If not for the dentam dentum bunyi mercun I would have been very oblivious about time and new year...
This is the only new year yang aku tak sedar dah pun new year...punyalah occupied with the move.
I was in the middle of painting the house bila kejadian new year ni berlaku. i tanya my brother, pesal derang ni main mercun? boleh tak aku ingat deepavali? memang kepala dah ting tong.
The move overall including the school move, was quite a challenge. Maybe sebab now anak aku dah ramai. dan bermacam macam sekolah aku kena register. whats with the contractor yang ...ahh...
anyway, my high ceiling curtain is what i expected. Alhamdulillah it wasnt ugly.
Now is 3am almost. plan nak tidur rumah lama, but i think i shd be going to Pajam. I miss my babies... sampai anak pun tak sempat rindu.....
will post picture later..insyaAllah....
Monday, December 31, 2012
Saturday, December 29, 2012
House project: The M-Day
Hi Mr B,
I teringat, I pun dah jadik macam the wiring man, disoriented sebab banyak sangat kena buat with little time....Kejap2 I kat bawah, sat lagi bila teringat sesuatu, I naik atas, settle kat atas pulak. Then I tergelak sendiri dalam kepenatan, cam ni lah si David ni rasa agaknya sebab tu dia tak pernah nak settlekan satu tempat sampai habis. So walaupun dia tu kafir, tapi Allah bagi aku rasa macam apa yang hambaNya ni rasa. Thank you Allah.
Just right before maghrib, aku dah label most of the items ie. "KEEP" for items to keep (aku lupa maybe mover tak paham english so aku tukar BM lepas tu) "BUANG" for items yang dia kena buang.. "UPSTAIRS" for items yang derang kena bawak ke tingkat atas di Pajam nanti. "D/STAIRs" for things to be put at the designated area downstairs. Aku pun da nak give up melabel sebenarnya sebab buang masa aku. Tapi memandangkan aku sorang, maka aku rasa elok jer la aku label. Senang nanti derang tu....
I managed to label most of the items. The lorry was supposed to come at 830pm but was delayed. Hujan plak tu... So elok2 aku dah atur barang kat luar, aku kena masukkan balik... And by 9pm aku dah depress. Aku dan kotak2... and no lorry. I thought dah kena main haha! I felt so lonely and scared at that time. Project management gone wrong...? and if I start late, kul baper plak nak siap ni...huhu...
Nasib at 930pm lorry pun sampai. Yelah walaupun dia ada alasan tapi sebab aku pernah kena tipu idaknya aku percaya sampailah lorry tu kat depan rumah aku yer dak? Nice timing actually. Elok jer adik aku yang datang awal sket dari lorry tu sebab nak amik washer, dah angkat washer tu naik Hilux, so boleh lah berganti tempat....
Aku tanya E strategy apa kita nak adopt ni? "Angkat barang yang kita nak dulu then esok baru angkat barang tak nak", kata dia...So lepas aku brief about the labels, derang pun start. Tergelak budak2 tu tengok aku label. Sampai ada yang sengaja nak challenge aku, "yang ni tak label pun" ekekekeke. "Oh ada ni ha, terkopek", dia tanya dia jawab sendiri haha!
Budak2 tu kerja cepat. Dia kata bawak 2 orang, tapi yang datang 3 orang.... At 11pm kitorang dah gerak... Aku sampai dulu kat Pajam, maybe sebab aku drive keta kecik and its petrol. Entah...Lama la gak tunggu derang.
By 1:30am we are done. Lepas tu si E ni tetiba masih ada mood plak nak angkat menda2 yang nak di buang pulak... So aku ikutkan. Barang tak nak pun penuh satu lorry. So by 3am all done.
Tu jerlah journal M-Day.
Today is another activities. esok patut basuh rumah rented ni, tapi orang langsir nak datang so terpaksalah we re-schedule. Tak habis pening lagi. Rumah rented ni bila plak nak di cat.. Bukak sekolah dah sibuk gila kan. Grr....
So I told you the moving day was on friday night?
Was in a panic state cum stressful macam orang gila on that day. The wiring man was a bit stress and "disoriented" so I stayed for a while in Pajam to resolve some of his problems and give him direction, banyak sangat dan mencabar kerja dia tu yang dia macam lost sikit. So that delays my packing.
I reached my rented place at about 330pm. I have about 4 hours to pack, seal and labels. All by myself. My hubby cum CEO I tugaskan to standby in Pajam. Lagipun CEO ni takkan nak dirty his hand kan.... Later I post picture ya...
Packing continued...
At about 630pm I dah gila panic. I still have 2 more rooms. Yang bengangnya sebab menda kecik2, semua kena review sebelum dibuang. Tapi bagus gak, kalau banyak masa, susah nak buang huhu...sebab dah panic, I buang jer la. Fridge paling best kemas, tak pikir panjang nak buang huhuhu...
I teringat, I pun dah jadik macam the wiring man, disoriented sebab banyak sangat kena buat with little time....Kejap2 I kat bawah, sat lagi bila teringat sesuatu, I naik atas, settle kat atas pulak. Then I tergelak sendiri dalam kepenatan, cam ni lah si David ni rasa agaknya sebab tu dia tak pernah nak settlekan satu tempat sampai habis. So walaupun dia tu kafir, tapi Allah bagi aku rasa macam apa yang hambaNya ni rasa. Thank you Allah.
Just right before maghrib, aku dah label most of the items ie. "KEEP" for items to keep (aku lupa maybe mover tak paham english so aku tukar BM lepas tu) "BUANG" for items yang dia kena buang.. "UPSTAIRS" for items yang derang kena bawak ke tingkat atas di Pajam nanti. "D/STAIRs" for things to be put at the designated area downstairs. Aku pun da nak give up melabel sebenarnya sebab buang masa aku. Tapi memandangkan aku sorang, maka aku rasa elok jer la aku label. Senang nanti derang tu....
I managed to label most of the items. The lorry was supposed to come at 830pm but was delayed. Hujan plak tu... So elok2 aku dah atur barang kat luar, aku kena masukkan balik... And by 9pm aku dah depress. Aku dan kotak2... and no lorry. I thought dah kena main haha! I felt so lonely and scared at that time. Project management gone wrong...? and if I start late, kul baper plak nak siap ni...huhu...
Nasib at 930pm lorry pun sampai. Yelah walaupun dia ada alasan tapi sebab aku pernah kena tipu idaknya aku percaya sampailah lorry tu kat depan rumah aku yer dak? Nice timing actually. Elok jer adik aku yang datang awal sket dari lorry tu sebab nak amik washer, dah angkat washer tu naik Hilux, so boleh lah berganti tempat....
Aku tanya E strategy apa kita nak adopt ni? "Angkat barang yang kita nak dulu then esok baru angkat barang tak nak", kata dia...So lepas aku brief about the labels, derang pun start. Tergelak budak2 tu tengok aku label. Sampai ada yang sengaja nak challenge aku, "yang ni tak label pun" ekekekeke. "Oh ada ni ha, terkopek", dia tanya dia jawab sendiri haha!
Budak2 tu kerja cepat. Dia kata bawak 2 orang, tapi yang datang 3 orang.... At 11pm kitorang dah gerak... Aku sampai dulu kat Pajam, maybe sebab aku drive keta kecik and its petrol. Entah...Lama la gak tunggu derang.
By 1:30am we are done. Lepas tu si E ni tetiba masih ada mood plak nak angkat menda2 yang nak di buang pulak... So aku ikutkan. Barang tak nak pun penuh satu lorry. So by 3am all done.
Tu jerlah journal M-Day.
Today is another activities. esok patut basuh rumah rented ni, tapi orang langsir nak datang so terpaksalah we re-schedule. Tak habis pening lagi. Rumah rented ni bila plak nak di cat.. Bukak sekolah dah sibuk gila kan. Grr....
Thursday, December 27, 2012
House Project: The packing
I am so tempted to reschedule the moving but the lorry driver got another appointment on saturday..so it is fated we will move on friday the berkah day. Alhamdulillah.
