Still Clearing

It took a lot longer than initially planned, and the heavy rain outside made the decision if whether to stop or carry on a bit more straight forward. We carried on until the rain subsided, just in time for some food.

It looked that the maids would have to return next weekend, and Anita had to stock up on more boxes and bubble wrappings.

Bundles of clothes tucked awayAll in good shapeStacks of old giftsThis was from our wedding in 1997Counting the cost I was sure ....Now that most of the items had been nearly stacked into boxes, we had to plan the logistics of getting them either next door to my brother-in-kaw place for storage, to apartment or to be disposed of to charity or sold off. Car boot sale? Nah! Don't really fancy that ......

Let's Move

It had been a hectic week. As soon as the CNY holidays were done, I was on call again on the Wednesday, right into Valentines Day. Then came the time to move to our apartment, leaving the rented unit which we occupied - well, at least I occupied whenever I was on call - for the last year.

The new unit was in the same building but on a different - lower - floor. With bigger floor space. Now the boys have rooms of their own, although there was a bit of an argument yesterday about who got which room.

The new unit belongs to us and we were more than happy to move in, although we would have wished for a bit more time to do a bit of work on the new apartment. Luckily, the maids helped out with the cleanings and the removal team we hired was very capable of getting the move done without a hitch.

So, I was waiting for the apartment owner to come around for us to hand back the keys. We never had any problem with the unit, in fact it was a lovely one, but rather small for our need in the future. It may be good enough for rent for another couple of years, but to own, we decided against it. The owner was keen to sell is the unit but the asking price was just a touch too high. We had to look elsewhere. And it was a blessing in disguise.

So, I better get on with the move then ...... Will blog later.

A Mini Open House

Our house was scheduled to be attacked today. By our cousins who had returned from their kampungs or those who had been having celebrations of their own in the last couple of days. They called first thing this morning, and would be coming late afternoon to visit their uncle and aunts. Busy day beckons.

Since we have already planned for the movie lunchtime, we had to do a bit of shopping first thing, and I can hear my Mum-in-law already started ordering people around. My task for this late morning was to get a quick groceries done as well as picking up some food from Bangsar on the way back from the movies.

The Raya tsunami was finally hitting the household!