Showing posts with label cleaning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cleaning. Show all posts

Monday, 7 February 2022

Early reunion dinner

 Date: 27/01/2022 (Thurs)


Cleaning the window ledge at night wasn't the best time cos I couldn't see clearly.  The ledge collects rubbish from the upper floors, so I had to sweep frequently.  Even so, a plant managed to grow lolxx....
One of the window panel got stuck, I didn't bother to oil it, I couldn't reach the plant, so I decided to leave it alone.

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Date: 28/01/2022 (Fri)


Chicken Cordon from Angliss which Luis asked me to buy again lolxx...

I did a shallow fried, cheese oozed out when cut.  Had it as a side dish with spaghetti.

With this flat mop, I climbed less, maybe can clean more frequently, the wall tiles gets yellow very easily.

After the kitchen and common bath walls were done, re-sealed and polished my precious black granite top.  This has got to be my favourite fixture in the house.

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Date: 29/01/2022 (Sat)

Very tired lolxx....

Wanted to book massage at Healing Touch but the Tampines branch stopped massage till 24th, urrggg.....  

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Date: 30/01/2022 (Sun)


Had reunion dinner a day earlier.  Every year we invite PapaVoo's younger bro and sis.
Yu Sheng from Ichiban Sushi, I added a bit more sashimi from Donki.  They didn't like it cos' there were leftovers.


Pen cai from Wang Lei was very small, I added in more prawns and scallops.

I flopped my mala mini lobsters with too much water and the roast chicken went slightly stale.
PapaVoo helped a bit and washing wasn't tedious.  Maybe next year we do steamboat.


Sunday, 6 February 2022

More CNY preparation

 Date: 24/01/2022 (Mon)


4pm at SkinLab for an overdue facial pamper.
I think I should just start to visit more often since Covid is not going away.  I am so done with keeping safe with a rotten face.

宝宝 bought me a drink, so I brought it along with me.

Had dinner at the food court.  Used to like this ban mian so much during those days working in Isetan.  The queue was still there but it wasn't fantastic to me any more.

Bought a cleanser with acid for Darren and Luis.

My sons and I discovered our new fav.

After the bathroom walls were done, there were still 2 tubes of grout whitener.  I decided to work on the living room.  It's so satisfying and kinda fun, but very exhausting.
I done about 3/4 of the area before mid night, and hoped to complete the next day.

I used to envy those US youtubers with massive pantries good enough for a local office.  I can't understand why a family of 4 or 5 needs so much snacks.  They will have more than 50 fruit bars and big tubs of cereals and more than a dozen big packs of potato chips.  Finally, I found out the reason!  These women don't cook proper meals!  Lolxx.....  They have enormous kitchen but they only make snacks for lunch and dinner.  Eg. I ever seen one put store bought bread with ham and cheese and that's for dinner.   They don't eat steaks, they don't bake whole chicken, no pasta, no noodles, no mashed potatoes.  So these ppl are basically never full after lunch or dinner, no wonder they need so much snacks throughout the day!  Laugh die me, but I think that's their culture.

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Date: 25/01/2022 (Tues)


3rd time ordering from the same seller in Shopee.  Gotten grey, navy, black and I itchy backside bought bright pink cos it's on offer.

Almost the whole living room's grouts were done.  I used every drop of the paste but was still left with a few grouts, 不够就是不够。Can only do after CNY liao.

Flex tape arrived.  The kitchen and common bath ceiling were taped.  The transparent tape still could be seen but it did it's job well.  So far has been more than 2 weeks, no more dripping.

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Date: 26/01/2022 (Wed)


Butt bleed again, so I made fruit juice again.

After that I clean the dryer's filter, so dirty, oooooooooo.......

Angliss came, 宝宝 unload for me.

The whole fridge full liao.

Put on the fortune cat table cloth, so cute.  The transparent PVC PapaVoo bought was good too, didn't affect the appearance of the table cloth.
House proud, though not much visitors.


A lot done, but more to do after CNY

 Date: 20/01/2022 (Thurs)


There's a lot to do but I was still out.