Sebab nak cepat pack, my best weapon is the garbage bag. our motto tonite, 'throw or sorrow' muahahahha....lagipun dalam fridge tu mmg menda tak pernah tengok so throw sajalah. fikir kendian. I do not expect to be cooking for a week since kitchen cabinet not ready yet....
now laundry. grrr! u know frankly speaking we never have a proper place for drying the clothes. we really want to wait for the new house, now 2 bakul tak kering. heran. dah berapa kotak isi baju i still have 4 full baskets of laundry. but small matterlah tu.
esok lepas subuh kena start bersihkan rumah kat sana.....kalau tak i betul pengsan! i still sedih pasal david pasang lampu gitu. i nak gak dia betulkan...tapi mata dia merayu jgn i cerewet sgt sbb ceiling tu tinggi sangat. wa jadik down. kan ker i ada penyakit perfectionist, menda kecil but it means a lot!
so tak semua org paham why i want it to be perfect....it needs to be properly installed...
kan Mr B...? I hope tonite you look as dashing as u always do. telling my issues to you has always been my pleasure. I warned my husband that he needs to work with me if he wants to work with me. dia kesian kat i so dia amek cutilah esok.... u know macam kat office, takkan nak suh ceo lap lantai...kenalah project manager carik cleaner. tapi cleaner dah penuh sbb project manager lupa book sengsiang. so lousy kan project manager ni......
i pun lupa scheduled the astro punya move. merasalah tak ada tv gak kang......
Sebab nak cepat pack, my best weapon is the garbage bag. our motto tonite, 'throw or sorrow' muahahahha....lagipun dalam fridge tu mmg menda tak pernah tengok so throw sajalah. fikir kendian. I do not expect to be cooking for a week since kitchen cabinet not ready yet....
now laundry. grrr! u know frankly speaking we never have a proper place for drying the clothes. we really want to wait for the new house, now 2 bakul tak kering. heran. dah berapa kotak isi baju i still have 4 full baskets of laundry. but small matterlah tu.
esok lepas subuh kena start bersihkan rumah kat sana.....kalau tak i betul pengsan! i still sedih pasal david pasang lampu gitu. i nak gak dia betulkan...tapi mata dia merayu jgn i cerewet sgt sbb ceiling tu tinggi sangat. wa jadik down. kan ker i ada penyakit perfectionist, menda kecil but it means a lot!
so tak semua org paham why i want it to be perfect....it needs to be properly installed...
kan Mr B...? I hope tonite you look as dashing as u always do. telling my issues to you has always been my pleasure. I warned my husband that he needs to work with me if he wants to work with me. dia kesian kat i so dia amek cutilah esok.... u know macam kat office, takkan nak suh ceo lap lantai...kenalah project manager carik cleaner. tapi cleaner dah penuh sbb project manager lupa book sengsiang. so lousy kan project manager ni......
i pun lupa scheduled the astro punya move. merasalah tak ada tv gak kang......
House Project : I just want to cry! haha
I do not think I or the team achieved what we want to achieve, the goal that we set earlier in this project.
I paling nak pengsan bila dia pasang lampu sambung wayar dengan tape. Oh my, how could you ever think of doing that kan?
And my conclusion, En H is the ultimate, David is still ok, but he wasted so much time by re-doing the job. Please do not blame me. wayar putih sambung wayar kelabu for a ceiling light and then sambung dengan tape. Where do you find those sight in a house deco magazine? you show me and I will be at peace lol.
I just do not have the time right now. The place is full of debris and I only have me. Padan muka. Semua cleaning services tak free.
Should we reschedule? Arghhh!
I paling nak pengsan bila dia pasang lampu sambung wayar dengan tape. Oh my, how could you ever think of doing that kan?
And my conclusion, En H is the ultimate, David is still ok, but he wasted so much time by re-doing the job. Please do not blame me. wayar putih sambung wayar kelabu for a ceiling light and then sambung dengan tape. Where do you find those sight in a house deco magazine? you show me and I will be at peace lol.
I just do not have the time right now. The place is full of debris and I only have me. Padan muka. Semua cleaning services tak free.
Should we reschedule? Arghhh!
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
House Project : The last minute job
Arghhhh.....
Very nerve wrecking I tell you. I wish I do not have to come here and tell you the updates of the house.
I just do not know where to begin.
First of all, I only have tomorrow. Yes tomorrow to pack the whole house. I am only about 66%. To make it worst, I am contemplating about bringing the washing machine to the new house. I thought of giving it to my brother. This "sudden" decision really made me a bit huru hara. Another round of coordination is needed nampaknya. We will be "washer-less" for a week at least. Rasakan!
Why? Sebab I dah dela deli on awning so I malas nak fikir takut washer ni kena hujan kang....
Boleh gitu?
Boleh je lahhh... I dah pening uols....Rela lagi I pegi dobi dari spend 1.5k for awning...huhu..
Wiring
Wiring upstairs done. Kipas dah pasang. Cumanya, dia punya conseal tu tak kemas. So I dah suruh si D buat, mamat indon yang I kenal dari Mr Lim, developer contractor tu buat. I bayar 200 you...Memang banyak nak kena buat campur team ADT punya hack tapi I dah nampak dia buat kemas so ok lah kan.. hopefully dia boleh habiskan esok jugak.. akak dah panic! Now I rimas dengan plaster ceiling ni. Belum lagi di buatnya. Lambat na...
Wiring downstair, lagi lah kan......Grr.. katanya esok siap, wa rasa esok pun belum siap uwaaaa! I more day babe. I more day!
Plaster ceiling
Dalam aku nak buat awning, last2 aku terlaju jer nak buat plaster ceiling kan? whatever happen to being super organized and well coordinated. Gone to the dustbin.
Aku bukan lah super perfectionist (ok ayat in denial) tapi perangai aku yang tak suka benda tak balance ni aku rasa dah terlampau teruk. Teruk sampai secara tak sedar, aku telah mengutamakan "wants" rather than "needs".... Tak tahan siot dengan perasaan yang siang malam nak membetulkan plaster ceiling tu.
Adik beradik aku pun ada perangai ni. Which we know where we get it from. MY FATHER! haha! Sampai aku kesian tul ngan En H hari tu. Plug dia pasang senget sket pun aku boleh nampak dan aku suruh dia betulkan. kalau tak di simen aku da betulkan sendiri huhuhuhu.... Mestilah dia kata aku ni minah cerewet. Tapi bukan aku nak pangai ni, it is just something that I have. I dun like it but everytime I have this "awareness" I still want to make things right there and then sampai betul. Tapi tak lah semua menda.
Anyway, it costs me the price of awning to do this. Sampai sanggup let go washer tu kan. So critical penyakit i ni.
Kitchen cabinet/dining/pantry/wardrobe
There are 2 guys that came and do the "top" measurements. One took away my sinks, but the granite guy did not.
The wardrobe is waiting for the guy to conceal my wall. Grr! I cannot be worrying about this over and over again. I only have 1 day babe!
ADT
I can't even be bothered anymore. I am just worried and wants this to be over *sambil tutup muka*....tapi pesal ada satu point dia tak buat huhuhuhu....
Stress level tahap max huhu!
Anyway...
Tinjauan
Balik dari rumah tadi lepas pass cat kat si D, aku meninjau2 rumah lain, singgah sat pegi rumah no 3* ingatkan nak tanya quotation awning (awning lagi... ekekekeke). Aku bila tengok rumah dia ni, aku depress tau dak? Sebab contractor dia ni selalu balik lambat.. kerja sampai malam. Yang aku punya paling lambat 6pm. Tak pernahnya sampai malam mengerah tenaga. So aku depress la, maybe aku tak pandai manage contactor cam dia ni.... huhu....
Aku tanya contractor yang tengah buat awning tu baper la rega nak wat awning cam tu, besar tu. Mak aih, mahal rupanya. So baiklah aku go back to my original plan.
