Showing posts with label home improvement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label home improvement. Show all posts

January 20, 2025

Weekend Cleaning

Macam dah lama tak update pasal rumah kitorang kan? So far sekarang ni kalau orang tanya "dah pindah ke?" We would answer ''Dah"  but we have not given up our house in wangsa maju. sebab we will be there every now and then whenever we feel like we want civilization. i don't know, there are is something about our home in SP that we couldn't quite get adjusted yet.

so anyway, last weekend i made TH and i to cleaned the room that he uses to put all his uniforms and working clothes. well, baju aku pun ada la jugak sebab we haven't done our wardrobe yet. so we only brought all the clothes that we would wear on a daily basis. itu pun dah nak penuh rak baju weh. my eyes sakit kut tengok almari kotak 😂 tried to sabar but i guess can't take it any longer. bak kata idriz "i dowan sabar"😋

so, TH had to install assemble the IKEA rack that we bought from my friend. rearranged the room so that it doesn't look like a store. 

although i want it meant to be for joey, but then again, why should would i put a name on the room when i don't know when/if my son is coming back to stay with us. so, i guess let it just be another spare room to whomever wanna sleep over. 

TH bought a double rack, cantik jugak and looked sturdy and strong. so we put it in our master bedroom sebab the current one, cannot hold all our clothes. 

today finally our cupboard arrived. berat gila wehh 39kg and kena pasang sendiri. so now tak tau la, nak kena tunggu contractor kut untuk pasang almari tu sama2 sebab maha berat. 

for now, buat yang takat mana mampu and tak serabutkan mata and otak. sebab aku rasa banyak lagi benda aku or we both nak fikir sekarang. 

another dream or lets just call it a wish lah. tak la susah mana nak call it a dream. i always wanted a mihrab in our home. a space where it will be specially dedicated for prayers. cuma, belum berapa jadi lagi, still in progress. now we have our mihrab in progress in our family room upstairs. luas and senang untuk solat berjemaah. 

aku beli kayu ala2 bertingkat tu supaya mudah alih and tak payah nak paku kan ke dinding. nanti tengok lah kalau aku rasa tak kemas, i will use it for the guest room untuk gantung towel ke, macamana. and oh that S sofa is actually N1 punya, dia suka beli tapi tak de tempat nak letak. so dia letak kat rumah kitorang. kitorang terima je. 😎

i learned that kalau ada mihrab, insyaAllah doa kita cepat dimakbulkan. 😁 mudah2an. and lagi satu bila aku buat jamuan makan, kalamsclan je dah dekat 20 orang. so bila ada yang nak tumpang solat jadi queue panjang kat bilik guest bawah. so i told TH that mihrab kat atas boleh je the our guests guna for solat. lagi senang, spacious.

aku nak something simple jer macam gambar kat sebelah ni but for now nak lekat kat dinding tu macam belum berani. takut tiba2 aku tukar fikiran, dah comot pulak dinding kami kan. sekurang2nya nak ada tempat letak telekung, sejadah, kain pelikat and quran.

and oh, rumah kami bukan rumah majalah. hahaha 😂 jadi, nan hado lah yang ala2 tema ke apa ke. we use what we like. trying modern classic tapi nanti tengok lah. aku rasa lah, ground floor berjaya la ada tema sket.. 😝 aku suka classic and kayu2 and TH suka modern, so we compromised.

kalau duit berkepok, boleh lah nak beriyer berkonsep. for now kitorang buat yang praktikal. haa gitew... janji tak berhutang.

August 14, 2011

a tour at amberhill, taman melawati

kaiser came home from work yesterday and showed me an advertisement postcard. "hey look here, wanna go and watch some showhouses?" with a glow in his eyes.. i looked at the card.. and from the advertisement, it does look interesting. so, since we are not doing anything anyway.. i agreed to go with him for house window shopping. that's what we like to do.. looking at beautiful houses and area :) took a 20 minutes drive from our house.. 
http://amberhill.com.my/
when we got there, we were greated by the sales team, a guy (ooppss sorry forgot his name) showed us 1 bungalow +- Rm5M, semi-d RM2.6M and another one RM3M... the best that we saw was the RM3M semi-d. nice design inside, arrangement... and with a common area by the side of the house, playground and bbq area. some houses are with swimming pools. is it really worth spending that kind of money for the house? hmmm well, some people like it because of the area. kaiser and i had the same opinion on the area.. that, would there be people who'd rent a house there starting at rm9K a month? hmmm i don't know.. the materials in the house doesn't look worth paying :( even the interior design is not attractive enough :(

as we drove down the hill out of the housing area, we noticed that the house that we like earlier is seated exactly at the edge of a hill... hmmm... paying rm3M and can't sleep well at night due to that? heh heh heh :D and after that visit, we went to giant to do our weekend groceries... and we decided that we might as well, settle for a semi-d near our house now.. and spend a lil bit more for renovation... the area is cooling, nice community (after being here for 1.5 years), safe - insyaAllah... and yeahh... i guess, that is a plan ~ for our future, the family together, insyaAllah :)

all we need is a room for us, one room each for joelis, a guestroom, a small gym &/or family room.. a garden/pool... yeahh... that's it! :) 

time to change

TV! hahaha LOL :D... we have been using the huge 29 inch tv since.. ermmm 2003?? yeup... the one that joelis' dad left at our old house and refuse to take.. ahahahh :D anyway, since 2 days back somehow it'll just go blank.. or there'll be like electricity thingy on the screen.. or it'll be crooked like i dont know what... kaiser was nagging saying that he already paid a lot this month.. for his big bike insurance + road tax, his visa etc etc... hmmm how now brown cow? we can't be out of tv... somehow, i knew the tv will be going off soon.. just a matter of time. 



