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So coincidence?................the 9th floor unit i see is a 3 room unit at central singapore........i really want to buy it cos the owner wants to sell me at an attractive price..........but i keep hearing the MRT sound.....i even stand outside his door for half an hr to confirm if i can really take the sound anot..............in the end i give up...........

Hi bbbs, congrtats to u.........despite so much difficulties.......at least u got a happy endings..... Rgds, james

hi good people, I am thinking to organise badminton session during the weekend or weekdays evening to promote interaction.. . Interested parties pls reply or pm me so i can work something out.... thank you so much Rgds, james

Hi Nivlek.........i agreed with wat u say...............i rememeber i go reservist last year before my reno.....i met a old campmate who also live at clementi..........he told me he do his reno using 70k..........i am very impressed and dying to visit his "hotel"............but he keeps procrastinating then finally he told me the reason........he told me though he spend 70k but his house is so hard to maintain.........then i got it.........for my new house......i want a simple, pleasant and easily organize place... Ya the kitchen is very small......like u i also have limited area to work.........when u hangs clothes after u wash....the kitchen gets smaller...........i am still ok with it cos i seldom cook.......... For my house the reno is easier........cos the store room face the kitchen so i dont need to do false wall.....i just paint it grey..........save money and good for fengshui.......... Another look at my small kitchen... For those who want to see more than pictures video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qj1katkVcw For those, who likes to read my ups and downs blogs:http://www.clementi-heights.blogspot.com

Due to fengshui reason, i need to have a hole in the kitchen wall..............but i think it also allow more sunlight to go through........but the workers work very fast......before i know it the wall is done....if u observe carefully.....i never totally hack down the whole kitchen wall and left a part of it cos behind it is the power sockets....i think i need them so that part of the wall is not hacked down........ Another view after the kitchen wall is hacked down.

Hi good people, Until today, though i have a blog, i still received many PM about my clementi house, my reno and especially uncle Eng Hock......i feel i need to show the pictures of my reno here to answer some queries..... ......i wanted to do that some times ago but as i just got a new job.......i need some time to settle down....so pls forgive me........anyway below is pictures of my clementi 5 room unit before reno To give some intro of my new house..........i live happily at punggol for 5 years.....then last feb, i join the mature estate balloting exercise.........so at June 2007, my clementi dream comes true.....after paying all the survey fee, admin fee, legal fee, HDB levy......i do not left much.......luckily uncle eng hock do my 5 room reno once again at only 20k.........lucky me dont need take reno loan.........to me i dont need a designer house, i just need an organise, neat and easily to maintain house.......so dont hold too high expectations as i money no enough

For all my life i stay near MRT but low floor.....never feel anything cos maybe numb already.......but before i get my latest low floor unit...........i almost buy a 9th floor unit which face MRT station and its track......this time i can really hear the train sound.....i feel irritated.......i tried to bear wif it but i cant cos i can really hear it.......i heard someone says space is a good conductor of sound......the higher u stay the louder it get....... Just my 2 cents worth of view.........

Halo......me just move in 4 months ago at clementi heights.........hope to make more friends in clementi ......can clementi kakis pls fall in......maybe can organise a badminton session at clementi sports hall? Rgds, James

Some people fussy about living high or low floor......for me all my life i am low floor......i remember during the last mature estate balloting exercise at clementi (June 2007).......i am left 2nd floor to choose..........i remember the HDB officer say if i dont like.......theres always a next balloting.......lucky i never heed his advice.......8 months later(at february 2008).....a same level unit next block, the price up more than $100k........selling at $473k and above...........plus HDB change rule already............2nd timer when balloting for new flats will lose out when competing against first timer..... To me high low is the same......more impt is near MRT and near good school(for kids)..............i agree with what keltong said..........2nd floor got some mosquito and when ppl burn paper u kanna first.........but i am immune by these already..........Regarding that lower floors is mostly for other races....that one i think depend on area........i give u a place at orchard.........i think first floor you also fight to stay dont say second floor....... Just my 2 cents point of view

At my clementi new home, I am still using my fish tank size TV which i buy when i stay at punggol 5 years ago......my wife keep asking me to buy the new LCD TV........when courts or sony send us the brochure, she will pass to me first time.............but to me the price now still not ok.........i will wait for next year or this year after olympics..............

what applefreak says is very correct.........theres no right or wrong..........it depends on what your needs is... for me.........though my wife and i are working.........but i save and invest alot rather than enjoy cos i got a very poor childhood....when i am young my family is so poor that we have no money to pay electrical bill...i remember my family always quarrel over that.........and so poor that when even my neighbour lose their shoes, they will say we are ones who stole it........ my personal goal in life is not to enjoy in life.......but to be secure in life.........i want to have 2 house before i semi retire at 40 years old........so that no matter what happen, my house will always have water, power and gas and we wont be hungry ....i am striving hard on it.........dragging my wife along.....sometimes i feel i let her down........... the choice is yours and theres no right or wrong........ just my 2 cents of view...