Aku sempat tanya bila pindahnya, owh lagi awal dari aku patut pun laju jer contactor dia siapkan....aku sempat minta izin tengok sekeliling, kot aku dapat idea camner nak selesaikan masalah rumah tu... camner dia pasang lampu, wiring, aircond, alarm etc.
Dan aku rasa aku paham lah kenapa aku punya lambat na siapnya. Sebab aku nak conceal, dia tak berapa cerewet dalam hal ini. Dia buat jer kat luar dinding. So kurang kerja hacking dia, maka dia tak lah ambil masa nak seal balik. tak yah cat balik juga....
Dan dia pun tak buat built in wardrobe dan kitchen cabinet, so maybe tu yang lebih cepat dan tak berhabuk cam rumah aku. Kebanyakan kerja besar di luar rumah. Tapi kalau aku, yang kat luar tu boleh buat bila2, even dah pindah? tak ker? yelah aku mana tau. huhu..
Dan aku salahkan diri aku juga. Owner ni pilih lampu, kipas, aircond, maybe lebih cepat. Sebab semua dah pasang da. Yang aku ni plak, sibukkk naaaaaa nak ikut concept, pilih berhati2, kena balik fikir, buat research (as in menggoogle gambar) ekekekekeke, nak decide 1 kipas pun berhari2 ambik masa. Nak decide mana satu nak downlight pun berminggu2....so padanlah dengan muka aku!
Dah berminggu2 fikir pun, I am still undecided on lampu chandelier for dining and living, and kipas for dining. Ini satu lagi perangai yang aku tak suka. Cerewet benar. I know but I can't shake it off. I can't just leave it. Nanti percayalah, aku kalau tak minat, aku sanggup berugi. Punya teruk perangai ni. I think I need a doctor lol! Makan paracetamol pun tak hilang penyakit ni.
Kids : Random photos
I think N developed an interest on photography since 2 years ago. 13 going to 14? Her mum bought her a modest "super camera" and it is her creativity and patience that I like.
Of couse she needs a model or models. Luckily they are quite coorporative though other times, ekekeke cam nak tarik2 hidung memasing yang comey tu kan haha!
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Kids : Outdoor photography
Ok, break from the house project. Let's see the outcome of the kids project codename: outdoor photography ekekkee!
I have to send 50 shots to be printed. Got cheap cheap deal from groupon and deadline is by end of this month. So let me share here some... Maybe not to your expectation but my photographer still learning the skill... She is only 16 years old, aspired to be a professional photographer, (tapi dia dapat award masa gi photography camp hari tu..) so give her a break ya.. hehe..
But for a start, I am loving it. Almost there N.
Yang ini derang pepandai sendiri buat gaya "gang bas sekolah", suruh gi tempat lain, depa gi lari sampai kesini... akibatnya kakak aku angin sebab derang gi tempat jauh sangat, kitorang ni lambat jalan sebab angkut props satu bakul hahahaha!!! but turn out ok plak. pandai derang!
This is salah satu challenging shot sampai kitorang give up nak buat. So we stop this after 2nd shot... hehehehehe.... it will turn out good otherwise... ingat senang nak suh depa duk senyum, 2 orang senyum, 1 tutup mata, 1 lagi nganga, bila semua kira ok, yang kecik lak tak nak... mak really nak tarik2 rambut jer nyahhhhh......sib photographer anak buah sendiri ekekekeke...
(Behind scene story, I dah pack mirror and refused to give my sis for this shot. My sis kata no, nak jugakkk... hahaha, terpaksa bukak balik boot and give her reluctantly.. ekekekek sib dia determine kan? Thanks sis! To get this effect, the photographer lied on the grass, mirror on her abdomen and direct them... my sis tak boleh nampak sapa yang tak senyum ekekeke so only the photographer and them sajork kekdahnya...)
(Behind the scene story : My 3rd child refused to lie on the grass at first sebab basah dan takut baju dia kotor, so my sis has to use every "soft skill" she has to get him do that. We already lost the baby in this scene due to her "overwhelmingness on the event" :P.. and kalau uol perasan he is doing triangle rather than love sign, payah nak ajar dia plaknyer hehe)
After a million of shots, finally everyone is lifting their feet, lol.
Nice effort from everyone... Kitorang really letih sampai the part 2 : swimming pool shots have to be cancelled even though the kids were begging for us to continue.. hahaha... korang tak letih, yang korang throw tantrum tu buat mak mak ni letih ekekekeke!
House Project : Progress of House Reno 2
omg.
the electrician man not having much progress. or maybe he did, just not to my expectation... but I learnt to be calm, to be nice, and tawakkal that Allah will help speed things up. so tak payah susah2 pressure mereka.....
Mr B,
I lompat2 tadi tengok walkin wardrobe yg dah siap....macam terharu sampai nak pengsan....sampai i peluk wardrobe i..... my husband was so heran sambil kerut2 kening.. dia memula tu tanya dgn innocentnya 'pesal nak tutup toilet?' huhu dear thats what walkin wardrobelah!
Never in my million years I thought I could have this..... uwaaaa thank you Allah... terharu. now i could solve my storage issue.
Im loving all my choices on the lights..... it fits the 'me' style... Im so loving my choice of light on the staircase wall.... sorry tak ada gambar. it is plain white, but i love it !
Cant wait for them to put up the light for the staircase ceiling. I chose the 'dangling' type rather than downlight....senang sikit nak tukar bulb kot...This one, it is also plain...but I thought it fits my concept so I am so excited to see it up there!
Lightings.
My summary on lightings.... you can go to the cheapest shop to buy things that you know cheaper there..ie, vannus fan, elight fan etc. but to find lightings that not only suits your concept but also 'damn' cheap, you just have to be rajin to look around and trust your instinct. it is easy to be carried away, sbb malas, atau dapat harga best kalau beli secara pukal. but later you will find out lampu tu lari concept sket...
Tu yg aku cari masa nak fikir. it was so difficult for me to find fans and lightings... kalau ada yg kena concept, tak boleh turunkan pulak fans tu sampai bawah (sbb ceiling tinggi).., so tak dapatlah beli panasonic or kdk... sbb design dia agak awkward lepas disambung gitu......jenuhlah menggagau cari kedai yg ada design kipas yg tak awkward ....cam orang buta, tak tahu tujuan, tak tahu apa dicari gitu.....
barulah lepas tu reti nak tengok brand lain cam deka, rubine etc....dulu2 cam tak best jer dengar brand ni tapi i rasa their design is clean, simple and hopefully functional.....
Hari ni i tgh kemaruk dgn kipas rubine. love the built in lights. problem is RM400....I sooo want it. Would be good to put in the surau....(sbb tu abang tu kasi discount gila2.....sbb i kata nak letak kat surau...huhu).... tgklah camner nanti..... i cari kipas 1 beli kat sini, 3 beli kat sana ekekek kan ker kerja leceh tu kan. nak wat camner? dia kena slow2 baru ada feel.......
the electrician man not having much progress. or maybe he did, just not to my expectation... but I learnt to be calm, to be nice, and tawakkal that Allah will help speed things up. so tak payah susah2 pressure mereka.....
Mr B,
I lompat2 tadi tengok walkin wardrobe yg dah siap....macam terharu sampai nak pengsan....sampai i peluk wardrobe i..... my husband was so heran sambil kerut2 kening.. dia memula tu tanya dgn innocentnya 'pesal nak tutup toilet?' huhu dear thats what walkin wardrobelah!
Never in my million years I thought I could have this..... uwaaaa thank you Allah... terharu. now i could solve my storage issue.
Im loving all my choices on the lights..... it fits the 'me' style... Im so loving my choice of light on the staircase wall.... sorry tak ada gambar. it is plain white, but i love it !
Cant wait for them to put up the light for the staircase ceiling. I chose the 'dangling' type rather than downlight....senang sikit nak tukar bulb kot...This one, it is also plain...but I thought it fits my concept so I am so excited to see it up there!
Lightings.
