Yesterday's outing

Yesterday, we met the others at al-ameen again. actually it was a last minute thing. we decided to go there n thought that it would be nice to meet up. so we called them up and ju, ain, ivan came. we talked till about 1 plus....now quite tired.

oh, something fun. ain also just bought a zen micro...the same colour..hehehe!! but i can't use mine first. anyway, did not know that ju's mind also like our parents. when i told him that one of our hantaran is the zen n the xbox, he laughed. so narrow minded. why must hantaran be the same boring list of things? why must we really follow what's been given before? anyway, the things are things that we would be using....so, why must we conform to the norm?

oh ya, still have not registered the zen n the xbox....dunno how to do it...

Hantaran list completed

Today we completed our hantaran list with our electrical purchases. I bought Zen Micro while opit bought XBox. Bought everything on our list already. Below our budget which is good. the only thing left to buy is our wedding bands. decided not to get opit to buy me a diamond ring. instead will be buying wedding band. figured that diamond ring difficult to jaga if worn everyday but wedding band better. would not be tersangkut2. but since wedding band a bit cheaper that diamond ring, will be getting some other jewellery as well...yahooo!

most of our things are not too branded. budget for each item is only $200. we went shopping last sunday. luckily borrowed dad's car. so many things until the whole back seat was filled up....so fun! had not been shopping for quite some time. was leaving town with several paper bags...hehehe.....such a great feeling to shop. we already bought:
1) 2 pairs of shoes each (one casual and one rugged wear)
2) handbag / wallet
3) watches
4) telekong / songkok
5) baju kurung
6) crabtree n evelyn
7) quran
8) towel
9) xbox/zen micro

anyway, will need to save lots of money for our home and honeymoon. oh yah, for honeymoon, decided to book during the NATAS fair next year March. hopefully got great offers.

Ciseern, U-Home and Unimax

After getting quotations from chew, roslan n hamid renovation contractors, we went on to get quotations from Interior Designer firms. As mentioned previously, we got quotation from U-Home. Good...not too high...gave us an idea for the balcony as well, with drawing. instead of changing the door, they suggested making a platform with dividers at the side...nice, like rumah kampong.

next stop is ciseern. met up with sonia and talked about the quotation. keep changing our minds but she was patient. price still okay as compared to the previous 3 renovation contractors. last night we went to unimax n met up with winson. after comparing all the prices, discovered that unimax is the most expensive. after lots and lots of thinking, decided on ciseern. so tonight will meet up with sonia to create new contract and make payments...can only afford to pay her 200-500 only. can't pay any more cos the money needed for HDB first appointment later next month (28th of January)

gonna tell sonia that we managed to get 25k loan and will only be able to pay 2-3k more only. that's going to be our budget. will also tell her to include the basins and running of wires plus L-Box in the new quotation. we will also get her to do our balcony the U-Home style...hehehe...steal idea...anyway, really hope more can be done with our budget....scary yet exciting....

Bintan Trip

Got back from our Bintan trip yesterday. we went on friday and reached singapore yesterday about 4 plus in the evening. great fun and i really did relax and did not even think of school work.

the itinery for that trip starts at 8.15 am. me and opit was supposed to meet ain and ju at khatib mac so that we can take a bus to tampines and then from there take another bus to tanah merah. as usual, our good friend, ju had to be late. he came at about 9. then he wanted to have breakfast first so we ended up leaving mac at around 9.30. we had to reach the terminal and check in at the counter at 10! so all 3 of us made ju pay for the taxi ride that we took. haha...

upon reaching bintan, we took a bus to mayang sari and at the lobby requested to have an early check in. we only managed to get one room so we grabbed it first and put our bags. by then most of us were famished. oh ya, ain's cousin n her partner also joined us. so we headed to nirwana hotel and have our lunch at The Coffeeshop which is actually a restaurant. ate nasi rames...very delicious!! yum....after that we walked back to our chalet. then we slept and me n opit couldn't sleep so we headed on to the beach. lounged by the beach and then went swimming. the waves were huge as compared to the ones in east coast....of course lah, hehehe.

anyway, after that, we washed up and rested for a while. then we went to the kelong to have our dinner. had to wait cos lots of people. finally ate chilli crab, prawn oats, kangkong n the other dish which i forgot...

