Fighting with the cockroach

We had our first encounter with the cockracher at our house last night!

It was horrible! It escaped under our bed, but we were persistent. Dear dear “jumped” on the bed, knocking here and there, spraying almost half a can of insecticide under the bed. Finally it crawled out!

But we were too late again, we did not get the newspapers in time to smack it. It crawled back in.

Another 5-10 mins of spraying and jumping on the bed. Probably the cockroach has crawled out and hiding at a corner of the room… so we divert our attention to the curtains. Sure enough it was hiding there. This time, dear dear smacked it with newspapers, with just enough strength so as not to dirty our floor.

Finally… we can have a peaceful sleep.

Our wedding!

Brothers and sisters: Thank you soooo much for helping us. I had a lot of fun that day!

Friends: Thanks for coming to the banquet and celebrating this special day with us.

Links to the photo montage as well as the wedding highlights can be found Leslie’s blog.

1 more week

We have been really busy with the house and the wedding, especially the house. From spring cleaning, to end work ceremony, to move in ceremony. There are just too many things to do! Then not long after, we had the Guo Da Li. And it all took place last week! Furnishing/cleaning the house is a never ending task. Hence, we have decided that our focus next week is our wedding. I can see the weariness in me when I looked at myself in the mirror. I need to replenish my sleep!

Finally, I can say that almost everything has been settled… I really appreciate the fact that dear dear will be on leave next week to handle the rest of the preparations. Thanks dear!

Btw: Invitation cards have been sent out! Please RSVP.

Latest Status

The latest status showed that “Due to no one at home, the goods is kept”. Alamak, of course no one at home lah. I’m here!!!

Wow! The goods are on their way!

I bought some clothes from a online store in Japan and they gave me the DHL airway bill. It’s the first time I made use of such service and I’m really impressed by how detailed they track the goods. It’s on the way!

Spending and Spending

BIG BIG hole in our pockets now…

Lights – We belong to the practical type. Only requirement for lights is brightness! No spot lights, unless required. And yet, we spent more than $1000 on lights…

Toilet accessories – The basin, the taps, the stopper are all sold separately! A toilet bowl can be as expensive as >$1000. How long do you think you will seat on a toilet bowl?! Anyway, they add up to more than $2500 (inclu heater).

So friend, if you intend to get a resale flat like us, you will need at least $45k for the renovation works and carpentry for kitchen and some shelves. Furnitures and electrical appliances not included hor.

Renovation 3rd day

Today is a special day. Happy Birthday my dear friend!

I’m sure everyone knows there are many things to take care of when it comes to renovation of the house. Besides the interior design and budgeting, you may want to consider the feng shui.

I’m never a fan of feng shui but I believe in cleansing the house before moving in. I know that everything is in the mind but I really feel good about the house after we perform the cleansing ceremony of our new house. Somehow, I felt at home after the ceremony…

I’m eager to see the outcome of the renovation! The renovation work started 2 days ago. Just 2 days and the whole house has almost everything tore down. And I meant it. We hacked everything except the kitchen wall tiles. Today is the 3rd day of renovation and they are already laying the living room floor tiles.

Finally in production!

After more than 16 months of working on this project… the system is finally in production!

Woohoo!!!

Voice

Haven watch such a touching and meaningful drama for some time… You will need tissue every time you watch. Unlike typical TVB series this drama features a different aspects of the role of a coroner – conveying the voices of the dead to their loved ones.

Learning English

Recently, my mum took up an Advance English course offered by some Learning Hub . It is a 3 months course which costs $1,357, with $1300 sponsored by the government. At this difficult times, I’m really grateful to our government for sponsoring a lot of skills upgrading courses.

My mum was very excited about learning proper English and has high expectations. I even bought her a MP3 recorder to record the lectures, in case she can’t understand the teacher’s english since we are are so used to Singlish.

It turned out that the recorder has no use at all. She understood the lecture without any difficulty… since the teacher speaks Singlish as well. From my Mum’s feedback, she is more Singaporean than my mum. All sentences end with “leh”, “lor”, “lah” and start with “Eh”, “Ah”.

Here’s a passage which my Mum copied in class. It is supposed to illustrate the use of adverbs.

” I can’t stand doing nothing. I really hate holidays where people lie on the beach all day. I can’t understand it. I absolutely love doing exercise so I get up early everyday and run for ten kilometers before breakfast. I’m not very keen on team sports like football. When I go on holiday, I do water-sports like surfing and sailing. I quite like walking and cycling too.”

No wonder my Mum is disappointed.

I’m really sorry my friend…

I was all ready to go to your wedding tonight when I read the invitation card again and realized that it was a wedding lunch and not dinner!!!!

Please forgive me, my dear friend.

Congratulations and wishing you both a lifetime of ever lasting love and happiness.

Music is incredible!

It’s never too late to learn music.

I started to teach my Mum to play the organ a few days ago. She has many excuses for not learning in the past. She said she’s old and her fingers are not as nimble anymore. But the fact is she can TYPE faster than me. Partly encouraged by me, who recently started violin classes, and my Dad who diligently practises his flute everyday, my Mum finally started lesson 1.

So I took out the course book Step 1 and taught her the first song “嗡嗡嗡 小蜜蜂…“（Song about a little bee)

As my Mum practises, my Dad walks around and gave her a few tips here and there, sometimes laughs at her mistakes. Dad made a casual comment last night. “哇。我们家里有很多蜜蜂。” (There are many bees in our house).

I think music has brought the family closer, especially between my parents. I thought it’s very cute of my Dad to teach my Mum how to play the song according to the rhythm.