The Importance of Hp

I am rather angry with myself today, for being so absent minded...

Moontie, Panda & I arranged to meet at 6.30pm at Bugis for dinner to celebrate Panda's bdae. I left from my new home, had been staying overnight there since last Thurs.

I decided to send my bed sheet set for laundry before taking the train to meet the girls. Around 5.15pm when I was about to leave home, I heard a sms tone. I took out the hp from my bag to check the message. It was Panda, telling me she can only meet 7pm. I called Moontie and she said she will reach Bugis before 6.30pm. She asked me to call her if I reached earlier. I replied Panda alright to meet at 7pm and went out, leaving my hp at the coffee table.

Halfway in the train, I realized I did not bring my hp. I tried hard to recall the gals' hp no. but to no avail. Feeling panicked, I wondered if I should head back home to take my phone.

In the end, I decided to try my luck and see if I can walk around Bugis Junction and find Moontie.

We did not propose any dinner venue, only to decide after meeting. I reached Bugis around 6.20pm and walked aimlessly thinking which shop Moontie most probably will patronize. After walking for 30 mins, I decided to wait outside Guardians located just outside the Bugis MRT ctrl stn to try my luck if I can see Panda coming out from the station.

Around 7.15pm, I took MRT and rushed home quickly, knowing that the girls will be worried about me for the sudden 'MIA'.

It is not the first time I forgot to bring my hp out, but those times was not so bad as it was my working days and I did not have any appointment then.

Since this bad experience, I decided to be more careful and make sure I always check and bring all the necessary items before going out.

Breakfast by Chef LY & Me

Making breakfast together with your loved ones is such a wonderful thing, don't you think so?





Oops, I am hungry again after looking at these photos. :P

First Cooking in Our New Hse

This year Valentine's Day and Chinese New Year coincide on February 14, I have been thinking how we shall celebrate our advance V.Day. Considering a budget year for me & lao ye, I suggested to him preparing our own meal in our new house instead of going to expensive restaurants like the past few years.

Due to limited cooking utensils (our renovation was only completed last month) & skills, we can only cook some simple dishes.

After lunch, we quickly headed to Giant supermarket to buy two pieces of salmon, some seasoning sauce, one box of samosas & a few household items. We rushed home to put the items as XY is coming to fetch us to Wendy's dad store to purchase some CNY stuffs.

Thereafter, we headed to Daiso to get more household items. It was around 7pm when we reached our house.

The two inexperienced 'chefs' had a busy time in the kitchen. Lao ye cooked the clam chowder soup while I fried the samosa & the marinated salmon in teriyaki sauce. The cooking process was fun, but I have to admit I hate washing those utensils & the cleaning up after the cooking session.

Now that we had a first start doing cooking in our new house, lao ye & I decided to try other dishes like chicken chop in future. WXY, you wanna come and join me & lao ye in preparing dinner for the 4 of us?

Souvenir fr Wendy

Thanks gal for the Agnes B key chain (Bdae Pressie) fm Japan & the souvenir. Oh ya, congrats & looking forward to ur Big day!!! =)

My Bdae Goodies

The reno starts

According to Michael, his workers started doing flooring & ceiling on Tuesday, 10th Nov. Lao ye & I went down to look at the progress today & also to discuss the paint colour.


1) Living Rm - Silvermink + Snowfield
2) MBR - Champagne
3) Entertainment Rm - Snowfield
4) Study Rm - Cool Lime

Nov Rain 2009

This year birthday celebration was simple. Lao ye bought a Gucci bag for my birthday present.

We went photo taking at Ion. Thereafter, took MRT to Newton Stn and walked to Winstedt Road for dinner at Distict 10. I had the Chef's signature dish - Beer battered fish & chips while lao ye had beef burger.

In Search of Air Con

It's another burning hot weather, but did not stop me & lao ye fm gng to IMM. We need to purchase our air con soon in order to get the trunking works done 1st before electrical & plumbing works can be carried out.


The 1st shop we entered was AllBest and was entertained by this friendly salesman, Bernard. Telling him we need to buy System 3 with inverters and he recommended us Toshiba inverters. 16K BTU for living rm, 9k BTU each for MBR & Study Rm. Compressor made in Japan with 5 yrs warranty.

The price was quoted was $2499 + $100 (unlimited wirings, etc) + $40 for additional trip as 1st trip was to install trunking & 2nd trip to install FCU. (If FCU gets dusty during the reno works, it may shorten the life span of its function).


It was a promo price & the salesman commented only left with last 5 pcs. Once all sold, price will resume to original. We were so tempted to buy it but decided to chk out Gain City & Best Tech.


Unfortunately for Gain City, the model is already sold out. We did not check out Best Tech cos they did not sell the Toshiba air con.

Anyway, decided to head home first and check out the comments abt All Best in the forums before buying.

