Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Rectification by HDB Contractor ... Day 3

This Morning I went to Sundial to take a look at my unit. Saw that all the cracks on the foyer area and MBR wall has been plaster already. The contractor has hack out a layer of the crack area and plastered it which I think the cracks will not reoccurred again. Whole place now dusty again...OMG have to mob again. As for the parquet and and windows grill still untouch. Toilet bowl residues has been removed... Noticed that the dust might went into the socket, so I used my masking tape to cover all the sockets... I took my new switches and compared and its the same size. So confirm can use.. The brand is called"Fung Yip Electric"Now will be waiting for the rectification to complete then can start my reno liao.... Still got some items havent purchase.
1.) LG 8.5kg Washing Machine Fuzzy Logic with Turbo Drum
2.)Mitsubishi Fridge MR 45T
3.) Mitsubishi Starmex Inverter Sys 3
4.) Ariston 30L Ti Plus Storage Heater
5.) 32" LCD TV for MBR (Brands to be confirmed)
6.)Vacuum Cleaner (Brands to be confirmed)
7.)Microwave Oven (Brands to be confirmed)
8.) Sink & Tap (Brands to be confirmed)
9.) Rice Cooker (Brands to be confirmed) KIV
10.) Deep Fryer (Brands to be confirmed) KIV
11.)Electric Iron (Brands to be confirmed)
12.) Computer Table
13.)Curtain will most probably byJimmy Textile (Lucas)
14.)Mahjong Table
15.)Mattress (Brands to be confirmed) KIV
16.)Bed Frame (Brands to be confirmed)

Sunday, September 16, 2007

I have Purchased All Our Electric Lightings liao!!!

Today , early in the morning around 855am met up Baroque sale manager Robin to take measurement for my unit. Afterwhich checking all the defects, we went to Jln Besar to go shopping for Kitchen and toilet accessories. I went to Poo Joo and I find that the price is very reasonable too. But I didnt buy anything so I went to find Royal Falcon. But it is just a small shop n nothing much to look but i just help Jyna to ask for Rheem 25L Water Storage tank which is $260 exclude bracket which cost $60/-.. Then I went to Tai Yong Electric to go look look see see..But to my surprise the price of the lighting is cheaper than D.K which I went yesterday , Miss Lai one of the shop assistant is very helpful and even order drink for us.. In the end , we have bought 12 PLC downlight, 2 Room light , 1 MBR light with Remote control which can on off, Round light 1 for Bomb shelter, 1 for service yard and 1 for Kitchen.. And last but not least bought myself an dining light which consist of 3hanging lamp wif crystal and string.. Look veri cosy .. I also bought 4 spotlight for my display cabinet. End up I have burnt my pocket coz all the things cost $1080... Then went back to Geylang there to DK. Bought whole house Switches for 1 gang , 2 gang and water heater. 1 gang $5 , 2 gangs is $8, 3 gangs is $10 and water heater $13.
My next shopping list will be Sink, Toilet accessories and Water Storage tank...

Thursday, September 13, 2007

YES! We have collected our Keys Today at 11.10am at HDB Hub

Yes, today woke up at around 7.50am coz too excited to collect my keys at HUB Hub.

When I was watching "Zao An Ni Hao”, suddenly I felt my sofa was shaking gently and I saw my lighting at my living room was swinging from left to right. I exclaimed “Shit" I can feel that the block is gently shake... 1st time I felt the tremor in Tampines. Not long after, the new reported... I shouted for my wife to wake up.

Reached HDB Hub at 945 am. Straightaway we went to 2nd floor to buy the Fire insurance. But my appointment is still early, at 11.10am. So we went to HDB Habitat to see their show flats. Saw the 2 room flat unit; really suitable for old couple as everything needed all in place. Then at around 1045am, we proceeded to level 1 to take a queue nos (2984) and waited 15 mins for our turn to go in. Inside the room, the lady explained to us the process. All the lady requires from us is OUR Marriage Cert n IC only. We decided to loan $88,000 for 15yrs; monthly installment around $600. After which, we signed and signed on the documents; I feel like a Super STAR... Then we went to 3rd floor to pay for the 3 months conservancy charges ($169.50). We went back to the room and hooray, we are collecting our keys. Total will be 18 keys:
Main Door X 3
Metal Gate X 3
Bedroom 2 X 3
Bedroom 3 X 3
Master Room X 3
Letter Box X 3