My summary on lightings.... you can go to the cheapest shop to buy things that you know cheaper there..ie, vannus fan, elight fan etc. but to find lightings that not only suits your concept but also 'damn' cheap, you just have to be rajin to look around and trust your instinct. it is easy to be carried away, sbb malas, atau dapat harga best kalau beli secara pukal. but later you will find out lampu tu lari concept sket...
Tu yg aku cari masa nak fikir. it was so difficult for me to find fans and lightings... kalau ada yg kena concept, tak boleh turunkan pulak fans tu sampai bawah (sbb ceiling tinggi).., so tak dapatlah beli panasonic or kdk... sbb design dia agak awkward lepas disambung gitu......jenuhlah menggagau cari kedai yg ada design kipas yg tak awkward ....cam orang buta, tak tahu tujuan, tak tahu apa dicari gitu.....
barulah lepas tu reti nak tengok brand lain cam deka, rubine etc....dulu2 cam tak best jer dengar brand ni tapi i rasa their design is clean, simple and hopefully functional.....
Hari ni i tgh kemaruk dgn kipas rubine. love the built in lights. problem is RM400....I sooo want it. Would be good to put in the surau....(sbb tu abang tu kasi discount gila2.....sbb i kata nak letak kat surau...huhu).... tgklah camner nanti..... i cari kipas 1 beli kat sini, 3 beli kat sana ekekek kan ker kerja leceh tu kan. nak wat camner? dia kena slow2 baru ada feel.......
Monday, December 24, 2012
House Project : Progress of house reno
I wish I have pictures to show.
But I was so disorganized and always in a hurry lately so I was just too tired to do anything.
Updating blog is ok apparently :P
Anyway.
Kitchen
99% progression. En H has fixed whatever he needs to fix. I am not sure if I want to deduct the amount of tiles dia pecahkan... So I am just holding his money until all kitchen cabinet and hood di pasang...
Pantry
I am searching for tiles and could not find what I like. Or accurately, I have no time to wait for the tiles to come or make a pre-order.
So I take whatever I have from the shop. Until Din "the indonesian contractor from developer" yang I hire from his boss made comment sambil juih mulut "tiles yang ini kak????"
hahahahaha sedikit tercabar ok! plan nak buat mosaic semua Mr Lim kata susah so I thot give him the easiest, who knows he think it has no class ekekekeke! Buat I rasa nak tukar tiles but esok christmas where got shop open one right?
So maybe get Din to change with the kitchen wall tiles. hopefully he has enough. malas nya nak coordinate balik....
Sink
I rushed today to send the 3 sinks but the "kitchen top" guy never turn up. Again, got to leave it in the house. Tawakkal.
Lorry
I called the guy and he gave me solution which is to pick up big items that need to be disposed first prior to moving day. good idea. cuma when to pack? malam ni? oh no! so penat.
Bedrooms wardrobe
I cannot get over the "feeling of overjoy" in seeing the development. Cuma a bit slow because ada yang salah pasang, salah ukur.. I hope they can settle by 28th.
Wiring job
I think the guy is overloaded with jobs.
But i like the attitude. Pantry need to be done by tomorrow. Sebab Din nak pasang tiles. The rest of the rooms upstairs to be finished by wednesday. Else, I would be dead.
En H
He is gone now. I am thankful, he is able to finish his job even though it took him almost a million years to finish the kitchen job. huhu.....
But I was so disorganized and always in a hurry lately so I was just too tired to do anything.
Updating blog is ok apparently :P
Anyway.
Kitchen
99% progression. En H has fixed whatever he needs to fix. I am not sure if I want to deduct the amount of tiles dia pecahkan... So I am just holding his money until all kitchen cabinet and hood di pasang...
Pantry
I am searching for tiles and could not find what I like. Or accurately, I have no time to wait for the tiles to come or make a pre-order.
So I take whatever I have from the shop. Until Din "the indonesian contractor from developer" yang I hire from his boss made comment sambil juih mulut "tiles yang ini kak????"
hahahahaha sedikit tercabar ok! plan nak buat mosaic semua Mr Lim kata susah so I thot give him the easiest, who knows he think it has no class ekekekeke! Buat I rasa nak tukar tiles but esok christmas where got shop open one right?
So maybe get Din to change with the kitchen wall tiles. hopefully he has enough. malas nya nak coordinate balik....
Sink
I rushed today to send the 3 sinks but the "kitchen top" guy never turn up. Again, got to leave it in the house. Tawakkal.
Lorry
I called the guy and he gave me solution which is to pick up big items that need to be disposed first prior to moving day. good idea. cuma when to pack? malam ni? oh no! so penat.
Bedrooms wardrobe
I cannot get over the "feeling of overjoy" in seeing the development. Cuma a bit slow because ada yang salah pasang, salah ukur.. I hope they can settle by 28th.
Wiring job
I think the guy is overloaded with jobs.
But i like the attitude. Pantry need to be done by tomorrow. Sebab Din nak pasang tiles. The rest of the rooms upstairs to be finished by wednesday. Else, I would be dead.
En H
He is gone now. I am thankful, he is able to finish his job even though it took him almost a million years to finish the kitchen job. huhu.....
Sunday, December 23, 2012
So tired!
Briefly.
We went to Singapore on saturday morning after we put advertisement on the house rental. not very good take up. very quiet weekend. terlupa this week is a long weekend. however we called a few agents and hopefully by next week we get a tenant. inspect the house and visit 2 contractors to get quotation of 3 damaged door for the kitchen cabinet. Lepas maghrib angkut barang2 dalam store. We intend to use some of the items at rumah baru.....
After visiting parents in law which include watching the final suzuki cup at their place, we travelled back to KL. arrived at 6am only. very tired.
Esoknya, which is on sunday, we starteed our hunting game for downlight and fans. the house of lightings near to our place was crazy on sunday. Punya byk org that I have to wait for a salesman to serve me. Tapi very professsional and systematic, not really a let down. cuma kipas and downlight tak cukup stock. The best hunting items were the toilet mirror. PWP cuma 25 jer so I managed to buy 6 mirrors there lega! only the master toilet now got to think where to get cheap cheap but good good one....
Stop by at the house to pass to the electrician man. Turn out too late they already about to wrap the work for the day....
we got a surprise. the cabinet came without warning. pasang salah tempat etc. headache akak sekejap.... saw the blum drawer in the da house...akak release sket stress..hehe...
love the walk in wardrobe also. but the house was so full of debris. 5 days to go to move! can you believe that? kerja gila betul.
oh ya, i saw at least 2 houses were intensely being renovated. maybe their deadline is similar with ours? huhu. hi house no 3*, i saw you put security alarm already n aircond! hehe.....
We went to Singapore on saturday morning after we put advertisement on the house rental. not very good take up. very quiet weekend. terlupa this week is a long weekend. however we called a few agents and hopefully by next week we get a tenant. inspect the house and visit 2 contractors to get quotation of 3 damaged door for the kitchen cabinet. Lepas maghrib angkut barang2 dalam store. We intend to use some of the items at rumah baru.....
After visiting parents in law which include watching the final suzuki cup at their place, we travelled back to KL. arrived at 6am only. very tired.
Esoknya, which is on sunday, we starteed our hunting game for downlight and fans. the house of lightings near to our place was crazy on sunday. Punya byk org that I have to wait for a salesman to serve me. Tapi very professsional and systematic, not really a let down. cuma kipas and downlight tak cukup stock. The best hunting items were the toilet mirror. PWP cuma 25 jer so I managed to buy 6 mirrors there lega! only the master toilet now got to think where to get cheap cheap but good good one....
Stop by at the house to pass to the electrician man. Turn out too late they already about to wrap the work for the day....
we got a surprise. the cabinet came without warning. pasang salah tempat etc. headache akak sekejap.... saw the blum drawer in the da house...akak release sket stress..hehe...
love the walk in wardrobe also. but the house was so full of debris. 5 days to go to move! can you believe that? kerja gila betul.
oh ya, i saw at least 2 houses were intensely being renovated. maybe their deadline is similar with ours? huhu. hi house no 3*, i saw you put security alarm already n aircond! hehe.....
