The Diary Of A Wimpy House Owner

[green giraffe 0]

Good to see that your contractor is so efficient and there is much progress to your A&A work. I applied for my permit by sending to SP something like 1.5 months ago and until now, nothing heard. Anyway, my construction will not be completed until probably October. Will get to see the pictures of your new house sooner.

Good thing you applied early. Have you started on electrical works? Your meter box need to be ready before they come. They just need one day to dig and connect the cables. Same thing with Singtel and Opennet.

[green giraffe 0]

my mummy fed me coca-cola, potato chips, mcdonalds and every junk food available. ur kids are gonna love my idea. wahahahahhaha... *just kidding* and nono, not intelligent, just nonsensical.

i've not been to mega discount store, gotta check with the others, i think matashi or ne0mesis or samgalz or lilithfiend?

Psst.. told my kids no need to study for test, force feeding them chips and ice cream and told them its a magical diet to become a genius like aunty Pinktini. (only 3 kowtowing, toddler still too young). Glad to save money on thousand year ginseng, ginko nuts and smelly cod liver oil.

[leechaorui 2]

Good thing you applied early. Have you started on electrical works? Your meter box need to be ready before they come. They just need one day to dig and connect the cables. Same thing with Singtel and Opennet.

Yes, the electrical wiring including cat 6 cabling will be completed by end of next week. Brick works should also be completed by end of next week. The meter box has already been set up. However, my contractor has not started on the external works. The external works comprised of widening the frontage of my house and bringing in the main water and electrical supply. Opennet has just delayed the laying of cables by another 2 months. If they keep to their word, opennet can be layed by October 2010.

Psst.. told my kids no need to study for test, force feeding them chips and ice cream and told them its a magical diet to become a genius like aunty Pinktini. (only 3 kowtowing, toddler still too young). Glad to save money on thousand year ginseng, ginko nuts and smelly cod liver oil.

Agree with you that lady Pinktini is a very intelligent woman. However, not sure about the causality between diet to feed kids and becoming a genius like Pinktini.

Anyway, have a good weekend.

[green giraffe 0]

Yes, the electrical wiring including cat 6 cabling will be completed by end of next week. Brick works should also be completed by end of next week. The meter box has already been set up. However, my contractor has not started on the external works. The external works comprised of widening the frontage of my house and bringing in the main water and electrical supply. Opennet has just delayed the laying of cables by another 2 months. If they keep to their word, opennet can be layed by October 2010.

Agree with you that lady Pinktini is a very intelligent woman. However, not sure about the causality between diet to feed kids and becoming a genius like Pinktini.

Anyway, have a good weekend.

2 months is fast. We were told to wait for 4 -5 months. Opennet couldnt come on time for our reno. So we are leaving an empty conduit just outside our main gate (under the drain) to await for their Royal arrival.

Just heard from my contractor that they are coming to test the lights and power point end of the month. Looks like they are rushing to finish as much as they can. Hooray, i can see the light at the end of the tunnel soon.

Ok not going to try too hard to get them to be genius...am contented to have 4 healthy, active, boisterous and highly evolved primates. You have a good weekend too.

[green giraffe 0]

Preambles

Once upon a time, at the far eastern corner of Singapore, an excited short giraffe wanted to keep a journal of the renovation process of its new zoo. It started with a daily update for a few days then weekly for a grand total of 1 week then it became sporadic and haphazard. Sigh.. that's the problem with giraffes, they always get distracted by greener and juicier leaves.

Here's a monthly update.

Warning : It is going to be boring. Read at your own risk. Tissues not provided for those who are bored to tears.

Front gate - Only meter box done and power connected. Sliding gate and fence still pending for detailed drawing from ID

Car porch - Old red floor tiles removed, Lighting and power points done, painting the wooden support of the pitch roof over the car porch

Garden - Removed unwanted trees, digging new dam...i mean drain.

Living Room - Main sliding glass doors fixed, 7 m hanging cabinet fixed, first coat of paint done, in ceiling speakers hole drilled.

Sorry folks.. dinner time, we are going for an interval. Be back soon.

[ne0mesis 0]

Preambles

Once upon a time, at the far eastern corner of Singapore, an excited short giraffe wanted to keep a journal of the renovation process of its new zoo. It started with a daily update for a few days then weekly for a grand total of 1 week then it became sporadic and haphazard. Sigh.. that's the problem with giraffes, they always get distracted by greener and juicier leaves.

Here's a monthly update.

Warning : It is going to be boring. Read at your own risk. Tissues not provided for those who are bored to tears.

