An ongoing journey

Balcony Wood Deck
Open Wardrobe System ... Stucked ...
All Things German
Let there be light
Quartz and it does not mean a watch
Out with the old

CityGas ready
Since when did things become so expensive
Halfway through
All for the savings
Mayhem
Renovation is tough work - Part 7
Renovation is tough work - Part 6
Renovation is tough work - Part 5
Renovation is tough work - Part 4
Renovation is tough work - Part 3

Saturday, January 17, 2015

The car video camera's battery finally gave up ... so the time couldn't be stored in the settings. The time would drift as each day passed and become more inaccurate. After reading on a car forum, I realised that the internal battery could be replaced but it need soldering ... Ok, I can do that. I'm quite good with soldering during my uni days.

So I went to Sim Lim Square to buy the battery for about $10 and a connector cable.

Time for the works ...

That was the easy part. Next the soldering. The battery was soldered to a circuit board and I had to use a solder to take it out. It went quite well.

The de-soldered circuit board.

Soldered back the new battery. When testing it, there was no response so I wasn't sure if the polarity was correct and I did had to switch the connection. Still it told a while to charge for the camera to give a response.

There were a few other hiccups, when drilling a hole through the camera casing for the battery cable to pass through, I drill too fast and it broke the circuit board cables! Luckily, I was able to solder them back but it's a close call ...

The finished product. If the battery died, I can now change the battery from outside, no more taking it apart :)

Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Digital Door Viewer - A High-Tech Home

Decided on a digital door viewer.
Installer: An Digital Lock
Cost: $220
Features:
Motion Detection
Micro-SD storage.

Works quite well.

UHD TV

Wall Mount

All Ready ... Almost
Going Digital

Balcony Wood Deck
Open Wardrobe System ... Stucked ...
All Things German
Let there be light
Quartz and it does not mean a watch
Out with the old

Friday, December 26, 2014

Merry X'mas 2014!

Just did quick collages of A and B to send greetings this joyful festive season! :)

Merry X'mas 2014 & Happy New Year 2015 to all!

Monday, December 01, 2014

UHD TV

When I wanted to mount my current 40" TV to the living room, I got laughed at ... So I was "ordered" to get a TV of at least 55" size.

I deliberated between a 60" FHD and 55" UHD TV. The 65" UHD models were out of budget, costing nearly $4K ...

Finally got this at Mega City, United Square. I gave up the 32" LED TV for a further $300 discount.

Samsung UA55HU7000. Built-in digital tuner, wifi and UHD resolution.

Free keyboard and mouse.

Had to buy longer cables for the connections to the various devices though.

Wall Mount

All Ready ... Almost
Going Digital

Balcony Wood Deck
Open Wardrobe System ... Stucked ...
All Things German
Let there be light
Quartz and it does not mean a watch
Out with the old

Wednesday, November 05, 2014

Wall Mount

You just have to love these swivel wall arms. This allowed us to watch TV from our bed :)

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All Ready ... Almost
Going Digital

Balcony Wood Deck
Open Wardrobe System ... Stucked ...
All Things German
Let there be light
Quartz and it does not mean a watch
Out with the old

Tuesday, November 04, 2014

All Ready ... Almost

Dining and TV feature wall is up.

Kitchen

Common bathroom

Master bathroom

We decided against boarding up the pipes. The estate was quite old and prone to leakage on the ceilings ... a pity.

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Going Digital

Balcony Wood Deck
Open Wardrobe System ... Stucked ...
All Things German
Let there be light
Quartz and it does not mean a watch
Out with the old

Sunday, November 02, 2014

Going digital

Going keyless. The fingerprint reader worked very well! Installation took about 2 hrs, including chiseling, drilling, etc.

In addition, it came with 2 RFID tags, 2 RFID cards and 5 spare keys for backup. All for $980 from MyDigitalLock. The Dorma door closer was another $100. Had to install that else the warranty would be void ... However, due to the low ceiling height, the door closer would hit upon the door upon closing ... hmm ...

Samsung P718:

Balcony Wood Deck
Open Wardrobe System ... Stucked ...
All Things German
Let there be light
Quartz and it does not mean a watch
Out with the old

Saturday, November 01, 2014

A Must Have

I knew I must have this. Despite all the various open wardrobe systems out there in the market, I didn't like any of them, they are more suited to walk-in-wardrobes.

I only like IKEA's. It's good enough to stand on its own. The drawers could even double up as a TV console!

It wasn't easy getting this up ... Firstly, when IKEA came, they can't drill into the false ceiling above because they don't have the appropriate wall plugs.

The next day, my contractor arrange for timber strips to be reinforced above. I had to again go down to IKEA Tampines to arrange for another installation date. Of course, I had to keep reassuring them any issues or damages arising from the installation to the dryboard, I'll take responsibility.

So there went another $35 for transport.

Finally, the IKEA guys came down once more. They still complained that they can't drill to the dryboard ... So I talk to their supervisor taking all responsibility. I must have this no matter what.

Finally, it's all installed and looking good! Problem solved!.

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Balcony wood deck
Open wardrobe system ... stucked ...
All things German
Let there be light
Quartz and it does not mean a watch
Out with the old