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
House Project : En H part 2
Aku dropped by to the house yesterday selepas menguruskan perpindahan sekolah anak2 di PPD Seremban.
Sebelum tu, adalah drama sedikit pasal SJKC Kg Baru Pajam. Beriyalah the headmistress nak interview budak yang masuk sekolah situ. I thought only top school has the strict guideline. So aku tanyalah, berapa orang dapat 7A UPSR sekolah tahun ni? Jawapannya, 0. Ok.. Berapa orang dapat 5A (perasan ya aku skip tanya 6A) , jawapannya, 1.
Aik, punya ko cerewet pilih student, cenggitu jer resultnya?
Teruslah nyesal masuk sekolah tu. So 28 Dec 2012 nanti aku nak jumpa ngan headmistress ni. Hopefully Allah will lead me to a better school if this school is not meant to be.
Problem sekarang ialah dengan SRA. Aku nakkkk gak derang masuk sekolah agama petang/pagi ni.
About the house.
Aku dapat quotation dari electrician developer and Ah Choong, so I asked En H to match with the price. He did not want to. So we came to an agreement that he will only finished with what he has started lepas tu, aku cari lah electrician lain. Better that way.
As I told him, (since he always do not have a figure and wants to take his own sweet time, aku tak sanggup nak dapat final figure 15K kang....)..... "dari saya tak mampu bayar En H, saya kena tengok quotation yang saya mampu...En H faham ya..."
My hubby said, I am doing reverse psychology. But it is a true fact. I can't pay him if he will come to me with that figure. Kang nanti misunderstanding, sesia.....
House Progress.
The plumbing job is done, now waiting for the cabinet only. Di sebabkan En H punya kerja terlampau "lemah lembut" I cannot get the cabinet people to come.
I paid deposit for the new electrician man. So they will start this friday. (Oh, they quote me for only RM2400 with the same amount of work En H "should be doing") but I will just see how their work first.
ADT guy came and provide quotation. semua sekali RM1480. So oklah tu. sebab nak request concealed cabelling. Ops lupa kena apply phone line.
Destressing.
Aku macam nak muntah cerita pasal rumah. Sampai satu malam tu, sebab penat sangat pikir, aku tengok youtube all about bloopers. Memula pasal Nora Elena. Tak berapa kelakar sangat.
Cuba tengok bloopers Nur Kasih, muehehhehehe, gila terus destress.
Lepas tu bloopers FRIENDS. MasyaAllah the best bloopers everrrrrrrrr!! terus tak ingat masalah En H. muahahaha.....
Bloopers lain2 sitcom tak berapa best macam bloopers FRIENDS. I think they are funny outside the character as well. Or should I say, they are into the character that their bloopers are as funny as the character? Ha cam gitulah lebih kurang.
Esok aku cuti lagi, it should be En H last day with us. Can't wait.
Monday, December 17, 2012
Usrah IKIM 7:30am weekdays.
Macam tau-tau jer aku tengah gundah gelana.
Ceramah di IKIM pukul 7:30am pagi tadi ialah mengenai "bersangka baik"..
Bila kita bersangka baik, Allah akan bersangka baik, ada hadith dari riwayat Al-Bukhari mengenai ini. Maka amat penting kita berfikiran positif untuk mendapat kehidupan yang positif.
Ceramah ini akan ada ulangan selepas waktu maghrib di IKIM. So sesiapa yang miss , boleh dengar malam ni.
Aku rasa, mendengar ilmu agama ni boleh melunturkan penyakit hati, melembutkan hati dan menambah iman. Dari dengar lagu, baiklah kita sajikan usrah2 sebegini pada halwa telinga kita. Dahlah sibuk di office dan rumah, tak sempat kan, so dalam kereta memang a good place to focus. At least that works for me.
Aku ternampak juga gambar Maher Zain di FB, gambar terbaru selepas mengerjakan umrah di depan Kaabah, rasa macam dekat bila tengok gambar tu. Tapi jauh... sangat rindu.. If there is a chance tentunya kita dah berlari2 nak peluk Kaabah tu.
Ahhh, bestnya dapat a break dari fikir masalah dunia kan. meanwhile I think I get a better solution. I will see tomorrow what is the progress. As I said, I can be very stern and cruel if I do not see results.
Sila salahkan diri sendiri when that happens. huhu........
House Project : En H
Hi Mr B.
I'm waiting for Adam and Hawa episode online. So I thought i dropped by.
Tonight is when I felt I lose control over the project.
Teringat ceramah prof Dr Muhaya, terngiang-ngiang cerita dia tentang satu patient ni yang sangat tenang sebelum pembedahan mata... dan kerana sikap positifnya, pembedahannya berjaya dan patient ni tak ada complaint lepas pembedahan tu...... setengah patient datang takut, asyik gusar maka lepas pembedahan masih lagi tak nampak jelas dan masalah2 lain....sampaikan prof sendiri terfikir tentang ini. Betapa kalau kita tenang, yakin pada Allah, kita lepaskan semua pada Allah iaitu bertawakkal maka akan datang yang baik2 saja.........insyaAllah.
Maka, selepas isyak tadi aku dapat idea untuk selesaikan masalah sedikit, tapi kegusaran dan keyakinan aku pada en H ni tak hilang juga. Aku cuba bertenang. instinct aku kuat nak tukar contractor. Tapi aku pujuk hati aku... maybe it is just a thought. Allah knows best why I did not choose Ah Choong.
Paling aku gusar dan jadi hilang keyakinan ialah bila aku tanya dia pasal pasang mosaic. dia kata kena hack. I went to search in youtube. guess what?
Aku watch here on the installation of modwalls, it was easy. Easy as in I can put up the cabinet first then years down the road I can still do this project.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DmHtl9EY5rk
Malaysia punya equivalent is gngmosaic.com.my.
There goes my trust. but again, aku nak bersangka baik. He has the most critical job ever. wiring.
Anyway, I still have 'wall makeover by na' for an alternative solution to mosaic.
Why all of sudden about mosaic?
I left out this project in the quotation. Never think deep. I thought I have seen enough ideas.
So another lessons learnt, do enough homework. Be more details. Dun leave it to last minute.
and it is ok to be kiasu and over dreaming! it helps a lot in the decisions actually!
Grrrr..... somehow I am feeling I need to focus on this project full time.
House Project : Plumbing work
Just a short one Mr B.
I just want to update that I have over budgeted of most of the items.
I am seriously getting so scared right now.
The plumbing job came back with 2k. I managed to cut it down to 1850. It is not much but at least something.
So I guess, this house project will really be a longgggggggggggggggg way before it could finish. Goodness, what a nightmare.
But I am sure, I will beat this.
Not that I forget, first is the NEED.
Next will be the WANT.
Kay Mr B. I have reported this to my CEO (aka my hubby). But as my "office CEO", he should not hear the problem but solutions. So project manager still need to resolve this. I am just going to play around with figures, some items will be crossed, so I need not seek for another round of approval for requesting extra budget. So IT IS FINE FOR NOW. Don't you worry Mr B, I am going to be fine....
I just want to update that I have over budgeted of most of the items.
I am seriously getting so scared right now.
The plumbing job came back with 2k. I managed to cut it down to 1850. It is not much but at least something.
So I guess, this house project will really be a longgggggggggggggggg way before it could finish. Goodness, what a nightmare.
But I am sure, I will beat this.
Not that I forget, first is the NEED.
Next will be the WANT.
Kay Mr B. I have reported this to my CEO (aka my hubby). But as my "office CEO", he should not hear the problem but solutions. So project manager still need to resolve this. I am just going to play around with figures, some items will be crossed, so I need not seek for another round of approval for requesting extra budget. So IT IS FINE FOR NOW. Don't you worry Mr B, I am going to be fine....
House Project : Dealing with contractor(s)
Dear Mr B,
First.
What is blog anyway? Tak de lah... kot orang lain2..so definition dan tujuan pun lain2....
When I started blogging.... (I think I repeated this again... the "long time ago" story) so better stop before you get bored.
