Cleaning the Apartment

After been using the apartment mainly for on calls, the place certainly need some cleaning up. Still waiting for time to do it up a bit, so the place was still pretty bare.

Anita might be engaging an ID firm to spruce up the place before we really shop for stuff. We had a few ideas but due to combination of fund and time, that would have to wait. Since then, I had been looking around for ideas.

From the main lobbyToday, it was high time to get the place cleaned up a bit. We plan to spend tmnext weekend at the apartment since the children would be starting their term break, and I had a couple of calls to do during Ramadan. Anita felt it would be better if she cooked during that time at the apartment.

So, the place is now cleaned up by the maids today, and that gave me a few ideas about decorations ...... Maybe after Raya.

Alone at the Apartment

I was on call on Friday, and on Saturday, one of my cousin in Kepala Batas was getting married. Since the date of the wedding was confirmed late and I couldn't make the necessary changes to my schedule, I couldn't make the trip up north. But Anita and the boys would be going and would be spending the Friday night there.

But unfortunately again, the MPV overheated again - like it did a couple of months back when Anita and the boys were planning a trip to Kuala Kangsar. They were stuck initially in Tapah and waited for the car to cool down. Once the temperature returned to normal, she had a choice to make. Either spent the night in Ipoh - my boys wanted to spent the night in a hotel - or return to KL. In Ipoh, at least she could visit her cousin as my mother-in-law was tagging along as well.

After some discussion, we decided that she would be better off continuing on slowly. The temperature stayed down and they reached Ipoh without any more drama. The driver would then find a garage the next morning to have the MPV looked at, before returning home.

After spending the night there, they decided to stay on until Sunday and just relax. Which was fine by me.

So, I was alone tonight at the apartment and would need to catch some sleep. I haven't yet fully recovered from the return trip to Lugano. I would also take the time to finish editing the tons of pictures I took during the trip and upload them onto my server. That should take me all weekend.

I just came off the phone with Anita and Idlan said that he missed me. I was sure that he was up to something there.....

Up Tonight

I was not having the best of days today as ny patient was getting ill. I was up until the early hours, but still the patient deteriorated. With not much sleep, I carried in with the ward round and clinic. And minus breakfast went straight after my shortened clinic across to Sentul to attend my boys' school concert.

But first, I would need a quick bite. Luckily Puan Anita had some food waiting for me.

Repair Work

After the leaking from a couple of months back, the damage was finally repaired and rectified. And it was not as simple a job as we imagined it was going to be. There were plenty of plumbing, digging, knocking and finally painting that needed doing. Luckily it was covered by the developer.

But since we were rarely there, the management took their time to do the repairing. And according to the supervisor, they would be finishing the job sometime next week. That should coincide with transfer of ownership of the apartment to is as well by then.

There were some painting needed doing on the wood paneling Some polishing would be niceThere would still be some polishing needed doing, as well as some minor or touch up of the paint work. I came over to have a look at the place after lunch and to have a word with the supervisor about the repair work. According to him, the plumbing was tricky as some of the parts were custom made and the parquet also needed some expert to.look into the repair.

Hopefully, no more leakage after this. It wasn't the cost so much that we worried about, but the hassle of getting things organised and the time taken to get the repair done.

At the Apartment

I decided to spent the evening at the apartment since I was called out to the hospital and was too tired to take the drive back to Gombak late in the evening. Added to that, I will be heading out to ParkCity for my morning clinic. Even though I prefer to head back, I knew I would feel too tired. Plus having to wake Anita up to let me in. Too much hassle since it would be pass the boys' bedtime.

That also meant that I would be missing my tub of asam which my Mum bought from Sungai Petani. I ate so much of the stuff earlier that I felt thirsty even now....... that's not going to be good for my gastritis as well I was sure.