How time flies @ Idaman
29.03 2009 saw inking the purchase agreement
12.12.2009 saw the handover keys

21.03.2010 saw the first stay
10.04.2010 saw Bapak celebrating his birthday
04.05.2010 saw the first family BBQ
2010 saw the first iftar ramadan & raya celebration

Happy New Year Everyone

01/01/2011 - 02/01/2011
de first HMS family Day @ Idaman

just a few more hours to new year & the boy ending it with a bang!!

To All
may you end the year with a high note and have the very best start to begin the new year

25/12/2010
location @ precint 8

02/12/10
a week of downpour
the rainy season helps my garden blooming with the various flowers.
i'm luving it.

the men of idaman 5/7 doing gardening together-gather.

the construction of our garden plot officially completed today, rite from the front to the side perimeter ended at the backyard-vegetable bed. the side gate is ready with lock.

further housekeeping needs to be done and will be bringing in plants. have alredi in mind wat to be planted-flowering shrubs & herbs keeping close to the theme fragrant garden.

Btw jj had his first birthday celebration @ idaman

21/10/2010 - my scented Lemon bottlebrush gum tree is starting to bloom with red flowers.

the backyard is undergoing a makeover also today as a raised vegetable bed is being constructed. Just a small plot for my culinary needs.

semoga segala pengorbanan dlm kehidupan kita diberkati oleh Allah swt.

Rabu, 17/11/10 - 10 Zulhijjah 1431

15/11/10 - we came in ard 7.00 pm to check on the progress on Day 2

1) bricks perimeter cemented

2) 2 out of 3 bamboo plants re-allocated at the outside garden

3) 2 out of 3 palm(kurma) trees planted replace above at the indoor garden

4) called Tari on the wrong plants bought to opt for the first design on ixora

5) paid 50% of total cost to Om

6) request to search rangoon creepers vine for the front gate

14/11/10 we left the house in this state. stay tune of the makeover - Day 1

For families looking for short term homely stay instead of hotel.

Going to singapore for holiday to Universal World, Sentosa or MBS, alternative accomodation as location only 15 minutes away from 2nd link immigration.

Sunday, 07/11/10 a Green day for us for we planted 2 fruit trees at our designated kawasan bercucuk tanam.
We were lucky to acquire this corner house as it came with a vacant plot of land separating space for a safe distance from the TNB.
We take "ownership" of this space since its directly beside our house and feel compel to have a nice landscaping that is aesthetical to the surrounding of garden concept. In line with this we have to exercise restraint in haphazard planting until a nice design is agreed upon.
A raised herbs bed is also being considered at the backyard where all the culinary herbs and spices the plants of chilli, coriander, basil, rosemary, thymes and others would be planted.
                                                                                                                                                                      For the moment suffice with the Pokok Mangga Madu and Pokok Jambu Batu Merah both grown "tot" trees and at bearing fruit stage alredi.  @ cost RM$45

Next week balek kampung dah boleh petik buah jambu batu as a few small fruits are already sprouting out from the branches.

                      To Durga and family happy dewali and thanks for the dinner and thoughtful act.

weekends delights

Living cost (unbelievable) mthly bills include:
water RM$4
electricty RM$80-$100 (full utilization of 5 aircons, heaters & ovens)
Astro RM$80 (pkg living & discovery channels + sports + astro citra movies)
Gas RM$20 # (since May still 1 tong)
Comes out mthly = RM$164 (exclude #)

It makes economic sense to live here and earn S$.

But not now....our kids "belum jadi lagi"
schooling here is another option we explored and visited Sri Omega Int'l School was impressed
with the British curriculum offered but not now.....
For now let it be our transitional getaway home

on to unmeasurable cost
Living here makes us realize the value of peaceful and unhurried pace
Community socializing berMarsyarakat

For now let it be our R & D expenditure i.e
Retreat and lets see how it Develops from here....

accessibility and aminities within reach

Lebaran bersejarah meraihkan di suasana nostalgia @ kampung bedok.

Lampu pelita menyerikan halaman, lampu lap lip tak kesempatan!

Walaupun beraya pada hujung minggu sahaja, cukup untuk sementara. Menanti tahun tahun mendatang untuk memasak ketupat di kampung halaman.

minal Aidil WalFaizin walMaqbulin
Maaf Zahir Batin untuk semua kenalan @ cybernet & idaman.
Silalah beraya ke rumah

memories captured suasana beriftar & berterawih di idamanjr!

Invitation to rumah terbuka anak Kak Siti jiran berhadapan rumah who just moved in officially last tuesday. The spread were delicious.

Get to meet with familiar faces - family of timothy, adam & suhana and the rest. They were the first few who moved in, one family as early as late Dec last year. Last few months ago they organised a simple bbq among all neighbours of precint 5. Fun gathering - we enjoyed it alot. Would be good to have another get-to-noe bbq with lots of potluck food.