Hmmm... by the way, Mr B, boleh tak I imagine muka you macam Daddy Long Leg "the novel" not spider, dan sipi2 macam character Seth Tan of Nora Elena? Can? Ok set.. baru syok sket. But I don't want macam Aaron Aziz kay. Sebab that is a real character. I need a fiction character yang aku boleh kasitau my problems tapi tak ada balasan.. Ha, macam concept novel "Daddy Long Leg"... tapi novel tu, ialah keratan surat2 kepada Daddy Long Leg tu kan...
Anyway.
Blog to me is anything that I feel. Oh bukanlah semua. Gila kalau semua. Eh, semua pun boleh. As long as it is a private blog, like my other 2 blogs.
Tapi yang public ni, is supposed to be my project journal. So harus tak aku tulis journal ni bila something comes up? Yes? Of course to me yes.
So.
Amendenyer yang urgent sangat nak tulis? Sebab........
aku dapat quotation wiring .....teka berapa Mr B?
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$15k.
Rasa nak cabut2 rambut. haha. Nasib baik dah ada prinsipal "setiap problem sure got resolution".
Aku rasa En H ini ialah seorang yang tak berapa nak structured. Aku rasa Ah Choong tu structured sikit tapi pun sama jelah lebih kurang. Suka na agak2.. Cuba jot down sket. And share sket concern or issues. Kan senang settle?
So how do I solve the problems?
I trust that every business man or business owner dah memang selalu buat kerja quotation so tak lah nak ajar memula tu. Dah naik 3 kali aku jumpa dia, tapi takkkkk gakkkkkk dapat firm quotation. So, today, I put my foot down, and I have to "manage" the situation.
1. I took out a paper.
2. I draw what I want and where I want it
3. I took out another paper
4. I list down the items and the work that might be involved for that items, then I asked him straight away how much is the cost for each items.
5. terus calculate kan pada dia.
6. I think either he needs me as his clerk or sales person. or he needs to be managed for the calculation supaya dia tak rugi dan aku tak kena overcharged by dia.
And how much is the final cost? Last quotation is RM5800 that is including a 9ft x 7 ft awning, concealed wiring, plaster ceiling, tebuk lubang downlight, pasang lampu dan kipas.
And knowing he is a bit slow in "congak2", I kept repeating of what is needed by him, what items will i purchase for him ie. tiles and switch casing etc. 3 hours after, baru dia lega. I came to know, selama-lama ni, dia congak2 salah, dia kerugian dalam beberapa project. So tu yang dia tak berapa nak sure walaupun dah 3 kali aku jumpa dia.
So oklah. Walaupun aku about 1.8k over budget, at least esok dia dah boleh start kerja. Over budget tu, boleh carik. Mesti boleh punya. It wasn't 11k, so insyaAllah boleh.
Sunday, December 16, 2012
House Project : Diamond Mirror
Initially I want below mirror. But the contractor said the "mirror shop" could not do.
So she showed me the "diamond mirror" such as below. Kalau macam bawah ni, pengsan. sangat tak lawa......
The false ceiling yang awkward dan imbalance. I want to do something like down below. The 3 "holes".. but it wasn't for now.
We went to the house yesterday. One of the tasks is to document the defect list. This is only the first page.....mind you.
We were being recommended to complaint about the stairs edge. So we did.
I am still thinking about the concept of the lighting to be put here.
Tangga tu dangerous. I am just not going to worry about it for now. I hope the kids will behave and strictly no climbing. I have made complaints to the developer. But they said, I have to come up with the solution. What the lah kan? Kalau kat Singapore, depa akan tukar design tu, sebab prone to accident. That is what happenned in one of the F&N condo projects masa aku jadik agent dulu......
So she showed me the "diamond mirror" such as below. Kalau macam bawah ni, pengsan. sangat tak lawa......
Kalau macam kat bawah ni boleh tahan sikit..... but my problem is die-die dia kena buh panel around it. I requested it for black. Since dia kata no way they can do with "frameless"... I was a bit tired of "arguing" to get what I want, so I just leave it be. I hope I have no regrets for this decisions. You need to have the ability to stand firm of what you want to do, otherwise, nanti dah siap, you jugak yang kena live with it for years... and years..........
The false ceiling yang awkward dan imbalance. I want to do something like down below. The 3 "holes".. but it wasn't for now.
We went to the house yesterday. One of the tasks is to document the defect list. This is only the first page.....mind you.
We were being recommended to complaint about the stairs edge. So we did.
I am still thinking about the concept of the lighting to be put here.
Tangga tu dangerous. I am just not going to worry about it for now. I hope the kids will behave and strictly no climbing. I have made complaints to the developer. But they said, I have to come up with the solution. What the lah kan? Kalau kat Singapore, depa akan tukar design tu, sebab prone to accident. That is what happenned in one of the F&N condo projects masa aku jadik agent dulu......
Saturday, December 15, 2012
House Project : The house key
14 December 2012.
Thats our special date. but it wasn't as per I imagine....Not that I want bunga api meledak di langit atau kompang mengiringi kami to mark this special date...cuma it was just ...or almost pass like any normal day.
Firstly.
My most favourite GM has resigned. 2 days before that news, on my way to lunch, i received a bbm. 'jom kari kepala ikan?' sebenarnya plan nak mengari kepala ikan ni dah bertangguh-tangguh so aku pun dengan segera gostan n wait for them. On the night of her last day pulak, I had a miss call from her followed by a text msg. Aku cuma sedar the next morning. I was rushing to go to work as there is an early meeting. tak sempat nak call balik....
So when I received her resignation news during that early morning meeting I was shocked like mad. but I could not deal with it as I have to continue with the meeting sampai tengah hari...bercampur baur perasaan aku masa tu. terkilan pun ada. it was so sudden n I didn't have the chance to meet her. Adalah dalam kereta masa balik dari kari kepala ikan tu dia cakap ' thanks for belanja me makan before my last day'....but we thought she said about her going for the umrah that coming fridaynya......
Lepas meeting rushing pulak with other things yang kena settled, kan ker kerja aku ni asyik kena selesaikan masalah so pening-pening lalat masa tu jumpa hod sana sini.....sampai terlambat nak keluar ambil kunci tu....dan tak sempat nak digest lagi news ni.....
2ndly.
Dahlah lambat keluar, aku singgah pulak ke sekolah anak2 aku nak mintak surat pindah. sek ren keb break 2 jam plak so terbantutlah plan. SJKC ok, so lepas satu beban... sampai di seri pajam hubby dah tunggu lama, tak sempat pun lunch. nak tarik nafas panjang pun tak sempat...
Akhirnya....
Briefing dia kejap jer rupanya... Yang lama bila dia bawa pergi explain pasal rumah....Best juga tapi pening gak memikirkan defect list yang akan panjang. Switch lampu pun memeningkan.... mungkin kena tunggu pasang api baru paham kot.
Lepas briefing habis, finalize lagi dengan contractor pasal wiring, dapur dan curtain.
I changed a couple of things...so malam tu juga gelabah cari barang sampai pukul 930pm. Designer nak gak malam tu so dia boleh cut according to size....siblah aku jumpa. Gila gamble. Turned out, bagus shop n guy yg jaga tu...murah plak tu. Alhamdulillah....
Balik ambik plak barang ikea yg kirim dari my sis. They have Dec offer so die-die kena pergi awal...sibla dapat apa aku nak. Alhamdulillahhhhh......
Balik, kemas sket2, esoknya nak kena gi Perak, staff plg rapat kawin. So ni baru 2 jam balik, pun nak kena research pasal cermin design sebelum finalize......sgt hectic.
Thats our special date. but it wasn't as per I imagine....Not that I want bunga api meledak di langit atau kompang mengiringi kami to mark this special date...cuma it was just ...or almost pass like any normal day.
Firstly.
