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.

weekend 17-18/04/10
our cafe is officially open for business. The utensils and ingredients abt 40% available so 1st attempt a simple menu of bbq grill chicken wings with main dish ikan-bilis friedrice.

No gas yet for the main cooking stove so the above was achieved on a small portable electric stove. Nothing fancy, elaborate or time consuming....here @ syurgawijr cafe going to keep it simple and easy the rachel rays ways. Quick, delicious and hopefully healthy.

sketch on our completed wet kitchen.
Glass panelled cabinets
Counter top solid surface
package came with free cooker hood,stove & sinki
contractor: Alu Cabinet

date completed: 07/04/10

with this all works completed on our idaman house but there a lot more of job to be done: lightings, fans, garden, curtains and the list goes on and on....
Phew bila nak bukak rumah ni. Dapur dah boleh berasap tapi sayang lak nak masak takut kotor....

Monday, 05/04/10 went to Nusa Idaman Customer Service office to submit the refund form. Was attended by a nice malay lady (sorry the name just escape me now) thank you very much dear. The refund would only be ready in a month time - to wait for them to call us for collection.

Since she asked us to fill up a survey form had to feedback on the lapses and lack of security at our precint. were told they received numerous complains also and the matter has escalated to top management (bawak ke meeting kot)
tahu tak ape.

went to sales office across the road visiting Irene unfortunately missed her, had a good chat with Bob & Ayu though. Were told that sporean still able to buy houses at JB at rm$250k only up till this july 2010 as the lawyer informed that the ruling above rm$500k will apply after this month. So to those has intention still got hope but do it fast before the govt revert.

A day of errands & rezeki.

Direct exit to Nusa Idaman has officially opened. Just next to the exit the building in the picture is the Columbia Hospital - comforting rite, wondering whether we can use our medisave here emmm....

Monday, 05/04/10
Installation work done.
Our lepak corner cum cafe is in the final stage.


Left only the solid surface for the cooking area, our last contractor job to be completed would be the kitchen by tomorrow.

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.

Sat, 27/03/2010
We had an appointment with the TV guys to install our aerial & astro.  We didnt engage them thru direct counters that could be found at giant or tesco supermarkets but instead from a flyer contact found inserted at our mailbox about 3 days ago.  Found from 4X that getting this apek guy is more expensive rm$50 for astro installation while direct astro counter rm$30 but we decided to go ahead with calling the shop as we also found out from abgK whom registered direct from astro counter that it had been more than 1 week nobody contacted him for installation. Paid extra rm$20 to get prompt delivery would be more value that doing the waiting game.

They came ard 6.00 pm and directly fixed the Astro satellite up at the roof.  The apek fill up the registration form for us which they require a photocopy of IC and being a foreigner they need a copy of utility bill also to verify us as the home owner.  The package that we took was apart from the many channels of free available 2 mini ie fun (cartoon) and learning (discovery channel) + sport costing mthly subscription of RM$60.  He informed that he need to send the form to KL for registration and ask to wait for 2-3 days for KL to call us to activate.  And (un)expectedly on last Tuesday a lady from astro KL office called me up to verify all the particulars and informed that it will be activated in 2 days time. Now being saturday we've Astro channels alredi. best. 

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