Rectification

The PE engaged his own contractor to repair the beam. Hopefully with this, the work can be allowed to proceed. The upper floor owner had even complained to the BCA ... hope to resole this asap.

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Stop Work Order
Torn Down
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Baby A's sick

Oh man, this is a first time I rather not have. A was admitted to hospital. He had been having a fever for the past 6 days and a very blocked nose. He couldn't sleep at night, woke up every 30 min. We couldn't sleep too ...

Today after a very difficult blood test in the morning ... the pd said that he could be having dengue fever and advised us to admit him to KK Hospital.

Look at him now having his dinner ... doesn't look sick at all ... :)

Work Stop Order

Today the management office called me. They informed me that the workers had damaged part of a structural beam and were ordered to stop the renovation works. I left it to the ID to take care of it. After all, we had the PE's approval before hacking works.

Well, my ID did mention that he will bear any costs incurred. Good to hear that. Let's hope everything will be settled without any problem. Anyway, it seems like the $1000 deposit will be forfeited ...

Torn down

The aftermath ...

 Looking towards the dining, the wall at the doorway was hacked down.

Where the kitchen used to be

The living halls and balcony

The washing area

New home original layout

The interior decor doesn't really sit well with us, thus the extreme makeover. However, we do like the space and breezy environment there.

Balcony

Living Hall 2

Living Hall 1

Common toilet

Master toilet

Kitchen

Utility room

Hacking started

Hacking started. Our id got the PE and management office's approval within a day. That's when we also made the 50% downpayment of $32,000 ...

Other costs:
Non-refundable fee of $321 for management office. Used for padding the lift and also an admin fee.
Refundable deposit of $1,000 to management office.
PE approval - $500

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Interior Designer confirmed

Interior Designer confirmed

After 2.5 mths of searching for an interior designer, we finally confirmed with one today. We went through quotations with Orange Cube, Living Gaia, Image Creative, +Space, Aspero Design and Obbio Concept. Some id that we approached expect us to give them the design or they are not willing to reveal too much in case we take their designs to other id firms.

Some observations of the various id that we encountered:

Ciseern - Practically at every furniture show at Expo. Most expensive of all. Their package is already $10,000 more than competitors. No followup from them ...

Rezt n Relax - Encountered a newbie ... asked a whole lot of questions only to followed up with us 1 month later. Ignored him ...

Orange Cube - Friendly guy, willing to listen. On the pricey end.

Living Gaia - Their package was quite a good deal but all the extra carpentry was on the pricey end. Package included changing all room doors, Sys-3 aircon, hood n hob, free upgrade to quartz surface. Quartz is getting more popular. Similar to solid surface but more resistant to scratches and heat.

+Space - Didn't followed up with us after the initial contact at Expo.

Aspero Design - Quite a good pricing but they couldn't give us the quotation in time. The id was previously from Square Room, which we had approached (but didn't use) for our previous renovation.

Image Creative - Very competitive pricing for an id firm. We visited one of their completed projects, which was the home of a famous footballer in Singapore. It's a HDB transformed into a condo-like feel. However, they are not forthcoming with any design for us.

Obbio Concept - Recommended by a friend who had his house done by this id. Previously from Art Trend, he had setup shop on his own. He was very forthcoming with designs for our renovations, done up the quotations and changes very quickly. We like his proposed design very much that we decided to give him the contract.

Water-resistant keyboard

Thought it looks quite cool. Washable, which is good because keyboards are probably one of the things that are teeming with bacteria ... Here's the Logitech K310.

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Maleficent

Disney's Maleficent

CAST: Angelina Jolie, Sharlto Copley, Elle Fanning, Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton, Miranda Richardson, Juno Temple, Lesley Manville
DIRECTOR: Robert Stromberg
LANGUAGE: English
OPENING: 29 May 2014
RUNTIME: 98 minutes
RATING: PG

From Disney comes “Maleficent”—the untold story of Disney’s most iconic villain from the 1959 classic “Sleeping Beauty.” A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. Maleficent rises to be the land’s fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal—an act that begins to turn her pure heart to stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces an epic battle with the invading king’s successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom—and perhaps to Maleficent’s true happiness as well.
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I always thought fairy tales depicted in movies are too short. This one too. A different story narrated by the "Sleeping Beauty". Quite flat, the plot... this easily bored DC or boys. I think this is still alright, from a girl (or rather, woman's) point of view.

Nikon replacment

The venerable D80 finally broke after the 1st repair. Deciding not to send for repair again, I search around for a 2nd-hand alternative as I mainly use the Oly EM5 nowadays.

Found a D7000 on Clubsnap for $630. Immediately arranged for deal.



Hope to use it for fireworks on National Day.