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.

Completed CNY decor

 Date: 17/01/2022 (Mon)

I made pancakes.  I think the non-stick surface of the frying pan is wearing off.  I knew it's not going to last after the first time using it.

I took out the wooden tray to keep all the CNY tibits so that the tubs wouldn't be all over the house.  I thought of buying the red placemat from IKEA again.  It would be nice on the tray with the tubs.

Time to work on the biggest piece of wall in the house.  This wall faces the main door, other than the standing fan, there's no furniture against it and it makes the small living room looks really big lolxx.... cheat big time.

I swear that I bought white but it turned out light purple, so I had actually kept this big roll of wall paper in the store room for more than a year.

It's almost the same shade as the existing wall except that the old walls were kinda yellowish.  I'd probably will wall paper the whole living room but I am not sure if it's enough.

The bright purple is wall paper, the white and greyish are old paint.  But in real the greyish looks almost the same as the newly applied wall paper.

The mini pineapples were cute and sweet as well.  4pcs only $2 bought behind Bugis Village.  A few days later I saw NTUC selling $4+.

I any how made into pineapple fried rice for dinner, so good.

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Date: 18/01/2022 (Tues)

I had earned lots of experience after doing the bedroom, so I know wall paper will crease if there's grooves on the wall.  We left the grooves alone until now, I had to plaster them.

All work done by me, alone.   Although climbing up and down the stairs was pretty tough, I don't need him any more.

Expensive parcel came, this bottle will last for one good year.

Peanut butter love letter gone lolxx....

Extra fairy lights came.

Looked really good.

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Date: 19/01/2022 (Wed)

After the wall paper was all done, we done with the wall decors.

With these, all CNY decors were done and I started to do more cleaning.

Headed to IKEA to get the red placemat but it was sold out, wasted trip.

Dinner with PapaVoo at a coffee shop nearby till the stall close.

We bought lots of drinks at GIANT, had trouble storing them as always.

My storeroom totally cannot walk in now.  I kinda dumped everything onto the floor, I had 2 big trays of thermal bags and paper bags.  I love to keep them, I had previous threw away so much and now they are back, more than I had thrown off lolxx....

Cooking less to do more house work

 Date: 14//01/2022 (Fri)

Requested by Luis, I made lunch for him and 宝宝.  Need to get rid of the cold tofu before they expired, just put them at ambience, then topped with bonito flakes.  Salmon patties and spicy chicken chop.

My baby sis on her journey to Abu Dhabi.  I believe it's a much better place, life will be more interesting especially when Dubai is just an hour drive away.

I wished I was with her.

Went dinner with PapaVoo and Darren in the neighbourhood.  It's a eatery, so no need to clear table (I am still very concern about this stupid rule).

Here's 三杯鸡 and 麻辣锅.

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Date: 15/01/2022 (Sat)

Nice coffee from 宝宝.

Cooked dinner cos my little Ber came.  I am cooking less these days to clean the house.

We had chicken with cordyceps flowers soup, garlic stir fried veg, a pan fried pomfret and XLB.  Dinner was really good.

Washing dishes became less tedious when I don't have to hang dry the laundry after that.   The dryer is so much of help, unbelievable....

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Date: 16/01/2022 (Sun)

I cleaned the shelve at Prime Supermarket.  Wang Lei's triangle love letter was almost double the price of these and tasted about the same.

After that we headed to Bugis.  Had dinner at Rocku.  It used to be so good, not any more.

The buffet was miserable with limited choices.

The best was the striploin.

PapaVoo is his big fan, so we came see look.

Bought pineapple tarts and kinda pressed sunflower seeds in caramel or something.

Exhausted lolxx....

Mid Jan

 Date: 11/01/2021 (Tues)

First time Singpost delivery service so good.

I was still in bed lolxx...

What came was ang mo dish soap and dryer sheets.  Local supermarkets don't sell dryer sheets sia, luckily can get online.

Wang Lei's love letter finishing soon.

I think enough butterflies liao.  The rest I will try to use it on the window.  The once mouldy bathroom is now clean, the organizers were doing good.  After this video, I fixed up the 3rd holder, in fact I reapplied adhesive and they didn't drop.  If they drop again I am just going to buy another tray. 

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Date: 12/01/2022 (Wed)

Darren bought me breakfast, I made green tea latte to go with.

My baby sis is moving le, finally leaving the toxic job, but it was still emotional to leave friends, the cat and home.

Her movers did a great job, they called her chair "Queen Chair" lolxx...

I washed 2 more Domos.

Current state of the balcony/laundry area, it's a hot mess.  I can't find suitable rattan baskets for organizing, I am not sure how to fix things up over here, so this may have to drag over CNY.

Dripping ceiling in the kitchen and common bath, I painted flex seal over but water still sipped through and melt and wall putty.  I ordered flexi tape this time and it's taking forever to reach.

The disaster while I was trying to patch up the ceiling.

PapaVoo ta bao Mcdonald's for dinner.  I told him to exclude me.  I made myself dinner.  Mala abalone noodles and cold tofu with bonito flakes.

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Date: 13/01/2022 (Thurs)

My breakkie.

Cooked dinner, it's always easy with Angliss.  Ribs were pre-marinated.

Luis bought these animal pasta a few weeks back, good time to get it cooked.

The wedges were the first to be gone lolxx...