next day, we woke up, have breakfast then took bus to Pasar Oleh Oleh. Bought some oleh-oleh for family, t-shirts and the sarong. nothing much, everything in singapore dollars so quite expensive. then, bought lunch (packed mee) and headed back to chalet where ivan is already waiting for us. they played the banana boat. at first i didn't want to swim cos my contacts getting itchy but later after the banana boat ride, they went swimming n i just can't help it. so i swam also. ain n her cuz gave up half way through the banana boat ride cos they said it's too scary....opit fell into the sea by the way....hehehehe....







after the swim, we lazed around. took photos and the boys clown around....then we bath and just talk cock while waiting for our room service. too tired to go out n eat. watched repeat telecast of singapore idol....taufik sing....aaahhhh! ivan had to leave around 7 plus cos had to catch the ferry. just the four of us...then had dinner, talked some more n went to sleep.

the next day, woke up, have breakfast, took photos and headed to the ferry....upon reaching singapore, we went to tampines, had dinner together and headed home.....



can't wait for the next holiday......

So expensive!!!

Today we went to ginza plaza. chew and hamid are there, so one stop with two quotations...first stop was chew interior design. we looked around the showrooms and looked at the furniture. nice and some were to our taste. later we sat down and have a chat with one of the contractors. he wrote whatever we want on the quotation form...saying yes to whatever we said...so comments or ideas, just yes...

at the end of it, he wrote the price for all the things on our list and the total came up to 33k. we were so shocked! that is way off our budget. after that, we visited Hamid and sons which is on the other side of ginza plaza. guess what, for the same items on the list, we were quoted 34k!

at that moment, we really do not know which is the correct quotation. the ones given by interior designers at the exhibition or the ones given by these two contractors...a real headache! so, we decided to get quotations from another set of designers. this time, the small companies...like those at IMM.

we went straight to U-Home upon reaching IMM. we were told that we can only get the quotation some time next week. so we ended up going round IMM and most of them can't give us the quotation right there and then....so, waiting for them to call us next week...

Homemakers exhibition

Homemakers exhibition

Today we went to the Homemakers exhibition at Suntec City. The moment we came in, we didn't really know which booth to visit first. So, the only thing to do is start from the right. We went and pretend to look at the posters outside the booths. The first stop is at Unimax. I think we spent about 1 hr at Unimax. Winston served us and gave us ideas for the house. told him what we actually wanted for our house...the zen/resort theme and the other build-in stuff. in the end, the final quotation is roughly about 25k.

we walked some more and looked at some others...while walking, we were stopped by this apek-like guy from creative or something like that. we were not really interested so we walked on. then, stopped by Ciseern designer. The name is Sonia Liew. Actually, just wanted to get the brochure then somehow we were coaxed to go in and have a chat. It was a nice chat. she showed us her project file...looks organised. gave ideas and was open to our ideas...both of us got a good impression of her...final quotation might be more than 25k but includes customised dining table, console and build-in wardrobe.

quite a fun day today...finally starting to get quotations...tomorrow will continue again. might go to chew interior and hamid and syurga....

exercise regime

Exercise regime

Hooray! today i started my exercise regime...i will be doing 15 mins jogging/brisk walking on my treadmill. then i will be doing some weight training for about 10 to 15 mins. I managed to do those things today...hehehe....finally started on my regime...(felt like bush using the word 'regime').

anyway, the only thing that i forgot to do is to take my measurements...will do that tomorrow and will be taking my measurements weekly to see if there is any effects or not....hopefully, by May next month, i would have shed some kilos....or at least shed all these excess fats...

oh ya, i will also be using a toning cream together with a corset at night....most probably, about 3-4 nights per week. really hope to see some significant change....

Taufik will win Singapore Idol! The first Singapore Idol is Taufik!!!!

Signing of OTP, for real!

Signing of OTP, for real!

last nite we went viewing. started viewing at 8 pm. met agent n his PA. then went to 787D, chinese house. next to ju's block. got too much fixed furniture. price is 275k. after that, went to 770. also chinese house, bankrupt case. the house like tongkang pecah. walls stained black, toilet door broken, ceiling peeling....price 255k.

after that, we visited two more houses. both malay house, both price is 265k. first house second floor. ok but i don't like the diamond shape...opit seems to like it...then we viewed the second house. block 538, next to vista point. both of us fell in love with it. 7th floor, views from 3 bedrooms and balcony not blocked. facing the sports school....windy also.





after that, we went to vista point and discussed about the houses. actually, my opit wants to think some more and tell our agent our decision the next day....although our decision is kinda made up already....but then considering, the good location and the price, we decided delaying would result in losing it...so, we told then and signed the OTP that nite itself!!!

