Parents and bro visit to my Home Sweet Home

Right after the checkup, at about 11am, Papa, Mummy and Jason reached KL to visit my new home. Hubby wasn't working too as his boss came to install the kitchen cabinet doors. I went to Jln Duta toll and directed them to my house. They brought me alot of stuff:-

1. Big steel pot
2. Small steel pot
3. Double boiler pot
4. Slow cooker
5. Vision glass pots (small, medium and large)
6. Charcoal stove
7. Charcoal
   
8. Bowls and plates
9. Tupperwares (small, medium and large)
10. Kitchen towels
11. Fishes, guavas and vegetables
12. Big pillow
    

Item 1 to 4 are for my confinement use and will return to them later. It is so good of them to bring down the items. They admired my furniture and fittings, and I got the chance to switch on the air-conditioner at the living hall. Papa also enjoyed watching movies with my new LCD and both of them get to take a short nap on my new bed. Meanwhile, Jason went to the swimming pool and spent at least 2hours by himself there. He wanted to go again after that, I said no. I told him to come during his school holidays and he can get to swim next time.
Somehow, time really flies very fast and right after dinner, they drove home. What a short trip for them. Their next trip would be after I deliver my Angel. Hopefully during their next trip, they get to stay a night and rest more.
Thank you for coming and bringing me so much stuff. I truly appreciate them.

My Home Sweet Home

As promised, here are the photos of my new home:-

Living hall

My bedroom

My wedding photos

Second room, currently as guest room

Third room, currently as study & storeroom

What's missing now is the kitchen area. Right now, the cabinet doors are not installed, thus it is not in order yet. They should complete by next weekend. Will post more photos when they are ready!

20 September 2009

The day I have been waiting for has finally arrived. My parents-in-law were here to celebrate the day with us. They came the day before and helped out to clean the house. I can't do anything and just wait for the auspicious time 1pm to enter the house. Kinda sad at first seeing everyone going in the house except for me. Too many questions in my mind then, whether how's the house going to be like. I do not know if hubby's painting is acceptable.
The nights before were seriously a nightmare for both of us. Of all the things we bought, all were delivered on time except for the TV cabinet and coffee table. After numerous attempts of us calling and scolding the whole world of this particular furniture shop, they still did not take any action. We waited on Friday till 1am, still no calls. Worst of all, the initial TV cabinet we ordered is out of stock and they replaced with a 7 feet cabinet, which is 1 feet longer. And we had to pay an additional RM100. I refused to pay saying that this is not our fault and the fact if they made us waited so long. In the end, we agreed to pay only RM50.
On Saturday, it is raining the whole day. That makes our shifting even more difficult. Hubby's boss is here to fix the kitchen cabinets, somehow the rain managed to cover up the noises he made while drilling the walls. And hubby is so stressed up for his last minute shifting. Me myself couldn't do much, just packing the light stuff into boxes.
Right on the dot of 1 pm yesterday, I walked into the house. My feeling then again, tired coz we arrived just in time and just quickily went into the house. Somehow I was amazed at hubby's painting especially the pink wall he painted for the living hall. The sofa matches with the wall, the curtains were all right, except I find their workmanship not as good as expected.
Next would be my favourite wardrobe and bed. Very impressive. And the toilets, kitchen, yard were all fine. There are plenty of our stuff still left unpacked.I didn't have the time to take photos yet. I will wait till my kitchen cabinet doors are complete, then only I'll take a full set of photos of the whole house.
Then again, THANK YOU HUBBY FOR ALL THIS! HE DEFINATELY DID A GREAT JOB!

I guess he did it!