Surfing here is not your usual highway speed experience we're used to. But suffice for kids doing research, facebooking, twittering and blogging. Youtube able to view only exercise patient downloading

Opt for celcom Broadband which by the way u can use the card on 3Gs phone & direct your call to this Johor number big saving on spore line. If not wrong we're paying monthly abt rm$68. Sign up from a celcom shop at Giant (Bestari).

It can also be turn into wireless multiple surfing from a few laptop & computers simply by buying an adapter and plug in to the main telephone.

A good alternative would be to wait for TIME Netlynx as it offers 10 mpbs connection in msia only available at Damansara Perdana, Selangor & Nusa Idaman, JB. But last time I enquired (@ bestaria market) the lines available only at precint 2 & 3 only. Guess our area not populated enuf yet for them to open the line.

Sat, 24/07/10

Last week we collected our renovation deposit from the office of Nusa Idaman. 

Nurul (the customer officer) followed up on our earlier complaint about the delay of the fund which took almost 2 months after submission the refund form.  The reason was simply they lost our form (eventhough delivered personally and was attended then by a green officer) imagine that! Well to cut long story short and to spare from narrating the reaction we (especially dear hubby - wak(tak)sabar) reached near boiling point, after spewing out our *&#$@??!!*** we were pacified by the calm of Nurul who promised to expediate...which she delivered.  Thank you very much.

Our complaints on the water spot marks we found at 3 location of false ceiling were also followed up promptly  and last week the officer of Nusa Idaman came with the contractor and had an indonesian labourer put some silicons on the roof of the localised area.  Last 2 days received a call from nusa idaman office enquiry whether the problems solved.  Thank you very much.

After liasing with customer service department on various issues I notice that on any matters that we raised we have to closely follow up (kejar) and "show" assertively our complaints then only they are taken seriously.
If I can share the advise we received from our very first neigbhour Adam (bumi) that " if gi office komplain mesti sampai hentak-hentak meja....baru mereka act on it"  tahu tak tak ape. Thank you very much.

Seriously, credit will be given when is due.  A bouquet of flower to Mdm NURUL - the customer offcer of Nusa Idaman for giving us the best service experience we had so far, appreciate your effort. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Note:To new house owner do check on all false ceilings under the roof of water damp marks during heavy rain and report accordingly as this will save you in future as if left unattended - the false ceilings will disintegrate and you have a leaking house to fix.

latest edition to our garden. A native tree from china not found grown here, a reason why we chose this particular plant for our very first Bonsai.

Bought at the carpark of Giant Bestari where the China salemen having their sales at the moment. Remember to bargain hard as we brought the price down from rm$380 to rm$200. How we communicated was thru punching the numbers at his calculator!

our rear neighbour house well in progress.

Tak sabar ustz Jamilah & suami menanti rumah idaman mereka ;)

An important item to maintain our garden. A grass cutter bought from giant, since our garden is a small plot we decided to opt for this then the big mower. It makes a good exercise machine also.

the grass has grown pretty much after 3-4 mths which is very fast, needed to have the trim soonest if not the underneath will wither & dry.

we finally applied for the Malaysia Automated Clearing System at Pusat Sehenti Gelang Patah immigration.  arrived there at 6.30 pm fortunately we were the only applicants at that moment. it took them some 1 hour later about 7.25 pm to call each passport holder one by one (with interval of 5 minutes in between) to settle all 5 passports.  first name called was suffi followed by insyirah, then haatim, JJ next and last but not least khairul.  if you're wondering whether i miss my own name no mistake here as I didn't qualify as my passport expiring in less than a year.  to all the above next entry to idaman will be a breeze no white form required just flash the sticker pasted at the passport.

to qualify:
passport holder expiry date more than 2 years
at least 4 chops entry in a week
payment of RM$30 (validity 1 year)
lots of patient doing the waiting game.

king size velvet bed frame studded with swarozki stones was a bargain find costing only rm$800! sweeeet (purple) dreamzzz

the first longest stay at idaman house.

the long mayday holiday weekend made it possible for us to wake up to the view above.

MayDay holiday 01/05/2010 the weekends where the family members of HMS had our first family bbq nite together.  The company of family members spending time is priceless.  Chatting, laughing, eating, kidz playing games, adults eating, gossiping, catching up, watching epl, eating and some snoozing away.

In the midst of simple setting and surrounded by loving family in our cozy suasana home that we've acquired & spending many hours turning it to our haven I felt blessed and syukur for this moment sharing our humble Teratak with the rest of the family.

                                 

we created our indoor courtyard @ the verandah.


bought the stacks of wood @ Ikea. Well alot of our stuff we managed to slip thru the causeway after numerous trips thanks to our Wish.

pebbles were laid - bought at nearest bestari 1 big pack cost RM$15.