The hectic weekend

The reno was going pretty smoothly now after some rocky schedule and my endless nagging here. Almost every weekend now we were running errands for the house. It's either to go hunting for a house lock, looking at lightings for the entire house, furnitures or asessories.

Here's a brief look at what we did for the past 3 weeks.

5 - 7th June - Back in KL. Went to Puchong to get our waterheater and ceiling fan. Made 2 trips there as the 1st trip was closed due to public holiday (Agong's bday!)

8 - 12th June - Bargain hunting around S'pore + constant inspection of the house reno

14th June - Went to JB *Bukit Indah* for lightings.

17th June - Delivery from our Sanitary Suppliers and went to Ikea to purchase the remainder lights and mirrors.

18th June - Rowe and Nicky Boy in town / Moving all lightings bought to the house for installation the next day

19th June - Electrician came and told us that the ceiling fan cannot be fixed as the hook is too long and doesn't match the S'pore safety standards. At this point, we were having a headache on how to solve the problem.

20th June - Went to Alpha S'pore office after consulting them of the problem and have it fixed. Paid a fees for the parts/materials changed. *Lucky us!*

21th June - Father's Day

When we were in JB looking for our lightings, we were lucky to have Dave and Grace there to drive us around. Shop after shop, we spent the entire afternoon from 2 - 6pm looking for lights. Finally we had dinner before heading back to SG.

The following week, we were busy looking at bargains and comparing prices and keeping our contractor on track. The ceiling fan we bought from Puchong aparantly was too low if we install it and uses the pulley system/hook. The s'pore govt have changed all import models to the bracket hooks instead of the ones we have. With the std hook at 8inch, Mike can literally touch the fan blade with his hands stretch out. A big NO NO! I called the shop in Puchong and ask them for a solution and they can only offer to ask us to bring it back and change the rod to a shorter one. 2 inch shorter only! That doesn't solve the problem too as we can't afford to have the fan installed with fear that it may drop. So we finally called the supplier's office, Alpha Singapore. They were friendly and very helpful in getting the matter solved. Otherwise, we would have to drive all the way back to Puchong just to have it changed!

Every single day seems to be filled with something for us to follow-up. With our neighbours being very unkind... we have to always be on the ball in order to avoid and complains.

Let's just hope for a better tomorrow. Can't wait for the day I can finally move in!