I'll be Home tonight!

Hello all,

I can't believe I'm gonna be home tonight. Will be in Singapore till Monday morning (because Monday is dunno which Prophet's birthday and therefore a pub holic). Hahahah. Wouldn't you just love to work in Malaysia?? Oh well... This trip back is to celebrate my mama's 60th birthday!!! Imagine that?? a Cool 6-0! we are driving back also and I hope Alan won't be too tired to do so-because we again slept v late last nite.

Ok...Good luck to Zesa and Yusheng for their A Level results released tomorrow. I know they will spend a sleepless night tonight mulling over it. hahaha. Or will the music be too loud for Sheng to think?? heh heh.

SOFAR SO GOOD

Attention Please!! We have finally bought our sofa!!! That's Step One to furnishing the House! hahaha After viewing and sitting on almost 3million sofas of different shapes,colours,materials, sizes, we have finally made our decision. A three-seater from Lorenzo! *distant applause* We had to travel all the way to PJ but it was worth it.

Now we ONLY have to find out bred frames, dining table, coffee table, tv console etc etc etc. *faint* The BKT is boiling on the stove as I type and I have tuition tonight - my last class before I head for home tomorrow evening.

BTW, if I don't log on again....ALL THE BEST FOR THE A LEVEL RESULTS DAUGHTERS!!!! *HUGS*

The Weekend

I spent the whole of last week busy cooking and killing my fingers and nails. The weekend was spent in a frenzy of furniture viewing (as if we were going to move in next week). We have finally seen a couple of items we like very much and having finally decided to stick to our favourite theme :Balinese resort concept. (phew)

We visted Rozel & Novo (ampang), Lorenzo & Luzini (seputeh) , a cluster of furniture shops in Desa petaling etc etc. etc etc..

Jay Jay started his novice lesson at Taman Desa with a couple of other dogs. He was traumatised halfway through the lesson when a mongrel-looking dog attempted to bite him. He clung on to me after that and refused to let go...from that minute onwards...the lesson went downhill.... :P

It was indeed a long and eventful weekend.

Yay We Bought THE HOUSE

Ladies and gentlemen,

Here is the news we have all been waiting for: We HAVE FINALLY BOUGHT THE HOUSE! Mdm fengshui master took one look at the house (from the outside) and started nodding her head. She toured the entire place and continued the nodding. hahaha Finally, when it was time for her to leave, she said that she couldnt bear to leave because the house was too cosy and comfortable.

We had lunch with our hardworking and very interesting housing agent at Outback (our first real meal in a week!) to celebrate our purchase and he will hop over later for us to sign the documents. hee hee

Please say CONGRATULATIONS to us, the new owners of a beautiful Corner terrace in Bangsar Terasek 3!

Step Two to Buying a House: FENGSHUI

I wonder when I started becoming so superstitious -but I guess it can't be helped, having a businessman for a husband. I started reading some fengshui magazines by Lillian Too a week ago. Of course, I also flipped the ID ones but ID in Malaysia leaves much to be desired, I'm sorry to report. :P The ID here has many lines and patterns and the feel does not come off as classy chic but more like complicated confusion.
I don't think we need an ID person to come in but we still need to decide what style / theme we want to use. Balinese or Modern Contemporary? We like the woody-feel and the bright garden will accentuate a Balinese concept, if chosen.
Today, we are bringing in our Fengshui master ( a lady) to view the house and determine whether it's suitable for Alan and I. That's at 1230pm.

Step One to buying a House : Save Marnee!

In a desperate bid to save money with the motivation of buying a new house and enjoying the first opportunity to create a home together, The Husband and I have been actively saving money. Our first step was to cut down our expenditure on FOOD- if you don't know us very well, let me tell you that quite a hefty fraction of our household income is dedicated monthly to that sector. ahahhaa
We have since changed our eating habits from restaurants (our commonly know in Malaysia as restorans) to hawker centres and foodcourts. We have tried The Gardens foodcourt (thrice for dinner this week) and also the Mid Valley foodcourt (for their renowned but disappointing bbqed seafood) for lunch on Saturday.
Today, after bringing the dogs to have some fun at doggie class at Taman Desa, we even tapao-ed charsiew noodles from the hawker centre there!! All for a good cause, don't you think? :D
This evening, we also headed to Bangsar pasar malum to buy some fresh seafood/vegetables etc at wholesale prices. This Maid will be cooking dinner for the whole week (if possible) so that the Sir and the Mum (me again) can eat at home and save money by playing wii and watching DVDs. aahhhahaha

fervent house-hunting continues

I've been sooooooooooo lazy to update my blog. It's been a week! Amazing, but TRUE.

Well, the past 1 week was spent fervently house-hunting. We saw a couple more houses and 1 which we lived quite a lot but the asking price and the bank's valuation don't match and it's no way we are going to cough up money to finance this house. Still looking around. We've got two to view tonight and two tomorrow. ahahha I think we are causing a frenzy in this very slow property market.This weekend, we intend to spend it at Mid Valley where a property fair will be held. We also have another facial appointment, this time at Cres from 2-4pm on Saturday. It's tiring but interesting to view houses and see how people have done them up.

I think I shall go and buy some home decor mags soon ...