My first bowling trophy

We were asked by my brother-in-law to take part in an IRCC bowling competition and this was what we won, as second runner-up. Not bad yeah? For two total amateurs and two semi-professionals.

I am back (or not?)

I am such a procrastinator!

When I had time on my hands after I quit my job and had SIX full months to wait for the arrival of my child, I started thinking I could finally venture into blogging. Those six months passed, and in the midst of juggling diapers and milk bottles for the newborn, I was eager to share my renovation blog (We achieved two major life events: the keys to our Build-To-Order flat, and our child, within two weeks). And that was IT.....

Almost 5 years down the road, I am back!

I thought I would restart my posts, not because I had new developments to share...We are still trying for another child, and no, I am not keen to make a living out of blogging or anything. At least not with my lousy writing skills.

Revving up the engine on my blog again is due to a few reasons:
1) my wish to document some of my personal milestones/journeys,
2)share some of the things I have been trying to keep up with in the past 5 years(parenting, early childhood education in this day/age, baking, Korean dramas... haha)
3) because much of my online resources clipped in the past few years were in the now-defunct Springpad app. While the app developers had kindly provided a "few clicks" solution to migrate to another app Evernote, I have yet to find Evernote a worthy replacement for what I was using Springpad for. I was hoping to be able to organise them better using labels/tags here.

I hope my next post does not take another four years. Bye bye, for now...

Reno Blog #02 - Initial Visit(s) and Defects

Just a sampling of the various defects we discovered in the flat. 

Defect: water seepage at MBR Toilet

Defect: room door lock area not sealed properly

Defect: Water seepage at common toilet

Defect: long stretch of gaps in plastering on walls.

Reno Blog #29 - Delivery of fridge, washing machine and mattress (12 June 2010)

We got our fridge [Panasonic NR-BY551XSSG, SGD1155] and washing machine [LG WFT80G00TED, SGD495] from Parisilk. Adding on 1+4year warranty (SGD198) for the fridge and 2+3 year warranty (SGD148) for the washing machine. 

I liked that the fridge had a bottom freezer compartment, since we usually use it less (so less bending over/down).

Reno Blog #28 - Windows are dressed with pretty curtains !

Our curtains are up!

Living Room

Day Curtain: Striped Organza
Night Curtain: Cream coloured.


















Dining Area

Roman Blinds using same materials as living room curtains

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Study

White Wooden blinds, full height. Open	Closed.

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Bedroom 2

Day and Night Curtains (Dim Out)

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Master Bedroom
Main Window

Day curtain outside, night curtains shown (Downlights switched on)	Night Curtains (Afternoon, room lights off)

Roman Blinds at Bay Window

Fully Lowered (Room light switched on)	Fully Lowered (Afternoon sun, Room lights switched off).	Half Drawn

String Curtains at Walk-in Wardrobe

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Yard

2 set bamboo chic with PVC covering
Company:Azora Curtain Pte Ltd