Day 20: 2 Aug 2008...False Ceiling up

JJ popped by on sunday while i am doing a roadshow.. Didnt expect to see workers on a sunday working for us! Was surprised to see them fixing up the false ceiling. But they only fixed up the framework, still need to plaster them later. Here's an update on how it looks like.

Living Room L-Box

Dining Area False Ceiling

The Beam created to hold the glass door for our mini office

Worker trying hard to fix it up

Overall Look

How False Ceiling is fixed-Video clip

Wedding Photo Shoot- 30 Aug 2008

It has been so many years since i feel so super exhausted! We began our photo shoot at 10am, get out of studio at 4pm, and ended the outdoor shoot at 9pm! 11 hours of excitement and attention span! It all ended so enjoyable and memorable! Feel so sweet even when we think back now......so much attention on us, as though we are super stars! Haha!

And yes, special special thanks to my 'wei da' (noble) sister who took a precious day of leave from work, just to be my "maid" for the entire day! She ironed my crumpled clothes, prepared the accessories for me to wear, carry our bags during outdoor, drove out to buy us lunch, and was our sub-photographer for the day! Below are the candid shots taken by her during the day...

My Hand Bouquet by Feurlicious

Hairstyling & Makeup by Jyue Huey from The MakeUp Room

Look at my photographer, Damian rolling on the floor

Walking to find a good spot-Railway Track

The Swing at Canterbury Road
Me so clumsy in my gown with big 'can-can'

My favourite Photo of all!
Climbing upslope ah!
Yes, we are here! Run!
Taking a small break...

Smile!

'NG' Shots

Walk so far to get down there!

Spotted us? Right there near the waters! Haha!

Day 10: 23 July 2008..Kitchen Cabinet Base

Framework of the kitchen base. Hai...pathetic small little kitchen

Day 8: 21 July 2008...Aircon Installation

Diana wanna arrange aircon installation on 18th, but because we couldnt decide on who to purchase the aircon from, we had to delay the installation. In the end, we decided to get from Winson (recommended by Diana). Guess that it would probably be better since Diana and Winson know each other and can communicate better on how and where to arrange the aircon n its trunking so that the trunking would not ruin the interior design.

We got the Mitsubishi Starmex System 4 inverter at $3800 from Winson. It's $160 more than Gain City, but Winson is willing to use the Armaflex insulation without additional cost, and he actuall makes 3 trips to our house.

-1st trip to look at our unit's layout n discuss with Diana on the running of the trunking

-2nd trip to install the trunking and pipings

-3rd trip to install the 4 aircon units and its compressor when reno is almost completed

Proof of using Armaflex

Pipes sticking out at the aircon ledge

Trunking in MasterBedroom

Aircon Unit to be positioned on top of the window

Bedroom 2

Trunking to Study Room

Living room Unit, to be positioned at Kitchen entrance

Day 4: 17 July 2008... Electrical Work

Hacking took 3 days, and electrician immediately took over and starts on doing up the electrical and lighting points. Electrician boss, Eddie is a really easy going and friendly guy. Finished his preliminary work in 2 days. Here's the results:

Lightings in Living Room & Study Room

Day 1: 14 July 08.....Hacking begins..

Hacking begins with just a small hole............

To a larger hole...........

Close up view.........
Side wall hacked........

Whole Kitchen entrance down...........

Look at the amount of debris created from the hacking..........

Kitchen & Study room all hacked..........

Study room......

Living & Study room through........

View from Kitchen

Final Look of the entire hacking......

How i wish the house looks this big without hacking......

Finally....Renovation starts!

What a relief, our defects finally settled! We called Diana on 5 July, and yday, her workers had started laying cardboards on our floors to do protection before reno starts. Electrical work and air con trunking may be up today or tomorrow. Here's how it looks like: