2 weeks ago, I changed my blog settings from Public to Private thinking that since no one reads my blog anyway, I might as well keep it as "for my eyes only".

But out of the blue, friends started asking why they can't view it anymore. So weird la... I never knew you guys read my blog!

So hor... if you are reading this, do drop me a comment and say hello ok!!! Tenkiu tenkiu.

-- Posted from my iPhone 3GS

See! I'm awake yet again at odd hours. Was so tired and exhausted that I slept at 9ish. But when I do that, I often wake up between 3am and 4am!!! Grrrrr... will force myself to sleep somemore! Nite!!!

-- Posted from my iPhone 3GS

While the Hubby was snoring lightly in the room, I set out to work on the decks due on Monday. I could've done it in the day but noooooo I had to procrastinate! I had to spend my Friday and Saturday like how I usually spend it with my Hubby.

They say time passes by quickly when one is having fun!!! But in my case, it zoomed past cos' I was busy procrastinating!!!

Anyway, I think it's 60% complete now. Would've tried to complete the 40% if it wasn't because I could not connect to the Internet!!! Fcuk technology!!! They always fail you at times when you need them most!!! Anyway it's 7am now. Time to ZZZzzz!!!

But before that, am so happy that Hubby planned a short getaway to Singapore next weekend!!! Flights booked! Hotel booked; super nice 5-star too!!! Resort World Tickets booked!!! Yippieeeeeeee!!!

-- Posted from my iPhone 3GS

To be honest, I have been letting myself go ever since I got married. Prior to the wedding, I have facials every 2 weeks, ampoules 3 times a week, watch my diet, go for manicure n pedicure, trim and treat my hair... and a whole long list of vanity stuffs.

But then after the wedding, it is just so easy to get comfortable and let loose. I am now 3kg heavier than during my wedding. I can't remember when was the last time I did something to my hair nor the last time I had facial. Forget manicure an pedicure cos' I stopped going out altogether.

Every other week, we have to rush back to our weekend home. Then when I'm home, I have to sweep la mop la disinfect la wash dishes la and the list just goes on and on. I usually try to finish the heavier chores on Friday nights so that we can chillax on Saturdays and Sundays.

And the thing is that, when you're so comfortable in settling down in a routine, it's really really easy to let loose! Hb has never complaint before but then I thought I really ought to like take care of myself. Afterall it's not as though I'm an old auntie or anything like that. So why behave like one right?

So ya...

I will go get a nice haircut and rebond this wild mane of mine.

I will start watching my diet.

I will put on a bit more effort on my make up.

I will not wear my pyjamas every weekend just becos' I'm in KS.

I will start my facial regime again.

I will be pretty again!!! I will and I must!!! WTF man!!!

Watch me do it! :-)

-- Posted from my iPhone 3GS

There's a short holiday coming up with Independence Day round the corner. I happily told my husband about it and casually asked if he wants to go to Singapore. The hidden agenda was to try to get my hands on the all new iPhone 4! But hehehe, I didn't tell my husband that.

Out of the blue, he said "Let's go INDIA!" I honestly didn't see that coming and my first reaction was "ngeh???" followed by laughter. "Why India??? Go smell cow dung meh???" (I know la right, so bad to say that bout India). Then he continued by saying that it's a place we've both not been to before and that how it could potentially be quite an exciting short trip!

And so it was down to 2 choices. Mumbai or Delhi. Of the 2, I only know Delhi for their oh so famous Taj Mahal!!! But Hb's saying Mumbai. So er, I also dunno. Ever since I watched S.l.u.m.d.o.g M.i.l.l.i.o.n.a.i.r.e, I have this negative perception bout India in general so we'll see. :-)

-- Posted from my iPhone 3GS

A friend mentioned that I'm displaying all the signs...

- Perpetually tired
- Diarrhoea
- Backache
- Lack of appetite

But no wor, I am not. For sure. Hmmm...

-- Posted from my iPhone 3GS

I am so tired.

Yesterday morning started with no water supply (water supply was turned off for dunno what maintenance work). I had to brush my teeth with drinking water. Wanted to "pang sai" too but since no water, had to rush to office to do it instead.

At work, I had a full day of diarrhoea in between meetings. I was rushing to get home cos' the stomachache was getting a little unbearable. But FML, when I left the car park, it started raining cats and dogs!!! Needless to say I was stuck in bad traffic jam for over an hour!

