House Progress Report Epi 4 (S02)

Day 4 of renovation...our contractor told us to buy "stock cock" for the bathroom, or at least that was what i heard (not trying to be a racist here, but he's an indonesian...and try to imagine someone who is not english educated saying that in heavy indonesian accent). And we were both left puzzled as to what the hell is a stock cock...it sounded kinda vulgar to say the least.LOL

Being an IT person through and through, i actually googled for things that sounded almost similar to that. I searched "stock cock" nothing...searched "bathroom stock cock" and finally i get the actual thing. It's actually a stop cock and its the tap thingy that sticks out the walls of your bathroom! NOW i know...so stop cock shopping we went

with prices ranging from rm65 up to rm350. and since we are on a shoestring budget, we chose the cheapest one :B this shiny little fella costs RM68 (discounted up to RM55)

pretty and shiny enough! i insisted on these push lever tap thingy instead of the conventional turn tap. I requested to have all these push lever tap for all the bathrooms and kitchen sink :D so that i can still turn on the tap with dirty or soapy hands ^_^

today being the last day of september...its also actually our last day of tenancy at our rented house. and of course that means, lots n lots of last minute packing! arghhh...the things we accumulated over the period of only 1 year and 4 months...

extended our stay till tomoro...so we will pass the keys to our landlord by tomorrow nite at the latest. with the new house still in a not-so-liveable condition, we had to move in to a friend's house :P thank God for good samaritans

brought some stuff over to the new place just now and saw great progress!

this is how the master bedroom bathroom looks like now!

white wall tiles (with subtle horizontal lines) and a strip of black checkered tiles around the whole bathroom. if you are wondering what inspired this design, this post might help. lol! well at least i can have a piece of the kuching home here with me in Penang :) i initially stubbornly insisted on having the exact same glass mosaic patterns as the strip but it was too expensive (much to the horror of the bf). one strip of the glass mosaic costs between RM30-RM48! just the strip alone would cost us RM300++

and also if you noticed the wall thingy, that was also a compromise :( i asked the contractor whether he could do these recessed wall thingy to put shampoos and stuff....he said "BOLEHHHHH"

"tapi! tambah duit la"
"berapa duit??"
he said "rm200, sebab banyak kerja"

still, i wanted to proceed with it cos i believe it would be a good investment...no need for those hanging bathroom caddies that will grow black yucky mould in no time! EWWW...

but alas, it wasn't to be...cos finally he said since our bathroom walls are not very thick, the recessed thingy can only be around 2 inches deep which would practically render the whole purpose of having it moot! so i reluctantly let go of the idea and that was when he suggested a wall to separate the toilet and the bath area!

the toilet bowl would not get wet so often and i get a wall thingy to put my stuffs! a compromise is reached! :)

this is how our sitting room looks like now...whopee doo, things are piling up!

and here's the kitchen, not much progress except that all the cabinet doors have been completely ripped out.

hello you pretty wall tiles! :)

kitchen sink has also been installed...lookin good!

so tomorrow onwards, we are going to be homeless :( sobs...it sucks!

House Progress Report Epi 3 - We moved in!(S02)

I iz back with part 3! Lookie tiles are all up (in the correct orientation)

whee...proud of our tile choice. at least the kitchen wall tile choice is alright...can't wait to see the whole thing assembled. A little nervous and anticipative at the same time, one wrong move and its forever man! (well maybe not really forever per se) I ♥ the kitchen wall tile so much that i wanted to use it for the bathroom wall too. yes thats how uncreative i am!

thought of taking a artsy fartsy photo of this little tool that helps to see whether a line is straight or not (dono whatsis called) on our kitchen countertop tile...

i love the kitchen counter top tile too (60x60) cos its black with specs of gold...can't wait to see it on the counter! ^_^

and here's the toilet (as of today)

and also, the bf's mom told us today is the last "auspicious day" to move in, after that, it wouldnt be too auspicious anymore.so we were supposed to go to the house and boil some water to symbolize that we've moved in!

so here we are, boilng a kettle of water on top of his PC table which is on top of my bedside table :)

so i guess we've...MOVED IN!!! (symbolically)

cement packs...(yeah i was too free)

the kitchen coutner top with the old cabinet doors all ripped out

that's all folks! stay tuned for epi 4 for more interesting and dusty escapades with ME!

House Progress Report Epi 2 (Season 2)

Ola!

