Adjusting to Pajam

Sebelum beli rumah ni, banyak cerita-cerita negative yang di dengar.

 

1. Bau busuk

2. Lalat yang banyak

3. Jalan raya kecil

 

 

So walaupun sendiri cari maklumat negative ni, pergi ker tapak rumah untuk mengalami sendiri, tapi akhirnya still decide the house itself is a good buy and we will not get this anywhere else (with this price) in Klang Valley area.

 

 

Bau busuk

 

Kadang-kadang masa hujan ada bau, kadang-kadang hujan tak ada bau.

 

Nak masuk maghrib, whether hujan or not, ada bau tapi lepas isyak hilang da bau, sometimes bau prolong sampai entah bila.

 

Macamana kita cope? Sama macam hal lalat nanti.

 

 

Lalat

 

Kalau balik dari pasar, tengah nak menyiang ikan or basuh ikan, lalat tu hurung macam ada bangkai di tepi sungai. A lot! Never seen like this all my life. Not in my hometown, not during my asrama days in Kajang or Segamat (or even Perth), and not in Puchong.

 

 

Bila dengar or baca blog orang pasal ni, macam tak boleh imagine, now I know how bad it is.

 

 

So kalau ada buffet table nak hidang makanan pun tak boleh lama. Sampai guest akan terganggu...

 

So macamana nak tackle problems ni?

 

Jangan buka pintu dan tingkap. so bila masak habislah berbau satu rumah. but I have my sanity.

 

 

Jalan raya kecil

 

 

Dulu, sebelum tinggal sini, dan kita just come here once in a while, this matter is not a problem. But sekarang bila drive pergi kerja, balik kerja etc, baru terasa kenapa orang lain dulu complaint pasal jalan yang kecil.

 

 

a) Bila jalan kecil dan banyak pula lorry, I tell you it is difficult to cope with the traffic.

b) Kalau malam, there is some portion of the road, very dangerous dan gelap, di tambah lagi dengan sebab tempat ni berbukit kot? Tak ada lampu jalan pulak tempat yang berbukit ni. Bila jalan kecil, ada pemandu yang memandu laju, haruslah very dangerous malam2 tu bila berselisih dengan mereka. Naknya yang kat tempat tak nampak kenderaan di hadapan (sebab berbukit) tetiba pemandu tu beraksi bahaya nak memotong lori, Nauzubillah kalau berselisih.

 

Aku pun tak paham dengan pemandu yang gini... Mintak dijauhkan dari kami semualah....

Given all the above, do we make the right decision by staying in Pajam?

Yes and yes.

Despite yang negative points, we still love so many things about the house.

Love the new kitchen. Love the size of the kitchen. Love the arrangements of things in the kitchen.


The kids now like to pop up in the kitchen, asking for food. Atau, lebih tepat lagi, nampak saja I di kitchen, mesti "nak makan" something. They know where I put "the pancakes", the pancakes syrup, the bread etc. They know when I have stocks for spaghetti.

Terasa macam Nigella Lawson at times. I masak and the kids waited for it. Grr tapi best jugak rasanya.... (Tapi sementara nak tunggu siap tu, ada lah seround dua mereka sangat bingit bermain, dan berselang seli dengan pergaduhan sengit juga hehehehehe)

Walaupun tension tapi I enjoyed sangat. Tension sebab I kena basuh the dishes jer kerjanya... Kerja menyusun baju di atas bila nak start pun tak tau sebab asyik sibuk di dapur....


I love my laundry area yang bagi I sungguh inspired by the pictures I googled. But the place is not yet fully functional. Now I kerjakan my 2nd laundry area, I love my awning yang sungguh murah itu, how I wish I make more clever decision by extending it to the fullest and if I have budget, to put proper tiles so hujan I senang.....Bolehlah jadik my 2nd hiding place other than the kitchen.


I love the shower too. Like my hubby said "the difference is, dulu penat malas nak mandi, now penat macamana pun looking forward untuk mandi.."


Si DS, malam pun dia rajin mandi. Tapi menjerit bila I ter"off" the water pump. Opps! ingat nak save electricity mana tau ada orang mandi malam2 buta.


I love the fans, but I do not like the downlight arrangement. Hari tu sebab malas nak conflict banyak2 dengan si David, dan nak cepat, I suruh jerlah dia buat 1 switch for all downlights. Jadik, kalau i ada 6 downlights, semua terbuka dan sangat terang. Good in a way, but I tak suka terang2 sangat sebenarnya, so I rasa, I have to find reading lamp or bedside lamps to reduce the lighting.


I love the wardrobe but have not gotten the chance to organize the baju2 inside so .. I belum betul2 into the "wardrobe systems" lagi.


I have not enjoyed the lawn, the backyard or the frontyard yet, coz I have continued with the BAU duties already. Kebanyakannya on mengemas, laundry, memasak, dan rectifications.


My siblings dropped by. And so far they were impressed with the "longkang cover" and "water pump" that were provided by the developer. Yelah, jual rumah jauh2 kalau tak ada frills sapalah yang nak tinggal sini kan.


Seriously, I tak berapa nak sempat ambil gambar sebab sibuk dengan dapur dan budak2...I try tomorrow.


Nilai Giant and Tesco


Semalam I pergi hantar kereta basuh dan wax di Giant Nilai. Sambil tengok2 keadaan sekeliling. Tesco kami dah pergi beberapa kali, rupanya Giant lagi happening.


Nandos pun ada. Yang paling melegakan, babies shop banyak juga, senang nak beli Tommie Tippee products. Tak payah drive jejauh ke Alamanda gitu....


Extra Curriculum for the kids


Ada piano class juga di Giant ni but I could not call the person. Bolehlah DD resume her piano class. Taekwondo class for DS belum jumpa, tapi tak apa, we targetted to resume in 1st Feb, still have time.


I met Karate class instructor at SK Batang Benar, (chinese rasanya) tapi malaslah nak start all over. DS is already a blue belt 2.


We need to resume the tahfiz class as well. We have not decided whether we should go to Bangi or find a class somewhere in Nilai or Seremban. But have not find any info on that.


Kumon, we know there is 1 in BBN, the 2nd nearest is Bandar Mahkota, tapi let us settle down first sebab to chauffer them to and fro is also a chore. We really need to coordinate our time and adjust to this new lifestyle.