My most favourite GM has resigned. 2 days before that news, on my way to lunch, i received a bbm. 'jom kari kepala ikan?' sebenarnya plan nak mengari kepala ikan ni dah bertangguh-tangguh so aku pun dengan segera gostan n wait for them. On the night of her last day pulak, I had a miss call from her followed by a text msg. Aku cuma sedar the next morning. I was rushing to go to work as there is an early meeting. tak sempat nak call balik....
So when I received her resignation news during that early morning meeting I was shocked like mad. but I could not deal with it as I have to continue with the meeting sampai tengah hari...bercampur baur perasaan aku masa tu. terkilan pun ada. it was so sudden n I didn't have the chance to meet her. Adalah dalam kereta masa balik dari kari kepala ikan tu dia cakap ' thanks for belanja me makan before my last day'....but we thought she said about her going for the umrah that coming fridaynya......
Lepas meeting rushing pulak with other things yang kena settled, kan ker kerja aku ni asyik kena selesaikan masalah so pening-pening lalat masa tu jumpa hod sana sini.....sampai terlambat nak keluar ambil kunci tu....dan tak sempat nak digest lagi news ni.....
2ndly.
Dahlah lambat keluar, aku singgah pulak ke sekolah anak2 aku nak mintak surat pindah. sek ren keb break 2 jam plak so terbantutlah plan. SJKC ok, so lepas satu beban... sampai di seri pajam hubby dah tunggu lama, tak sempat pun lunch. nak tarik nafas panjang pun tak sempat...
Akhirnya....
Briefing dia kejap jer rupanya... Yang lama bila dia bawa pergi explain pasal rumah....Best juga tapi pening gak memikirkan defect list yang akan panjang. Switch lampu pun memeningkan.... mungkin kena tunggu pasang api baru paham kot.
Lepas briefing habis, finalize lagi dengan contractor pasal wiring, dapur dan curtain.
I changed a couple of things...so malam tu juga gelabah cari barang sampai pukul 930pm. Designer nak gak malam tu so dia boleh cut according to size....siblah aku jumpa. Gila gamble. Turned out, bagus shop n guy yg jaga tu...murah plak tu. Alhamdulillah....
Balik ambik plak barang ikea yg kirim dari my sis. They have Dec offer so die-die kena pergi awal...sibla dapat apa aku nak. Alhamdulillahhhhh......
Balik, kemas sket2, esoknya nak kena gi Perak, staff plg rapat kawin. So ni baru 2 jam balik, pun nak kena research pasal cermin design sebelum finalize......sgt hectic.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Chill!
Dear Mr B (B for blog not my secret lover, in case you are curious),
Tonight is the night before I get the key to my new house.
What is in my mind? Berkali kali it went to my head, owh ni rupanya takdir Allah...ini rupanya rumah yang menunggu aku.... cubaan nak beli rumah di Malaysia ni dari tahun 90an.... lepas tu senyapppppp sampai tahun 2010 it was revived again.... 3 houses and hundreds of visit (online and onsites) ni rupanya rumah yang Allah takdirkan untuk aku...
For some people it might be just a house...for me it is a finishing line.... of years in wanting to own a house in Malaysia. Kalau Am tunggu Hawa 8 tahun... aku berbelas tahun hehe....
Anyway. Lets keep the tawadduk dan rasa bersyukur pada Allah yang tak terhingga... kita pergi pula kepada perasaan yang biasa biasa...
I was having mix feeling about work. love my job, love the colleagues, but dun love the situation. hmmm macam tak tepat perasaan tu.
Lets us drilled down. Whats bothering me?
Like today Mr B, as you know My CEO is great. I understand his aspiration for the company, I know behind the out of the world rough jokes he is a straight forward guy. Thats what makes it easy for me to work with him. I do not understand and just dun have the skill to beat around the bush so I grew impatient if someone tried to communicate with me for an hour and still did not resolve the problems. So....
I know Allah gave this to me as a form of training. He must have something for me down the road. tapi nak melalui ni, nampaknya susah.
The problems.
It looks like the problems came not from the ground. sometimes I wish someone will just raise their hands and said that the responsibilities fall under their jurisdiction and will rectify the problems at their best. dan my expectation is , org yg volunteer tu akan bermati-matian to ensure success within the short period of time and thus will contribute to the company's success within this short period of time and of course semua org akan rasa lega sambil tepuk tangan atas kejayaan si volunteer ni nanti bila dia berjayalah...in order to do that of courselah you kena sondol, or bulldoze a couple of things...otherwise camner nak turn the unturn stone? eh betul tak pepatah tu.
Kalaulah semudah tu, I may enjoy this job more...tentulah aku akan bergandingan bahu menolong orang tu kemas2 batu2 yang telah dibulldoze tadi dan make sure jalan tu clear...jadi si volunteer tadi kerjanya focus jer membetulkan jalan kembali kepada jalan yg lurus...(cam translation surah al-fatihah lak yer)...
Masalahnya of the above problems...
ya dalam problem tu sendiri ada masalahnya. Masalahnya ialah:
1. instead of volunteering, they will do tai chi ing so nak resolve masalah ownership ni jer kena buat seratus meeting......
2. so dari volunteering now kena nominate org. secara kasarnya, u kena paksa dgn management to swallow the bitter pills.... 'swallow this now and bulldoze! we want results'
3. so nak tak nak mamat atau minah yang kena paksa ni jalannnnn..... tapi ada lagi masalah ya. ya, dalam problem ada masalah, dalam masalah ada issues... issuesnya ialah;
a) org yg kena paksa ni tak ada the never say never attitude
b) org ni pun tak berapa nak bermati-matian nak menjalankan tanggung jawab ni sbb dia rasa bukan kerja dia...
c) org yang kena paksa ni susah hati kena bulldoze banyak orang atau menda, nanti semua org tak nak gi lunch ngan dia ekekekekeke so akhirnya, lemah lembut bulldozenya, kalau dah gaya gitu, tak banyak lah halangan yang dia boleh manouver..... kalau pun effective, timeline tu kena lama sket...so kena update board of director 2 tahun dari sekarang...huhu...
d) yg paling crucial, org ni macam tak tau nak buat start dari mana...huhuhuhu......so help katanya... so kita kita ni macam aku ni, kena lah tebas jalan belukar depan orang ni supaya dia boleh jumpstart...sebab kalau org ni fail, ceo tak happy, bukan ker nanti kena patah balik ke pangkal jalan, pilih orang lain, start balik ground work, yang susah kang sapa ye dak, akuuuuu jugakkk...in a way
lah. of course lagi susah company nilah kan...
Bayangkan setiap point tu, Nak pastikan kejayaan, kita kena buat checkpoint. tu belum lagi cerita pasal ugut, pasal marah2, pasal fitnah..... itulah yang buat aku penat. sometimes terasa kena jadik referee, kena jadik scheduler, kena jadik reminder, kena resolve problem. dan paling teruk bagi aku, kena explain kat owner of the problem tu, apa problem dia... tu aku cukup tak paham.... dan aku pernah menyaksikan, presentation to board ni, pakai kot bagai, tapi tak tau explain details of his own problems..... camner tu? bukan kena buat homework bagai ker sebelum important meeting? bagi akulah kan, ko boleh delegate tapi kalau ko check thoroughly you will know your source of problems. tak payah dirty your hand sangat as long as you follow through day to day... kan?
tu belum lagi cerita, being territorial dan departmentship. dah nak kena betulkan response to reflect the whole organization. Tak masuk dek akal aku, awat tak leh nak rationalize to that level ek? Moga in the future I am not going to be one of these characters.Amin!
Tonight is the night before I get the key to my new house.
What is in my mind? Berkali kali it went to my head, owh ni rupanya takdir Allah...ini rupanya rumah yang menunggu aku.... cubaan nak beli rumah di Malaysia ni dari tahun 90an.... lepas tu senyapppppp sampai tahun 2010 it was revived again.... 3 houses and hundreds of visit (online and onsites) ni rupanya rumah yang Allah takdirkan untuk aku...
For some people it might be just a house...for me it is a finishing line.... of years in wanting to own a house in Malaysia. Kalau Am tunggu Hawa 8 tahun... aku berbelas tahun hehe....
