We've more or less settled in & are enjoying our new home for more than a week.
No pictures yet as the novelty is kept for quite a few who'll be visiting us during CNY ;)
We didn't invite any but guess as we moved in just before CNY so everyone coincides with the occasion to visit.
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Monday, February 08, 2010
The Month of January
Last month got a lil crazy.
After the New Year holiday, hubby went for his 2-week In-Camp Training (ICT) on 4 Jan. That's also the time when our renovation neared finalising.
Thank God I was on this contract job that allowed me to take leave as & when needed to attend to the matters concerning our new home. On an average, I only worked 5 days out of the 10 working days in those 2 weeks.
Had planned some activities for the nights without hubby - catching up with friends, watching DVDs, going online.... But I nearly did none of the above. Only managed to meet up with a couple of friends - MS & a few ex colleagues from PwC:
1) MS also took the chance to visit our new home & glad we'd some professional advice, we got to rectify a serious problem with our designer. He's been such a great aid... helped to source for some accessories & also helped me to transport some boxes back to Bishan, to the doorstep even. Should have considered engaging MS to do our new place...his company does mostly high-end projects so thought we couldn't afford. But when we got the final bill from our designer, the amount was of no difference to what MS told me. He then told me he'd given me a "friendship price" (友情价) with no hidden costs whereas others quoted cheap would come with a list of additional expenses upon completion. Hmmm......
2) Met up with the 5 ladies & we'd steamboat dinner in Chinatown. Not easy to find a common date & time to meet... which is why I really appreciate lots that they always give in to my schedule. After so many months, they still kept close contact with me.. updated me with the happenings & hoped that I could join them again, for the 3rd time. Well... I wouldn't want to do so though.
Almost every night, I got home (Bishan) not before 9. I've just got so many things to do. Then after settling down & the usual 30-min chat with hubby, my energy level would start beeping. The running around was indeed tiring.
Thank God hubby completed his ICT safe & sound & even booked out 1 day earlier due to good performance :) The off day came so timely.. we'd a full day on Fri (15Jan) to clean up our new home before moving in on sat (16Jan). We scheduled our move right after hubby's ICT which explains the mad rush in those 2 weeks.
There're more rectification works done during the first week we moved in (one of them was the changing of some floor tiles) which led to lots of inconvenience & lots of cleaning up whilst unpacking. Just recollecting the situation now sends me chills.
For the next 2 weeks, we worked in the day & unpacked at night... only turned in around 2am (or even 3am!) every 'morning' & woke up before 7am. Why the rush? We were having a Home Blessing session on 30 Jan by my old friend's Reverend hubby. And dear mum wanted to invite some siblings of hers & dad's over on the same day. We're initially against the idea as we'd no intention at all to have a housewarming. But she insisted of having one.. so in order not to disappoint her, we gave in... just those she mentioned.. no one else.
We got so stressed that both of us lost about 2kg each at the end of the move & all the hassles thereafter! It's an effective way of shedding some fats before CNY huh? But meeting all the relatives & friends with a haggard & lacklustre face is definitely the last thing I want :(
Though the whole process was exhausting, we're so glad to have our new home committed to God & blessed by Him.
After the New Year holiday, hubby went for his 2-week In-Camp Training (ICT) on 4 Jan. That's also the time when our renovation neared finalising.
The weekend before hubby left, he bought me this watch to cheer me on:)
Thank God I was on this contract job that allowed me to take leave as & when needed to attend to the matters concerning our new home. On an average, I only worked 5 days out of the 10 working days in those 2 weeks.
Had planned some activities for the nights without hubby - catching up with friends, watching DVDs, going online.... But I nearly did none of the above. Only managed to meet up with a couple of friends - MS & a few ex colleagues from PwC:
1) MS also took the chance to visit our new home & glad we'd some professional advice, we got to rectify a serious problem with our designer. He's been such a great aid... helped to source for some accessories & also helped me to transport some boxes back to Bishan, to the doorstep even. Should have considered engaging MS to do our new place...his company does mostly high-end projects so thought we couldn't afford. But when we got the final bill from our designer, the amount was of no difference to what MS told me. He then told me he'd given me a "friendship price" (友情价) with no hidden costs whereas others quoted cheap would come with a list of additional expenses upon completion. Hmmm......
2) Met up with the 5 ladies & we'd steamboat dinner in Chinatown. Not easy to find a common date & time to meet... which is why I really appreciate lots that they always give in to my schedule. After so many months, they still kept close contact with me.. updated me with the happenings & hoped that I could join them again, for the 3rd time. Well... I wouldn't want to do so though.
Almost every night, I got home (Bishan) not before 9. I've just got so many things to do. Then after settling down & the usual 30-min chat with hubby, my energy level would start beeping. The running around was indeed tiring.
Thank God hubby completed his ICT safe & sound & even booked out 1 day earlier due to good performance :) The off day came so timely.. we'd a full day on Fri (15Jan) to clean up our new home before moving in on sat (16Jan). We scheduled our move right after hubby's ICT which explains the mad rush in those 2 weeks.
There're more rectification works done during the first week we moved in (one of them was the changing of some floor tiles) which led to lots of inconvenience & lots of cleaning up whilst unpacking. Just recollecting the situation now sends me chills.
For the next 2 weeks, we worked in the day & unpacked at night... only turned in around 2am (or even 3am!) every 'morning' & woke up before 7am. Why the rush? We were having a Home Blessing session on 30 Jan by my old friend's Reverend hubby. And dear mum wanted to invite some siblings of hers & dad's over on the same day. We're initially against the idea as we'd no intention at all to have a housewarming. But she insisted of having one.. so in order not to disappoint her, we gave in... just those she mentioned.. no one else.
We got so stressed that both of us lost about 2kg each at the end of the move & all the hassles thereafter! It's an effective way of shedding some fats before CNY huh? But meeting all the relatives & friends with a haggard & lacklustre face is definitely the last thing I want :(
Though the whole process was exhausting, we're so glad to have our new home committed to God & blessed by Him.
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