Productive Week(end)

We got the Iman dining set!!! Yeah!!! cost quite a bit but after 1-2 mths of contemplating, we decided we JUST got to have it. It is beautiful with its' simple lines, nothing fancy, something which we both like. We have viewed hundreds of dining sets and each time, we just kept comparing them to the Iman. So by last week, I told darl that we shld go ahead n get it. Our petrol costs over the many weeks prob already total up to a pretty neat sum. So when u girls come over to party, make sure u take care of my precious dining set ok! I'll kill anyone who bangs against it or spills wine on it. It's not a threat, it's a promise! hahahaha...

Besides the dining set, we also got the lights all settled. Pretty nice uncle who attended to us. He gave discount without asking and helped us save cost by dishing out good ideas. At one point I was checking out crystal lights which cost abt $150-$200 ea (small ones), and he actually said "dun wan lah. buy the downlights/halogen lights, makes ur foyer looks neater n nicer" The downlights cost less than $20 ea, if I remember correctly. He also gave some tips on feng shui which was funny cos it made us buy less lights frm him. He's also not pushy which I really like.

As for the paint, we too settled that with Nicky, the ID (finally!). Rite, I ate my words and went thru the colour scheme wif my dearest again. But I must say, the new colours should look better than what we first picked. We checked out the 1st coat on Sun, and they look nice. They should be a shade darker when the house's complete.

Next on the "to do" list will be sound/ entertainment system. Went all the way to Adelphi yesterday only to find K.E.C. closed. So we checked out Jamo (irene's recommendation). Pretty good and not too ex. The sound's really clear as mentioned by Irene, clearer than the Bose Lifestyle 28 and one grand cheaper. The speakers n woofer r big thou but we both decided that if we r not getting the Bose (known for its' cube size speakers), we might as well go all the way and get huge ones! More shiok! However, as it's not a cheap investment, we want to check out a few more before we decide. So we r going again this week and hopefully make a final decision come Sat, if not Nicky will start to panic cos he needs to know the measurement of the "Am" before he can start on carpentery work. This is one chore I am happy to do. Will bring my own music CDs to check out the systems and I'll have u know that I am now an expert on the movie "Hero" Scene 17 (i think), chess n rain drops effects!