Relaxing Our Mind...

A very simple family area (with the LED TV on the other side)

Brand New

Today is our second day @ our home sweet home..

The house is much more organized compared to day 1 :)

Q: How I feel?

A: Absolutely GREAT!

Q: What are we doing?

A: Painting and cleaning up the house- 3 rooms to go!

Q: What's next?

A: Unpack all the furniture.

Q: Cooking?

A: Simple one- Steamboat!

Q: Photos?

A: No time.

That's all for day 1 and day 2.

Cheers >,<

A total mess

The house is (in) a total mess...

We're busy painting and cleaning..

I don't think 4-days off will be enough for me to clean the mess! :)

(even though I knew how tired it was, still I enjoy it a lot- because this will be my home in Perth at the time being)

Besides, we have not unpack the furniture- they are still nicely packed in bedroom3 

Right now, I'm waiting for the 'guru' to fix the brick-paving outside!

Finally, he is here as I'm heading to work in 2hours time.

It's better to show you our 'masterpiece'. Here's the kitchen...

It was painted in Pale Tendril (very light green)

Toward The End V

I did have some photos to share- taken on last Friday!

Blind and door knob installed---->

We are now waiting for the carpet to be installed on next Monday. If not mistaken, house inspection should be carried out next week as well. We should be getting the keys the following week! ;)

On the other hand, Laura (my future neighbor) will be getting her key next week and move in. So, we are going to meet up on next Friday to discuss about the fencing. Finger crossed that this  will be the most inexpensive one (according to Laura-she had 5 quotes with her)

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We visited the house on Sunday and very luckily, we met up with someone from the cleaning company came to clean up the house and we realized that the carpet was installed already!

Yipee, we should have our inspection next week and handover on the following week...>,<

 GOD BLESS...

 

 

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0625.chilly.loneranger.

It is about 3°C out there. Luckily, I'm not working today! >,<

Will be staying @ home all day but I do have something going on

- cooking: Mince and veg porridge with fried fish

- follow up with builder

- watching series

- laundry

According to weather forecast, Perth is about 3-16°C for this entire week. 

My husband used to park his car outside (no garage @ this rented property)

Yesterday, there were a thin layer of ice all around his car!

He then had to pour the boiled water on the glass..

Ca you imagine how cold it was?

Going back to bed now

Zzzz

Stay cool and don't get too stress-up with work, OK?

"Unstoppable Grandmother Story"

I'm all alone in this cold and chilling night! 

Keng visited his friend and the couples were not around too..

I don't mind staying at home alone because I'm able to blast my speaker to the 'max' again

Listening to MIX Malaysia of course...

(my fav. radio station)

Oh GOSH, my house had finally came to the last 3 steps. They started the construction in late Feb and completed in mid July. It took just 5-months for completion. It's unbelievable, right? Someone might be thinking of the stability of the house? Honestly, I have no idea at all- will need to monitor and let you know later.

Furthermore, I'm kinda impressed of the process of the construction- Did I mention earlier? I guess not! Only ONE worker for each of the step along the construction!

Just to share with you that this is hydrangea 绣球花 in Chinese

and this is bougainvillea 九重葛 in Chinese

  

I'm thinking of planting mandarin, apple, grapes, vegetables and etc but not sure whether I'm capable enough!

I remembered during the days in Malaysia, I did have a cherry tomato plant and orchid before and I named my orchid as 'Demi' because I'm huge fans of Demi Moore at that time. Guess what, I still have the orchid kept in my prayer book.  That's the reason, I'm kinda proud of myself. :)

I'm talking to mum over the skype

Perhaps, I might have to just stop here

Talk to you next time

Cheers

:)

Grinning from ear 2 ear

 How are you doing out there?

I'm kinda busy as I'm back to queue(no more own sweet time)

Besides, there are lots of changes that I'm still coping with now!

I just dislike taking calls after being in complaint team. :(

BTW, I have taken 4-days off during the period of moving house but won't be taking additional leave for painting but hubby will! To be honest, both of us can't wait to move it already. Handover should be in mid July (* progressing according to plan) I'm saying YES.YES.YES loud and clear -Welcome to visit me at anytime.

Supposedly this should be posted yesterday....