But that was not it. All the umbrellas in my car miraculously disappeared!!! Lucky thing my mom came to my rescue with 2 umbrellas in hand; one to be kept in the car, the other to shield me from the rain; albeit only for a few steps.

That night, I was so tired that I slept around 9pm. But then I suddenly got up at 1am and couldn't get back to sleep until about 2.30am so I felt like my rest was kinda interrupted.

This morning I had an early meeting to attend. When my alarm rang, I got out of bed with a terrible backache! The backache persisted throughout the day. And off all days, I had to go to our other office building in Sentral for a meeting. Since it was raining, decided to take the Putra instead of driving but my goodness!!! The walk from the station to the meeting venue was so far!!! I was in so much pain lugging my laptop bag; walking in my heels!!! But after the meeting, I had to go back to office (again, the same long walk with my laptop and in my heels) to attend yet another 2 more meetings.

By the end of the last meeting at 8pm, I was thoroughly exhausted with a long list of emails to attend to!!! Someone mentioned somewhere before that if productivity is measured by the number of meetings one has in a day, then he/she is ultra productive! If such, I surely am productive lor!

Unfortunately, it doesn't work out that way. While meetings are important to thrash out key decision points, meetings with no agenda or conclusions or actionable points are of absolute waste of time! And I especially hate it when I have too many to attend in a day cos' that would mean a huge backlog to clear!!!

So anyway I digressed. At the start of this post, I had wanted to establish the correlation of diarrhoea with backache since I had one after another. But I guess, this is a non-conclusive post after-all... just like the numerous meetings I attended today! :p

-- Posted from my iPhone 3GS

The other day a friend mentioned that he drove an hour to eat seafood in KS. Then he lamented bout how stupid and silly it was to brave through small windy roads just to get to KS.

It has never occurred to me how far KS was from KL. My dear Hubby travels every single Friday from KS to KL to fetch me back to KS. And then to fetch me back to KL every single Sunday. Our journey takes 1 1/2 hours each time. So imagine... for me to get back to my weekend home, my Hb has to drive 3 full hours every single week!!! But he has never once complaint! My Hb is such a darling!!! Thanks to my friend, I realized how lucky I am and I felt oh so lurved... :D

The more I think of it, the more I think the decision to buy a house in Setia Alam's a right one. It's the perfect mid point between KL and KS. Only 45min to KS and lesser amount of time to KL. Plus, we'll get to see each other everyday!

Life is beautiful! :-)

-- Posted from my iPhone 3GS

Today I attended a workshop that was highly interesting and paradigm shifting. Thought I should reflect what I've learned here for my own future reference.

Prior to the workshop, we were each given a unique password that allowed us to take the S.t.r.e.n.g.t.h.s F.i.n.d.e.r test online. I for one am often skeptical of tests like these. Cos' come on, how accurate can it be if all you do is answer several questions? But when the test results came back, I was "shocked". Firstly, we had to answer not just several questions but 180 questions in total! Each question has 2 complete opposite statements. One would need to choose the statement that best describes him/her within 20 seconds! After that, a report is generated with your Top 5 Strengths Themes. And mine are as follows:

1. Focus
2. Significance
3. Restorative
4. Individualization
5. Strategic

 More about my Accelerator program...

The day before yesterday; at my weekend home back in KS, I had this really close encounter with a bigass lizard! It happened when I was in the loo. When I got up to flush, I saw this huge lizard on the toilet seat staring at me in shock for several seconds before scrambling to scoot out of sight. The lizard was so fat and gigantic that I think I was more afraid of it than it was of me. Worst still, I think I may have sat on it without realizing!!!

What happened next was brutal. I grabbed hold of a can of "Sheltox" and sprayed at it until it fell on the floor. Then continued spraying (and nearly killed myself in the process) and locked the toilet door.

15min later...
I saw the tail first. Then looked everywhere only to find the "deflated" lizard struggling to breathe at the corner of the bathroom. Wasting no time, I picked it up with a bundle of tissues and flushed it down the loo!!! Boy, was that satisfying!!!

I hate lizards! They leave messy poo everywhere!!! So there, goodbye lizzy!

I am truly a master procrastinator. I can't believe I put of submitting the defects form for K.u.c.h.a.i A.v.e.n.u.e for close to 3 months! If it wasn't cos' my parents lectured me, I would've still taken my own sweet time. Tsk tsk tsk, quite the hopeless.