Day 2 of our renovation...nothing much to share cos when we were there during lunch, there didnt seem to be much progress except that the bathtub is now totally out! goodbye pink bath tub, unfortunately we can never be together in this tiny bathroom...perhaps another house sometime in the future...

while having lunch, someone had to draw out a plan of the master bedroom for his mom cos we were seeking advice on where to place the toilet bowl :x

i am not particularly superstitious, but since we are already ripping out all the toilet bowls,etc and reassembling them might as well la

 and lookie...tiles are here! whee...

we really had a hard time deciding on the tiles...but thank God we only had to go to one shop to fulfil all our tiling needs. lol. helpful staff, great discounts...could never ask for better. Since we are not from Penang and have only moved here 2 years ago, it was really hard for us to look for shops that sells all these stuffs that we would never think of buying (tiles,toilet bowls,sinks,etc).

here's the address if any of you in Penang are also doing renovation work to your home :)

Enyxion Enterprise
818Q Jalan Rumbia, Sungai Nibong Kechil, Bukit Jambul
11900 Bayan Lepas, Penang

04-642-6818

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Updates :  i was wrong about the "nothing much to share" part...cos when we went back there last nite at around 9pm, we were in for a "surprise"

ta daaa...

nooo...its not that the tiles for the kitchen walls are already up...

its...

it was supposed to be arranged horizontally, not vertically. lol!
when someone saw it he was like "OH SHIT" and i couldnt even tell what was wrong... :x

so we called our guy and he went back in 15 mins time :)

while waiting for him, took another photo of the master bedroom bathroom...toilet bowl fully dismantled...if you look closer at the pipe its........

tiles being washed in the other bathroom...i love this tile!

our guy back at work at 10pm...poor things...but oh well

luckily the tiles can still be salvaged cos the cement has not dried completely yet!

while waiting for them, i rummaged around n took photos of our bathroom accesories which arrived that afternoon. here's the bidet spray...

the bathroom basin faucet...

and the bathroom sink itself!

before this, i never knew that buying a bathroom sink means buying the sink, faucet , bottom pipe and the push button thingy where the water flows out of the sink separately! i thought it all came together :\ needless to say it all amounted to quite a small fortune for just one bathroom sink (RM77 for bathroom sink,RM50++ for faucet,RM28 for the push button thingy whre water flows out,RM4 for the bottom pipe)

while messing around, i saw this box with the lady lying seductively...

its actually a tile cutter...why do we need the picture of the sexy lady? beats me

House Progress Report Epi 1 (season 2)

Those of you who have been following my blog since around 4 years back would know about my weekly (almost) house progress report on our house. Well, I thought it's only fair I blog about the progress of the renovation for our humble little place we are going to call home soon in Penang!

Since today is the first day the workers started their renovation work. Im going to post my first house progress report today!

Ok here are some before n after photos. Here's the kitchen before work started:





It came with an existing concrete counter top which kinda made life difficult for us when we wanted to look for people to do the cabinets






Cos people who do carpentry work (wooden doors n hanging cabinets) do not do concrete work and vice versa. So we had to get 2 different groups of people to settle the whole thing.

And here's the before photo of the master bedroom toilet cum bathroom. I only realized I didn't take any "before" photo of the bathroom as a whole cos used bathrooms with signs of the black mould thingy really freaks me out :( so here's a photo of parts of the bathtub. Lol





Ok...so r u ready for some "after" pics??? The contractor told us he will start work today but as luck would have it, a tree apparently fell on his house last night :/ not that I'm doubting him cos there really was a freak storm late last night. Oh well...but he did started work on our house in the afternoon and we were quite surprised to see quite a lot done already...

For instance...this is how the kitchen looks like now!





All tiles taken out. Woohooe..what a mess





And this is how the master bedroom bathroom looks like now





Toilet bowl half-dismantled...so is the bathtub and all tiles hacked off from the wall

Wash basin has been removed too...





