Eight Day Renovation

(I took this photo of mommy @ KLCC Park)

The house renovation is going on well and currently the contractors are covering the holes on the floor after removing the parquet. Tracy's father has also installed the piping for the rear bathroom with new pipes. Anyway daddy need to get additional stop cocks for Tracy's dad later to install. Daddy was actually going to buy new water heater today but unfortunately the pipe installation is not done yet.

Daddy then dropped us off at Suria KLCC to walk around until daddy get off work. We had lunch in Madam Kwan's since daddy thought it would be nice for Aunty Yam to try some typical Malaysian food, Nasi Lemak. Mommy got some present for Grand Aunty Pearl as well for Aunty Tar's baby, Caotang , since I got a new set of dress from Aunty Tar. Aunty Yam brought me a Hello Kitty soft toy from Bangkok as well. After daddy picked us up at KLCC, we drove to Jalan Ipoh since daddy needed to get some additional bathroom fittings before going for dinner.

After dinner, instead of going for shopping, daddy drove us to KL Tower, 5th tallest tower in the world (after the CN Tower in Canada, the Ostankino Tower in Russia, the Oriental Pearl Tower in China, and the Borj-e Milad in Iran), since mommy has not been up before either. The entrance for adult is RM38.00 with complimentary, Animal House, Pony Ride and F1 Simulator. Had a great time riding on the Pony!

We drove back home after that since Aunty Yam felt tired and did not want to visit Petaling Street.

Lunch : Dumpling Noodle @ Madam Kwan's
Dinner : Mixed Vegetable with White Rice

Some photos taken today

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Seventh Day Renovation

Aunty Yam arrived today from Bangkok and will be staying with us for the next 4 days before flying back this Saturday.

This morning mommy made appointment to meet up with a reality agent to view another lot at Sungai Long, this unit was only RM600.00 quite well kept by the previous tenant. Anyway daddy was more interested in the new shoplot as well as Mahkota Cheras since that is going to be the main centre with the new Aeon complex.

Anyway, after seeing the shoplot we drove to daddy's office before driving to the airport to pick Aunty Yam up. Aunty Yam flight from Bangkok was scheduled to arrive in KLIA at 1415 but we waited for Aunty Yam for almost 45mins. We then drove straight to Genting Highlands since Aunty Yam wanted to have a look at the casino. The drive up was smooth without much traffic andwe arrived up on the hill at 1730hrs and went directly to the Outdoor Theme Park, since mommy and Aunty Yam wanted to play the Cock Screw roller coaster and Space Shot. The entrance fee for unlimited ride was RM59 for Adults and Rm41.00 which was expensive since we only going to be in the park for less then 2hours. Anyway we had a great fun, I got to play the Double Deck Carousel, Matahari Ferris Wheel, Busy Bugs at Kiddie Rides and a boat ride at the Dinosaurland. Then we met up with Uncle Vincent and Aunty Catherine for dinner at the Coffee Terrace before watching Dazzle : A Mystifying Journey featuring, Ernesto Planas, Jerome Murat, The Duo Presto (Quick- Change) and Sonny Fontana.

During dinner, daddy also took a photo of a worm inside an edamame taken from the Japanese Section @ Coffee Terrace at Genting Hotel. Click here for photo.

We got back home just after before 0100hrs.

Lunch : Mixed Rice with Soup
Dinner : Fried Egg and Grill Salmon with Yam Rice

Some photos taken today

Video taken today at Genting Outdoor Theme Park,


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Sixth Day Renovation

Daddy got a surprise this morning when the contractor called daddy to informed daddy that the 1st floor rear bathroom "collapse"! It wasn't collapse but there was quite a bad crack on the floor and they were asking if I wanted to remove and change whole concrete, which will definitely cost a bomb. Anyway daddy suggested to add a few more layer of water proofing instead, which might do the job, hopefully?.

Anyway Tracy's daddy came over to do up the water pipes and daddy got a new stop cock or globe valve at Jalan Ipoh since we are doing a whole new piping for the rear toilet. Hopefully we would be able to finish the job within the next few days so we can start the water proofing and then tiling.

All floor parquet has been removed as well as the metal railings on the stairs. Hopefully we would be able to get the hard wood contractor in soon after the water proofing. The glass guy did not turn up again today and daddy is thinking if he can do it.

Later in the evening daddy got home and picked me and mommy up to check out some new shoplot since mommy decided to open a new centre teaching clay works for children above 4yrs old. The rental for 1st floor around Sg. Long and Bandar Mahkota is Rm650 - Rm1000 depending on location. After checking out the shoplots we drove back home, and the contractor forgot to turn off the water pipe at the top floor toilet and water was dripping down onto the ground floor at the entrance, luckily, mommy realised that the contractor forgot to turn off the water pipe, if not the whole ground floor would have been badly flooded!

