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3 October 2009

Today we went back to BK with a totally new feeling. We were going to wash our new house! Yeay! I am so excited. We are finally going to see our house. And this is sort of like first time for my kids. I am so sure they're going to be more excited since they could play while helping my husband and I clean and wash our new house.

Yan, my sis-inlaw, my dad-inlaw and my maid followed us up to our new house. When we reached there, everyone changed into t-shirts and shorts to start work on the house. My kids were having so much fun "swimming" on the floor while the adults poured lots of water and soap on the floor.

I totally forgot about lunch. At about 4.30pm, I started to feel hungry and looked at what the time was, we packed up and headed for my mom-inlaw's place.

That day, I went back home to Melawati with indescribable feelings.

10 October 2009

We went back to Rasa today to send our new fans and lights to our new house. We bought all the lights at Universal Lighting in Danau Kota area. We spent RM 980 for the lights and the hall's fan. When we reached Rasa, I called up Zarul (his number is pasted on our house's sliding doors) who is an electrician cum wireman, to come over and fix all the lamps and fan together. After 15 minutes, he arrived and said that he would start fixing them all the next day. We had to leave our house keys with him and headed back for KL.

11 October 2009

We weren't there but Zarul continued on work as promised. At about 10 am he called on my phone and said that everything's done. And the bill was RM 85. So, I quickly called Ita, my sis-inlaw to go over to our house and make payments as well as getting the keys back from Zarul. I asked my sis-inlaw how the lights and fan looked like and she said, "OK". I felt so good and anxious to go check them out.

12 - 16 October 2009

This had been the busiest week of furniture shopping for my husband and me. We were getting the basic furniture for our house. We only planned on getting beds, but I ended up buying 2 beds, 1 TV rack, an L-shaped, maroon sofa, and 2 stools. I wanted to get more but money wasn't on my side. I ended up spending RM 1486 for all of them. I also went to Jusco to get cushions, table cloth, rugs and floor mats for my new house.

17 October 2009

THIS IS IT!!! Today is the day we are moving our things over to Rasa our new house. My husband got up in the morning and hunted for a lorry. We argued on whether to get a 1-tonne lorry or bigger. My husband insisted that a 1-tonne lorry would be enough to put all our things in. I said no way, hose. You need at least a 2-tonne lorry. To my surprise, there was no such thing as 2-tonne lorry but instead a 3-tonned lorry. My husband told me that the driver asked for RM 500 not inclusive of workers. What??? That's too expensive. Finally, I called Daffee up and asked for the lorry he usually rents for RDI's graduation shows. I rang up this man called Azri and he said he could come at about 3pm to move our things. I agreed since he was only charging RM 400 all in.

At about 2.45pm, all our stuff were finally loaded into the lorry. And offfffff we were to Taman Seri Rasa. We reached there at about 4.30pm and started unloading all our stuff into the house. I paid RM 450 to the driver since Pak Aladdin was such a nice guy.

By midnite, while everyone else was asleep, I unpacked and cleared up everything. I was so so so tired but I was also so so so happy to be in a place I could finally call my own.