Yesterday he came back at about 11pm. He came back with red paints on his face on his foot. I knew in my heart he did that for me. And I wanted to find out which red he used, either the Sashay Red or Knockout Red. This remains mysterious as he doesn't want to say a clue. He just asked me to wait till the day. I guess this round, the painting is successful. His style is if it turns out bad, he would complain the whole night from the minute he came back. Hmmm, wonder if my intepretation are right or wrong. I gave him a simple rub on his back and with grateful thoughts in my mind.
He was also there to wait for the TV cabinet and coffee table. Bad news, the lorryman didn't come. And no one from the shop even bothered to contact us. Today hubby rang them a couple of times, and I lose my temper today. I also rang them up and complained the bad service they gave us. The sad news is the shop is blaming their office for not contacting us. And I answered him back, aren't you all in the same company? How can you not blame yourself for failing to contact us? I guess he must have been shocked and couldn't answer my question. Hmm, never mind, we would not purchase any more stuff from the furniture shop. The driver then contacted us saying that he will deliver to us tomorrow evening. This time, I asked hubby to take down his number and name. And he better be coming tomorrow, else I would go to the shop and scream at everyone! No one could ever ever try to challenge a pregnant lady!

A few more days to wait!!!

3 days more to wait!!!! My heart has been pounding very fast, can't wait till Sunday. Hubby doesn't want to take any photos for me anymore, he just asked me to wait patiently. The fridge, sofa and bed are sent. My long waiting wardrobe is finally installed. Hubby said their workmanship is good. Best of all, they took only one day to complete. We had changed our baby fan to Panasonic Bayu 4. It has been installed and he is pretty much satisfied with it. Our glass door grill is also ready, hubby also favour this, it must been very difficult for his previous boss to come up with the grill. He admired his handwork. The curtains are also ready, the wooden rods are installed. So does the Eubiq wiring.
The only thing I now worry is the kitchen cabinets. We went to see his boss yesterday and saw him working extreme hard to install our kitchen cabinet. According to him, he'll come on Friday and Saturday to complete the work. I do not know if he can make it, hubby is prepared to help him on Saturday. Somehow he said once I am in, they can't be doing anything already. Kind of putting pressure to his boss to complete for us. I sincerely hope he'll make it for us.
On the painting part, basically everything is done except for the wall near the island. Initially, hubby painted red but it didn't come out as what is expected. We went to the hardware shop and thought to buy another can of red paint. The salesgirl there commented that the mistake is we did not use the base paint. Base paint is required for colours like yellow, red, orange. The base paint would ensure that it will outshine the red colour. Listening to her comments, hubby initially planned to do it. But since there is only little time left, I'm not sure if he's doing it or not.
He will come back home late tonight. One part is to wait for the tv cabinet and coffee table to come, another part is he said he wanted to paint parts which the contractor made dirty. Perhaps he will paint the wall with red, I do not know. He doesn't want to reveal. If this is the case, and it turn out to be successful, I know he does care about my needs. And I would love him even more!!
I pray to Kuan Yin Ma that everything will go smoothly from now till Sunday. Let this new home bring cheer, happiness and luck to me, hubby and Angel. Let it be a very comfortable place for us to live in, and it will be a "bird nest" full of love and joy. I look forward to start my life at our "bird nest"!

7 days countdown to Home Sweet Home

One week exactly to wait for us to move in. And alot of things still unfinished. On Friday, the air-conditioners are successfully installed. Saturday, the lights and fans are installed. What's left is only the fan in my room. We initially bought the KDK Baby Fan considering the height of our ceiling. Too bad, it doesn't require a hook and it doesn't seem possible to be installed to the plaster ceiling. We are taking it to the shop today to exchange for another model.
The kitchen cabinets are not up yet, Hubby's friend is coming on Monday to install it. It will be a last minute job, I hoped that they will be able to finish it on time. Tomorrow, the curtain man is coming to install the curtain rods and the fridge will also be delivered.
Hubby didn't have the time to snap photos for me. I wanted to see the whole house with the lights on, especially the special living hall light he bought. Too bad, he is struggling to finish his paintings. Now he is there to paint the kitchen wall and living hall wall. He's been moody these days, he's very tired. I didn't go anywhere yesterday. Just spent the time at home to pack up the things into boxes. We seriously had alot to pack. I learned to keep only the necessary stuff. We planned to donate away the old fridge, table, TV and some other stuff away for charity. Got the telephone number, but I haven't contacted them. I will ask Hubby to do it.
He will come back at 2pm hopefully. He is taking me out to change the fan. I'm planning to stop by 1 Utama to buy the cloth hanger. I saw it previously, now wanted to buy it.
I had been very tired to hand wash my clothes. Hubby asked me to wait for another 1 week. Till then, I had to quickily learn how to use the new washing machine. I need to wash all my current clothings, and also the new towels, new quilt covers and bedsheets, new clothes for Angel. I'm sorry, washing machine, but I need your help right now. You will be working full force the minute we enter the house.

