Hong Kong, here I come...

Today is my last day in office, for 2011...
Yeah, am still HERE, in office at 8pm. Trying to finish some stuffs before I go home to pack...

Yeah! Finally, one more short break before the New Year with New Challenges begins...

I am going to Hong Kong, with my ol' friends. Friends from school..., friends from hometown.
We had amazing trip together in Bali, two-years ago....
Hope we have the same this time too.

But I think..., this trip will be more expensive than the Bali's..... coz Hong Kong is NOT CHEAP!

Hope all of us shall enjoy then. Shall write more when am back...

Meanwhile.... Happy New Year to all my friends. Hope this year had been a good one for you, and next year shall be better.

The planning starts..

After gotten the keys to our home., its time for planning.

We just wanted a simple renovation. But turns out, what we wanted was not considered "simple renovation"...

Ooooh uuuh....

So now, we trying to "simplified" it, yet achieve what we want..

What we want ah? Well., below are some of the list..

1 - Kitchen.., a simple yet functional? I always like spacious and functional kitchen.. So, we had agreed to put that as our priority. -Moreover, how can we move in without proper kitchen, right?

2 - Knock down our living hall's wall.., so that we can have the island type of counter top built with cabinets underneath and at the back as "new wall"

3 - Extend the toilet for our master bedroom... J says the toilet is "too small"

4 - Door from master bedroom to the balcony..

5 - Grille to corner-up the slab so that it became a balcony (J has an even bigger & ambitious idea.., but I told him to do something simple, and add-on later...)

6 - Grille up all the windows.., security reason. I personally do not like the grille's idea... Feels like its "grilled-up"... But oh well, practicality is more important I guess...

7 - And of coz, wardrobe... Just a normal one. Can't find space to do my all-time-dream's walk-in-wardrobe... Sob sob sob., how sad. :(

And more.., but those need to wait., and shall be on "Phase 2".

We are identifying "potential" contractors now... Getting quotations to be compared... Wonder how big the burned whole will be....?

But of course, before we can start on all these.., we got to do a check on the "defective list" first, and pass back to the Developer..You know, like QA your house.. This task, I had assigned it to J. He "supposingly" to be an expert on this area.

Btw, you guys shall be "bombarded" with my experience on these whole thing at this space., coz am going to use it to keep myself and you guys updated on the progress.

Wish me luck... :)
It is fun, yet could be tiring I foresee....

Christmas Gift from US for US

Finally, the keys to our new home came yesterday.

Just in time for Christmas.

Oh well, no, we are not moving in so soon. Got to do some renovation....

Can you hear the sound.. "Ka Ching! Ka Ching! Ka Ching!....."

Sounds of monies going out of our bank account.....

Robot @ Work..

Watching my robot work..

Verdict : not sure yet...

Fish Feast!

One person One fish... That's the tagline of this restaurant.

So, we follow..., and ordered 9 fishes for 9 of us...

Verdict : hmmmm... not bad, but I had better fish... But, great companion.

Last month of the year....

Time flies... and we have less than 30-days to say goodbye to 2011.

As usual, as human, we like to wait till last minute...

Suddenly, we start asking ourselves..., what had we done this year? Had we done enough? Did we achieve what we target for this year?

Let's see if I achieved anything this year..

I think for business, am not doing enough or great this year. Got to work harder.

As for personal, I think I achieved much... or rather, I should say, am blessed.

I bought house with J, and "strengthen" our relationship in many ways...

Am happier... though sometimes he still can find ways to irritates me.

I did a 9-days hiking trip in Nepal. I cut my hair much shorter than my typical bob...

Bought my first DSLR.....

What else.... hmmmmmpppph..... I guess its time to start thinking about what I want to achieve for next year then....