Anyhow today1/7/2011,  I'm extremely happy because I'll be refunded from Australian Tax Office soon. I had estimated that the amount is much more higher compared to last year!

Since today is Friday, any plans? I do have some plan for myself tomorrow:

- work for 5 hours (7.15-12.15pm)

- lunch with friend @ Sizzler

Going to have a nap now Zzzz

See ya and enjoy your weekend

Don't stress up, OK?

Planning stage

Hurray, just a month to go!

We were informed that handover will be in mid of July and we'll then carry out:

- Internal painting

- Crossover

- Landscaping

On 28 July 2011, we'll officially be moving to the  house. Even though we're now in western country, we'll still be following certain tradition- just to make sure everything smooth sailing. I am thinking of hanging the "ang chai" on the entrance door but I left it in SP. Not because I'm superstitious, just feel that it's a nice decor. My neighbor (in phase 1) hung it before (I saw that!). During my trip back to Malaysia, I had bought 2 small pineapples that will go to alfresco area/entrance ;)

What else to do? Ya, we plan to have steamboat on that day itself to celebrate our jolliest moment. Definitely, it will be the best day ever in my life in Australia.

Will I be taking any days off? I'm still thinking of.... Haven't even submitted the leave form yet!

Landscaping? We haven't decide which plant to go for (in front of our house)- Hydrangea or Bougainvillea? 

More to come- Stay tuned!

Lucky Devil

As I mentioned earlier, we had bought some electrical appliances @ GoodGuy on 2 June 2011. Yesterday, we visited the store to just measure the refrigerator and found out there was a gap between bench-top and the fridge (5.5 inch). We then thought of swapping for a smaller one, however after consideration we decided to stick with the existing one.

 

On 24 June, again they are on sales and we noticed that the TV and washing machine we bought were on a tagged price too! Undeniable, I approached one of the sales for the tagged price. Guess what? I'll be paying AUD206 lesser than the exact amount I had to >,< Honestly, I don't mind to thicken my face when it comes to money, money money...

Toward The End V

Garage door is finally installed. There you go...

Not sure what is this yet! Controller... I guess.

Ours and neighbor's....

Orchard

Last Sunday, we visited one of the orchard in Perth..

Unfortunately, there is nothing much to see..
We were advised to visit the orchard in Mar or Apr.

The main reason is to get CHEAP fruits...
Guess what:
1KG of pink lady red apple is AUD2
1KG of persimmon is AUD1.50
1KG of granny smith green apple is AUD1

Though the skin might not look appealing but they taste good!
>,<

(Admission fees: AUD2.50 to the orchard)

Toward The End IV

Yesterday, Keng got me to flip an email to our builder regarding the leftover brick paves in the garage. Guess what, we're able to keep them up for our own use. How blessed we are, right?

To be frank, we still need to work out on 2.7m * 3.6m of the crossover (that need to pay upfront)
Now, we do not need to worry about the bricks as we'll be paying for the labor only!

Toward The End III

Someone was working on-site, we then took the opportunity to 'sneak-in' the house (with permission this time >,<). Here's the progress...

 The front view-
still need to work out with the crossover!

that's the en-suite-100% completed

(supposed to close the lid of the toilet)

kitchen area- 100% completed 
fyi, table is white in color not green

closer look of  the cook-top and oven
(pretty small one)

 alfresco- 100% completed

laundry area- 100% completed

中间人 Middleman

你曾当过"中间人"吗?

Have you ever been a middle man before?

我试过,感觉不好受...

更何况,他们是我要好的朋友

有点可惜

但我相信有一天, 我们会如往一样

因为我们是好朋友

I tried and I felt really bad

Furthermore, they're really my good friend....

It's pity

I believe one day, we'll just like the good old days

because we're good friend

那当然, 我也当过媒人

凑合一对男女朋友

Of course, I matched make couples too...

becoming so-called a 'middle-man'

haha..

不好意思,忽然有点感触

可能时间多了点

I'm sorry, all of sudden I felt so emotional

might be due to I have plenty time today

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Just before I left, yesterday I bought 4 medium-size pillows to be placed it on the lounge...

Now I'm regret of choosing grey color the lounge

At first, I thought of having a dark color for the lounger- perhaps dark grey or black

Guess what, we'll be having sort of white painted on the wall

Besides, my TV unit and coffee table is all white

I can't make any changes anymore as the lounge is ready to dispatch

Now the only way to get back White-Black combination

is to put a black rug on the floor

Do you think, will take look better?