Prior to keys collection, I had to pay 6 months worth of maintenance fee and deposits for electricity and water bill which I promptly did on 07-May-2010. Thereafter, an appointment has to be made for keys collection. I collected the keys to my condo on 11-June-2010. But then there's really no use cos' for as long as CF is not obtained, renovation cannot begin. It was during that period that home owners are supposed to inspect the house properly and submit the defects form.

In my mind, it was ok to delay la, CF not obtained yet what. But "timji" on 01-August-2010, I got a letter from the developer stating that the CF is now obtained. And that got me scrambling to submit my defects form after my parents lectured me in M-16 mode. So ok lor, today I took a day off work to properly go through the unit for possible defects with my parents.

Lucky thing, the defects were fairly minimal; I think. And upon checking with condo management, was told we can proceed with our kitchen and yard reno as it doesn't affect the rest of the defects-affected area. Here's the list of defects I submitted:

• Wavy wall with some part protruding and some part with paints falling off
• Skirting for the entire house not nailed in, leaving huge gaps between walls & the skirting
• Visible gaps all around the master bedroom window frame
• Master bedroom toilet bowl leaks when flushed
• Hose for the 2nd bathroom connecting the water heater was missing
• Window handles for the 3rd bedroom was missing

And that was it! Walla! Can't believe I took so long in submitting a stupid piece of paper. What the fuck is wrong with me man. Sigh. Now I have to wait for at least another month before I can rent it out. I really really cannot believe that it's been close to 3 months since I last collected keys! Time passed so quickly one???!!!

And oh, collected the access cards today too. Tomorrow onwards, one will need an access card before they can use the lift. There are another 2 points - think the lift lobby on my floor and to the car park. Which reminds me, I can't even remember my car park lot no. (better find out before my parents lecture me again!).

The 2 units we bought are located just behind the S.e.t.i.a A.l.a.m W.e.l.c.o.m.e C.e.n.t.e.r - highlighted with a red star. Some key selling points on the S.e.t.i.a A.l.a.m township taken off S.e.t.i.a A.l.a.m website. More on this later...

Single Entry to Every Neighbourhood
Every neighbourhood which consists of approx 300 units will share a single entry point. This will facilitate the control of vehicles coming into and leaving the neighbourhood.

North-South Oriented
All units are north-south oriented, therefore not exposed to the evening sun.

Village Green
Village green houses playgrounds, tadika and Pusat Rukun Tetangga for 'Neighbourhood Watch'.

Green Fingers
Each residence is not more than one street away to Village Green via Green Fingers.

Wide Roads
Internal roads are 50 feet wide.

Natural Barriers
Plants and water bodies for security.

Environment-friendly Development
MASMA (Manual Saliran Mesra Alam Malaysia) requirement where huge dangerous concrete drains will be replaced with wide gentle sloping and meandering earth drains and retention ponds which will be turfed and landscaped for recreational purpose.

Security Features
Free patrolling for the first 2 years provided by our in - house Security Division.

Green Street Concept
All the utility services, eg. electricity and telephone cablings and drainage systems are concealed underground.

Home Alarm System
Every home comes with built-in security alarm system connected to a local CMS.

36 Months Home Warranty
Additional 12 months warranty on top of the standard 24-months Defect Liability Period (DLP) set out in the statutory Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA). 

Industrial-Free Zone Development
Self-explanatory.

Unlike most couples with "normal" relationships, Hb and I have been in semi-LDR ever since we started our courtship. So while it took us 12 years of courtship before we tied the knot, in actual fact our courtship was only 5 years ++ if we discount the days we spent apart. But yala, quality over quantity! So anyway, even after we got married, we continued living apart on weekdays due to our work commitments. This post documents our journey in making ourselves a nesting place... a place we can both call home.

3 years ago; I bought a service residence called Kuchai Avenue. It was supposed to be ready early 2010 but was delayed and hence our plan of making it our weekday home too was affected. The only consolation is perhaps the escalating prices over the years that saw the property increase over 35% in value. The market rental rate too was pretty high at RM1,200 for a basic unit. At that rental rate, it is more than enough to cover my monthly installment and maintenance so the decision to rent it out was an easy one.

Since Hb has his own home in KS all to himself (his parents lived 2 min away), we decided to make it our weekend home. In our quest to change the bachelor pad into a homely home, we embarked on a home improvement project that lasted close to 6 months where we changed every single piece of furniture! The project was truly a FUN one that somewhat strengthened our bond as husband and wife for it heightened our anticipation of going home every week. I leave office 6 sharp every Friday and Hb will already be waiting for me at my parents home to fetch me back. Though tiring, this has been our routine for the past 7 months.

