Kindness to others is cruelity to myself

Yesterday some of our furniture finally arrived. As Viv have to work, I have to be the one to receive the delivery and do the inspection. As things goes, after my inspection I found that two of the drawers for the wardrobe was not in good conditions. The delivery guys try to pull a fast one on me by using a marker to color over the exposed areas of the drawers. Of course I did not accept that, but instead of being nasty, I (as per usual) just requested nicely for them to change the drawers. So I have the delivery guys take it back to be changed. After which I began cleaning the rest of the furniture. I was quite happy with myself. However, the happiness was short lived. When Viv arrived in the afternoon, she soon discover that the dinning table top have a crack! and two of the chairs are wobbly!!! I felt that I'm such a failure. So angry with myself why I did not do a thorough inspection before letting the delivery guys go? I am so angry with myself that I always like to take things easy and close one eyes or make it easy for others to take advantage of myself. If only I'm not so 'kind' to others and be more kiasu, than I would have save myself from all these troubles. That night, I went back to the new house to wait for the delivery guy to exchange the drawers. However, he did not come. While I was waiting in the house, my feeling is so messed up and unsettled. I know Viv did not blame me but I was so angry with myself. In the end, Viv get the delivery guy to arrange to come back on another day to exchange the table top and fix the chairs. Thank God for my understanding wife.

I'm no handyman

When it comes to fixing anything (non computer related) in the house, I am usually the last person that people will look to for help. However, yesterday was a special occasion. I have to do it myself in order to get my new house to the way I want it, plus we want to save money by DIY instead of getting a plumber to fix the bath room taps. So we got the shower head, pipes, and those connector thingie. A few trips to the general store to get the tools I need, the spanner I have is too small for tightening the joints. In the end I have to make two trips, as I got the diameter wrong. The fans was fixed yesterday. As the electrician have to cut the corning in order to lay the cables, I have to get plaster to fix it back. All in all, I spent about $100+ to get the things I need and about 4 hours doing what I set out to do. I still did not get the pipes to work as I want. Still some more tinkering needed there. It sure was a tiring day for me. Thank God I'm no handyman, but it is all worth the hard work doing it for my own home.

Our New Home

Finally we have gotten the keys to our new home. And the arrangements are made for the contractors to come in and "touch up" on the flat.

Tomorrow the painting and polishing will start work, followed closely by the air-con man and the carpenter (and hopefully the electrician too). If all goes as plan without hiccups, we should have the flat ready just before CNY. :D

This the flat before "touch up"...