Fun Time With Jimmy

My nephew, Jimmy turned 14 this year. He’s now in Form 2 secondary school. He is almost my height, but his mindset is still very childish, cute and innocent. That's what I love about his character, cuz he won't lie to me.

He stayed with us since when he was full moon. My mum babysit him until he graduated from primary school. Then he went back to his parents. I took care of him and I played with him everyday after school. He used to be a chubby and cute baby. A baby who loved to laugh a lot.

I'm happy that he's willing to spend his shool holiday at my place. He likes to watch me cooking and doing house chores. He helps me too. At home when he is alone, he cooks simple dishes for himself before he goes to school when my sister is away. He knows to fry egg, stir fry vegetables, fry rice, and noodle. Besides, he takes good care of his things . From what I look at him, he is quite independent.

We brought him to Chow Tian Yang, the aquarium and pet shop. He enjoyed the trip. He loves to watch the puppies, kittens, parrots, fishes, aquarium design, etc. We spend some time watching those puppies when they were having the grooming session. Shih Tzu is the most obedient dog from what we observed. Then we walked past the Fish Spa section. Jimmy took a voucher and read through it. Then he explained to me in detail. :)

After we bought 8 Guppies, 4 male and female each, then we headed for our dinner. I could see Jimmy enjoyed the day.

Jimmy's School Holiday

The school holiday starts. Although it is just a short break for one week, but my nephew Jimmy anticipates for his holiday since a month ago. I invited him for a stay at my house. Of course, I promised to let him play PSP, to watch HD cartoon DVDs, and to play with Tiger. I'll bring him jalan-jalan and makan-makan as well. He's super excited. Finally, the holiday is came. :)

How old is this little boy? Can you guess?

I'm Back!

Hey, I'm back! I've been so busy cleaning up the house. After 3 weeks, finally the renovation is completed. Phew...

It's really a tough job to renovate the house. The contractor progressed the project phase by phase. So systematic ya. First they started with extracting, and building up the walls. This followed by putting up the tiles, installing the grills, changing the doors, and finally painting the whole house. Some minor things were fixed at the same time.

Our bedroom furniture and new TV cabinet were delivered. We've been spending our time to tidy up the house these few days. We're extremely tired. But of course, we are satisfied with the outcome. We spend money and we get what we want. So, no regret. :)

My Previous Room Not Cozy?

I know that's the interesting question that you wish to know. Ok, let me tell you the truth.

No, I found my previous room was comfortable. It's a really big & spacious room. The only thing was the materials used by the developer to built the house were not of good quality. Few months back, water started leaking from the bathroom and becoming a headache. We tried to use white cement to seal the gaps but to no avail. Also, the room floor tiling stated to show off it's ugly appearance and you can feel there's gap underneath the tiles. So those are the 2 reasons that led me into this bedroom make-over. We're not simply make over the room, as we're not rich. The room make over pop up in my mind as I found this is the most effective way to repair our room and bathroom, and at the same time, we can have a totally new looking nest. A stone to kill 2 birds at once. :) I'm heartache for the pocket bleeding too. :(

My advice: Living in a big house is absolutely comfortable, but you must have enough savings for back up. Anything spoilt, you'll need to spend at least thousands ringgit.

The bedroom make over cost about RM11k++. The bathroom alone takes up about RM3.3k, bedroom tiling - RM4.5k, concealed electrical point and lighting - RM900, new closet & dressing table to match my devan bed - RM3k.

Bedroom Make Over

This picture describes about what I meant by bedroom make over.

1.) All the furniture were removed. The floor tiling was extracted.

2) The bottom part of the bathroom wall, bath tub, toilet bowl, and bathroom tiling was extracted.

3.) Several concealed electrical points were added.

4.) New lightings were installed to the wall.

5.) After the tiling is completed, the whole room will be repainted.

6.) New big closet and dressing table will be delivered.

So, we'll have a totally new romantic bedroom with a nice bathroom. :) I would say this time the house renovation concentrates on our master bedroom and laundry area. We'll have to wait for another year for the kitchen makeover and main door. We'll just follow advice of the Feng Shui Master.

This weekend will be as bored as last week. I missed my bed so much!