Hari Isnin

Selamat pulang bekerja ye rakan-rakan. It's Monday morning again. Pagi tadi nak bangun tido Tuhan je la yang tahu susahnye. It's sooooo freakingggg cold.....hadoiii....dah la remote aircond tu jauh duk kat dalam cupboard...nak bangun switch off macam sengal je rase....Encik Husband pon 2x5....jadinye, tido la dalam kesejukan kami 3.5 beranak....ceiss...sabo je la...then bile alarm dah bunyik, masuk shower, tengok-tengok takde hot water plak...ni la akibatnye gune that solar water heater at home....our centralized manual heater dah rosak....so kalo takdok matahari, maknanya, air shower tu memang sezukkkk like ice ler....brrrrr....terpaksa la mandi ala-ala kamben....grrrr....

anyways, harini tak banyak kerja sangat.....not as bad as last week....so boleh bernapas and berblog-hopping kejap kat opis...ekeke...multitasking la...what else...kalo tgk documents je all the time, mau juling mata nanti....ekekeek.....this week is gonna be a 3 working days week for me....kamis and friday da cuti CNY.....me and Nia will me making our first trip ber-dua sahaja balik ke Kuala Terengganu Khamis ni....Fahmi has to work on both days.....so it's just gonna be the 2 of us...Tok nak buat tahlil arwah for Ki....so saje la balik...tu pon 1 night je...ingat nak stay 2 malam, tapi MAS nye ticket ya ampun punye mahal la pulak kan....AirAsia and Fireflyz pon sama je....sebab festive season ni la...nak plak last minute baru nak cari ticket...mahu idok mahalnye...so, ended up I have to pay RM400 in total for both of us, return naik MAS...boleh la....family comes first....since airlines lain pon sama je rege, might as well naik MAS je....at least dpt priority since I'm pregnant and Nia pon ade ni....fuhhh....with me luck....neves ni actually nak naik plane berdua...takut Cik Puan ni buat perangai dia la...eheheh.....so far last time pi Langkawi she's been a gem....so hopefully this time around pon sama....

next on the list adalah, furnishing umah Denai Alam...dah lama tak update about Projekt Haus kat sini..... as mentioned previously, kami dah out of budget nak furnish rumah ni....so terpaksa la buat stage-by-stage....since dapo nye cabinets are all done now....our next focus would be the family area kat atas....so that whenever we go there to sleep (ala-ala summer house wiken gitewww) ada la tv untuk hiburan seisi keluarga...especially for Nia la....so, now dah ade TV and home theatre system...smalam dah beli carpet shaggy kat IKEA.....rak TV pon dah assemble....next nak beli 2-seater sofa untuk kat atas ni....and book rack/storage cabinets plus a lot of picture frames (Ni project time pantang lar kot)....lepas abes family area ni....ingat nak cari dining table kat bawah.....or perhaps we can furnish the master bedroom dulu....see how it goes and if we have the $$$....

harap-harapnye dapat la durian runtuh lagi....ahahaha....baru la masyuk nak gi shopping furniture...:p...till then, selamat hari isnin yg sezokkkk!

Update: Projekt Haus

Excited!!! Tomorrow we're gonna go and check on our hse progress...currently all the major works are alnost done...today pon contractor dah wash the house using chemicals & acid to remove all the cement & paint stains...esok is the last touch-up for the house...apart from the electrical wiring ada sikit lagi x settle...

I've even bought all the stuff utk start cleaning the house...teruja ni....so this week harap2 can settlw then kitchen hob installation as well as the dry kitchen cabinet....weeeehuuuu....akhirnya, dah ada rupa rumah....feelings?: mcm tak percaya...;-)

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Update: Projekt Haus

Last weekend sangat lah taxing for us. In order too keep up with our contractor yang sangat lah efficient and pantas membuat kerja, we had to go to Sg Buloh and purchase electrical lightings for the whole house. At first, ingatkan lepas raya baru nak fix the lights. Skali hari Selasa ni. Adoi. Makanya, di tengah2 bulan puasa ni, kami anak beranak pon terpacak la kat kedai letrik tu selama berejam-rejam duk memilih lampu yang berkenan di hati. Perasaan? Exhausted tapi teruja. Yerla. Sapa tak excited kan. Pilih lampu untuk rumah sendiri. Basically takde la susah mana. Yang susah is to make sure that the choices that we made in total will not exceed our budget. Since ade plaster ceiling and such in our living room, we had to purchase downlights and T5 dengan byk sekali. Decorative lights ade jugak. 2 lights at our living area. Another one in front of the stair case. And another 2 at the dry kitchen. The rest, sume downlights - including the bedrooms.

