Weekend Too Short

The weekend had come to an end and what a relaxing weekend it was. Only 15 minutes to work, cosy little place and near to all the places we loved to go to in town. That was the feeling like everytime we spent time at the apartment.

Idlan was occupied with his artwork. Irfan causing mayhem in his room and beyond. Anita got some me time watching her DVDs and the TV. Even our maid had her own time to herself and was able to nip to church last Sunday.

I even had a chance of trying out the latest instalment of Diablo. Using Irfan's PS3. Wow! It had been a while ......

We were still waiting to finalise the sale of our other house and would be using the money to do some renovation and redecoration on the apartment. So, in the meantime, we just made do with what we had. Even the master bedroom had no bed. Just a bunch of mattresses.

Mission Beanbags

So, the mission was a success. We went to The Curve for lunch as well as looking around for beanbags. Idlan and Irfan wanted them. A few weeks back, we saw a small vendor at the Ikano foyer selling these but the cat was too full for us to carry the bags home.

Not so that day. Luckily the vendor was still there although we still looked around for better deal. There was none really to be had. Harvey Norman had some on sales but they were expensive and not very comfortable to sit on. So. We skipped that. There were not much in terms of colour and material as well.

Idlan was not impressed with the shopThe second shop won him over

Buy at the vendor - located right in front of Cold Storage on the Ikano's ground floor - they had plenty to choose from and they offered bundled foot stools for free. Deal clinched!

I was carrying the bags to the van soon after. A couple of trips of course, while the boys helped out with the foot stools. Were they happy? Daddy was happy as well!

Arts by Idlan

During the visit to National Science Center, Idlan bought an art set. Essentially pieces of malleable polystyrene which could be soaked into different colours. These would later be shaped into whatever design you fancied.

The gameplanThe raw material. Plenty of them..... and some tools ....Under control ...The lion was almost readyAnd now .... a sheep!Idlan came up with this flower following the instruction which cane with the box. Colour selection was a bit on the dodgy side, but Anita was happy with the end results. So, the boys spent the whole Sunday morning in their rooms doing a "project". I can sense a mess coming on .....

Free Saturday Afternoon

Spending the weekend at the apartment, we decided to go for an afternoon tea on Saturday after I got home from work. The original plan was for the boys and Anita to spend some time with their schoolmates at the National Science Center, but it was cut short since their friend had to return home early due to his grandfather calling in. So, Anita and the boys left early for me to pick them up.

Since the afternoon was free, we went to Plaza Damas, the usual place for the boys to get their video games and Anita to get her DVDs from the usual dodgy vendor.

This time around, it wasn't just the boys bought games, I did for myself as well. The latest instalment of Diablo was just released on the PS3. Still fresh from the press, I picked one up. Since I was covering for my colleagues who were away on conferences in Thailand, we didn't plan to go out of town and rather just relax at the apartment. Some free time for me to do some gaming then ...... Why not? The boys were occupied on their iPads and PSP. Daddy wanna play!

Another Leak

Unfortunately there was another leak at the apartment. This time it was at the bathroom by the main living area, and the water had seeped through underneath the parquet flooring. It would be another job to get those sorted out.

Informed the management about the problem, and the supervisor had seen in. Next would be the maintenance manager and the flooring company people coming to sort out the insurance part. Tedious.

The repair work might start in a week or so abd would probably last a fortnight. The plumbing would also need replacing the walls repainted. Sigh ..... The problem of living in an apartment .....