It happened in a split second and the outcome is terrible. I took off the watch to dry my hands and somehow I just flew off my hands, hit the shower door and then land on the shower floor. The knock was so loud I knew something must have broke. And as expected when I retrieve the watch it had cracked at 2 corners. This sucks. Now I have to spend another sum to get it repaired or replaced. Arrghhh! Why am I such a klutz!
Thursday, August 15, 2024
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
New Bookcase
We had wanted to change the old bookcase for sometime now. It took some reshuffling of toy cupboards to make it happen so it took awhile for us to get to this. We've been to Ikea a couple of times to find a suitable one.
We finally chose the Hemnes bookcase and was at Ikea Tampines to buy one yesterday. We had printed out the collection slip and were on the way to the cashier when we decided to stop by the as-is section to just do a quick browse. Coincidentally there was the exact bookcase we wanted in white. It was a $100 off retail so we immediately ask for help to load it onto a trolley. Although we had to pay another $50 for delivery we still saved $80. Plus we didn't have to assemble it ourselves.
It was same day delivery and by the evening Meimei and the kids were already hard at work trying to sort out the books to put into the shelf. The place now looks more tidy and there are more shelfs for books.
Monday, August 12, 2024
Sunday, August 4, 2024
3 Months Into Raid
I've been playing Raid Shadow Legends daily for the past 3 months. The aesthetic and graphics are not as chibi like Summoners war and suits me better. I've totally stop playing Summoners war on the main account and only login in once a week on the LD alt to collect the LD heroes. It's all Raid now and I'm still considered to be early game so it's too early to tell if I'll stick to it for long. But right now I'm enjoying the game very much.
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Apple Watch Go Kuku
It started with a shocking emergency alarm while I was half asleep on the study chair. It jolted me from sleep and I quickly fiddled to have the loud alarm turned off. I must have accidentally toggled on the emergency alarm in my sleep. Then a few hours later it happen again. This time I wasn't sleeping and was simply watching YouTube videos at my desk. Hmm, weird.
Then it happened again the next day. And I noticed that the watch screen would toggle on its own. Ahhh so that's why it activated the alarm. I rushed to show it to Meimei and thankfully she reminded me to record it so we have something to show the Apple Store if we bring it in for repair. The watch is still under Apple care so might as well have the experts look at it.
Brought to Apple Store today and the lady helping me mentioned that they see this very often with the Apple Ultra model. This is the first time they've seen it happen on a SE. The video helped a lot in "explaining" the issue as it's intermittent and I could not replicate the issue. Her preliminary assessment is that it's not to do with a stuck-ed button but with the circuits. So they are going to send it to a 3rd party vendor to have it looked at and I'll have it back in 10-15 days. Oh well ... not much of a choice isn't it. Let's just hope they can get it fixed without much fuss.
Monday, July 22, 2024
"I Want To Burn Courts Down!"
When we were designing the bar counter, we sought out the prospective wine chillers we wanted to get the measurements and ensure bar counter is built to the right size to fit it. So imagine the shock and disgust when the chiller came and while it fitted nicely by width, it sat with the depth of the door protruding out. What The Fuck.
I went back to check the dimensions displayed on the chiller at the Courts store. There was no mistake ... it clearly shows the depth as 54 cm.
Then how the Fuck did it turn out to be 58cm instead. 54cm is the unit without the front glass door. This is blasphemy! How are we able to fix this? The carpentry and Caesarstone top are already installed!
Meimei was so livid that she wants to burn down Courts and I don't blame her. We took such pains to get everything done right and this one mess caused this. Is everyone at Court so incompetent that they cannot even measure a damn equipment?!
Sunday, July 21, 2024
New Furniture Knocks
I can't quite make out how it happen. I was getting up close to the new cupboard and somehow I lost balance and went up against the corner of the cabinet?
Whatever it was, I ended up with a sharp piercing pain. I immediately knew it wasn't the usual knock and am most probably bleeding. True enough the knock left a wound on my head.
Looking on the bright side, at least it happened to me and not Meimei or the kids.
Saturday, July 20, 2024
Friday, July 19, 2024
Renovation Complete!
Well the renovation is kinda completed. There are minor touchups but generally we are done. Overall this has been one of the best decisions as it really makes the whole house tidier and brighter.
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
阳阳 @Joystar July 2024
This is one of those photo spams of 阳阳 at school. The last time I shared was sometime in Feb this year? Anyways, these are a selection of photos I found on the student portal since Feb.
Saturday, July 13, 2024
Playing With Gorgor
Because of the renovation, we have been having dinner at 406 for the past month. And every time we go there 阳阳 will be a good 哥哥 and play with Evelyn. She will follow him around and mimic his moves. 阳阳 likes the attention and company too. It's not so much for 萱萱 ... I think largely because they have a bigger age gap. 萱萱 tends to bark at Evelyn when she is naughty. 阳阳 on the other hand gives in and is usually bullied by the 2 year old. We took a lot of photos of the two having fun though which is heartwarming to see.
Saturday, July 6, 2024
Swimming With The Kids
I think this might be the first time Meimei is in the water with the kids. So happy to see her getting better.

