Front gate - Only meter box done and power connected. Sliding gate and fence still pending for detailed drawing from ID

Car porch - Old red floor tiles removed, Lighting and power points done, painting the wooden support of the pitch roof over the car porch

Garden - Removed unwanted trees, digging new dam...i mean drain.

Living Room - Main sliding glass doors fixed, 7 m hanging cabinet fixed, first coat of paint done, in ceiling speakers hole drilled.

Sorry folks.. dinner time, we are going for an interval. Be back soon.

chey, i got all my tissues ready and made coffee too. but nt long enough to get bored lei.. haha

car porch receiving new tiles? pse check with your contractor what cement adhesives are they going to use.

thermal variations and shear movement stress induced by vehicles mean the adhesive need to be graded as flexible adhesive. otherwise, tiles may debond ya. jus fyi

[green giraffe 0]

chey, i got all my tissues ready and made coffee too. but nt long enough to get bored lei.. haha

car porch receiving new tiles? pse check with your contractor what cement adhesives are they going to use.

thermal variations and shear movement stress induced by vehicles mean the adhesive need to be graded as flexible adhesive. otherwise, tiles may debond ya. jus fyi

Its just a teaser...it takes time to write a long, snooze induced, guaranteed bored to death update. Wait patiently ok?

Thanks for the informative info. Do we still have to use flexible adhesive if we are having pebble wash at the car porch?

[leechaorui 2]

Its just a teaser...it takes time to write a long, snooze induced, guaranteed bored to death update. Wait patiently ok?

Thanks for the informative info. Do we still have to use flexible adhesive if we are having pebble wash at the car porch?

Hi Green Giraffe, I am also toying with the idea of doing pebble wash for my car porch. Are you doing everything pebble wash or a mix of tiles and pebble wash?

Cheers!

[green giraffe 0]

Hi Green Giraffe, I am also toying with the idea of doing pebble wash for my car porch. Are you doing everything pebble wash or a mix of tiles and pebble wash?

Cheers!

The whole car porch will be pebble wash. Saw it in my neighbour's house. Very resort like. Hope the contractor can finish in a few days time. Will post pix to show you.

[leechaorui 2]

The whole car porch will be pebble wash. Saw it in my neighbour's house. Very resort like. Hope the contractor can finish in a few days time. Will post pix to show you.

I think the workmanship is very important because I saw some pebble wash areas with cracks.

[ne0mesis 0]

Its just a teaser...it takes time to write a long, snooze induced, guaranteed bored to death update. Wait patiently ok?

Thanks for the informative info. Do we still have to use flexible adhesive if we are having pebble wash at the car porch?

pebble wash to my knowledge is either come pre-packed or site mix. although i can't comment for pebble wash, i still think adding a bonding agent to the mix will be better. you wanna check out wit yr installer ya

[green giraffe 0]

I think the workmanship is very important because I saw some pebble wash areas with cracks.

Thanks for the tip. Will highlight to my ID to highlight to the contractor. Saw a hugh bag of pebbles on my garden. Reckon they are going to start on my car porch soon.

[green giraffe 0]

pebble wash to my knowledge is either come pre-packed or site mix. although i can't comment for pebble wash, i still think adding a bonding agent to the mix will be better. you wanna check out wit yr installer ya

Thanks NeO, Bonding Agent (not sure what it is but reminds me of the super spy, James) is the first item on my agenda for our weekly meeting tomorrow. Wouldn't want popping pebbles or cracked floor.

Edited July 27, 2010 by green giraffe

[green giraffe 0]

An Update - Part 2

Hi all, am back from my extended dinner. Here's some pictorial updates

Metal frame of the sliding gate is done. 3 panels with a small door at the extreme right. Waiting to "fill" it up with wood strips.

Exterior Wall painting done

Front patio ceiling frame painted black. There will be a black ceiling fan in the middle of the patio.

[green giraffe 0]

Living Room

False ceiling is done. Dennis from KEC came down to cut holes for the in ceiling speakers. We chose rectangular ones for living room and round ones for dining room. The bigger rectangle cut out is for the aircon

Our ultra long wall hung cardboard above the TV. It is about 7m long with 14 doors. It will house our books (some here, some elsewhere cos we like books in every room), extensive collection of memories (hard copy photos which we love to thumb through every now and then), my husband's extensive collection of CDs (which is collecting dust and breeding mold), board games, music related stuff (piano will be at a corner under the cabinet)

Close up pix of the cardboard. Carpenter give us blum soft closing hinges.

Edited July 27, 2010 by green giraffe