Lunch : Prawns with Minced Pork and Spaghetti
Dinner : Prawns with Minced Pork and Spaghetti

Some photos taken today of the renovation works,

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Fifth Day Renovation

Finally today they manage to remove all the parquet on the first floor as well as the stairs, and the workers are in the midst of checking the bathroom flooring for leakage, which daddy do not understand why since we are already doing water proofing anyway. Maybe the contractor is trying to identify the leakage just above the main door on the ground floor.

In the morning daddy also met up with Aunty Tracy's daddy, Uncle Loh, who does plumbing, and we have decided to re-lay a whole new set of pipes for the bathroom at the back with a new water heater as well for both bathroom at the back and upstairs rear bathroom. Guess daddy would need to shop for a new water heater as well now. Tomorrow Uncle Loh will be coming over to hack the wall to add in new piping for the master bedroom washroom before doing the other toilets.

In the afternoon, daddy drove to purchase 65pcs of Ipoh marble with pinkish at RM4.50 per piece from Eurostone @ Jalan Ipoh, but the installation per piece is still RM15 which is incredibly high! Daddy will be asking the contractor for a slight discount for the marble installation. Daddy now face a problem with the toilet bowl now as, the distance from the wall to the outlet center is 22", which currently there isn't any toilet bowl with this lenght. There are 2 brands which daddy is thinking, either Toto or Johnson Suisse

Daddy also just found out that the room in Genting this Wednesday cost RM325 per night so, daddy decided not to stay a night so we will be driving back after going up to Genting immediately after Yam arrive

Lunch : Minced Pork Mushroom Noodle Soup
Dinner : Fried Minced Pork and Broccoli with White Rice

Some photos taken today

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Today's Movie -

Fourth Day Renovation

Today is the forth day, but is an off day for the workers and nothing was done today since yesteday but when we went to the house in the afternoon we realise that there worker did spray some water on the stairs, which they hope it will be easily remove when they return tomorrow. Daddy wanted to visit Uncle Dan's baby todaybut unfortunately we were unable to do so because Uncle Dan had to work and our plan changed.

We went to the first glass shop just outside the house to enquire about the stairs railing and this shop knew what daddy wanted and quoted daddy RM200 per feet run for 2ft high and 12mm thick, which daddy thought it was towards the highside since we had to make more than 24ft in lenght. After that daddy drove to Kajang Prima to get some cash from HSBC, when we found another glass shop which can so it for only RM120 per feet run (excluding the stud to hold the glass), the price different is almost RM100 per feet run for 2½ft high and 12mm thickness, we could save up to RM2000 if the second shop gave the correct price. Anyway will make an appointment for the second shop to give a more accurate quotation. Daddy will still need to find some nicer glass connectors if possible. Another photo of the glass daddy is going to do.


Since daddy and mommy haven't had their lunch, and were lost of idea what to eat, daddy thought of driving to USJ to visit Aunty Ou since Uncle Raymond told daddy once that were is a good thai restaurant in Taipan USJ. Unfortunately, Aunty Ou and Uncle Raymond was busy so we decided to eat around Seri Kembangan, and it was the worst restaurant we had, even we were really hungry. It was a RM2 vegetarian restaurant, daddy had a bowl of curry noodle which tasted like a clear soup noodle, while mommy had mixed rice with ladies fingers, beancurd and petai topping. The ladies fingers was too old, the beancurd was tasteless but luckily the petai tasted pretty alright. Daddy and Mommy did not manage to finish the food!

After that I suggested we go to SunwayPyramid, my favourite shopping mall, but was warn by mommy that I cannot request for anything. I had a good time there since I participated at Harveys Norman 6th Anniversary Celebration, unfrtunately daddy was actually buying a new camera when I went on stage. We bought a new Panasonic DMC-FS42 camera for RM499 since Uncle Edmund borrowed our SLR for his holiday in Morocco. This is quite a simple camera with face recognition and it was light, I even took some photos with it.

Lunch : Steam Pomfret with White Rice
Dinner : Fried Chicken with Ginger Onions and Lotus Root Soup with White Rice

Some photos taken today,

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Today's Movie - Endgame

Third Day Renovation

We left early this morning to meet up with Uncle Ricky and Aunty Emily to discuss about Cosway in Thailand since Uncle Ricky is still trying to penetrate the Thai market with mommy's help. We were suppose to go to Jalan Ipoh to get some bathroom fittings for the renovation but because daddy forgot to bring the cheque book to pay for the flooring deposit, daddy had to drive back home to pick up the cheque book. Since we were already back, daddy thought of getting a quotation for the staircase railing but instead daddy hit a dead end when the stainless steel shop told daddy this has nothing to do with them but actually it is done by the glass shop, daddy was stunned. Before driving to RvWoods at Sri Hartamas to pay a 40% deposit for the hard wood flooring we stopped by at home to see what is the progress so far, currently, the parquet at all rooms has been removed and all the workers are cleaning the walls in the toilet to lay a layer of cement. Seems like it took much longer than expected due to the water problem we had on the first day.