Progress Watcher

Here's the progress of the house in chart

* Due to the rain, there are certain job can't be carried out....

That's the reason, they have to skip and proceed with others! 

 

Shopaholic?

Last Friday was my last day in Complaint Team.

Again, I'm back to queue on 20 June onward.

What will happen then? I can't tell....

Frankly, there is no certainty at all  to work in a call-center

I have a colleague who's in wireline now is going to cross skilled with unwelcome call and vice-versa

So, I might be going back to Complaint soon

or some new job might be awaiting me to grab...

Who KNOWS?

Let's just change our topic for today....

FYI, here comes the financial year end stock take

Everywhere is now on SALES.SALES.SALES

Nothing much to do @home...

Besides, we're thinking of getting some bar stools.

Therefore, we're heading to A-mart again!

Undeniable, we bought two of them and a coffee table

 

The coffee table is exactly the same as my dining table

It's a all WHITE with a little rough surface (not glossy type)

Supposedly, they are ALL IN ONE including TV unit, cupboard and etc..

Without second thought, hubby bought a new laptop. Running on AMD processor

Guess what? The price is much more cheaper than I expected

On the other hand, WII is on big bargain too

It's about AUD177 including one game

I did ask him to get one

Unfortunately, my request was declined :(

Anyway, that's not important at the time being.

Just wanna tell you that in summary, everything is on sales now!

just lucky that I'm not a shopaholic

or else definitely I will shop till drop!

kekek...

P/S: We're soon to submit our tax for 2010/2011 in July, I just can't wait to get some money back!

Yipee >,<

Toward The End II

Additional photos... (* We sneaked-in the house because it was unlocked on 15/6/2011)

so called "water-proof" socket and 

that's our brick known as 'Hamelin'

Electrical testing is finally completed!

closer look of the wall tiles and range-hood 

An even closer picture of the wall tiles and range-hood

Bath-tub is now completed!

Toward The End

It's almost toward the end of construction (completed at about 85%)

I guess they still left:

- Painting

- Brick paving

- Electrical Testing

- Carpet and blind installing

- Cleaning-up

NOTES: Neighbor just left brick-paving process, they will be moving in earlier than us even we started the construction first! Honestly, I can't waiting for the inspection and handover....

Water heater system 

 

That's the en-suite (still waiting for a closed bathing area)

This is the kitchen area (just a small one)

Still waiting for the cooktop(top) to be installed

It look weird (without putting the whole wall with tiles),right?

 As they had charged AUD1200 for this 'look'

It will be very costly to put the whole wall with tiles

Thinking of DIY later  (* 1 tile=AUD44)

Mixed Feeling

From 20th June, I'm back to my nominal position again!

Foxtel on TBOX will be released on that day too..

Oh GOD

It's a pain now..

AGAIN with all those KPI- AHT, FCR...

Furthermore, I'll be on a rotating shift..

:(

I wish I could just stay in COMPLAINTS Team

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How do I feel?

Today, I'm incredibly high up in sky

feeling a little exciting, not because I won lotto or anything.

BECAUSE tomorrow I won't be calling the customer as 

I'll be in the training room, attending refresher course for TBOX and THUB (8-4pm)

In truth, I love training a lot!

>,<

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Finally, the solar heater was spoil 

and I'm taking cold shower everyday

Even in this cold weather (6-19°C)

(for your knowledge, it's winter now! (June-Aug))

Can you imagine how cold the water is?

Just imagine when a monkey was thrown in the water

Haha..(I'm the monkey- kept 'dancing' in the bathroom)

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Previously, I was on 3 THREE cap-plan and I'm paying AUD29/month for my mobile for 24 months

Now, I had changed to Vodafone PREPAID- Recharge 365

and of course, I still have my mobile no# remain

Nowadays, I'm using SKYPE to make outgoing calls to Malaysia * AUD0.03c/min for landlines, AUD0.084c/min for mobile and AUD0.13c/sms (unfortunately, I haven't activate to receive sms)

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Going to bed now

Sweet dream

Zzzz.

zzz

zz

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cming

8.58pm