We went to Sundial at around 4.30 pm to meet Deng Shi fu. He was on time & we proceed with the ceremony of door opening. First he chanted before I opened my door. He went in first and told me to take one pineapple and make my wish then roll it into the living room. I did it for 3 times while my wife did it twice. Then my “Fa Gao" and pau were placed in the middle of the living room. We lighted 3 joss sticks each and pray to "Tu Di Gong", five round tray candles was lighted up too. Master Deng was very detailed; he explained to us what our elements; house elements & our lucky color. Then he used some "Temple Holy Water” which was poured into the metal bowl and get us to put the "Tong Qian" ancient coins into the bowl. It was used to chant and ask any spirits to go away because there are people moving in soon. The ancient coins were given back to us after the ceremony. He asked us to keep it safely, when we moved in, we will place it at our "CAI Wei”.... Then Master Deng asked permission from "Tu Di Gong” whether we can "Dong Tu" or not and "Tu Di Gong” agreed. So Master Deng passed me a hammer; asked me to knock the 4 corners inside the bomb shelter to symbolize start of renovation already. He said he will go back & generate one report and meet us 10days later at his office to discuss what color I will use for my wall. And then we went to the opposite temple to cremate the joss sticks and joss paper. We will wait and after rectification finished, we will start our renovation soon.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

2 more days to my Key Collection.

2 more days Im getting my keys liao. YES!!! My wife will be engaging Deng Shifu for FengShui . Will be meeting him when I going to open my door. It will be a veri busy week for us coz we will be cleaning up our house and starting to check on the defects this weekend.I hoped I can start the reno before 25 Sept.... will update again..

Friday, September 7, 2007

Yesterday I have passed my IPPT liao

Yesterday , I went to OLD TRACOM to retake my IPPT. Previous attempt passed all but failed chip up. So I went back to re -take Chip up only.. HAHAHA I need 4 to pass but I managed to do 5... SO now can relax for a while b4 next yrs IPPT . In the mean while I will keep jogging and do chip up to prepare for next year. After which I went to Sundial , I went to Blk168B and went to the 16th floor, check for Lilac n see weather their Block has lock up all the door or not. But I went in to one unit n check , they r doing rectification now n I believe by next 1 or 2 weeks, they will complete and handover the keys. And I took some photos and do all the measurement for that unit coz it is the exact layout with my unit. And to my surprise ,its Lilac's unit . So I passed email her the photos and the measurement for the whole house to her. Attend a Fire Preventive course today and learn quite a few things on Fire prevention. When a person is being burnt by fire, DO NOT use water or BLANKET to put off the fire as , it will result a worse burn coz the blanket will stick to the skin n water will make the burnt mark worse. Instead he/she should roll on the floor to put off it. But if we have an fire extinguisher ( must be dry powder form) , u can extinguish for house hold fire... It is the most effective way. And Always OFF all switch instead of leave it on standby mode. Must always check the water Airpot coz, when it has dry up , it will explode n cause fire. So basically off everything instead of leaving it in standby mode.

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Rear Coilover noise solved.

Yes, Im back after MIA for one day. Worked from 8am to 8 pm. But Normally I got to reported at 7am and reported off around 9pm... can considered O.T one. But to be honest , in this line which Im doing , O.T for around 2hrs is consider normal. sometime even up to 4hrs... As for night shift, my work start from 8pm to 8am. But normally , I will reach my workplace at 5.15pm, go for a a jog then do some work up. By round 8pm then start work. And I will report off normally at 9.30am.... But to me, I have been doing shift for 10yrs, Im also adapted to shift liao. Logged in forum , wah lao . so many posts. so I read one by one.
Just went to S.T Power to asked him to check my rear coilover. The mechanic is veri helpful , and he dun have this kind of face which lookdown on non performance cars.. After he checked , he told me lots of cars are like that one. So he used some grease and WD40 to lubricate my rear shock absorber for me. And he told me to go n test it , if got sound come back n look for him again. So went to test n immediately the sound disappeared.. so happily go home. luckily under warranty...
Now Im start to slowly pack my belonging which Im bringing over to my new House... by then I will not be rushing to pack and I can straightaway move over. heee kia su right but better then last minute job. Count down to collect my keys: 8 days to go