so today, after coming home from window shopping for a house... 3.3million, the one that we like.. sort of :P, i told kaiser, that maybe we should get a small tv first... then later, he'll buy a bigger tv... so that the small tv can put in joey's room for him to play with his ps2. joey was already smiling so wide! so, i prepared food earlier today... menu was macaroni bolognaise, and i bought a lil bit of kuih. finished cooking by 5pm... we went to jusco... lots of small tv were out of stock.. somehow i think, they do that just so that people will buy the big ones! 
thank you lisa for setting the table :)
anyway, to cut story short... we went to c4 to get the tv... and ok lah.. :) just nice... uurmmm ... bigger would be better... but enough la first.. with the condition, come christmas, kaiser will get a bigger one.. hahaha :P 

November 16, 2010

our sofa has arrived!

kaiser has been busy in the afternoon yesterday arranging to bring our new sofa home from BTS. i was there during lunch time to check things out. by the time i got home after maghrib, they have been arranged nicely in the living room. nice brown sofa, matches well with our new green wall. and the best thing, we got a beautiful coffee table that comes with the sofa.. thanks.. err.. i dont remember kaiser's friend's name.

and there i was last night looking at my curtain... it is time that i call my ex neighbour who does interior design to do up our curtain :) hmmm... now what color should we make? :D

owhhh... we should change the carpet too! wahhh... pengsan!! the carpet has been with us since 2003... ok what to change. ;D yeyy....

October 25, 2010

tiring but enjoyed it :)

started early sunday... we went to the nursery too late on saturday, so when we saw it is open on sunday.. i decided to start early.. made breakfast for joelis... 3 quarter of the bread .. french toast.. i had just a piece with my hot tea. then off we went to the nursery.. hunting for the right plant for my courtyard. :) still remember it? ahahh... but then we had no suitable pot.. so i told kaiser that i still have my old square pot... we drove to my parents house, clean them up and took them back to the nursery... the kakak helped me to put the plants in there.. yey... and finally... we have plants in the courtyard.. but guess what?? not enough.. it seems that we need more.. :P
my citra yang berjasa... what would i do without her? :P
after that, rushed for music class.. gym... and lunch... and owhh... carrefour... :) ended my weekend quite well :)

October 11, 2010

living room dilemma

i dont know where to start. errmm... okay, it started when one day kaiser said he booked a sofa from someone.. i was...err shocked...
"what?? you bought a sofa? how does it look like? is it nice?" calmly and with a smile he replied,
"yeahh... it's brown leather from lorenzo.." 
"hemmm are you sure it'll look nice?" 
"yeahh... someone is leaving malaysia and he wants to sell it fast, so i better buy... if we don't like it, we can sell it off"

then off we went to germany... with my head still thinking of the sofa... :O so now we wanna paint the living room. so i told kaiser, when we are back after germany trip, if i still have cash in hand.. hehhe :D we'll paint the living room.. so.. next step, called the contractor.. he quoted rm2,500.00 for the living room and my master bedroom which i think is reasonable. but.. you know lah... it is still costly for kaiser. and... he decided to do the painting job himself.. this is the time when i bite my fingers... hehehe :D errr...

next we went to home decor expo.. then we collected lots of brochures... now we are trying to compromise with each other on the wall color. perhaps, we are going to paint just 1 side for feature wall. our kitchen cabinet is brown.. so is our new sofa.. first i liked olive green, calm blue or deep red (non-striking), or coco... and kaiser liked peach, beige, lite green... i was kinda nervous if i have a lite green wall.. uurrgghhh...

but last night... kaiser agreed on olive green wall... :) yey... now.. waiting patiently for the sofa... november seems so slow.. :P


October 10, 2010

my courtyard and me [part I]

the project has been delayed for the past 2 months. kaiser has been babbling and teasing me about not getting my courtyard @ garden or whatever that you wanna call that little area near my porch :) the thing is, i cannot plant anything coz it'll die! so... i needed help. asked help from my dad but since now we live 'far away' from everyone, it is quite difficult to get help :P trust me, anything out of keramat area, is far for my family members :) hahaha :D so accept it! kaiser pulled out the grass and weed twice in a month, and my project is still not happening.

originally, i see orchids in my courtyard... then one after another things came, i cannot continue on the project. but last weekend, i just needed to get it done. errr... it was not really the courtyard project at first... [see how i get diverted easily???] my focusing point is all over the world!! LOL :D anyway, i asked my sister, N3 if she wants to go to houz depot.. so we planned.. it happened yesterday. since the time is so limited, we could not browse too much, except, i got 2 bags of pebbles. so... immediately after i reached home, i poured them on the courtyard area... looked like i needed more! calculated... i need 5 bags more!

what happened to my orchids plan? abort! LOL :D today, i went there again with kaiser, and all we saw was - a balinese style garden :) :) heee :D so, we decided to put pebbles and i will get 2 big pots of plants (which i have not decided yet) to put smack in the middle.. err.. wanna see the progress?? :)
before
after: that 2 pots are temporary placed there. waiting for the actual pot (phase II)
close up of my welcome froggie :) and balinese thingy.. hehehe :D 
okay, it's like 80% done... kaiser and i did this till around 930pm.. have not decided on what plant to put there.. and also the pot. might use my existing one, but it is square... hmmm let's see.. :) so, peeps... stay tuned ;) nite2