Can’t remember exactly when was my last blog but it has been a long long time. As Mel has mentioned, end of 2006 was a very interesting one, but lots of hard work. We moved to our 1 bedroom flat (Brit call it Maisonette) on 1/Dec and spent couple of days organising stuff as we have far too many things or partly due to the place which is small (much much smaller than my previous 800sq feet USJ6 apartment, if you been up there).

Then we started progressing our renovation plan. Started with bathroom, bidding stuff off ebay, and spoken to plumbers. As a frugal person (yes I admit), I decided to DIY since a plumber quoted me £150 to fix an electric shower while another quoted me £900 for workmanship changing BathTub, Sink, Toilet and Tiling. I am still very much used to the RM currency and couldn’t help converting.
Things didn’t go too well with my DIY but thank God I met this guy Jonny from church. He is a Sabahan married to a local and live just about 500m away! He is so kind, with his tools and pointers I managed to kick start the project.

If you ask me how was my holiday, bathroom is where I spent my 2.5 weeks Christmas holiday. For now the shower area is finished, fully tiled, power shower is running, new shower curtain is up and showering has turned into something enjoyable everyday. Overall, progress has been slow as there are more to be done in the bathroom, but I learn something new time to time, it is very satisfying. Hopefully, the bathroom will be finished before the big day 1/Feb.

DIY aside, I am getting a little nervous of the coming 1/Feb wondering what sort of dad I will be and wondering how well I will handle Mel’s confinement month. But I guess I will be alright, I have attempted so many things that I haven’t done before and so far they all turned out quite alright.

Spending most of my time in DIY means I do not have much spare time to get myself updated with news back home. However, I do hear news about Malaysian being greeted with flood and increased toll fares. From the way the disaster is handled and ever increasing expenses, the whole government thing is just getting uglier and uglier. Well I hope all these will strengthen the will of Malaysians to topple the current administration in the coming election. -eng