15 days countdown to Home Sweet Home

15 days officially to wait for us to move into Home Sweet Home. Alot of things remain unfinished. Hubby is not yet finish with his paintings. What's left is the two walls in the master bedroom, the centre ceilings and walls for living and dining halls, and also the kitchen walls. He'll try to finish them up tomorrow and Sunday.
Next Friday till the following Wednesday, he will be on leave again. Friday, the air-cond man will come to install the air-conditioners, the lighting man will come to install the lights and his boss will come to finish up the kitche cabinet work and grills. Today his boss came to install the base for the glass door grill and also the window for the yard area.
Monday, Jusco man will deliver the fridge over. Big thank you to Papa and Mummy. It is the gift from them for my new house. Tuesday, the furniture man will deliver the sofa. And the wireman will come over to install the Eubiq wiring. Wednesday, the bed man will deliver the bed set for us. These are the major stuff I could think of. Oh ya, the washing machine should come on Saturday, a day before we move in.
From time to time, Hubby moved the stuff in our current house to the new house. It is pretty much tiring for him and also me. He carry all the stuff, I'm only in-charge to open the car door and also the guard his car at the car park area. He wouldn't let me to go over to the house, not even to walk near the entrance. He is really in stress right now. I find him becoming more and more emotional, especially driving, where he will start cursing whenever there is car blocking his way. I guess he wanted to let go some of his stress out. I must also be careful with my words, if I phrased them wrongly, we'll end in a fight. Hopefully all this will come to an end this Sept 20.
Kuan Yin Ma, please bless hubby. Let him be strong physically and mentally. He'll overcome all this stress including stress at work. And everything will run smoothly for him!

Home Sweet Home Update 8

As of Monday, the contractor has completed the work for kitchen. All the three concrete tables are now complete. Looking at the photos taken by hubby, I am pretty much satisfied. Hmm, now Hubby's previous boss will prepare materials to construct the cabinets for my kitchen and island.
The grills for the main entrance has been installed. Hubby would have to work even harder from now on. He have about 25 days to prepare for our home. The next problem to worry is the installation of the air-conditioners. Somehow, they would need to cut up the plaster ceiling to hide the cables and pipes. And hubby would need to arrange his time off again. I can only stand beside and support him morally. Kambateh!!!

Home Sweet Home Update 7

Hubby finally succeeded!!!! His very own light is fully installed. Hip hip hooray!!! Sigh of relief, I don't need to stay up late anymore. As long as he is installing, I will not have the chance to rest. Best of all, he install into my favourite shape, the round one. Best of all, he installed two of them. And I warned him pretty clear that don't ever uninstall them. Hmmm, here's his very own creation, big of applause everyone!!!!!!!

One of the lights!