After paying the deposit at RvWoods at Sri Hartamas, we drove directly to Atria Shopping for the Corelle, Corning Ware and Pyrex warehouse sales since daddy wanted to get a few other balance which we did not get during the last warehouse sale. Luckily this time they had a full range of the product we were looking for, except this time around not many things was being sold. We also got 2 set of baby playmate for Uncle Dan, which was born early this morning (0318hrs) and Auntie Kwan baby, to be born sometime around Feb.

Since we were around this area, daddy suggested to take a drive to 1 Utama since it has been sometime since we went to 1 Utama. Hope we can get a camera soon before AuntyYam arriving this coming Wednesday.

Lunch : Fish Ball Noodle
Dinner : Chicken Terriyaki at Pasta Zanmai

No photo were taken today.

Today's Movie -

Second Day Renovation

Since yesterday incident, today the contractor decided not to use water to remove the parquet instead of knocking it out by hand slowly and did not have any surprises today. We had an additional worker today removing the parquet. The workers manage to remove the master room and they are starting on both the rear rooms. Both tiling on both toilet has been removed as well and ready to install the new tiles on the wall once daddy get it from the shops.

They have also removed the sinks and toilet bowl as well. So daddy would need to start shopping for toilet bowls and sinks for the toilets. Tomorrow daddy will call the contractor and ask him for the correct measurement for the wall to buy the tiles. Hopefully tomorrow the contractor would be able to remove all the parquet from the floor.

In the evening when daddy got back, we went to a glass shop to enquire about a glass stairs railing but were refered to a stainless steel specialist instead. Daddy will call them tomorrow to enquire on prices. Below is something daddy would like to do,


Lunch : Noodle with Mushroom Fish Ball Soup
Dinner : Rice with Fried Broccoli and Prawns

No photo were taken today.

Today's Movie -

First Day Renovation

Finally, we started renovating the house today but started off with a bad start when the water use to remove the parquet flooring upstairs sipped over to the neighbour house and flooded the guest room on the ground floor. It was so bad that the paint in the neighbour's wall started to look like money bag. It was lucky that our neighbour discovered it when they got home if not the damage would have been much worst. Anyway to rectify this problem and to prevent it from happening again in future daddy decided to put a layer of water proofing along the wall with the neighbour.

Anyway, my bathroom tiles has been removed totally and tomorrow they will continue removing the table top tiles as well as the parquet. Hopefully the water today will help to remove the parquet flooring.

Daddy has also confirmed the flooring for upstairs with RvWoods with the following wood,
Family Room (222sq. ft)
- Burmese Teak T&G - 12mm(T)x95mm(W)x300mm–1500mm(L)
All Rooms (629 sq. ft)
- Java Teak T&G - 12mm(T)x50mm(W)x200mm–300mm(L)
Stairs
- Burmese Teak Stepboard - 25mm(T)x300mm(W)x4ft(L)

We still have a problem as mommy and daddy has not decided on the stairs hand railing design.

Tomorrow Auntie Tracy's father was supposed to come over to check the water piping but because unfortunately he is unable to do so because he is tight up with some other project. Hopefully we would be able to remove all the tiles and parquet by end of this week.

Lunch : Fried Egg and Soup with White Rice
Dinner : Fried Egg and Soup with White Rice
(mommy's cooking is getting boring)

No photo taken today.

Today's Movie -

First Day At School

Today I attended the orientation day at my new kindy, Kinder Kids, surprisingly, I was fine along without mommy and daddy around. I arrive at the kindergarten just before 0845hrs and was there until noon before mommy coming to get me. Actually mommy come and go when I was attending my classes.

Daddy and mommy left the kindergarten just as the class was about to start, while some other daddy and mommy was around still. Around 0930hrs, it was outdoor activity time and I had balls, slide, swing and could play with other children as well. Then it was break time around 0945hrs, when I walked back to the classroom myself, I took my shoe off, and told the teacher I needed to go to the bathroom to wash my hands as well. The teacher was even surprised and told mommy what I did so far. I was the only one today which did not cry without daddy or mommy around. Around 1100hrs, mommy come to pick me up but instead I was only starting my music class and mommy thought the music class wasn't very good as the teacher started "Ring Around The Rosie" without me after I refuses to get up, and also the teacher was a little to fierce towards me when I walked across to get the sand "block", as the teacher pointed and ask me to go back to my position! Please teacher it is my first day. Low-Res video taken on mommy's Nokia 6610.


As daddy was driving me back home, I fell asleep and woke up around 1400hrs before falling asleep again around 2130hrs.

It was an interesting day for me and hope that I will not make too much fuss tomorrow at school.
Lunch : Sausage and White Bread
Dinner : Instant Noodle with Mushroom Soup

Video taken at the kindy today,


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