Boo!

Happy Halloween 2014!

It was so coincidental that A's room light was faulty since a few days ago... good to create some "spookiness" in darkness!

I switched on the night lights and placed the kiddos close to the lights. I took the chance to introduce Halloween to them, a holiday widely celebrated in the west... we also had treats, but no tricks...

They had fun with the lights. Kids are kids... no matter how you get them to pose, they will look cute, innocent and photogenic. More angels than devils I say! :)

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Balcony wood deck

Wood decking done up today. Like the feel. Hope to laze there with a latte soon.

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Open wardrobe system ... stucked ...

We decided to get the Ikea Stolmen open wardrobe once more. I had always liked it and it served us well for 6 yrs previously. Our buyers for our previous home like it too. Sadly, Ikea is going to discontinue it in 2015.

Parts are limited at Ikea Alexandra and I had to go down to Ikea Tampines for it. However, due to the false ceiling and the beam at the top or the ceiling ... the Ikea installers couldn't install it today. They don't have the wall plugs for dryboard partitions ...

Gotta see what our id can do for us tomorrow.

At Ikea showroom.

The uneven side wall and false ceiling ...

Unfinished product ...

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My Happy Pair

See how happy the kiddos are!

We brought them to the new place. They inspected their room and gave their approvals on the wall colors. The colors were chosen by themselves, boy - blue/green, girl - yellow/pink. :)

After seeing their room, now they were so excited about moving that they started collecting and asking which were the items to move to the new place!  


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After two months, I must say I most look forward to this ... the Hansgrohe rainshower! Made in Germany. I first had a feel of a rainshower at the Fairmont hotel. After that, I know that I MUST have it in my next home.

Raindance S240

Comes with a thermostatic bath mixer.

Pura Vida basin mixer. Nice! Made in Germany.

Grohe accessories. German brand but I think it's made in China now.

What other German brands do we have? I drive a VW ... although I cannot speak for the quality of the 7-speed DSG ...

Our baby bottles are NUK, a German brand too.

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Light at the kitchen utility area changed today. This was what we chose

Not this ...

All our lights were LED except for the living balcony area. I had to say LED lights were quite bright!

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Quartz and it does not mean a watch

The new kid in the block ... quartz has been getting quite popular in kitchen surface tops recently, more so than the solid surface. I've no idea what's quartz except is more scratch and heat resistant compared to solid surface.

Hob is mounted too.

Look from the dining area.

However, the sink looks small now that it's mounted :(

Don't even think about changing ... it's near impossible ... 

I comfort myself that this time round, I have lots of counter-top space!

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Handy Bluetooth

I like bluetooth headsets, even more if it's Plantronics. The newest addition is the Marque 2, M165. It comes with voice activation, prompts, battery life indicator on the iPhone and a car charger. Nice.

The older Jabra that I had doesn't seem very compatible with iOS7 onwards because it takes quite a long while to connect to the phone. For Plantronics, it's quite instantaneous.

Now in white too.

Out with the old

Finally the balcony railing is gone.

Installation in progress.

The completed work.

It's ridiculous how expensive things had become. This replacement cost $2,000 and the amount of metal looked lesser then its predecessor  ... 

That's why its called the "Good Old Times" ... maybe?

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Moving along nicely

Met up with the our ID to discuss some details. The cabinets are coming along nicely.

Cutting the hole for the kitchen sink.

An ID firm told me that they couldn't do solid veneer doors, only semi-core doors. We were fortunate that ours was able to do it for us. It cost an additional $130 per door but I really liked the solid feel. How do we verify it's indeed solid? I tried to lift it up and I could barely do it! I could lift the semi-core veneer door we did for the common bathroom with ease!

Our ID was very proud of the door, the frames and we agreed too!

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Most of my work is done. All the shipment has arrived. What's left is for the carpenters to install the cabinets, electricians to mount the lights, plumber to install the bathroom accessories.

Still, we were wise to go down each day to take a look. There was some oversight, like they left out the internal colour PVC in the master bathroom cabinet. A wrong model of light was delivered wrongly. All these need to be highlighted immediately, else it'll be too late by the time it's finished.

Light installed at balcony.

Start of the carpentry.

That trunking in the photo below is so ugly, it's where the original main DB cable is. Hope to do something about it.

Main door can't open fully ...

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After free staycation, it's free buffet

Thanks to someone, we get a free buffet dinner at Cafe Swiss! I love the melted cheese!

Marina Bay Sands Free Staycation

We had a free night stay, thanks to someone ... I wouldn't be too keen if I were to pay ... I felt that MBS was too crowded.

The room seemed nice, especially the bathtub. Service was good too. We had in-room dining.

Ordered a prime beef burger, warm chocolate tart with praline ice-cream, Singapore Sling and Tequila Sunrise. The ice-cream was such a huge portion, much like a mini-tub. Definietely worth the price.

Breakfast was of course good. My first and only criteria of a good breakfast was that they could do sunny-side up eggs, something which RWS had do away with. Well, it helped that MBS had a carving station of honey-baked ham, nice dim sum, salted butter, juices, soy milk and wide selection of bread.

B enjoying her sunny-side up egg.

A enjoying his favourite noodles.

I like western breakfast.

I only hated the long walk to the carpark and the crowded and boring infinity pool at the top ...

The Maze Runner

The Maze Runner ~ 移动迷宫

CAST: Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Will Poulter, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Aml Ameen
DIRECTOR: Wes Ball
LANGUAGE: English
OPENING: 11 Sep 2014
RUNTIME: 113 mins
RATING: PG - Some Violence

When Thomas wakes up trapped in a massive maze with a group of other boys, he has no memory of the outside world other than strange dreams about a mysterious organization known as W.C.K.D. Only by piecing together fragments of his past with clues he discovers in the maze can Thomas hope to uncover his true purpose and a way to escape. Based upon the best-selling novel by James Dashner.











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This was THE SHOW, both DC and I thought as we were watching it in the cinema! The recent 2 movies we've watched were letdowns and this one brought us excitement and anticipation. Not a bad one to spend our dating anniversary!

The plot or scenes made you think of the Hunger Games movie series -- victims forced to be in an unknown land with traps, constantly fighting for survival, etc.

We liked this and will be watching the second installment. :)