Flashed screen shot of Wang Lei and Mark Lee to redeem a bento at about $14 instead of $17 or $19, couldn't remember.
Ate around 3.30pm and didn't need dinner lolxx...
After this I walked around to look for yu sheng, at the end I settled with Ichiban Sushi's.

Bought ta bao dinner for everybody and waited for PapaVoo to fetch me back.

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Date: 21/01/2022 (Fri)


Out again.  Finally found jelly in GIANT.  I didn't mange to find any the day before in the entire Tampines Centre somehow.

Moved on to IKEA, the red placemat was back in stock.  I also gotten some rugs to put on the washing machine and dryer.  Going to give the laundry area a mini makeover but will be after CNY.  Too much in hands recently, very breathless.

PapaVoo came to pick me up and we had dinner at the nearby coffee shop.
They served with Doraemon plates, laughed die us.

Average Curry fish head, good thing that we didn't need to clear the table.
The big clay pot was heavy, if we dropped and broke it how?  Luckily the regulation of clearing own plates not too rigid.  Anyway I will just avoid eating in hawkers and coffee shops.  If one day I get back to work, I will ta bao back to office.

The tibit tray looks instantly nicer with the red placemat.  The taiwanese jelly looks very festive too.  I kept most of it in the fridge and these few on the tray for "decor" lolxx...

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Date: 22/01/2022 (Sat)


We were trying to sell off all these liquors to a buyer but no luck.  We thought he wanted anything but ended up nothing haiz.....  So they were back to the TV cabinet top to collect dust.  Will try Carousell after CNY.

The top of the TV cabinet is always a nightmare but it's so difficult to climb up and down to get it clean frequently.
The clock dropped so it's resting here.  PapaVoo said that he will hang it up, it took him quite a while to get it done.  The joke is, what he did was letting the clock in this same position resting on the cabinet with a hook behind ie.  we can only see about 1/2 the clock.  So I have another thing to do after CNY, maybe hang somewhere else.....

I tried to remove the old window films, it was too tedious, not worth the effort.  I found some adhesive remover online, not sure if they will work and I had to put this off after CNY as well.

Instead, I used the time to finished off all the walls in the bathroom.  We removed the bathroom mirror to get it done and placed back the next day after the tiles were cleaned.
I told him to buy another mirror, he preferred to do it after CNY.  Oh gosh.... my "after CNY" is just getting longer and longer.

No country is going to let us in......

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Date: 23/01/2022 (Sun)


I love soon kuey and rice kuey, he didn't like them so he seldom buy for me.
Once my late morning fuel was filled, went to clean his vehicle.  I wasn't too bothered with outside but he was, so he played with water and soap while I wiped inside.  The interior was covered with dust, it was gross to the max, I should had done it earlier.

I cooked dinner, black pepper chicken with spaghetti, quite a productive day, I am proud of myself.


Tuesday, 4 January 2022

Prep for Xmas eve dinner

 Date: 21/12/2021 (Tues)


Somebody gave PapaVoo this cute reindeer cake from Rive Gauche, we shared it with my kid sis's family as a birthday cake for my bro-in-law.
After dinner, my "staycation" ended and back home with PapaVoo.

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Date: 22/12/2021 (Wed)

Back home, every square meter was messed up, everything was everywhere.  I wasn't satisfied with my cleaning and packing but I did all can, time was just not enough...  I actually had a messy house tour video but wasn't able to up load here.

Late noon I went Gain City, disappointed that they didn't have a good selection of rice cooker.  I ran round 3 supermarkets, there's no dill leaves and asparagus.  I'll try my luck again on Xmas eve.

PapaVoo and I had dinner at Tokyo Shokudo cos no tables in the food court.
The food is food court's standard, waste money....

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Date: 23/12/2021 (Thurs)


I finally gotten a nice rice cooker within the budget.

Bought food from IKEA on the way back to share with Darren.
Beef pie was nice, Darren didn't like it, luckily I bought meatballs also.

Steam cleaned the Xmas cutlery pouches, they looked so cute.
My body wouldn't allow me to clean the electric fans and deep clean the master bath room other wise the house is not miserable.

Here's dinner.


