Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at 10:28PM 
Earlier this week, our new MPV got hit on the blind side. There was no injury, although Anita was a passenger at the time. The van man moving slowly along a narrow road when a lorry reversed into the left side.
It left us with a big dent and a gash. Police report was done and the van was now in the body shop for the next week. It looked like we had to borrow Anita's parent's car for the boy's school ferry. Sigh ....
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at 11:23PM 
Looking after my 13 year-old car had been a drag lately. Last week, there was a coolant leak and we had to send the car back to the workshop. Minor repair but it still cost us a few bucks.
Seemed that the problem had been sorted, and hopefully it would be some time before the next trip to the garage!
Friday, March 21, 2014 at 6:21PM 
The leak which happened last month damaged some of the parquet flooring at my study. They went soggy and I wasn't able to close the door to the toilet fully ever since.
Since we were waiting for the insurance claim to be approved, the repair took long to start. It finally did last week, and the first part was to peel away the flooring, let everything underneath dry off before a replacement be put in.
The final part would only be next week. In the meantime, part of the floor at my study looked rather scary. At least the workers were neat and tidy. There were hardly any mess.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at 11:11AM 
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 .....
Friday, June 7, 2013 at 2:54PM 
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.