Construction
Renovating our home
Monday, November 10th, 2008Clearly, we have no space. In fact, I have been selling stuff and I still have so much more stuff to sell! But that is another story altogether.
The Hubs said today that he was planning to knock down our bedroom bookshelves and build a ceiling height piece of joinery to incorporate our new TV - […]
Tee dreaming of a doll house
Monday, November 10th, 2008Lately, I’ve noticed how quiet Tee goes whenever she is faced with a doll house. Whilst it was my childhood dream to own a doll house (this never materialised) and it still is, the cost of it is making me think of a million reasons why we should or shouldn’t get one. My brother had […]
Cost of living in Bahrain
Friday, October 3rd, 2008
Tee in Bahrain, 2007 - as she was the only kid in the entire hotel, she could basically do whatever the hell she wanted. Get her way with all the hotel staff, anything at all…..and more!
I need your help. Can anyone help me with the associated costs of living in Bahrain? I am working […]
Leaks in the house are bad luck!
Monday, September 1st, 2008Did you know that? The Chinese believe that if you have a pipe or tap leaking, or even if your roof leaks, any leak of water really, you are doomed for bad luck. More specifically, whenever you have a leak, money will quickly leave your pocket. So if you do have a leak, my advise […]
For your next barbeque…..
Sunday, October 7th, 2007Well, if you have a big house…….you could have this.
What in the world is it, you may ask???
It is called a fire glass table. Do you think it’s pretty? Instead of having the conventional fire place, they’ve come up with the fire glass table! Use it in the backyard to warm up those cold winter evenings, whilst barbequeing […]
I will be working all weekend *gulp*
Saturday, October 6th, 2007Yup. I not only have lots of blogging to do within tight time-frames (since I am so slow……), I am also helping a friend design her new baby retail outlet that will be located at the new neighbourhood mall (The Waterfront) at Desa Park City.
Between yesterday and today, I had 30 posts to complete and my […]
The challenge of a corporate office designer
Thursday, September 27th, 2007From my experience, majority of Malaysians don’t like spending on office furniture as opposed to their foreign counterparts. If anything, they’d spend a little more on the executive offices and then stinge even more on employee comfort.
Decision makers need to be more far-sighted when it comes to selecting something as what appears to be as trivial […]
A man I truly respect
Thursday, September 27th, 2007Have you heard of Ananda Krishnan? Well, it’s not him. But there is someone in town known as ‘the other’ AK or ‘the other’ Krishnan. He is non other than the owner of Eversendai Corporation. Look him up. He is one of the most humblest and most polite gentleman I’ve ever come across and he is very loaded. […]
Bridge collapses in the USA
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007Hrrmmph……I have always had this fear in KL, especially with the state of corruption in our lovely land. And ESPECIALLY since I was in the construction industry, and KNOW exactly how contractors cheat and take short cuts. It’s all about making money. Not safety. And it’s a lot more blatant than I’ll have you know.
So […]
Objets d’art
Friday, June 29th, 2007Every foreigner I’ve had conversation with about KL has never failed to bring up our problem with signage. In case you haven’t had the good fortune to visit KL, the land of the second tallest tower in the world, driving in KL is an adventure not to be missed.
If you ever wanted to get from A […]
Enforcement and Corruption in Malaysia
Thursday, May 24th, 2007I’m not sure to what degree this happens in other cities around the world because I have lived only in London and KL for a long enough period to justify knowing the ins and outs of a city’s soul, but in KL, two things that stick out like a sore thumb is enforcement and corruption. Sure, we have […]
