Wednesday, August 31, 2011
The Next Housing Step...
The next stage of our flat purchase: first appointment. Tentatively on 15 Oct, 1030am. =)
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
The Housing Problem 3...
I guess I can officially declare that our problem of securing a home is finally solved on last Sunday. My dear has been in high spirits ever since and she has been singing this song which I introduced her recently: ~Happy, shalalala. It's so nice to be happy, shalalala~ Guess it pretty much sums up her feelings very well.
Well, I guess it was really a 天时地利人和 affair, for we did not know that we will be buying this flat on that day. It was a flat viewing day as usual and I actually got a good feeling about this unit when I saw the list of flats that we were supposed to be viewing that day. Anyway, I did not really think much of it and we proceeded with the schedule as usual. The flats prior to the chosen one were good and bad and had their reasons for not having us choosing it immediately. Upon seeing the chosen one, both my dear and I agreed that we wanted the place. The unit's location, the unit's height, the rooms' layout and the decor, all fitted our criteria. But we decided to view the last unit on the schedule before making our decision, for the COV at that moment was mentioned to be at 55k.
From then onwards, the events somehow played out like a thriller movie. The agents from the seller called us 5 minutes later to enquire about our decision and our agent coolly replied that we will only make our decision when we finished our viewing of the last flat. Also, my mum mentioned that the COV was too high, though I was thinking that any good unit will definitely fetch a high COV or even higher. Upon viewing the last unit, I guess we both had decided in our hearts that the chosen one was the chosen one and we decided to go with COV 58k. Once our reply was given, we was "pushed" to pass the cheque to them asap. It was later that we found out that another agent wanted to pass the cheque for COV 58k on that day as well, but we were the one who made the first offer. It was tense because we were worried that our offer was rejected due to a higher bid by someone else and my dear was virtually like strangling her fingers all the while.
Our agent once again calmly asked us to have a drink at KFC, to which we reluctantly agreed (after all, she is the driver of the car), but I guess her intention was to allow us to have some waiting time to think through our decision. With the time past and our decision unwavered, we proceeded to retrieve the check and once again we were back at the unit's place. From then on, it was an hour of paperwork and small chit-chat and I guess the tension was sort of dissipated when the cheque finally changed hands and the papers were signed.
The layout of our new home:
Well, after that day and leading to the first appointment, there were more paperwork to be done. But I guess we were just happy, relieved and excited that after 50+ flats and 4 months, we finally got our home!
Well, I guess it was really a 天时地利人和 affair, for we did not know that we will be buying this flat on that day. It was a flat viewing day as usual and I actually got a good feeling about this unit when I saw the list of flats that we were supposed to be viewing that day. Anyway, I did not really think much of it and we proceeded with the schedule as usual. The flats prior to the chosen one were good and bad and had their reasons for not having us choosing it immediately. Upon seeing the chosen one, both my dear and I agreed that we wanted the place. The unit's location, the unit's height, the rooms' layout and the decor, all fitted our criteria. But we decided to view the last unit on the schedule before making our decision, for the COV at that moment was mentioned to be at 55k.
From then onwards, the events somehow played out like a thriller movie. The agents from the seller called us 5 minutes later to enquire about our decision and our agent coolly replied that we will only make our decision when we finished our viewing of the last flat. Also, my mum mentioned that the COV was too high, though I was thinking that any good unit will definitely fetch a high COV or even higher. Upon viewing the last unit, I guess we both had decided in our hearts that the chosen one was the chosen one and we decided to go with COV 58k. Once our reply was given, we was "pushed" to pass the cheque to them asap. It was later that we found out that another agent wanted to pass the cheque for COV 58k on that day as well, but we were the one who made the first offer. It was tense because we were worried that our offer was rejected due to a higher bid by someone else and my dear was virtually like strangling her fingers all the while.