Monday, September 3, 2007

Busy Busy Busy

Today , I went to Capitol Marketing next to Traffic Police to redeem a KDK 85cm tall remote control fan which has a function can allegru -Buster .. Dun know what's that for. So I used 3900 Shell point to redeem as Im now no more using Shell I scared tat the points might expire soon. Afterwhich I went to Bugis. Parked my car and when I came out I then realized I hav parked at the wrong carpark. I have parked at Bencoolen Centre instead of Burlington Square. Hai... So I went over to Morris to collect my HTS which worth $899. A bit kaisu but I scared later out of stock then cannot claim so went today. After collected, I carried the bulky and weighed 22kg box back to my car. Wah lao my whole arms almost down off. I walked back takes around 10 -15min coz quite far away.But worth it...
When I reached home, I checked on the HTS and the KDK Fans, all in good conditions, not even a scratch at all. So i waited for my Hood n Hob to arrived. At 2.30pm, the delivery man arrived. So upon receiving my goods, I said I wanted to check but he said all packs shld have no problem. And if I find any defects or fault, I can contact R*n*ai. Hence I agreed and he left. Checked on the hood , no problem. But the moment I checked on the hod, I found 3 defects. It has a deep 3cm scratch at the Big burner area. And the black color iron stand ,one part was so clear that they used paint to touch up n somemore different color. When checking the stainless steel parts found that there were some uneven on the front part of the 3 knots. veri clear and it jus like paint came off. To what I know stainless steel shouldnt be like tat. Hence give Rinnai a call and the ger asked me to make an appointment to let their technician see all the defects. Hence I told her I will take pics and email to her. She is quite helpful and friendly. I asked her weather it is a recon set, she said new one . So give her benefits of doubts, I believed her. So juz emailed her and see how she replied me. she just called me to check weather Im using City gas or cylinder types, I told her City gas. She informed me that those cylinder types are not suitable for my Hob to used. SO pls take note if anyone is reading my blog.

Sunday, September 2, 2007

Tired coz havent sleep for 24 hrs but I'm veri HAPPY & CONTENTED.

Juz got home not long ago.. Last night I was on for Night Shift. But yesterday 1130am went to Sundial to kapo kapo again. So met up with Jean & Hubby, Apple, rolin & Eriond, Jean & Hubby and Magpng & tw2501 and mei & Hubby. But managed to see n waved to mei & Hubby. They were busy and left Sundial quite early. But managed to chit chat with all the others.. Nice neighbours I can say. All young young couples, that of course included myself... 30 yrs old mah...heee. where bot old old.. la la la la la : )
My wife and I went to Comex today morning after my night shift. Wah lao if I know I wont drive there. Kana caught in the jam not only b'coz of Comex at Kallang stadium. Today was the day for Ironman Triathlon by Aviva. they have closed Nicholl highway and everybody need to re-diverted to suntec. And I was caught in the jam again at along beach rd. So I went to park at Bugis Junction and walked over to Suntec. The moment I entred the hall, I realized that the products they are selling are selling cheaper than normal day... worth to buy but too bad, I cannot buy the whole Comex back...hee Got myself a Norton 360 with a norton cash card worth $10 and also a multi purpose card reader... And can be used for 3 PCs too...
Most happy moment of my life was bought myself and my wife a Samsung 40' TV... hahaha with a 3+ 2 extended warranty and got a HTS FREE. GOing to claim it tomolo as my jazz was parked at Bugis Junction and I got no strength to carry a bulky 18kg HTS back to Bugis from Suntec..

After which , we went to Baroque to look at the Review of my 3D drawing again. Managed to select color for my Kitchen Cabinet and my Feature wall at Foyer n bomb shelter area. There were some minor changes which I need to do for my MBR , TV console and feature wall and also my dining area with my display cabinet ... My ID Robin Toh is a veri nice guy who has lots of patience and veri helpful , willing to help me whichever ways we needed. I would recommend him to ppl who interested in Baroque to do reno for them... Now have to wait for the drawings again. btw this is my 4th review liao. Keep changed here & there and Robin didnt even show his unhappiness instead he advised us on any parts if we are unsure... and he also didnt even rush us to sign the drawings to confirm it...


That's all for todays folks, take care!!!!