Ya very true.......this one i forgot to mention...... if u make a lot of noise and jump here jump there....i think nobody would complain u if u stay at 2nd floor.........i remember i got a friend of mine living on the 10th floor......got home after a hard day work..............he sings and dance while taking a shower happily..........after a while he heard "ding dong".......door bell ringing......his 9th floor neighbour come to his door to ask him to stop singing and jumping around or they will call police...... i remember a week after i shift into my 2nd floor clementi unit......an old woman comes to my door and wants to buy my unit........ask me to name a price..........she says she old already and cant travel up down so easily and taking a lift is troublesome...............i say cannot lah.......i just stay for a week, how to sell?... just my 2 cents view......u want stay the highest or else stay the lowest......highest for best view and lowest for accesibility..........

Hi, I am low floor expert...haha, maybe not just expert but just destined for low floor flat.....when i am young i live at Ang Mo Kio(2nd floor)........then i shift to woodlands (1st floor)............then my first ballot flat with my wife is at punggol (3rd floor)............now my 2nd hdb ballot flat with my with my wife at clementi (also 2nd floor). I live low floors until i very used to it.........i love to live at low floors........no need waste time take lift.....no need to take lift with strangers........imagine taking lift with another family with cats/ dogs and sometimes even with bicycles.......sometimes i becomes lazy to take the stairs and wait for the lift with some people of my block........and the lift takes a long time to arrive and the crowd gets bigger...........then i just walk up my house thinking lucky i no need take lift with them as i got the option to take the stairs.................i admit its abit noisy but i dont like to live in a too quiet place........i like to know theres people around me but not too close to me...... Theres sometimes some funeral downstairs........but sometimes many parties like birthday or celebrations also......so make up for it...........also low floors cheaper also....... Just my 2 cents worth of view.............i think the best scenario is live the highest floor or live the lowest floor..............live the highest for the best view and the lowest for the best accessibility....live middle not here not there...........like in the army, if u want u be officer, if not be corporal/ lance corporal.......dont be seagent......become hamburger no use...........both side also no good........ Rgds, James

Just my 2 cents worth of view..... for me i save by keeping my renovation cost low........my reno cost only 20k for my 5 rooms flat.......include all floor tiles(toilet included), metal window grills, house painting, kitchen done etc etc.....cos i met a nice reno uncle... and also my concept is to have a spacious house rather than a well decorated house.....when i see newspaper it say that reno cost for 5 rooms is 80k to 100k......i am thinking.....too high......but it maybe high to me but shillings to many super rich.......so is subjective.... i save by buying those NTUC made products at NTUC........not buy those import product......i feel those NTUC brand products are cheaper. I also save by not owning a car but i have BMW instead......bus MRT walk..........i take bus to work and encourage my wife to do so........i remember last time i walk with my wife in the rain to take bus.....my friend drive pass me and joke with me the next day.......he say he saw me and wife walk in the rain look so pitiful.....i just laugh it off..........what to do..........at least i owe nobody anything...... actually i feel a person take taxi 10 times a month is ok...........but i usually take less than that.......if the place really super ulu.......i usually take MRT to its nearest MRT station then take a cab there....... i also exercise at the school i work in. I swim on my school swimming pool and jog in its stadium....i dont like to pay to exercise......i dont like to pay for entrance into gym or swimming pool....to me, exercise should be a right and should be a free thing..... Just my personal view Rgds, James

Hi imidazole, Can Pm me the shop location? i am thinking to buy some calligraphy and some chinese paintings too... thank you so much, Rgds, James

if theres the case...........i guess you need to take away your name from your first flat........by doing that, your parent need to pay u your contributions in the past years.............all at one time in front of HDB officer........ just my 2 cents worth of view..

I tell your case to my wife..........her first reply is........."did both the father and her daughter sign the OTP?"...if the daughter never sign...........the agent should bring down the OTP to let the daughter sign on that day to make it safe... Buying a clementi flat wont be easy............if it seems too easy...u must be careful.....u must ask yourself, it cannot be so simple.........i got my 5 room clementi last year...........with many behind the scene adventures..........but after u got it...........its another story........clementi seems to be getting more crowded........must bo pian.......staying here is more for the kids cos there are many good schools and uni around..........i heard the olympics village also be here, dont true anot.....i wish u well in yr case..................happy weekends..........