In the same period also, Hb and I have been hunting high and low for a landed property with my parents & brother as we intended to get 2 units in the same garden. So one fine day, all of us went to Setia Alam with the intention of checking out a sub-sale unit which was newly completed with CF but not occupied yet. Unfortunately, there was only 1 unit where we liked. On our way back, we stopped by the Setia Alam Welcome Center and looked at the model of a previously sold-out soft launch. Coincidentally, there were 2 units available due to loan rejections and both units are on the same row; 6 houses apart. To cut the long story short, that was how we ended up placing the deposits for both units!

And last week was truly an EXCELLENT week! Loan for the landed property was approved and CF for the service residence was finally out after months of waiting! Definitely more on this later. :-)

Yesterday I went back for my monthly appointment with my dentist. The thing is, I felt that my dentist is no longer as personable and nice and gentle as before. You see... my dentist is one of those who's who in the errrr... dentistry industry. The minute you step into his clinic, you'll see his certifications pasted on nearly every inch of the walls and trophies decorating his numerous cabinets and shelves.

He used to be pretty punctual in meeting his appointment time but the past few months, I had to wait over an hour past my scheduled appointment. And my appointments are nearly always rescheduled cos he has to go overseas to give a talk (give a talk ya... not just attending one). He used to be gentle and takes the time to explain the works he's gonna do for me before he starts but now... he just gets on with it and boot me out of the room. At times, I have to ask him my progress and he'd say: "GOOD". And when I asked him how long more, he laughed and said "DUNNO". Sigh...

So this time round, when I went back, he let out a little sigh and said "Wire broke huh..." (fcuk la cos' I was supposed to go back earlier but HE rescheduled my appointment). Then proceeded to change the upper teeth wires, added strong rubber loops and removed the bite blocks. At the end of it when I asked him, he told me he's trying to reduce the curve of my jaw (whatever that means) and proceeded to ignore me. Like totally wtf man... I know he's busy la cos there were other patients outside; who were either nodding off, complaining on the phone about the slip of appointment time or watching TV but really lor, whatever happened to the dentist I used to know leh... It's like he has changed to a new person altogether! So sad!!!

16-03-2008: $1,100 [Deposit, X-Rays, Photos & Moulding]
30-03-2008: $ 870 [Deposit & Upper Braces Fitting]
20-04-2008: $ 423 [Extraction & Medication]
18-05-2008: $ 325 [Wire Change]
17-08-2008: $ 325 [Bottom Braces Fitting]
14-09-2008: $ 764 [Extraction, Frenectomy & Medication]
25-10-2008: $ 385 [Wire Change & Scaling]
23-11-2008: $ 385 [Wire Change & Rubber Loops Change & Scaling]
24-12-2008: $ 325 [Wire Change & Rubber Loops Change]
24-01-2009: $ 325 [Wire Change & Rubber Loops Change]
21-02-2009: $ 325 [Wire Change & Rubber Loops Change]
28-02-2009: $ 714 [Loose Bracket, 2 Screws, 4 Springs and 4 Crisscrossed Wires]
21-03-2009: $ 325 [Springs & Crisscrossed Wires Adjustment]
30-04-2009: $ 325 [Loose Bracket, Wires Change]
30-05-2009: $ 325 [Loose Bracket, Mini Wires Removal, Thicker Crisscrossed Wires]
04-07-2009: $ 325 [Loose Bracket, Springs Adjustment, 8-Ring Rubber Loops]
01-08-2009: $ 275 [Springs Adjustment, Additional Crisscross Wires, Rubber Loops]
22-08-2009: F.O.C [Springs Adjustment, Additional Crisscross Wires, Rubber Loops]
07-09-2009: $ 510 [X-Ray, Braces Removal, Scaling]
08-09-2009: $ 70 [Solubles for Retainer x 4 boxes + Plastic Case for Retainer]
26-05-2010: F.O.C [Upper & Lower Braces Fitting + 2 x Bite Blocks]
23-06-2010: F.O.C [Loose Bracket + Wire Change for Lower Teeth]
03-08-2010: F.O.C [Removed Bite Blocks + Wire Change & Rubber Loops] 


YTD Spent: $8,421.00