pick them up 5 hours later, the whole house turned sparkling clean! Like magic! We can't wait to move in - our favourite spot in the house: The big cozy balcony that faces the reserved forest and most importantly we get to escape the massive peak hour Cheras traffic!
Furnitures will be delivered on Tuesday and Wednesday and there are still a few more small tiny items yet to be completed and we all hope it could be done before next Saturday! (If it doesn't, I'm going to give the contractor another round of lecture! You wouldn't want to mess with pregger ladies I tell ya. We have short fuse you know).
My MIL will be flying down with her maid tomorrow to do another round of cleaning for the next few days for us before they both return to Brunei, whilst my parents are preparing all the cookery stuff for the big moving-in ceremony next Saturday. They are doing this for the love of their children - US! We absolutely love our parents very much. What would we do without them??!
This post is specially dedicated to our Mom, Dad (The Ngs and the Wongs): Tim and I love you very very much. Thank you for doing this for us. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
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Showing posts with label Furnitures. Show all posts
18 July 2010
13 July 2010
Weekend Chores
I missed going to work. You must be thinking , "ARE YOU SERIOUS???!" Guess its true. Had it not been my head spinning around when I woke up at 6 this morning with the little baby taking constant free kicks in my tummy at the same time and my legs somehow felt numb from the night-cramps (both legs this time!), I would have been in the office right about this time. I'll just take this day-off (or what we normally term it as MC) to relax and chill at home after a long tiresome-but-fruitful weekend. This is the time where I really wish I could go for a nice Thai massage where I would ask them to go straight to my legs, massage it like the hamburger-way, and pour hot stinging oil on it to burn the cramps away!
Last weekend with my MIL was awesome. We began our day at 9.30am after breakfast by heading straight to the new crib. We were dissappointed as there were few things the contractor has yet to complete. By the current state of it, we are now worried if the contractor would ever be able to finish his job on time and if we would be able to move in on July 24th as scheduled. We gave the contractor an ultimatum and he promised all will be completed by then (fingers' crossed!!).
We then drove to Harvey Norman at Ikano P.C. to arrange the delivery of our new washing machine, dryer and fridge. All to be delivered by 20th of this month. We then walked over to MACY to shop for new beds for the guest room and the maid's room. We found what we liked and with the sales lady throwing in some good discounts for us, the sales of the 2 items were completed in less than an hour!
After lunch, we soldiered on with our to-do-shopping list. We drove out of Ikano and head over to LC Lighting Centre which is situated at Jalan Semangat, PJ. As we have specific taste on the lightings design, we found what we wanted and the sales person Mr Adwin frantically piling up the boxes of lights according to our demand. Yes, we were pretty demanding then...especially when comes to asking for free gifts (we are Chinese afterall) and we managed to squeeze FIVE (5) energy-saving light bulbs from them for FREE! Whoo hoo!
Our Philips Lighting. After a long search, I finally found it!
After a good 2 hours of "hanging out" at the lighting store, our next shopping list was on bed linens. We drove back to the Gardens and went straight to Robinsons. They were having pretty good sales right up to 70%!! So we purchased 2 sets of quilts (one for queen and one for king), 2 sets of quilt-cover and sheets (450 thread count each - I just learnt this haha. The higher thread count, the softer it is), 2 sets of single bed-sheets, 2 soft woolly-cotton blankets and 6 pieces of "best buy" towels! By the way, did you know, Robinsons have porter service? I asked our sales lady if they could deliver what we purchased to our hotel in Boulevard (just like in those Hollywood movies) and to my surprise she said yes! This little Bangladeshi man was called up and he packed our newly purchased items into 6 humongous plastic bags and sent it straight to our hotel room at the Boulevard Hotel. So like Beverly Hills!
Time checked: 7.00pm. A good 10 hours of completing our chores in just one day. Not bad I must say. =)
Till my next post....hopefully our long-awaited crib will be completed on time!
Last weekend with my MIL was awesome. We began our day at 9.30am after breakfast by heading straight to the new crib. We were dissappointed as there were few things the contractor has yet to complete. By the current state of it, we are now worried if the contractor would ever be able to finish his job on time and if we would be able to move in on July 24th as scheduled. We gave the contractor an ultimatum and he promised all will be completed by then (fingers' crossed!!).
We then drove to Harvey Norman at Ikano P.C. to arrange the delivery of our new washing machine, dryer and fridge. All to be delivered by 20th of this month. We then walked over to MACY to shop for new beds for the guest room and the maid's room. We found what we liked and with the sales lady throwing in some good discounts for us, the sales of the 2 items were completed in less than an hour!
