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As requested, here are the pics of our latest decal.

Our Ikea purchases... 1) Chest of 4 drawers with glass top 2) Additional storage rack in store room 3) 2 bookcases 4) Study table & wall shelf with lighting. The wall shelf was quite a good bargain. Excluding the brackets, the shelf itself was selling at almost 70% off the original price. Cannot resist the temptation even though we did not intend to put a shelf there in the first place Another view of the study table with the shelf light switched on.

Did more shopping over the last couple of weeks. Bought our fridge and washing machine the week before last and did more furniture shopping in Ikea last week since they were having sale. All the stuff were delivered last Sat. Our Hitachi fridge. The dimensions were carefully checked multiple times by booy & me to make sure it can fit into the space before we committed to the purchase. Electrolux washing machine

As mentioned by booy, the monopoly clock is a purchase with purchase item offered by Junction 8. http://www.capitacard.com.sg/promo/2009/SP..._July_09/19.pdf But the brochure states that the offer is up till 28 Jun. Maybe now no more liao.

chip&dale, you've got PM. The light is from Chan Huat. Around $50. It's using T5 tube.

Study room Empty now except the seatie. Pardon the mess on top Master Bedroom Bedframe and mattress delivered on time Simple TV console Wardrobe with sliding mirror door Toilet

Kitchen / Common Toilet Nothing much done to the kitchen except to change the hob and hood Common toilet

Photos time! Living / Dining Our dining table & chairs Sofa. Very comfy. No coffee table cos S&C sent the wrong colour. They took it back and will send the correct one soon. Sony Bravia LCD TV and Philips DVD micro theatre

Erm... 28 + 6 = 34, not 32 Anyway, our basin is 160mm high, so altogether 880mm from floor, which is equivalent to about 34.6 inches. If you think you will often knock your elbows against the basin, then ask it to be lowered bah. Any reason why he suggested 38"?

Compressor is MXY-4A28VA. Around 30k BTU/hr. Living room fancoil 22k BTU, the 3 rooms 9k each. Paid around 4k with bracket, Armaflex 1/2-inch insulation and 5-year extended warranty.

Yah, we are really thankful to have Joseph managing the 2nd half of our renovation. Responsible guy and able to get things done. He's quite jovial as well. Anyway, here's a photo of our MBR toilet with the corian top and the basin finally installed. Will post more photos after we clean the place and the furniture come in on Sat

Tiling uncle came and finished the tile rectification today. But the tiles where the storage heater is mounted are still hollow (at least some part of the tiles is)... The tiling uncle said our tiles are thicker and tougher than normal, so when drilling, it will cause more vibrations and result in the cement being 'shaken off'. Anyway, he said hollowness in wall tiles are not that dangerous and somemore we got mount stuff on it, so won't pop. Don't know whether true or not... Our hood problem has been resolved. Joseph managed to arrange for some modification of the hood hole in our kitchen cabinet to allow our new hood to be mounted. Corian top for the MBR toilet is arriving tomorrow morning, after which the plumbing guys will come and install the basin and the remaining toilet fittings. Ah Wei is also sending his guys down tomorrow to drill the holes for our TV console and take a look at the cushion tear and rectify a small problem with one of our TV console doors. Hopefully can see most of the stuff completed tomorrow...

Colour code 830. Colour temperature is 3000K. If you are looking for 4000k, then go for colour code 840 (cool white). Actually, it's hard to capture the correct colour in the photo due to the camera's auto white balance, so best to go to light shop and ask them to show u

Finally found some time to upload photos of our new lights. Our toilet light Tube light at the back of the kitchen Room light with warm white lighting for common room. Same one for the other room aka study but will be using white lighting instead. And lastly the master bedroom with 2 bedside lamps and our favourite ceiling light Closeup

PC show slightly cheaper. Called shops like Goh Ah Bee and Euromark on Friday and they are selling at 1950 and 1930 respectively with no free gifts. Ok la, i already very satisfied with the price. Have been aiming for this model for quite some time but the price has always been stuck at around $2500. Almost wanted to give up this model and settle for a lower-spec Samsung Series 5, but luckily the price dropped to a very attractive level these couple of weeks, so I'm very happy that I got what I wanted

Correction. The price is $1949, not $1749.

Went to Furniture Mall today (for the 3rd or 4th time in the past few months) and finally bought a sofa that we like, fits our size requirements, and not so 'over-budget'. We are so glad that our sofa search has ended

booy was not entirely correct. We bought 2 units of this soap dispenser. One is part of package, the other standalone one costs around $28 (incl GST) ....

Common toilet is more or less completed. Toilet bowl. Booy and I are the first ones to use it Washbasin area. The basin and tap are re-used from previous owner. Shower area

Workers came to install toilet fittings today. Master bathroom is halfway done because need to wait for the vanity cabinet to be up before mounting the basin and the mirror. Also can't use the original concept of concealing the MBR shower pipes since the worker said connecting the pipes straight from common toilet shower wall will mean that the hot and cold direction of the mixer will be reversed. So in the end have to use exposed piping. One more bad news is that one tile chipped off while a worker is drilling a hole to install corner glass rack. Need to ask Jason to tell the tiler to come to replace Our rainshower. You can see the chipped tile above the glass rack. Closeup of the shower rose The toilet bowl in the master bedroom toilet What it looks like after sealing

Eh... our set also has subwoofer leh. But don't think it's as powerful as your set.

Yes, they are using the same panels. But it's not just about the panel. The image processing (e.g. the Sony Bravia Engine) and other features do make a difference in the picture quality, though it's still debatable whether that's worth the additional premium. Samsung LCDs also have an infamous issue of input lag, which is a concern if you play fast-paced console games. And I don't really like glossy screens, which are used by Samsung Series 6 and above. But Series 5 and below don't have 100Hz Motion Plus Actually, Samsung LCDs also command a premium over other brands such as Panasonic, LG and Sharp (though maybe not as much as Sony). If you compare like for like, e.g. Samsung Series 6 vs Sony W4500, the difference in price is not really that great. But these 2 models still above our budget Beggars can't be choosers. So in the end settle for Samsung Series 5...

Hi bodo, have PM you on the price for our rain shower set. Oops.. just realised that booy has PM you as well No, uncle not doing concealed water piping for us. However, the hot and cold water pipes for our rain shower in the MBR bathroom will not be seen because our 2 toilets are back to back. So the pipes will come straight through from the common toilet wall.

I'm using Google Sketchup to do the 3D modeling and another software called Kerkythea to do the rendering of the final output. Still getting to grips with the programs as I just started using them 1.5 weeks ago. Here's the picture for our mbr toilet. Not very pro but at least uncle can see toilet is toilet lah. Haha. Anyway, when the tilers start tiling the walls, do they usually start from the top and move down to the floor? Or they start from the bottom? That will determine whether the tiles get chopped off at the top or bottom, which will affect the starting height of our horizontal stripe. Can we specifically say how high we want the stripe to be?

Just want to appeal to all parties who read my post 2 days ago (post #331 to be precise) about Eestilo de Vida. Pls do not approach Sunny and ask him about that. He called me today and told me that quite a few people called him over the past 2 days to enquire about the same thing. Whatever he did is a personal favour to booy & me, so pls do not put him in a difficult position with the dealer by requesting the same. I've removed the details in the post as requested by Sunny. During our phone call, he still joked with me to say that he has now become very famous (大红人)