Shopping
I suppose in a way, we are lucky since we already have most of the major furniture and appliances, and so need not fork out any money for them (although we would really like a new fridge? wait the current one will stick out like an eyesore in my beautiful blue kitchen leh).
Having heard so much about TaoBao....I knew I had to get my fat fingers in there! Thank god for Google Translate. I took baby steps, starting with ezbuy first. Just bought some small random stuff to 'test water' and plan to graduate to buying some big furniture pieces soon. Their $2.99 shipping is quite shiok.
Toilet cleaning brush
MUJI bean bag
Coat rack
Generally, I'm quite happy with the quality of the products. They took quite long to get here though, almost 3 weeks.
And my other hangout, Amazon!
Delta Pull-Down kitchen faucet
Yeah I dunno why I bought this. I can only hope that it'll fit! Paid US$155 for it, and the CSO waived the shipping for me.
I've also got my sights set on the Kraus sink but am still undecided about the size.
Scotch heavy duty shipping tape
US$10, that's cheap right?
Used medium carton boxes x20
$52.00 for 20 thick, study boxes. They were 'used' but still in great shape. Delivery was also very fast. Yes, even though my move is 3 months away, I've already started packing and downsizing.