Happy happy

Renovation is proceeding smoothly (i hope). I havent seen what the contractor has done to my home over the last 3 days. Heard that they have started hacking the tiles. It's a good sign.. means that they have started work! We have bought most of the stuff needed for our home too, - dining table
- book shelf
- extra drawers
- everything in the toilets
- cooker stove & hood
- sofa
- chose tiles for toilet and kitchen
Tomorrow we will be going down to check out the status of our home and how many lights we need to buy so that's a task for sunday afternoon.
Realised during this time that I am definitely not as detailed as kenneth. He measured every single part of the house in every room every space- height and width included - which was useful in calculating how much the tiles would cost (charged psf).
Fingers crossed.. the reno would be completed by the end of the year. Really looking forward to that day!

Meantime, the financial crisis is hitting us hard. Reading bad news every day. Today there were talks about citi merging wif another financial institution. Scary! Can you believe it.. the share px is less than US$5!?! Everything is tumbling.

Besides work and reno, am happy that jun is back in Singapore. We managed to meet up quite a few times so far.. let me see. We had dinner at astons once, rgs reunion, togi dinner, swimmers' meeting, and 1 more time at parkway. Quite funny listening to the conversations that jj and kenneth have.. from banking, to experiences in the surgical theater, to national geographic. Haha. :-)

OK i shall update again soon..

Renovation

Things to do:

A. Living Room
1
Supply & install TV cabinet cum back drop panel for LCD in selected laminated finish
2
Supply & install full height cabinet for utilities @ Dining
3
Supply & install mirror at Dining
4
Reposition living room aircon

B. Master Bedroom
1
Supply & install master room full height PVC head board
2
Varnish wardrobe (no change in door) and change hinges

C. Bedroom 2 (next to master bedroom)
1
Supply & install study table cum full height bookshelf in selected laminated / veener finish
2
Varnish wardrobe (no change in door) and change hinges

D. Study Room (next to kitchen)
1
Supply & install full height wardrobe in selected veneer finish

E. Kitchen & Baths (1&2)
1
Supply labour & tool to hack existing wall/floor tiles, sanity fittings, vanity long bath etc.
2
Supply & apply waterproofing with level screed
3
Supply & lay selected wall tile include sand and cement screed
4
Supply & lay selected floor title include sand and cement screed
5
Supply & install vanity counter with bottom cabinet and top solid surfaces (basin & tap etc by owner)
6
Labour to install watercloset, basin, tap shower set. Etc supply by owner.
7
Supply & install mirror with glass shelving at Bath 1
8
Supply & install glass shelving at Bath 2
9
Supply & replace all water and discharge pipe within Bath and Kitchen
10
Supply & install kitchen cabinet top & bottom, top with solid surfaces (black granite top) and finishes in selected laminate/ veneer
11
Hack low wall (next to window) and extend kitchen cabinet (bottom) to the end of the kitchen.

General
1
Supply & install 1000mm height shoe cabinet at Entrance (about ~200mm above the ground)
2
Supply sand & varnish to 3 nos Bedroom
3
Supply machine to polish existing marble
4
Provision sum for alter and reposition socket, switches etc.
5
Replace aircon pipes and replace 3 nos air-con to bedrooms (Brand - Toshiba Inverter Sys 3, RAS 3M 20 SACV)
6
Replace main door and wrought iron main gate lock set
7
Varnish all 8 doors in the house (1master, 2bed rms, 1 kitchen, 2 toilets, 1 storeroom, 1 main door) and change hinges if necessary
8
Paint the whole house

My office space

Been so tired recently with a lot of things like meeting up with friends, planning reno, meeting contractors etc etc.... haven't had time to sit down to clog the interesting things in my life. Let's start with my work. My office space has been interesting not only because of the upheaval in the financial markets, the crashes, the bailouts, the capital injections, the plunging exchange rates.. but because i get the see the terrible construction going on outside and all around my building. Here's what it looks like.. TOTAL MESS! It's worse when they are digging (my building vibrates), when it rains (looks like poo) when the are piling (terribly noisy).. and worse of all, it takes forever.

With all the stress at work, comfort food is a must. My favourite is almond cream!!! Not many places sell nice smooth authentic almond cream. I am glad there are 2 near my office that are really yummy and handy when I am feeling down. Absolutely love it. Doesn't it look good? (ok, i know some people cant stand the taste or smell.. but it's one of my fav, besides ice cream)





And of course, you cannot miss out the daily dose of caffine.

Life is tough as a working adult.. need to pamper myself. But then again, I have so many things to save for these days like repaying my home loan, saving for renovation, saving for my israel trip, saving for the red packets of the people getting married (already 8 on my list for 2009).. and the occassional baby shower presents. This is a life of a 26-yr old in singapore.