We're about halfway through the reno process. The tilers actually made some good progress against the proposed timeline but there were some other unforeseen HDB approvals that were needed so that slowed the timing down again. What you see on the right is the hole they knocked through the kitchen corner wall so you can … Continue reading Halfway there…
Category: Life
Insulin
Diabetes has finally caught up with Dad. He's had this illness for decades but has always avoided the dreaded insulin jab and the doctors could still treat him with a daily assortment of pills. But as the years go by, the pills got more and today the doc finally put him on a daily insulin … Continue reading Insulin
Got the keys…
Let the transformation begin... Some notes on potential problems: 1. Master bathroom seems smaller in real-life. Might have to drop the vanity cabinet. 2. Dependency on getting Fibre broadband setup by MyRepublic on time with the electrician since he needs to rewire everything from scratch. Might not happen since they seem to be overwhelmed … Continue reading Got the keys…
Progress
So we've locked in the designer and bought a flooring package. After taking a day-off work and getting the designers, flooring guy, electrician and plumber to go do their measurements at the new place, we were presented with the first hiccup. Apparently the existing floor tiles had a protruding pattern and hence this will be … Continue reading Progress
Sold!
After 5 viewings arranged by the agent, our cozy little Holland Village shoebox is now sold. Brings us closer to the move to the North. Now all we have to do is get the keys, renovate the place and move. Have already briefed a couple of IDs on the renovation and decided to go with … Continue reading Sold!
321 go…
We went for the first appointment with HDB yesterday. Thus begins the journey of getting our new place. The completion of the paperwork will be sometime in July and hopefully by Sept / Oct we'll be able to move in to the new home. Having gone through one interior design project on the current flat, … Continue reading 321 go…
5
Je-in turned five couple of days back and its been the most elaborate birthday we've ever done! It started the weekend before where we brought him to a bike shop to pick out a proper bicycle for him as the current one is more of a trainer-bike without any pedals. Then on the actual day, … Continue reading 5
Enter sandman
The labour day holiday turned out to be pretty fruitful for us. L went back to her hometown to catch-up with family, and I spent the day out with Je-in. He's been pretty afraid of the beach and sand in the past few times we brought him out there. It's probably due to the OCD-ness … Continue reading Enter sandman
It is done (I think…)
I have been getting mixed signals from the man above regarding our house hunt these past months, i guess it boiled down to me "wanting" a condo that is nice and shiny and me "needing" a simple HDB flat that fulfills our main priorities of: -getting something bigger to house all of us -big enough … Continue reading It is done (I think…)
Chinese!
Je-in is a chip of the old block in the Mandarin dept. His teacher just dropped us a note that we need to encourage him on learning Mandarin as he seems to have a fear for it. I guess the enrichment class we added on top of the usual classes freaks him out. Its speech … Continue reading Chinese!
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