Home Sweet Home Update 6

Hubby didn't do much on Monday and Tuesday. On Monday, the plaster ceiling contractor came over to open up the holes to install lights. Initially, Hubby thought of DIY, in the end, he just think it is impossible to DIY. They charged us RM 250 for 30 holes. Still, Hubby wasn't feeling satisfied with their work. Perhaps he wasn't willing to spend the money for such a simple work. Aiyah, I would rather they do it and not Hubby doing it. At least they are professionals.
Today, he started off painting our master bedroom. He commented on the wall where we covered the window with partition board. Somehow, because of the flaws, the wall is not even. It turned out to be patches all over. To me, it is all right as the wardrobe will cover most part of the wall. But he still wants to find solution to it.
Hubby is getting more and more ambitious. He expect that there will be 1-2 cans of paints extra and thought of taking them to change to other colours and create his own featured wall.
However, these two nights, he has something to busy with. Hmm, we bought a light in Bangkok. It is made of pieces of white hard plastic. Upon installation, you would see something like what is sold in Ikea. Of course, ours is much more cheaper than what we can get here. And the best thing is you can decide how you want it to be, round, square and etc. depending on the number of pieces of plastic you have. We bought sixty pieces at about RM50. And now Hubby is busy installing the light. It is indeed not easy, he install almost to the end, then found out that the shape wasn't like what it is supposed to be, and he started again. He did this for about 3-4 times. I managed to take a few shots on his work. Ha ha, publishing on Web, he wouldn't have realised!!!

Home Sweet Home Update 5

Last Saturday, we finally decided which tiles to buy for the island, kitchen and yard. Hubby chose 80cm x 80cm black tiles for island top. The body of the island would be a combination of red and white tiles. It has something like weaving lines design on the tiles, somehow better than the plain colour tiles. As for the yard wall and also the inner side of the three tables, we chose the white and silver tiles with mathematical grids. At first, Hubby was reluctant for them to deliver the tiles over as they charged us transportation fee. I finally convinced him to let them deliver as they are in big bulk and it would damage the car if we pick up our own. Turned out to be, the tiles pricing are discounted and the transportation fee is only RM 27.92. If we were to pick our own, at least we would need three to four rounds trip, in which petrol price would almost come to the price.
They delivered the tiles on Sunday. Throughout Saturday and Sunday, I was resting at home while Hubby trying hard to finish his painting works. He had completed two bedrooms so far and also the kitchen ceiling. He must be struggling!

Home Sweet Home Update 4

Hubby started to paint the house on Wednesday. He chose the smallest room to start with. And his comment on first day: PAINTING IS NOT EASY AT ALL. On the first day, he can only afford to paint the ceiling and two walls in the room. We bought white colour paints for the whole house, as I like white very much. At least my house will look cleaner and bigger. But hubby didn't like my idea that much. To him, the room look like a clinic or hospital as it is really white.
Then again I told him to get all painted in white. Just in case if we want to change to other colour, it can be done. Plus we have to carefully select the colour, if not we'll regret later. We have to browse through the Net and also see more catalogue to pick the right colour.
On the kitchen area, they have finished setting up table for yard and also the kitchen cabinet area. They must now wait for the cement to dry up before putting on the tiles on top. Hubby kind of regretted buying the tiles for the table top as the colour is somehow darker than what he saw at the shop. I find them ok when he showed the photos. We can't afford to change to other tiles anymore.
These few days the reno man did not come. Hubby continued his painting job till today. As of now, he is almost done with the second room. Tomorrow, we'll go to buy tiles for the yard wall and tiles for table (inside portion). He said he will paint the kitchen ceiling first since the people are not coming until next Tuesday. I fully support him and salute him. Painting all by himself is really not an easy task!!!!! Kambateh hubby!

Home Sweet Home Update 3

The installation of the plaster ceiling finally ended last Friday. Hubby took half day off to inspect the ceiling, just to ensure that all holes have been covered with white cement. Also to pay the bill to the man-in-charge, Lau. The outcome was ok, previously hubby couldn't accept on Thurs, but now it is all right. It will be beautiful when he paint a fresh new coat of paint and install downlights in.
Today, Alan (man-in-charge for kitchen) came to start the work. This whole week until Aug 20 are also days off for hubby. He's clearing his wedding leave and also to paint the house. I figure out that he will be very tired, juggling between the house renovation and also to fetch me to and off work. Anyhow, man is always man. He is confident that he can go through and I have to support him!