wonder what the mama and his agent would say if they found out.....tomorrow, both me and my opit gonna make a collage of our dream house so that we can show it to the renovation contractors during quotations....

signing of OTP....NOT!

signing of OTP....NOT!

last nite, we were supposed to meet the mama and sign the OTP. but then after negotiations, the mama told us he wanted 275k while we had agreed on 270k...then to make matters worse, he wanted 3k upfront! we were really prepared to sign the OTP but the moment we entered, the other agent told us the mama's conditions....we were taken aback.

we had several discussions outside the house and me being soft, was already taken in by the pujuks...my baby was different. he was adamant and was really half-hearted about buying the house but the problem is, he could not voice out his feelings...so i did the talking.

just when we were about to withdraw money for the deposit, we had another discussion in the agent's car...so, although the mama had already signed the contract, we decided not to go through with it...the owner's agent were not too happy about it but then, it's our money...

so, tonite, we are going to view other houses and see how it goes from there....hopefully we can get a suitable place. anyway, we decided that from now on, my baby will set me straight, be the anchor and i will the spokesperson...

can't wait to start the viewing tonite....wonder how it's gonna be like....so exciting!!

house financing

house financing

we met our agents a few days back. they said that we will go ahead with the OTP after raya but at that time, halik still needs to discuss with this owner about it about the selling price of the house...

then a few days after that, we met again and this time, they had already worked out our monthly payment as well to see if we can manage it...well, from the looks of it, we can manage it for at least the first 5 years insya'allah...

so, now, the only thing that needs to be done about the house would be the signing of the OTP after raya and i must remember to take pictures of the house as well...we really need to get several quotations from renovation contractors so that at least we know what can be done with our budget....

decided that after the OTP, we will get our agents to pass us the house floor plan and together with our pictures, we will go recce several contractors to get quotations....

the day is getting nearer and the headache is increasing by the day but then again, at the end of it all, we would be looking back and marvelling at how we actually managed to overcome it all.....looking forward to that....

sofa dilemma

sofa dilemma

continuing about the sofa issue...i really do not know what to say if my mum really decides to give me the sofa...i would have to decline but be very tactful. when it comes to these things, old people are very sensitive...

anyway i would suggest, if mum really wants to throw the sofa, she can still keep the cushions and just placed it against the walls. just like the houses in Iran, but with carpet in the middle of course. that would be real nice and cosy as well as spacious. great idea huh! maybe can just casually bring it up some day...

now, really in desperate need to lose weight. i feel as if my double chin is getting bigger by the day...or maybe it really is true!!! The HORROR!! i have been walking to and from school most of the days except those rainy days. i walked to my MRT, then reach my school's MRT and then walk some more. next step would be to start my weight training. hopefully, after ramadan, i would be able to swim so as to burn more fats. i think i will start my weight training this coming thursday....updates later!!

breaking fast at jurong

breaking fast at jurong

yesterday, i break fast at opit's place. had lontong and roti kirai...after that, we just sit down and talk. remy really can't wait for opit to be gone...he is already planning to decorate the whole room. change everything...his mum just said never mind, he got a lot of money, sarcastically!! hehehe...

the other day, my sis told me that my mum is thinking of giving me the sofa...alamak, i hope she will not. i really do not know what to say...

oops, have to prepare for buka now...updates later...

Housing woes

Housing woes

last wednesday, we break fast together just the two of us but then we met abang malek, our house agent. so, he updated us on the house situation...

he said that he and khalid in discussions with HDB right now and HDB will call them up within this two weeks. The situation is like this: we want to buy a house before we actually get married. it would not be much of a problem if we are not taking the housing grant which is 30K. that is a lot of money which we cannot do without. so now, we are appealing to HDB to allow us to move in around feb/mar next year and produce the marriage cert in may after our wedding AND still get to use the grant. oh by the way, our marriage date would be 28th of May 2005!

going to bussorah street to visit the bazar....updates later!

wedding = headache

don't get me wrong. getting married is something that i can't wait but along with it comes worries, decision-making, headaches and more decision-making...

as of now, my wedding issues are taken care of by my wedding planner which is Kak Ina. despite that, i do have to make decisions. The baju nikah and baju sanding have been decided. I can't upload the photos cos I don't have the digitised version.

as for the food, my parents have discussed it with kak ina and decided on the types of food, so no more problems there. now, on my part, i need to prepare the berkat flowers, hantaran stuff. Now, that would be the fun part! We go shopping...hehehe...

watching style doctors now, updates later....