After lunch, we soldiered on with our to-do-shopping list. We drove out of Ikano and head over to LC Lighting Centre which is situated at Jalan Semangat, PJ. As we have specific taste on the lightings design, we found what we wanted and the sales person Mr Adwin frantically piling up the boxes of lights according to our demand. Yes, we were pretty demanding then...especially when comes to asking for free gifts (we are Chinese afterall) and we managed to squeeze FIVE (5) energy-saving light bulbs from them for FREE! Whoo hoo!
After a good 2 hours of "hanging out" at the lighting store, our next shopping list was on bed linens. We drove back to the Gardens and went straight to Robinsons. They were having pretty good sales right up to 70%!! So we purchased 2 sets of quilts (one for queen and one for king), 2 sets of quilt-cover and sheets (450 thread count each - I just learnt this haha. The higher thread count, the softer it is), 2 sets of single bed-sheets, 2 soft woolly-cotton blankets and 6 pieces of "best buy" towels! By the way, did you know, Robinsons have porter service? I asked our sales lady if they could deliver what we purchased to our hotel in Boulevard (just like in those Hollywood movies) and to my surprise she said yes! This little Bangladeshi man was called up and he packed our newly purchased items into 6 humongous plastic bags and sent it straight to our hotel room at the Boulevard Hotel. So like Beverly Hills!
Time checked: 7.00pm. A good 10 hours of completing our chores in just one day. Not bad I must say. =)
Till my next post....hopefully our long-awaited crib will be completed on time!
01 July 2010
Furnitures Dilemma?!
1st July 2010. This is going to be a very very very important month for both Tim and I. Why? Its because we will be moving out and staying on our own at Bangsar South City. I reckon this month will pass by real fast and my anxieties are building up due to few matters:-
a) I cannot be involved in the moving of furnitures.
New furnitures are scheduled to move in on 21st July. I won't be there to witness it. Or rather, I CAN'T be there to witness it. Not that I'm being superstitious or being traditionally hindered by pregnancy myths and what not. Its because practically everyone especially my mother and grandmother specifically forbid me to be involved. Good for me? Not entirely... cuz I am one that has the eye of creativity (or I think I do) and I think I have the in-born talent in knowing perfectly well how and where the furniture would be best placed in a house =) and on 21st July, I wont be there to direct the process!
b) Dining Table & Chairs from Brunomenzi
Apart from the rest of the furnitures that comes from Cellini, our mahogany dining table & chairs are ordered directly from Brunomenzi's magazine. Yes! From the magazine! As there wasn't one in the showroom, our dear capable saleslady Ms Emily showed us the picture of this dining table and chairs that best suit our taste. And by the look of the picture, in less than a minute, we placed the order! It is beautiful. But.... now that I think of it, will a 1500mm diameter table (5 feet) fit our 1400 sq.ft home? What if the place that we planned to place our dining table can't fit this table? What if the 6 pieces of dining chair makes the whole house seems smaller than it is? What if its too chunky? There's so many what ifs!
c) Baby crib, Baby pram, Baby stuffs
We haven't bought any of these essential items yet. I'm now in my 5 months pregnancy, what if my stomach gets too big for me to shop later on? Oh dear!
Ok... I think I sounded too pessimistic or rather overly-worried-for-nothing. By the way, did I mentioned that I had a weird dream last night about me picking my dog's eye out? Eww...
a) I cannot be involved in the moving of furnitures.
New furnitures are scheduled to move in on 21st July. I won't be there to witness it. Or rather, I CAN'T be there to witness it. Not that I'm being superstitious or being traditionally hindered by pregnancy myths and what not. Its because practically everyone especially my mother and grandmother specifically forbid me to be involved. Good for me? Not entirely... cuz I am one that has the eye of creativity (or I think I do) and I think I have the in-born talent in knowing perfectly well how and where the furniture would be best placed in a house =) and on 21st July, I wont be there to direct the process!
b) Dining Table & Chairs from Brunomenzi
Apart from the rest of the furnitures that comes from Cellini, our mahogany dining table & chairs are ordered directly from Brunomenzi's magazine. Yes! From the magazine! As there wasn't one in the showroom, our dear capable saleslady Ms Emily showed us the picture of this dining table and chairs that best suit our taste. And by the look of the picture, in less than a minute, we placed the order! It is beautiful. But.... now that I think of it, will a 1500mm diameter table (5 feet) fit our 1400 sq.ft home? What if the place that we planned to place our dining table can't fit this table? What if the 6 pieces of dining chair makes the whole house seems smaller than it is? What if its too chunky? There's so many what ifs!
c) Baby crib, Baby pram, Baby stuffs
We haven't bought any of these essential items yet. I'm now in my 5 months pregnancy, what if my stomach gets too big for me to shop later on? Oh dear!
Ok... I think I sounded too pessimistic or rather overly-worried-for-nothing. By the way, did I mentioned that I had a weird dream last night about me picking my dog's eye out? Eww...
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