Ed and I have met up with 4 and written to 3 interior designers. That makes it a total of 7 interior designers that we've been in touch with. And all in the space of 3 weeks. I think we've done as much as research as we possibly can (and should).
Today, I think we've finally decided which interior designer we're gonna go with. Right from the start, we had decided we would select neither the cheapest nor the most expensive interior designer. Chuan (my brother-in-law) had advised us to select someone with whom we were comfortable and can work with. Mum had advised us to seek recommendations from others and to have a look at the actual handiwork quality.
It's funny how the first is sometimes also the best. On hindsight, it seems like we had wasted a lot of time and effort (and money!) with every subsequent interior designer. Then again, if we had not wasted all that time and effort, how could we have known that the first was the best?
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It's now time to look for curtains and blinds. We had at first set our hearts on wooden blinds, but Mum and several friends strongly advised against it because of the high maintenance involved (Mum also advised against curtains for the same reason). We then switched to Roman blinds, but now a friend advises against it because of the supposed low durability (I'll need to ask the renovator about this). In the meantime, I'm open to roller blinds ...
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Renovation Updates
on Tuesday, April 29, 2008Guess What (Who)?
on Monday, April 28, 2008
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I Love My Sanuk
on Saturday, April 26, 2008
Ed bought me a pair of Sanuk sandals yesterday. It's my 1st Anniversary pressie. I love 'em! These are way cooler than Crocs. In fact, I think Sanuk will become the new Crocs. So, eat your heart out, all you people who bought Crocs (sorry, EL).
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Ed should now be on the Causeway heading back to Singapore. He woke up early this (Saturday) morning to fetch his parents back to Johor Bahru, where they'd left their car (it's a long story, don't bother). Di came to Singapore for a food exhibition and Mi had come along to help (and have fun at the same time). They stayed almost the whole week. The house seems kinda empty now that they're no longer around, sigh. Still, I'm glad they had this chance to see our place before we move into the new place in June (or possibly, earlier?).
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Ed and I are going for our medical check-up later this morning. It's part of the requirement for our housing mortgage loan. Thereafter we'll be meeting up with yet another interior designer to talk about the renovation works for our new apartment. I'm starting to wonder if perhaps we should just engage the services of a renovator (instead of interior designer). I'm guessing it would be cheaper? Think I'll call George's renovator just to get a quote, no harm.
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Happy Birthday, Patch!
on Thursday, April 24, 2008
Ops Patch II
on Tuesday, April 22, 2008Patch is finally undergoing surgery. The surgeon at UPM had recommended that he go to a Private Vet instead, so he's now at Dr Yeoh's. Dr Yeoh performed an x-ray this morning but couldn't find any evidence of a torn ligament. He's now performing a minor (exploratory) surgery to see if he can find out more. I'm so worried that I can't concentrate on my work. What's wrong with Patch???
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Dr Yeoh ended up inserting an "artificial ligament" into Patch's affected leg. Patch is now resting and recuperating at the clinic. He will be staying there for the next couple of days for "observation". Poor Patch.
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From Ed With Love
on Saturday, April 12, 2008
It turns out Patch HAS torn his ligament and will need to undergo surgery. He will be "checking in" to the State Vet hospital next Monday, with the surgery scheduled for Tuesday.
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I shall be leaving for Milan again tomorrow night. Joy.
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Up Close and Personal
on Wednesday, April 02, 2008We went back to KL over the weekend to attend Brian's 1st birthday. Also used the opportunity to spend time with Patch.
