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11 lights and 3 ceiling fans. Quite exp hor. Lights alone already about 1.7k. I am going to fix one light at the staircase area, those drop lights. The supplier said they will need scalfolding to install. I managed to force my contractor to put the scalfolding. Hee hee. Hows your new place coming along? Moved in already?

Renovation Day 7 Have purchased lightings and ceiling fan last weekend. Total damage $3288 after much bargaining. Didnt know lights were so expensive. For renovation works, some how their progress has slow down tremendously, nothing much was done. They have only tiled partial of the master bedroom toilet, today they will continue to tile the kitchen and the rest of the toilets. For the ceiling light at the staircase and the roller blinds for the balcony, scafolding will have to be build for the work. Thought of leveraging on scalfolding that my contractors might build for plastering and rewiring. To my shock, the contractor told me that they do not need to build scafold to plaster and rewire the staircase area, it is so high I wonder how they going to do it. The contractor has given us some brohure to select our main door, toilet doors and gate. All the design is ugly and with limited choice. I think I will look for design I like and ask them to source it for me. Will update the status of their tiling tommorrow.

Welcome to RT. Does your quotation include materials like tiles? repositioning of toilet bowls? Is that possible?

The 乾 and 坤 is just like binary 1 and 0, so who says binary is invented westerner. Chinese has already invented binary thousand years ago.

易经 explains ba gua. Not sure about god and ghost, but according to my shallow knowledge about 易经 is that it explains how the universe is form and how it functions. So Feng Shui makes use of this knowledge and see how it could help oneself.

Is your laminates raised? from the pics, it looks like decking.

The existing door I have is those sliding door, is a bit rusty. Thinking of changing it. Wow 1.7K ah, then maybe i wait year end for my bonus.

Some materials they provide, like piping and wiring. They quoted me 3.2K for the plastering of the whole house. By the way, nice laminates.

Like your Balcony foldable door How much does it cost?

About 500+, a long list of items. I think some is for the plastering of my walls. Still got white cement and grey cement.

Hmm not sure if your house is near to the mosque. If it is, then every morning like 530am you will hear chants. Futhermore, beside the mosque is a lodge for dementia patients.

Renovation Day 2 They have completed all the hacking and will be removing the debris today. Have went down to select the kitcchen and toilets tiles yesterday. Total damage was 4K but the contractor say will have further discount of about $500 somemore plus my manhattan card with 5% cash rebate. Total savings is about $700. They will be doing plastering today and the tiles will be delivered today. Hmm, tonight have to go down and take a look. Oh yah, the contractor says my downstairs neighbour complaint about leackage from their ceiling but the contractor reassured me that after they have done the waterproofing will be okay. They will rectify the problem if the leaking still persists. My question is if there is a need for rectification, do the owner have to pay or the contractor will bear the cost?

Hi bepgof, I have an article with regards to Bagua and how it is related to the direction. Of cos in FS there are also lots of myths that I personally don believe in, for eg placing bagua at the main door to reflect anything bad. Anyway, the link is below. http://www.feng-shui-institute.org/trigrams.htm

Correction. Is friend's dad not dad's friend. haha

Yah loh tiles alone is about 4K already. Today, the stupid contractor tell me their cost never include cement. I need to buy it myself. Crap. One door is about $300. The main door about $700. I only changing the balcony window grille.

No, I did not mention anything that I will replace them. Today they gave me a shock again. I have told them on Saturday not to touch the sewing machine that was left by the previous owner, and once again they have taken it away. I am so furious with them and they keep giving the excuse that is not worth much money. Hate it that I cannot do anything to them, regretted that I do not have a formal contract with them. Well it is a good lesson learnt. Please have a binding contract even though they might be your friend or relative, don be in my situation where you cannot do anything even the contractor is at fault. Hopefully, nothing will go wrong with my renovation.

Renovation day 1 Went down just now to take at a look at their progress. I must admit they are quite fast, took some photos of their progress Picture of the kitchen. They have hacked away the cabinets and tiles. They have finished hacking the ground floor toilet too. Second floor common toilet floor tiles hacked. Build in wardrobe removed Skirtings for living room removed. Tomorrow will be taking half day off to select tiles. Contractor will continue with the hacking of the two toilets on second floor and start plastering tommorrow. Hope they will keep up with this kind of speed.

I guess you are not a believer of FS, there is no point of arguing then. Well most important is that you feel comfortable of the place that you are staying in.

Yah probably you will need a compass to know where the mirror is facing . But do be careful not to face any "poison arrow" in the house like sharp corners.

I have went down to my place on Saturday and found out that the contractor have removed the existing window unit aircon and my ceiling fan. I was furious that they did not even bother to ask me for permission. I called the contractor and ask, their reason is that if the owner hand over the key to them means the owner does not want anything inside the house. They should have the basic courtesy to call me to ask and not removing all these things behind my back.Worst of all, I cannot scold him as he is my friend's father. Hope nothing bad will happen to my renovation.

I guess you have to mop a few times before you don feel the dust since you cannot pour water on your laminates.

Maybe you can look at this link about making your bathroom feel bigger. http://homepride.com.my/kitchen-and-bathro...igger-bathroom/

Wow thats fast. How much did you spend in total?

Wah don curse me leh Don think so lah, they in the business for 20 years liao and i know where the contractor stay also. haha.. cos is my friend's father.

Hi Bepgof, First of all I am not a FS master, is just that my parents believe very much in that and always hear them say this and that. I will try to answer based on what I heard anyway. Lets start with your first question. Let me try to relate FS with science then. If you have studied Quatum Physics, you should understand that everything vibrates at its own frequency. Eg colours, objects, people etc. Everything is in continuous motion though it cannot be seen by our limited eyes spectrum. FS recognises that everything vibrates and focuses on encouraging harmony among the various vibrations by creating alignment or in scientific terms "Resonance". Creating harmony is about singing the same tune as the things surrounding you. Abundance has a particular vibration, a signature energy field and learning to resonate in harmony with anything leads to both more flow and more energy between you and your focus. Coming into resonance with the vibration of abundance opens the flow in your life so your heart's desires flow to you. FS is based on noticing where energy is felt on the land and in a building or a room ie your physical environment. Wealth and abundance have a different vibration from relationships, career, or family. This part you will have to consult FS master. There is a natural order and flow in life that includes a sense of abundance. FS connects you to the harmonious patterns and gives you reminders before you go too far in any one direction. Remembering and experiencing abundance in one area of your life creates a pattern, an energy field, that you can use to experience abundance in other areas of your physical environment and your life. Phew, hope that explain at least a little bit. Okay next, your question on mirror. Er not going to use scientific explaination for this part. In accient times, people see their reflection through the water that is why mirror is a water element. And why South is fire element is got to do with Ba Gua. If you going to ask why the Ba Gua is this way, then sorry bro got to ask FM master.