New Beginning

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23rd September 2011, Friday, 3.10pm. Sunny.

At last, gotten the keys to our first house. How did we feel? It’s mixed feelings. We’ve waited too long, the excitement has kind of weaned off. The amount of money that we are going to spend, got us worried. However, we can’t wait to quickly get out from this rented place.

After seeing our unit, no doubt we were happy with the big space and all, but the disappointments came after one another. The open kitchen is small, both the bathrooms are extremely small, the workmanship is bad, there isn’t any skirting in between the wall and the floor and the tiles color and size and the ceiling heights are not what they told us (can’t do anything about it since the cunning developer didn’t mention it in the SPA).

The only thing that I am happy with is the yard area where I expected it to be smaller but now it is enough for me to turn it into a wet kitchen, solved my headache on the open kitchen concept. I am really upset with the small bathrooms. Sigh.

We are now cracking our heads on the renovations. With the limited dime, we have to think everything through and through. We have to get down to every details and decide what are the necessary and what are not. Cutting out the unnecessary, the amount is still considered quite a big sum for us.

It’s lucky to have a partner that thinks kitchen is the most important part. Andrew insisted to get the kitchen done no matter what, and the rest we could get them done slowly later. Phew.

It is not just the renovations, the fittings and furnishings as well. They could add up to a pretty big sum. Sigh.

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The living hall.

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2nd bedroom, that has a better view than the master bedroom!

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The master bedroom, with that tiny window at the corner. Sigh.

I forgot to take a picture of the kitchen and the study area. Will update here when I go there again.

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I love shopping. Shopping can be therapeutic if you know how to spend wisely. Photography is my love too. A picture paints a thousand words, they say. Deeply in love with the man of my life, my husband that is. He's my lover, my brother, my friend, my angel, my devil, my ally and my worst enemy, all at the same time. :) Am now a mother of one, my precious little girl, Lucy. My favorite food, Bak Kut Teh (pork rib herbs soup), one of the many Malaysian delicacies. Being a Malaysian, that’s saying I’m a food lover too. :)

8 thoughts on “New Beginning”

    1. Yalor. But I told Andrew I’m going to use that room for photography in the future, if any lah. Hahahaha. Good lighting leh….

  2. first, gong hei ah ash & ah andrew…

    second, don’t worry too much, slowly do ba.. i un the feelings, now u must be very confused, aiyor, sini macam ni mau letak apa, sana how ah..slowly, u’ll get ur ideas when u look see look see the place geh :)

    last, gong hei lagi!!! hahaha

    1. Thank you ah Nic Nic!!!!
      Ya, slowly do lor. At least must get the kitchen done first.
      Long time didn’t chat with you leh. Bila free mau meet up???

  3. meetup…..let’s see, next week & next next week, also can! wei, that cornered window ah, boleh letak hmm, how to say leh, so called “sofa”? so that can relax up there reading…

    1. Ohh… I un what you mean liao…. those sofa thing around the window de…. good idea! :D Thank you oh nic nic!

  4. ash ash, un ma? buat a counter top with cushion geh…itu counter can install in hidden drawer mai can store stuff also lor…if not very un hor, i go back get a photo for you to see see, tat day i go SG geh hotel buat macam tu geh

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