Sat, 12/2/1¹
CNY gathering @ Tim's residence.

Yes finally our own social media utility has been created for our community Precinct 5.

The page still in the birth stage but importantly do Add and lets form our neighbourhood link here.

So Add ok jangan tak Add!

http://www.facebook.com/people/Nusa-Idaman/100001981605350

@ encik khair resident 22/1/1¹8.00 pm
Our inaugural meeting in setting up our very own committee members of precinct 5B.

09/1/11 - Where we took our 3 meals today
10.30 am @ Anjung East Ledang
breakfast roti canai Medan Selera

2.30 pm @ Cafe Columbia Medical Park Hospital
Lunch western

9.00 pm @ Hot Kitchen NI
Dinner sweet sour fish rice

Where the world wearies

And society fails to satisfy

There is always the garden











03/01/2011

Monday, 03/01/11
The blue zincs covering the row of houses at the backyard had been taken down.  Workers were busy dismantling and clearing the grass patches.

By the progress of it, won't be long for the occupants to receive their keys this year.  Heard that the houses on the left hand side of Precinct 5 (from the security post) the hand-over keys would be this April.

Pic on the top right hand is the exit of our immediate back neighbour.

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

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....

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.

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.

Sun, 28/03/10
We decided to have a separate aerial installed as astro doesnt has spore channels.

the tv guys came again the following day to fix the tall aerial up on the roof. after the fixing when he done fine tuning all the captured signals received now we have very clear spore stations and added bonus of 8 indonesian channels.

so many shows/programs/dramas to view wat with astro channels how to watch all during the weekends.

Two small tweaking we need to address are:
1. a decoder for the astro to view at multiple TVs with each remote (set back same channel viewing)

1. a switch splinter to enable viewing thru normal channels direct from aerial or from disk satellite astro channel

the above 2 will be done this coming sunday, 4/4 another appt with the apek guys.

will update total cost after completion.

Saturday, 27/03/10
A day full of deliveries.

Reached idaman about 3.30 pm met with 4X family (many many thanks to them for overseeing) whom was at our home since 10.00 am in the morning for appointment of the carpet guys laying the carpet.  The work was completed soon after we arrived.

Almost immediately after they left all the 3 deliveries that we arranged came one after another.

1. Anda Perabot -
Queensize bedset w/ mattress (guest room)
Canopy bedframe + mattress + wardrobe + dressing table + side table (gals' bed)

2. iBenz
Single bedframe + pullover bed w/ 2mattresses
1 Kingkoil mattress

3. Clover
Masterbed frame (blink blink)
Sofa set

Last week as from Wednesday, 17/03 straight to Sunday, 21/03 we were going in and out crossing the causeway for 5 straight days.  Each day going in as early as dawn and getting back home ard eleventish.

We've set appointments with the various contractors, carpeting, nursery and other errands to coincide with our school holiday leaves.  Earlier we thought that all works could be completed before the school holidays as all the construction works were done but due to some inevitable setbacks (expected I guess) the final carpentering still going on making it impossible for the final acid wash of the whole house to be done in the same week.

The tight schedule we oversee were:
Wed, 17/03: went in just the 2 of us
1. contractors clearing out the rubbish
2. work on transforming the garden
3. went to Ah foo nursery @ Pontian with abg K order of plants

Thurs, 18/03: went in just the 2 of us
1. work on feature wall & family room platform begins
2. css carpet guy came to measure & quote for the stairs & master bedroom
3. work and installation of aluminium wardrobe @ masterbedroom walk-in-wardrobe
4. buying of lightings, paintings and porcelain sinki

Fri, 19/03: went in with the kidz with suffi & haatim overnite at Horizon Hill
1. work on feature wall continues
2. installation of lightings done by JJ
3. painting of verandah interior white and exterior green done by JJ and MKN

Sat, 20/03: went in just the 2 of us with suffi & haatim came in later from 4X
1. work on feature wall continues with them replacing the dented formica and took out the door to be fixed next tuesday to complete with the border for the family platform.
2. electrician men came to fix our TV on the unfinished feature wall, lightings for this area and the platform area plus the garden lightings
4. Aircon guys came and installed all aircons
3. Nursery apek came & planted the 5 plants
4. painting work continues final layers done by JJ and 4X

Since we've our aircons we decided to overnight there.  Our very first stayover the experience was shared with Suffi & Haatim very excited! after clearing the masterbedroom we laid down our inflatable matteresses with the aircon on and had a contented sleep there, syukur about 80% of our dream realised....Amin.

Sun, 21/03: woke up feeling tired otherwise jubilant.
1. JJ doing gardening fixing the sprinklers
2. the washing guys didnt turn up reschedule to next thursday
3. Alex came handover 3rd payment to him
4. we did some final clearing for thurs washing
5. set for sg home early in the evening to avoid the holiday jam

phew setting our home is not an easy task but definitely an exciting journey

12/01/10 first time went in during dusk time.
time of arrival at idaman 7.30 pm surprisingly found that ¹house on the same lane has been occupied alredi the only house that is for now but not to worry i guess as the security are on duty 24/7.

another finding was exactly after ¹mth handover of keys the electricity is in! thank u TNB on yr prompt delivery.