My bathroom is now mould free! 'x'

We played a big part in the whole renovation cos we chose our own tiles and designed the color scheme,layout, etc ^_^ it was fun and stressful at the same time and not forgetting all the disagreements and arguments :x but I can say we are now quite the "expert" in choosing tiles and toilet bowls and sink! Rotfl! Oh well we'll have to wait and look at the results first. If we had made one wrong choice, we would have to bear with it for a looong time. Lol

This is the color scheme we planned for the kitchen





Grey floors, black counter top, white walls and grey cabinet doors. Hehehe. At least it looks good on the software :p

Updates

It's been so so long since I last posted something of a more "personal" nature on this blog. Well although there may be a lt of readers left on this blog (mostly spammers -_-") I do realize over the years that this blog has proven itself useful for me when I wanted to refer back to something :P

Ok now what's new with life...for one, we just bought a home here in Penang. Not sure any of you remembers my almost-weekly house progress report for the house in Kuching. It is now well and complete and empty! Oh well...we'll see how it goes.

But this is the first time ever we had to plan the furnishings and fittings and what-nots in a house! It is stressful and fun at the same time and needless to say hard on our pockets! Ouch!

Been poring through tones of kitchen cabinet design photos like this...


And this...


And this...


And this...



But alas, due to budget constraints, we had to cut some ends. Wahahha. The ones above coated more than we bargained for :p

Oh well, will update again when perhaps most of it is done. Now back to DIY interior designing!

Things men do

As I was taking in the clothes yesterday, I saw this black tube top and I wondered to myself... Eh??? When did I own a black tube top??


When I took it down from the hanger, only then I realized it's actually my workout top with the inner mesh like thing


And the bf converted it to a tube top by hanging it on the hanger by the inner mesh. Brilliant! -_-"

Happy shopping day

While browsing around queensbay mall yesterday, I came across the za cosmetics and in2it clearance sale inside jusco! Oh boy...! So I went ahead n spent on some things which i wouldn't normally buy. Lol


From za : the za metavoltage cream rm20,za groovy smoovy rm20,za 2 in 1 foundation refill rm8

From in2it : twister lip gloss rm6 and the powder sponge eyeshadow rm6!

Cheap or what! :) oh well Now that I've gotten over the excitement of finding these bargains, I hope I will end up using them 'x' eeps

That time of the year

Well well well...i sorta feel that this blog is getting less and less 'personal' so to speak over the past few months with all my cosmetics reviews, food reviews, etc etc. So since there's only a week or so left till we bid goodbye to the year 2010 and only few days till Christmas, i thought i ought to write something more about my life :)

Winter Warmers at QBM

I've walked past Winter Warmers at Gurney Plaza many times throughout my 2 years in Penang but I've never tried it. Once, we almost went in but the menu looks very "snack-like" with light meals like sandwiches and salads so being the greedy pigs that we are, we did not try it.lol

But 1 or 2 months back, Winter Warmers opened its door at Queensbay Mall! Now that's a different story...

Lunch at OXO

Approximately a month ago, my department and I went out for our monthly birthday celebration lunch again :P I can't believe it took me this long to finally sit down and blog about it! oh well....better late than never! 

Read on for more food pics!

Biore Cleansing Oil [Girly Review]

Phew...just like that another year has almost gone! I know people always say this at the end of the year but really! where has the year gone??? I still remember like it was yesterday, me bidding in the year 2010  and now 2011 is nearly upon us. Tsk tsk...


Again, I have abandoned this blog...kekeke. I was editing the photos for the past week or so in my PC to transfer over to my mac so that I can blog on my mac. I still do not have any photo editing tools installed on my Mac, that's why! =_=" 


Ok, this is supposed to be a "girly review" so you guys can stop reading up until here! lol

Product Price List

Wokey...since I always search online to look for prices of products before I decide to buy them and also because I always forget how must I spent on the products that I always buy, I've decided to write a "pin-up" post to document the price of the products for my benefit and for the benefit of everyone out there :P Hope you gals (or guys) find this useful! Going to update this with new products or when there's a price change :)

Skin Food

1) Black Sugar Jelly Facial Foam (170ml) - RM54.50

2) Agave Cactus Toner (145ml) - RM102.60

3) Agave Cactus Serum (45ml) - RM119.00

4) Egg White Pack - RM24.90

5) Agave Cactus Emulsion (145ml) - RM105 (TBC)

Clinique

1) Vitamin C lip smoothie -RM 66

2) Derma White Loose Powder in translucent - RM132

Neutrogena

1) Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Complete UV Waterlight Lotion -RM49.90 - from Guardian

Maybelline

1) Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner in 01 Black -RM 35++ with discount from Watson's. U.P. of RM39