Anyway. Lets keep the tawadduk dan rasa bersyukur pada Allah yang tak terhingga... kita pergi pula kepada perasaan yang biasa biasa...
I was having mix feeling about work. love my job, love the colleagues, but dun love the situation. hmmm macam tak tepat perasaan tu.
Lets us drilled down. Whats bothering me?
Like today Mr B, as you know My CEO is great. I understand his aspiration for the company, I know behind the out of the world rough jokes he is a straight forward guy. Thats what makes it easy for me to work with him. I do not understand and just dun have the skill to beat around the bush so I grew impatient if someone tried to communicate with me for an hour and still did not resolve the problems. So....
I know Allah gave this to me as a form of training. He must have something for me down the road. tapi nak melalui ni, nampaknya susah.
The problems.
It looks like the problems came not from the ground. sometimes I wish someone will just raise their hands and said that the responsibilities fall under their jurisdiction and will rectify the problems at their best. dan my expectation is , org yg volunteer tu akan bermati-matian to ensure success within the short period of time and thus will contribute to the company's success within this short period of time and of course semua org akan rasa lega sambil tepuk tangan atas kejayaan si volunteer ni nanti bila dia berjayalah...in order to do that of courselah you kena sondol, or bulldoze a couple of things...otherwise camner nak turn the unturn stone? eh betul tak pepatah tu.
Kalaulah semudah tu, I may enjoy this job more...tentulah aku akan bergandingan bahu menolong orang tu kemas2 batu2 yang telah dibulldoze tadi dan make sure jalan tu clear...jadi si volunteer tadi kerjanya focus jer membetulkan jalan kembali kepada jalan yg lurus...(cam translation surah al-fatihah lak yer)...
Masalahnya of the above problems...
ya dalam problem tu sendiri ada masalahnya. Masalahnya ialah:
1. instead of volunteering, they will do tai chi ing so nak resolve masalah ownership ni jer kena buat seratus meeting......
2. so dari volunteering now kena nominate org. secara kasarnya, u kena paksa dgn management to swallow the bitter pills.... 'swallow this now and bulldoze! we want results'
3. so nak tak nak mamat atau minah yang kena paksa ni jalannnnn..... tapi ada lagi masalah ya. ya, dalam problem ada masalah, dalam masalah ada issues... issuesnya ialah;
a) org yg kena paksa ni tak ada the never say never attitude
b) org ni pun tak berapa nak bermati-matian nak menjalankan tanggung jawab ni sbb dia rasa bukan kerja dia...
c) org yang kena paksa ni susah hati kena bulldoze banyak orang atau menda, nanti semua org tak nak gi lunch ngan dia ekekekekeke so akhirnya, lemah lembut bulldozenya, kalau dah gaya gitu, tak banyak lah halangan yang dia boleh manouver..... kalau pun effective, timeline tu kena lama sket...so kena update board of director 2 tahun dari sekarang...huhu...
d) yg paling crucial, org ni macam tak tau nak buat start dari mana...huhuhuhu......so help katanya... so kita kita ni macam aku ni, kena lah tebas jalan belukar depan orang ni supaya dia boleh jumpstart...sebab kalau org ni fail, ceo tak happy, bukan ker nanti kena patah balik ke pangkal jalan, pilih orang lain, start balik ground work, yang susah kang sapa ye dak, akuuuuu jugakkk...in a way
lah. of course lagi susah company nilah kan...
Bayangkan setiap point tu, Nak pastikan kejayaan, kita kena buat checkpoint. tu belum lagi cerita pasal ugut, pasal marah2, pasal fitnah..... itulah yang buat aku penat. sometimes terasa kena jadik referee, kena jadik scheduler, kena jadik reminder, kena resolve problem. dan paling teruk bagi aku, kena explain kat owner of the problem tu, apa problem dia... tu aku cukup tak paham.... dan aku pernah menyaksikan, presentation to board ni, pakai kot bagai, tapi tak tau explain details of his own problems..... camner tu? bukan kena buat homework bagai ker sebelum important meeting? bagi akulah kan, ko boleh delegate tapi kalau ko check thoroughly you will know your source of problems. tak payah dirty your hand sangat as long as you follow through day to day... kan?
tu belum lagi cerita, being territorial dan departmentship. dah nak kena betulkan response to reflect the whole organization. Tak masuk dek akal aku, awat tak leh nak rationalize to that level ek? Moga in the future I am not going to be one of these characters.Amin!
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
House Project: Chaotic
Semalam...
Aku telah di kejutkan dengan satu panggilan talifon. Kata Mr H:
"Our plumber can't make it this friday for the appointment. Also, if you want to "siap" all on the 26th Dec, we can't. We will return the money to you and you can find other contractor.."
Eh? tetiba.....
Angin seluruh badan?
Tak juga. I am ready to fight to get my compensation. Tu saja yang aku fikir. Ada lagi ayat2 dia yang sangat improper.. Contoh "You banked in without our knowledge"..
Eh? Bukan dia suruh bank in 50% so they can order the material?
I told him off, I have wasted 2 weeks discussing this with you. I do not have an alternative contractor. I should get some compensation for the delay of my project. Mr H said "but we do not have agreement, you cannot get compensation..."
And then I smsed the designer. "..bla .. bla ... bla.... I have paid RM500 with your official receipt for the booking fees. Later then I transferred RM15k...So I need to get compensation for my loss of time.." (Booking fees is considered as an intent, the receipt is an acknowledgement, isn't that a contract?). The rest of arguement I can just feed them later....
Barulah Mr Hong called me and his tone is much more better than the earlier ones. At this point, I have changed my mind totally about them. I should just be selfish next time.
So I am going to get an alternative contractor, alternative vendors for the rest of the project. Some hearts are going to be ached. Tell me that I am cunning, but I have my family to protect. I need to ensure we moved "comfortably" by 28th Dec. I need to get everything organized. After all, any impact, will impact my wallet, I do not care anymore about anyone else. If Mr H could say those things including "we do not have contract.. (so they can just back off from the project) after hours of discussion, I do not know what is "courtesy" anymore. So teach me to spell it right because it is no longer in my dictionary.
Same goes to the lorry driver - he quoted RM500 from Puchong to Pajam (3 tan). Since another blogger had a good experience with him, I thought that was a good price , kata orang "sap sap sui lahhh" or lebih kurang sudah.... But when he said "akak tambah jer saya sikit untuk dispose barang akak..." I told him nicely " you need to tell me exactly how much coz I have a budget for everything".
Unstructured plan and budget will cause misunderstanding later. Which I need to avoid. I am thinking about cancelling my booking with him. Another thing that bothers me. I asked him where would he dispose the unwanted bulky things, he said "akak tok sah risau, saya tahu"... I mean I need to know where he disposed them coz I will be equally responsible. I need to know if the place is a proper place for a disposal. Telling me that macam... he doesn't know and never did this? So I have doubts about this. I am not a "go green" kind of person, but I am concerned enough.
Allah beri aku idea to google more. I found another blogger whose husband is doing this. He quoted me RM450 (5 tan) and extra RM75 for disposal. What I liked about him, when I said where would you dispose? He asked me back, are the things in good condition? (Never in my million years that I thought people will dispose items that are expensive and still in good condition...but when I read his wife's blog, wow! kayanya setengah rakyat Malaysia..) So when I said, the almari has broken door, some with broken drawers, he agreed to dispose it (kalau tak selalunya dia akan sedekahkan kat pondok Tahfiz). And he told me the name of a place to dispose them without pausing. So he has done this before.
All projects memang ada problems. Tapi semua pun mesti ada resolutionnya, InsyaAllah.
Dan aku belajar sepanjang project ni:
1. Do not rush into making decisions
2. Buat homework... search for information before making decisions, it will save you time tremendously...
3. Trust your instinct
4. Be selfish (not menonong selfish sampai ko jadi inconsiderate citizen) but be selfish when the situation needs you
5. Other bloggers' experience may not be the same with you so ...again, do your homework, trust your instinct and have a fall back plan.
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