Our agent once again calmly asked us to have a drink at KFC, to which we reluctantly agreed (after all, she is the driver of the car), but I guess her intention was to allow us to have some waiting time to think through our decision. With the time past and our decision unwavered, we proceeded to retrieve the check and once again we were back at the unit's place. From then on, it was an hour of paperwork and small chit-chat and I guess the tension was sort of dissipated when the cheque finally changed hands and the papers were signed.
The layout of our new home:
Well, after that day and leading to the first appointment, there were more paperwork to be done. But I guess we were just happy, relieved and excited that after 50+ flats and 4 months, we finally got our home!
初体验
抱歉，隔了那么久才决定把我们的“初体验”给记录下来。说起我们的第一次啊，还真的是“痛”啊！不只痛啊，还觉得很沮丧，试了很久却老是进不去。心里想着该不会弄到腰酸背痛，结果还是进不去吧！还好，practice makes perfect！小志还是比较有经验，在他的调教之下，我总算有点进步。进去的时候真的觉得“很爽”哦！
嗯，你可不要向歪哦！我们可是很单纯地打保龄球，一点儿色情成分都没有哦。坦白说，打保龄球真的很难，我动不动就让球“洗水沟”。反观小志打起来可是似模似样的，这更让人自卑。也许是爱情的力量吧，我到最后开始有点儿球感，总算没有辜负我的师傅。
保龄球初体验，成功！
嗯，你可不要向歪哦！我们可是很单纯地打保龄球，一点儿色情成分都没有哦。坦白说，打保龄球真的很难，我动不动就让球“洗水沟”。反观小志打起来可是似模似样的，这更让人自卑。也许是爱情的力量吧，我到最后开始有点儿球感，总算没有辜负我的师傅。
决战之前
好帅哦！
保龄球天王！
第一局的战绩
第二局的战绩
保龄球初体验，成功！
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Photo-taking...
Practice makes perfect, so I guess we went for a photo shoot to see how we both look together... Just kidding, we took the opportunity to take family portrait together in our graduation gowns, since my brother just graduated this year...
My dear was so apprehensive about it initially, but I guess she has more or less gotten used to it, and I hope she will be more at ease when similar situations arise... Guess the output can only be seen in a few weeks time, but for the moment, we took one shot with our own camera...
Since we are at it, I shall also post a picture of our convocation when we graduated from NIE a few years back...
My dear was so apprehensive about it initially, but I guess she has more or less gotten used to it, and I hope she will be more at ease when similar situations arise... Guess the output can only be seen in a few weeks time, but for the moment, we took one shot with our own camera...
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| Don't we look nice together? =) |
Since we are at it, I shall also post a picture of our convocation when we graduated from NIE a few years back...
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| Us then... |
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
那一晚，我成了"血"人......
最近还挺倒霉的，跟我熟的朋友都应该知道这是为什么。前一阵子，我被家里的旧风扇砸到头，流了好多血，也缝了几针。还好，伤口并不明显，也没有后遗症。
坦白说，看到那么多血的那一霎那，我的脑袋是空白的。等我回过神来，我才知道害怕。天啊！我还有这么多想做但还没做的事，我该不会就这样死掉了吧？现在想来当然可笑，这样的出血量当然不会致命。但是，当时的我，真的真的好害怕。如果死掉了，我就不能和小志结婚，不能和他生下陈皮和陈皮梅了，不能和他一起变老......
我想我是幸运的。有这么多爱我的人，我怎么可以就这样死掉呢？
所以，是的，你的新娘还会是我！;)
坦白说，看到那么多血的那一霎那，我的脑袋是空白的。等我回过神来，我才知道害怕。天啊！我还有这么多想做但还没做的事，我该不会就这样死掉了吧？现在想来当然可笑，这样的出血量当然不会致命。但是，当时的我，真的真的好害怕。如果死掉了，我就不能和小志结婚，不能和他生下陈皮和陈皮梅了，不能和他一起变老......
我想我是幸运的。有这么多爱我的人，我怎么可以就这样死掉呢？
所以，是的，你的新娘还会是我！;)
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