For many times i am searching for a long lost good friend...but to no avail........hope to find people here who actually knows him, so can direct me to him again............his details as follows........... Name: Tai wei... study townsville primary wif me from 1983 to 1988.........live same estate wif me at AMK....... later he moves on and study at pei cai secondary from 1989 to 1992........... Then i lost contact wif him as we got more busy in our life...........cos that time no email, no handphone, no msn............ Really hope to meet this friend again. cos we are the best of friends during our primary school days... Anyone knows him pls reply.. Thank you... Cheers James.....

that guy quote me $300 for writing 4 big words............is that high in yr opinion?

hi korea... I actually want to sweep but my wife told me sweep already house more dusty, ask me to vacuum instead ...dont know where she got this theory from........but anyway i follow her advice...... reply to cantona7: Hi bro..........i not that neat and tidy.........i keep the house clean because somehow i feel i let my wife down.........in 2 ways........i cant afford a maid for her............she must work cos my salary alone very hard to make it.............sometimes i hear that her friend live a rich life(i cant even buy a car for her)......or got a maid.....i feel guilty......when we go gathering with her friends.........her friends all come in cars....but my wife and i take only BMW (bus MRT walk)....really sian......so to make up for it............i clean the house............i cant give her many luxury but at least i give her a beautiful house but bro u more steady..........every 2 weeks wipe furniture and clean toilet.........this 2 item super siong.....salute u...... ....for me, lately i become my wife personal cook already........cos my wife just got promoted and she become more "on" already.....work until very late.........i always cook her fav korea maggi mee for her.....but i think i must change my menu cos maggi not too good for health........... Rgds, James.....

Hi florabliss, U remind me of last year after i sold my punggol flat(best time to sell). Though i got a new clementi flat through balloting but i still go AMk to see see look look. why AMK? Cos my childhood days are spend at AMK ave 10, i study at townsville primary and AMK central is place i frequent during weekend...... so initially my wife and I go see those old 3 room flats near the AMk central..........all cut throat price.........ranging from 240k to 300k........though they are 3 + 1..........but that additional "room" is slighly bigger than store room but cannot be a room.....those flat viewing take away 3 weeks of my time.....very siong, every day after work report there with my wife and go house viewing....i almost faint when i come across a 4room HDB unit near AMK central......i think is 700X.......about 8th to 9th floor.......asking for 450k..........and the seller still deciding to sell anot.......but finally i come across quite a not bad 3+1 corner unit at blk 319 high floor asking for 310k........the agent is very sure i will like it and pay a deposit for it..........but i walk away....why?..........i feel abit not right somewhere....i am buying a 4th hand 1977 3 room flat for $310k............where HDB is selling me a 5 room new clementi unit at $365k..........for 55k more i got a new 5 room unit at clementi..........so i go ahead with my clementi unit........... i think my move is not wrong afterall, ......i take a look at the recent price of 5room new unit sold at clementi by HDB............it cost at least $473K............about 100k different or more.........i guess is a small sum to some ppl but its definitely a big sum to me...........

i think i also got the same ah beng hi fi problem last year......i dont believe ppl will really for fall it..........i remember last year i just step out of my sister car at a woodlands multi storey carpark..........a van zoom infront of me.......one ah beng head stick out of the window saying that he is giving me a hifi for free..............i almost want to laugh...........where got so good deal, think i 5 years old izzit.............but not to annoy him...i reject him and move on.....he try to convince me but i am firm...........cos i dont believe in free lunches..... indeed the moment i reject him again.........his van zoom off really fast............that ah beng should not sell hifi, should go try formula 1 car...........wasted talent...........but think again............he zoom away fast so that ppl wont notice his van license plate number.................

Hi all, Today is a rainy day, not doing anything much.....therefore i make a video of my new home after renovation.............hope you guys enjoy it........ Have a nice weekend !! Rgds, James

Hi, Last time when i live at punggol....my wife is the one who do most of the housework....cos her workplace nearer and i work very far plus i also work long hours most of the time(trying to earn and save up more ).....i come home mostly after midnite and cant help her much.......now my wife and i shift to clementi......our situation reverse....her workplace very far and my workplace only 2 bus stop away(cos my new job at clementi).......so i do all the clothes washing, vaccum/ mop the floor, wash plates/cups, boil hot water.........but i got a system way of doing them.........here it goes..........mon and fri vaccum and mop floor (a must).......weds vacuum floor only.......i wash clothes almost everyday using washing machine..........but weekend i wash clothes one time will do............must rest on weekend, heehee....wash plates/ cups, boil hot water everyday... clean the windows every 2 months............. but one thing is my wife speciality..........iron clothes..........no matter how i learn, i cannot iron clothes properly..................actually doing all the cleaning is tiring process but when i see my wife come back after a long day and especially after a long trip..........she looks at the house so need and tidy.........i also feel happy inside........ Sorry too longwinded........have a nice weekend good people rgds, James