Auntie's Kim Korean Food

In the end, nv go to Ice 3 cos saw nobody at the cafe. Decided to have our dinner @ Auntie Kim's Korean restaurant recommended by Vada. The lady boss is a Korean and all the female staffs including her, wear a hanbok.

The restaurant is packed with ppl and there are some private rooms for large group of ppl. We were first served with 6 pickled appertisers (FOC). Lao ye gave the kimchi a miss as usual. I ordered Bibimbap (hot pot rice) while lao ye ordered So Jung Sik (hotplate beef).

I like the bibimbap which suits my taste. There is no service charge for this restaurant.

Overall, nothing special about this restaurant.


Address:
265 Upper Thomson Road
T. 6452 2112

Des-sert

Ok, tmr will try out this place...

ice3cafe

Fruits

I have decided to make an effort to eat more fruits from now on. To strengthen my immune system...

A Bit Depressed

When can I strike Toto big prize??? I am tired of my current job...

I am getting quite stressed & irritated easily. Tend to vent my frustration by spending money.

Today bought a MAC new collection lip gloss, but really like the glittering effect. Vada saw liao also like the colour.

Ok, next Sat gonna attend Shuhui's bb girl 1 mth celebration. Maybe buy a small gift and give 1 ang bao with auspicious no. :P

New Collection - 'Steppin' Out & Smile'

A Gift fm Ah H

Thanks Ah H for buying this door frame for us from Bangkok.... I will definitely hang it in my new hse.

Met Up with 2nd Contractor

Today met up with our 2nd contractor - Eric, recommended by Ah H.

I told him about our tight budget and can see that he is quite experienced and gave some good suggestions which our 1st contractor may not have proposed.

Lao ye was worried about these 2 contractors - they are not in the HDB Registered Renovation Contractors' list.

So I went to HDB website to try my luck and managed to find out this info from the FAQs:

Qn:

If renovation works have been carried out by a non-registered renovation contractor, must they be removed?

Ans: 'If the works carried out by the non-registered renovation contractor comply with HDB’s guidelines and conditions, you do not need to remove them.'


You can still use HDB non-registered renovation contractor, but any consequences, the owner is liable to be responsible.

Wall Decal

Found this website on wall decals and simply love the majority of the design... Drool...

Webby: Wall Decals

Opening Ceremony for My New Flat

This day has finally come - opening ceremony for my new hse!!!

After work, I met up with lao ye at his hse. Yes!!! We are gng to see our new hse today.

Thanks to XY for driving us there, I think he oso quite eager to see our new hse cos saw 1 of his blog posts mentioned. VIP is lao ye's mummy, who joined us for the 'opening ceremony'.

Successfully opened the door in the darkness and already saw a lot of flyers on the entrance flooring. Tink I like the living rm bay window area the most cos can view the whole park and can do a settee there.

We will be coming again on this Sat and this time our contractor, Michael will take measurement onsite. I had invited Wendy to come on the same day, can share idea & advise with her for the coming WXY's hse...

Collection of Hse Keys

You have an appointment with HDB to collect keys on 22nd July 2009, 1.10PM...

Actually the initial appointment time was 10.10AM, but dun wanna take leave and still need to wake up early to attend the appointment. Luckily can rescheduled the date or time.

Darling & I had a quick breakfast @ MacDonalds, then headed to HDB Hub 2nd level to purchase fire insurance, 7 bucks+ for 5 yrs warranty. After tt, went to L1 automated machine to get queue no. for signing docs.

Waited 5 mins and we proceeded to the office to start signing 'debt contract' cos today both our CPF OA will be wiped out and need to start paying mthly loan to HDB in 2 mths time.

In the middle of signing the docs, the officer told us to go L2 cash office to pay 48 bucks conservancy charges. After presenting the receipt, we continued to sign docs again.

Damn lor, suddenly I had stomachache, mind was thinking dunno whether the signing procedure gng to take long or should head to the loo immediately. In the end, endured till end of signing doc which luckily is quite fast. 45 mins for the whole process.

Love Makes Me Strong

Find the wordings meaningful

Recently has been engrossed doing research for my new hse renovation. Looking at those IDs' portfolio & glancing at design magazines is so interesting.

Had discussed with Lao ye the theme colours for our MBR to be black/brown & gold in order to give a cozy feel. Not forgetting our fav wallpaper. I was thinking of adding sum floral graphics sticker to some of my fixtures or on the wall.

For the living room, I will prefer a brighter look, will have a settee since both hubby & I love to read and have high tea. So next time we need not go out and spend a lot of $ having high tea.

As for the kitchen, we were thinking of using loud colours like orange or yellow to make it look retro.

I wanna have lots of compartment to store things & a big wardrobe plus shoe cabinet.

Come to think of it, my current job enable me to learn more about interior design & space planning. The most important, suppliers & contractors who can give me gd price for my hse reno!!!

Skincare Product Rocks

My new Korea skincare products fm Beauty Credit, hope it's gd.