Etude House

1) Hand Bouquet Rich Collagen Hand Mask -u.p. RM9.90 - discount RM6.95

2) Goodbye Dark Circle Eye Cream - RM 45.90

Nature Republic

1) Fresh Herb Essence Mask (e.g. thyme & chamomile ) - RM 5.90

Dior

1) Diorskin Nude Natural Glow Fresh Powder Makeup Loose Powder - RM 152

The Body Shop

1) White Musk White Hot Summer Body Mist (100ml) - RM 49

2) White Musk White Hot Summer Eau De Toilette (30ml) - RM65

Hada Labo

1) Super Hyaluronic Acid Moisturizing Lotion (RM34.88 with discounts from Guardian)



Biore


1) Biore Cleansing Oil (RM18.40 from Watson's)

Padang Brown Lok Lok

I've heard so much about Padang Brown since I moved to Penang but never know where it is :P So now I can check off yet another place from my "places-to-visit list" :)

Skin Food Egg White Pack [Girly Reviews]

Finally, a "beauty post" from me. It seems that I only have food and more food to blog about these days. In fact, I have another food post coming right up after this =_= That could only mean one thing............I'VE BEEN EATING TOO MUCH~~~ Oh wells, I got another purchase from StrawberryNET arriving soon so maybe I can blog about that :D 

Anyway, we are here to talk about pore packs today. I have developed a liking for Skin Food's Chlorella Nose Pack (which for some reason I do not have a picture of). So when I suddenly became anal about the blackheads on my nose while holidaying in KL, I went looking for the chlorella nose pack at the nearest SkinFood outlet. They were out of that but the SA introduced me to this

C-Jade Express Suckling Pig Rice

This was actually our second time eating at one of the sister branches of Crystal Jade during our trip to KL :p This time it's at the C-Jade Express which serves more of those bbq assortment of pork,duck,chicken kinda stuff.

Of Kings and Saints

Ok i m still not finished with my KL food posts. lol. Well, you know shopping uses up lots of energy so of course there's a lot of eating involved too :D

I didn't have much for lunch one day because I wanted to maximize my shopping time so i suggested to go for some teatime snacks at one of the stalls at the lower ground floor of Gardens shopping mall.

Crystal Jade La Mian at Garden

During my last trip to KL, it was more of an eating trip than anything else. I know i know...coming from Penang the so-called Malaysia Food Haven and I flew all the way to kl to eat??? Anyway, we were mainly enjoying all the franchise store food that is not available in Penang :P

Like Crystal Jade for instance

My Budget Makeup "Travel Kit" and Daiso mini Haul

Hello there! i went through a period of blogging procrastinating but I am back again! I DID try to blog, i really did. Several times, in fact :P I ran the photo editing software to edit my photos, instead i went and organize my photos, then i closed it and told myself "maybe not tonight...tonight, i'll watch big bang theory...woohoo~" and this went on for several weeks :D

Anyhoo, just got back from a short trip to KL during the Diwali long weekends last week. Would you believe our tickets for 2 from Penang-KL via Airasia is only RM38???

That's really dirt cheap for a 50 minutes flight thousands feet up in the air :D Love or hate airasia, i really don't know.

Nescafe Dolce Gusto

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Nestle Dolce Gusto. All opinions are 100% mine.

Just few weeks ago i looked at my cup of store-bought cappucino and wondered how I can create a mug of frothy cuppa myself without spending my hard-earned money buying these coffee at cafes. I searched online and found a few methods that are not fail-proof and mostly involves spending a small fortune buying some machines or tools. 

With the Nescafe Dolce Gusto machine, all these is made simple! The machine provides authentic coffeehouse quality right from home your home. It has a 15 bar pressure pump that creates a delicious creme layer and a frothy milk. Your average coffee maker operates at no more than 2 bar pressure. With only one machine, you are able to produce both hot and cold varieties of coffeehouse quality beverages. It includes espresso, cappucino, latte macchiato and even a rich hot chocolate.

The machine is so easy to use and you could even customize the froth, heat and strength with hassle with the patented Custom Control Level. Apart from being functional, the machine also brings a stylish look to your countertop. The Dolce Gusto machine by KRUPS comes in 3 colors with chrome detailing - candy-apple red, creamy white and sophisticated black. This is something i really like as i now do not have to settle for the boring standard one color cofee maker :)

Do visit divine.ca to check out the reviews of the NESCAFE Dulce Gusto. Seeing is believing!