Home Sweet Home Update 2

Today is Hubby's day off. The second work starts, the installation of the plaster ceiling. And also the installation of the partition board for my bedroom's window. I could not imagine how my house would look like, I could only visualize with my hubby's updates.
Hubby is good to tell me the whole process. He talked non stop when I got into the car after work. Which is why I want to pen all down for memory. No photos can be shown, Hubby is too busy to take the camera along. Perhaps I should ask him to take a shot when the plaster ceiling is done.
I do not know how many more days they need to complete the ceiling, perhaps by end of this week.
Next Monday, another contractor will come to do the kitchen and yard. This is what I've been waiting for. The favourite place of all.

And I pray hard that everything will run smoothly.

Home Sweet Home Update 1

Renovation work for our home sweet home finally kicked off on last Thursday, 30 July. Hubby's friend came to do the wiring work to facilitate the installation of downlights. Hubby decided to put on plaster ceiling for the house. The three rooms are all with flat board while the living hall, dining hall and kitchen are installed with L-box. I do not understand the conversation they had, neither the design of the plaster ceiling. Only hubby knows best. And the wiring work finally completed on Saturday, 1 Aug.

We collected our house keys!

June 9, we went to collect keys for our new home. We paid RM 3,109.60 for things like maintenance charges, sinking fund, fire insurance, quit rent, assessment, water meter and etc. We were then shown around by the person-in-charge on the common area. There's gym, children and adult pool, sauna, playground, guest room, hall and karaoke room.
First impression when we opened the door, it was like dream come true. We finally own our new home. But then it's kind of sad that our kitchen, room n toilet were smaller than I can remembered. Then again it is good that we'll soon own our privacy land!
Next thing, we are trying hard to search for people to renovate. Our concern, kitchen, wardrobe, plaster ceiling and grills. That is why my hubby and I constantly search for advertisement in newspapers and looking around shops to ask for their quotations. Hopefully we will be blessed and in the end, we'll be able to decorate our home as cosy as it can be. It will be a perfect place to welcome our BB.

Spending in IKEA

Today mark our 2nd month of marriage. And today also mark the final day of us spending in IKEA. IKEA cash vouchers of RM 1,000 were given to us when we bought our house. The vouchers were issued on 19 Feb 2008 and they are valid for one year, in which the expiry date coming very very soon. Can't remember how much times we went there, it should be less than 10 times, and today, we spend our final RM 300. He he....we did our shopping smartly, especially my hubby, who always take note of special discounts offered then only make the purchases. He does irritates me, when I can't buy the things I wanted. Still in the end, I'm glad he did that, at least we get to buy the things we really wanted and no regrets!

Antilop Highchair (white)

Art flow rose (red and pink)

Charm Grater

Chopping Board (big and small)

Colander (Steel)

Cutlery (2 sets, 24 pcs each)

Dralla n Bend Chopboard

Droppar Oil/Vinegar container

Dudero Floor Lamp (2)

Egg beater (2 types)

Egg slicer

Flackig Colander (white)

Fniss Wastepaper Basket (Red) (2)

Green deep plate (6 pcs)

Green plate (6 pcs)

Heat Pot Stand

Ikea 365+ turner

Jall Drying Rack

Klack tray

Koncis Snipper

Laundry basket (blue and green)

Lottorp oven glove (red)

Mammut children stool (blue, pink, green)

Measurement cups (4 pcs)

Ngaku biscuit

Paper bin with lid (white) (2)

Patrull N Bathtub Mat

Plastic clipper (30 pcs)

Plastic ice cube tray (blue, pink, green)

Plastics Nn Dishwasher Brush

Projs Desk Pad

Rationell Variera Drawer Mat (3 rolls)

Reko Glass 17Cl (1 dozen)

Rigga Clothes Rack

Salad Servers

Saucer (4 pcs)

Signe Rug (2 pcs)

Skrapa Rubber

Soup Ladle

Spice Jar (4 pcs)

Svepa Glass 22cl (2 sets,12 pcs each)

Tie Hanger

Tool set

Trojka Household Scissor

Viren Toilet Brush (red and pink)

Window wiper

Wok spatula