Reno updates!

Updates! Updates!

The tiles for the MBR bathroom were up last Friday! Now, two bathroom's tiles are fully done! I love them both!

A close look of the wall tiles and the feature wall.

The common one is grey/dark themed and MBR one is creame/bright!

The dark one is apparently The Boy's favourite, while the bright one is piggy's favourite!

Now i want to see how my floor tiles looks like!! Be fast pls!

The tiles are up!

I have been neglecting my blog for quite some days, too busy. Too busy with the renovations, too many with all the discussion, too busy with all the decisions needed to be made. Work is not busy, but it is the 1-1 trainings for 3 days drained me out totally!

Ok, stop rambling, some updates for the house reno! The whole house tiles and unnecessarily things (old ceiling lamp, kitchen cabinets...etc) have been removed, and leaving me a clean house waiting for cement screed and the tiles to be up!

It was a pleasant surprise to see the wall tiles for the common bathroom is up when we went over yesterday evening! And, thanks God that the effect turns out to be what we want! The pictures did not do them justice , as it was pretty dark when we were there! I love my tiles! =)

Now, we wait, oh yes again wait patiently for the floor tiles to be up!

But first, we need to solve the water leaking problem in the MBR with the HDB officer, we need to confirm all the details drawing, we need to choose another wc for the common since the one we choose initially doesn't fit.......and the list goes on .....

Anyway, i m happy although the to-do list are lost, purely because all that are the fun of setting up a loft, Welaine's Loft!

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Filling up slowly

Today weLaine's Loft will be filled up with beautiful tiles.

Love the matching colour tones tiles that we choose together, hopefully when it is all done up , it gonna be a pretty little house with our effort in it!

We were a little happy couple after all the tiles has been selected last weekend, and decided to end the day with a little dessert, Rochor Beancurd! Ah, i have to end the satisfying day with something sweet and yummy simply because One/Big mission accomplished!

I can't wait, can't wait to see how it gonna turn into, when dreams become reality, when the little house become the house that full with our effort and love. We are filling it up slowly, parts by parts, putting in all the bits and pieces that represent us !

2 months more, weLaine's Loft gonna be in a totally new appearance and i truly looking forward to it! =)

Family Day

It was a date with the lovely niece for our company 40th year celebration aka Family Day back in 1 month ago!

Thanks God to the lovely weather today, rise and shine, and we were at the zoo for the celebration!

It was really fun with all the small booths of games, performances, lucky draws , although we didn't really participate in most of it, but i think we did enjoy much!

Not much walking arounnd the zoo due to the high humidity in the weather, and also i think we are all grown up, even the niece is not that excited when she saw those animals. I started to miss those days back then when she was still a small little toddler, how excited she was everytime she visited the zoo!

But i truly enjoy time spent with her today, it was hard to meet up with her nowadays, due to busy schedule of hers and mine! Oh ya, she is a busy little princess! But i must admit, this little young lady, i truly love her much!

The perfect escape

I don' t really remember when was the the last time i went for a high-tea session, i used to go for it quite often during my high-tea addictive days, be it all by myself or with my gfs.

Thanks to the dearly sis who arranged a nice high-tea session yesterday, i tell you , i enjoyed so much the whole afternoon. With all the good food, nice brewed tea, and of course with you, it was lovely and sweet! =)

But the fun does not just ended there, we then proceed to the sis's mum shop. I love visiting the sis's mum, i love to chit-chat with her, cracking jokes, and i enjoy time at the shop! I tell myself i must visit often, or tag along the sister there more often!! We left the shop around 7 and proceed to visit the star of the night - Baby Javan!

Has been hearing news , seeing cute pics of this lil guy since he was born, and finally i have the chance to meet him in person! Such a cute little baby, charming yet cheeky! See you soon ok baby? Grow well with all the love surrounding you baby , hugsss!

It was a very wonderful Wednesday spent, and thanks for giving me the chance to escape ONCE from Body Combat class, haha!

Before the show..

The renovation works going to start Today, so here's a collage of how the house used to be (after today's hacking), was also the view of the house that actually attracted me to offer! haha!

All the stuff has been cleared away by the previous owner, left us a good empty house. In fact, i told The Boy, i still feel good when i entered the house, just like how i felt the first time i came ! So i guess, it was not an impulsive buy -lah!

Will post the reno progress here bits by bits, since we will be visiting the house almost every night to see the progress! =)

weLaine @ Xi An :: Day 1 ( 回民街)

下一站, 我们来到了西安另一个必到之地, 回民街.

这个非常富有民族色彩的一个景点, 从西安市中心钟楼向西100多米、穿过鼓楼门洞，就进入了西安回民历史街区。约2万名回民依寺而居，维持着原有的宗教传统和生活习惯。回民街在西安，绝对是一个志标性的地点. 四条街道，基本上提供着西安大部分的美食，来西安旅游的朋友，绝不会错过这样的一个街道，既能满足食欲又能满足旅游的乐趣。

西安著名的北院门小吃街、中国现存年代最早的化觉巷清真大寺，以及中国三大城隍庙之一的西安城隍庙都在区内，以汉族和回族为主的多个民族于此居住，呈现出多元化的文化氛围，具有独特的历史与文化价值。

这里有着各种类型的小吃, 品种繁多，口味地道。一步步走去，腊牛肉、灌汤包子、羊肉泡、令人目不暇接，口味大开。街上人来人往, 热闹非常. 但是我个人不可不提那皮嫩汁浓的灌汤包子, 还可真的是回民街好有名的一道小吃! 要吃地道, 好吃的灌汤包子, 就绝对不可错过这闻名全国的贾三灌汤包子馆. 我们对它可是非常想念, 想念的是那浓浓的汤汁, 一口咬去, 从那嫰皮的包子中流出,堪称一绝. 现在想起,真是回味无穷.当然, 店里也有售买其他小吃,烤羊蹄, 炒凉粉, 还有我们都觉得新奇的八宝粥. 八宝粥味道甜甜的, 吃起来,就象是一道甜品般, 不错不错!

=八宝粥=

这里的回民和本地常看到的回民没什么不同, 头上依旧是披着头巾, 男回民依旧需要到清真寺去祈祷. 唯一另我们不惯的是这里的卫生水平似乎有些低,但这也不可避免, 毕竟是小吃之街,难免会有些垃圾之类.

回民街区内的街道都具有非常浓郁的伊斯兰风格, 历史也已经很久了. 看着他们用自己的宗教形成了高度的凝聚力，在汉人占主流的社会中，顽强地坚持了自己特有的文化生活圈子,实在佩服.

若有机会到西安一游,可别忘了把这特色景点列入你的行程中哦!