Budget now mcm dah a little bit lari. So, most likely our last installment for the Dry Kitchen Cabinets kena buat 0% monthly installment. Because whatever remaining savings that we have left kena gune for curtains and barang-barang dapur. Adoi. Ini tak termasuk furnitures ok. For now, we've settled with 'Japanese Syle' la untuk furniture. Hehe. Bak kata Ida, "Kayuh slow-slow".He he he. I don't really mind not having any furnitures for now. Cos in my mind, I might as well wait before, I decide to buy anything so that I can have enough money and buy something that I really like (which can be pretty pricey selalunye). Rather than buying something cheapo tapi cepat rosak and takde kualiti.

Nonetheless, hari ni Norien, from Kian Classic, will be going over to the house to mark where our dry kitchen punye plumbing needs to be adjusted to. Then kena mark another extra plug point for our microwave and oven untuk install in the dry kitchen cabinets nanti. By this week, our wet kitchen, most likely akan siap pasang all the wall tiles. The sink & water tap will be fixed. Lantai will be levelled up and tiled. Additional plugpoints (3) will be installed.

Belakang rumah memang tak sempat siap minggu ni - so tak kisah. Cos they need to do the plumbing/drainage for the washing machine and the plug point jugak.

Internally, dalam rumah - plaster ceiling sudah siap. Tinggal nak touch up jer. Lightings sume akan pasang hari Selasa ni. Curtain railing for bawah pon harap-harapnye this week. Yang the rest, kena buat ngen curtain vendor. Tapi for plaster ceiling at the dining area, belum pasang the wood panelling lagi. Itu, still tak siap.

Next would be touching up of the house. Nak kena re-paint all the smudges, bla bla. Washing, cleaning and polishing of the tiles. Installation of dry kitchen cabinets, bedroom wardrobe, stove, hood and oven, grill fixture and touch up. And dekat blakang rumah, last would be nak pasang that poly-carbon roof.

And who said renovating a house is an easy work? Poning ade la. Talking and discussing and haggering with the contractors. Nak get the cheapest price but at the same time I still want the quality and workmanship. Then kena survey bermacam kedai, bermacam barang, bermacam harga. Sampai naik poning. At the same time, asyik duk tengok kat bank account balance for checks and credit - to make sure our money is sufficient. Harap-harap zero hutang. Insya Allah. So far all has been paid in cash. My motto is: Biar susah skarang, jangan susah kemudian.

Overall, we're having fun doing the house. Penat lelah pon untuk rumah kite jugak kan. Biar la kite yg penat, as long as we get what we want. I really hope that the end result will be as good as what I have in mind. Insya Allah.

Projekt Haus

I've been wanting to post an entry about our sucasa for awhile now but didn't have the chance to do so with all the other happenings around us. As I've briefly mentioned before, we are getting our own place at Denai Alam under the development of Sime Darby. After 2 years of wait, we finally got the key to the house 2 months ago. Feelings at that point of time? Excited! Happy! Exhilarated! Proud! Sume skali la - in a combo. Happy that the house is finally ready. Proud as a new home-owner. Teruja and bla bla bla. Typical first time org beli rumah la jawabnye.

So, we already have a plan for the house and have been saving every penny that we have in preparation for this. Mainly, I requested to Hubby that I want the kitchen to be renovated. Basically to split the existing dry kitchen and add on a new area for our wet kitchen. So, that can be considered as the most major change that we'll be doing to the house. Due to budget constraint, we decided not to knock down the current kitchen wall. But to build up an area surrounding it - extending the whole section to the end of the land area.

We scouted for the best contractor, and when when we first got the initial quotation from the first contractor that we approaced, I almost popped my eyes after hearing the cost of it. Mind you, this is just normal contractors without any elements of Interior Design and so on. Taking in advice from the people who have done this before, of course, we went on to a few other contractors in order to ensure that we are getting the best price offered and to make sure that we wont be cheated by the one that we will decide on. So far, the cost of the renovation comes within the same range of MYR20+k. *Phew*. That's one pricey kitchen I must tell you.

After a few weeks of scouting and surverying and tired feel and cranky moments - we finally decided to engage Stilux Design & Renovations Sdn Bhd. Their office is in Sunway Damansara - so its very convenient for us to go and visit them. The Site Supervisor is friendly and seems determine enough to please us. And the Design Partner, is considerate enough and we were able to get a good bargain out of it.

For the cost of MYR20,500 we will get:
1. House extension for wet kitchen (width 5 feet x length 10 feet)(Inclusive of tiles for the wall and floor, concrete kitchen top, melamine kitchen door, 3 feet window sill and downlights)
2. Plaster ceiling in new wet kitchen
3. 4 electrical points in wet kitchen
4. 1 electrical point, water pipe and close drainage system for washing machine
5. 1 wooden door
6. 2 lighting point for back door and outside the gate
7. 6 feel high concrete fencing

8. Plaster ceiling for dining and living area (manholes)
9. Wiring for downlights in dining and living area

10. Curtain railing for all windows and sliding door in living area

This is the best that we got as the rest are asking for over MYR20k and that is just for the wet kitchen without the countertop and plaster ceiling.

Will try to update the pictures on the progress soon - stay tuned.