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i think this is known as cashdown though.

well thats kind of silly. if u dont want to embarass urself even more, dont scold in public lah. if someone offered me a seat, i'll take it gladly, regardless whether im pregnant or not. free seat leh! before i got pregnant i had one gentleman offer me his seat. i took it happily becoz it's a long ride to boon lay, and i thot he gv it to me becoz he pity me hving to study while standing up. then it occured to me, maybe it's coz he thot i was expecting. lols. whatever. then when i was pregnant, my tummy wasnt very obvious which was probably y nobody offered. i've had some ppl kinda glance at me and look like they want to give, but in the end also nvr. then sometimes i will purposely rub my tummy in an absent-minded-preggy-woman kind of way to garner some sympathy but also nvr get. eyer.

i must have missed the memo; what's 'mango' ppl? my contribution is the 'nobody want to give up seat to pregnant woman' lament. haiz.

three words: not worth it. turn around, and walk away.

inviting the neighbours? then you can ask to borrow-borrow.

Ok peeps, help me out here. neighbour's son getting married, holding their dinner at Rasa Sentosa (gosh i sure hope they're not reading this) what's the protocol? i am not chinese, so they are catering specially for my family (4 pax muslim). can we pao as a family? individually? write name? how much? if we can't attend and hv informed the hosts, do we still pao? is it ok to bring a baby? do i need to pao for the baby? what should i wear? oh no i don't have pretty shoes. hmm. ok nevermind. anyways, yeh. TIA!

is that really the couple's photo? it makes for a memorable, thought provoking wedding favour, imo. but at the end of the day, it's just a pc of latex.

where there is a demand, there will be a supply

yah i noticed. but dont want to hijack other ppl's thread lah.

maybe it;s becoz that they're paid so little that they are so slack. i mean, if i was paid pittance, i'd be like 'yeah, whatever la la la' too. aniwaes off topic wor.

everytime i see somebody getting married, i want to get married again too! i remember before my ROMM i was so scared. just the anxiety of starting a new chapter of my life with someone else. it also feels like i was going to leave my family. i want my mummy! but i also got very involved with the wedding preps..made me very excited to see the cards, the gifts, the wedding favours. couldn't wait for the food! and how would i look like with my make up!! then the last minute rushing madness to get all the little things. so the only time i had to contemplate about what the future holds for me and the husband was at night before going to sleep. marriage is hard work. all parties involved have to make an effort. but the fact that both of you have decided to take this step together says a lot already. just remember to say I Love You every night before you go to sleep !! best wishes to u and ur future hubby!

the one thing i don't like about bangladeshi workers (and i used to supervise a few at my old job) is when they see a woman 'boss', it means they can slack and do their work at their own pace because it's just a woman. meh.

lakmy u noe where i am coming from... the guy who was doing my cleaning was happily spraying water all over the place while sms-ing. i had wires hanging down (ends covered with tape) which were not yet completed becoz the cabinets were not in yet. then the current tripped. and he did the cleaning for my place b4 anything was installed btw.

you hv the mop pail with the 'strainer' or the 'janitor grade' type with the squeegee to wring the mop dry. i think it's great how the pail come with wheels, that way yoy can wheel it ard the house while mopping. magic mops also hv the wet wipes which eliminates the need for a bucket.

congratulations! the bride is stunning..and the photos are gorgeous! many happy returns!

or get a bigger stove then hor, are the edges sealed with sealant or are hobs just 'plug and play'?

ok. nehmind. i just answered my own question. have to take out the tape measure and start measuring. i'm very sure the cut out is NOT 160 mm shorter than the stove. so in this case, how to rectify? add more bricks ah? ugg.

so how much support is actually required for the thing to be stable? should the hob sit on the cut-out (sounds much nicer than 'hole', eh?) with at least a 1.5 - 2" border?

no, solid as in brick and mortar kindof solid.

We had a solid stove support built and they made the hole to fit the hob. but when we put the hob in, there is a 1.5 inch gap in the width of the hole, and only about 0.5 inches of each end actually sits on the support. we can re-position the hob slightly to cover up the gap, but should the gap even be there, and should it be so wide? Also, as it's almost precariously being supported by just the ends, is that going to be stable enough, in case my mum decides to plop down one huge pot of lodeh on it? how are these things installed anyways? is any sealant or cement put along the edges?

don't say long hair, grow hair also so difficult! she is still quite bald ler..everytime go out ppl will ask "girl or boy? girl or boy"?

yah very cute. i also think so. haha. she is a mix of mummy and daddy lor! my husband is white, i am malay.

generally, you dont go to mustafa's for their service.

*rolls eyes* i called the electrician, he sent his guys down straightaway and they fixed everything up for me. no questions, no finger pointing, no problems. zip, zilch, nada. so i have hot water showers now. if i can find an electrician who does more for cheaper than my ID's, then why i cannot bring in my own guy. it was never stipulated on the reno contract that i MUST use his contact. and the electrician did not give me any problems at all. can't say the same for the rest of the reno. nobody still knows that the thingymajig is for?

his plumber was supposed to install the water heater, but the wiring was done by my electrician. so i thought that ok, my electrician has run the wires into the toilets, now all his plumber has to do is to install the heaters. when i SMS-ed him to do it, he told me that he can't because my electrician did not install whatever that small little box thingamajig is and started blaming them for doing a shoddy job bla bla bla. what made me really unhappy was he never mentioned anything about the thingamajig to me, and suka-suka just shift the blame on the electrician and basically used that as an excuse to delay the work. anyways, i wanted to know if that thingamajig is neccessary and what it was for. because of this i 'cold war' with my ID.