Wanted to post about Xmas eve but no time, it's pass 12am liao and I haven't hang the laundry.  I am seriously considering getting a dryer irregardless of his opinion cos it's my burden which I am trying lighten, not his, not his concern.   He will have to pay for the electric bill though cos my inconvenience was caused by him smoking in the balcony (he just want to smoke in the balcony and no where else)  and I can't dry my everybody's clothes whenever he is at home.

Sail boat have to watch out for wind direction, and me, have to watch out for him to dry my laundry.  I am tired after watching the "wind" for 3 years already.


Sunday, 21 November 2021

Bathroom makeover

 Date: 10/11/2021 (Wed)


Made somen for Luis, I think it should be really nice if I make the somen really cold with ice.

I sold off Darren's running shoes.  Actually didn't complete so much deals.  More than half the items I send off to Salvation Army when nobody wants them, then most of the time I just click "sold off".
The buyer was smiling from left to right, so was I.

Evening went IKEA.  PapaVoo and I had dinner there.  It was so crowded just like those good old days before Covid.

I bought a breakfast tray, a two tier server before moving on to get bedsheets but the shelves were 50% empty.  That means new designs will be coming in.  Luckily we live near enough to pop by again, any time.
Xmas..... maybe I just do some decor with last year's stuffs, then put the money for CNY decor.  Either, we aren't expecting much visitors actually.  A lot was running in my mind, I don't want to waste money buying wrong stuffs, but he was playing with his phone most of the time as usual, I have nobody to talk to.  Maybe I should just go ahead and spend his money without making my life difficult.  Since I can't get him involved with his own home, at least I can get him to pay.

I know he will never change or rather he never care, but dealing with my own disappointment and frustrations is so difficult sometimes....

I couldn't find blue donuts or baby sharks, only found blue dogs.

Kena cheated, the blue dogs turned out black, so very very black, it's was so funny.
They tasted almost like normal dogs, yup.

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Date: 11/11/2021 (Thurs)


2 parcels, one was laptop bag, another one was medicine for my butt, found the same medicine, different brand, way cheaper, for my poor butt.

Nice material, but hell smelly, sprayed fabric freshener and aired it for a day at the balcony.

There was one more black dog in the chiller, so I kiaped with egg and lettuce.

Turned on the air purifier and put on face mask before dealing with the mould.

Scrapped, pulled and tear the hell out of them.  This was at the corner of the vanity counter.

Moving up it looked like this.  I tried to cover the casing with blue wall paper, it was so ugly.  I left it there, finally ripping it off.  After removing, it's as gross as ever.
Scrapping off as much as possible and plaster the gaps with putty.

PapaVoo ta bao Pepper Lunch for us for dinner.

With the last bit of energy, I changed Luis and my bedsheets, couldn't wait any longer, they were starting to smell already lolxxx...
But I couldn't wash them cos it's Fri the next day.  Fridays and Saturdays I can't dry laundry at the balcony cos he smokes there.  If I do, I have to hang dry them on a small rack in my room but the sheets are too big for it.  He used to smoke outside the toilet before the reno, now he smokes directly below the tek gor (laundry poles).  It will be wonderful if I am hanging ducks instead of laundry (we get smoked ducks, yeah).

I told him to send it to the laundry to get them washed and dried.  He thought I was either busy or lazy, I told him he was the reason, he played deaf of course and insisted I was busy/lazy.

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Date: 12/11/2021 (Fri)


2.30am, I was eating prata with Darren.

10hrs later, eat again, I put everything into the steamer - prawn dumplings, char siew bun and otah bun.
I love my big bear.

Tried out the breakfast tray on bed, quite like it.

Luis went out for dinner with us.
This is Timbre outside Expo Hall 5.

We ordered this from the Bottle Shop, it's so nice that we decided to try all the other flavors from Brothers.  But not here of course, we bought at Shopee, much much cheaper.

We waited for more than half an hour for our food sia.

Luis's moo ping with rice and our giant cockles.

The giant cockles were 90% cooked, not bad with sauce.

Tom Yam Pot, big portion value for money at $18.

We went NTUC and on the way back Mr Coconut when I saw almost no queue.
The outlet at Tamp One either long queue or my hands were too full with other things.

Bought this from NTUC to play.  The following posts you will see how amazing this is.


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