It has been quite a while since I updated everyone about the progress of the kampung house we are building, but here I want to highlight the kampung house mistakes I’ve made. Progress has been slower than I anticipated, but it seems it has picked up lately. Photos of the house The photo below shows
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I recently got hold of the Apple Watch 7 and this is my review. Before I say more, this watch is the latest version of the Apple Watch at the time of writing, and it is also known as the Apple Watch Series 7. I never planned to get the watch, but since I got
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I now have my 1st Apple laptop and this is my MacBook Air review. I opted for the MacBook Air M1 after watching a few reviews online & listening to recommendations from friends. Price also played a huge role as it was within my budget and most of the reviews and recommendations suggested I do
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I’ve been talking about if for a while on Twitter, but I am finally making that huge leap from by switching to the MacBook, which means I’m ‘leaving’ Windows for the iOS, or rather Apple. To some, it’s perhaps not something significant, but for me, a clear user of Windows and previously Android, the leap
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For the first time in my life, I had to find cheap toilet bowls in Kuching. This was due to an agreement I reached with the contractor of my house which we verbally agreed that I will buy certain items, which included a toilet bowl, or some say toilet basin. How to find the perfect
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The construction of the house in on-going but there’s a need for another house design. While it did seem that the past design would be the final design, the contractor alerted me on some design flaws which may cause the rooms, particularly the kitchen and dining room to be smaller. That said, changes had to
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This happened on 9 February 2022 and it involves sleeping early. It’s one of the stories I’m sharing under the tag ‘Parenthood tales‘ which is about my daughter as I watch her grow up under. The night was early and it was 9 PM. My daughter perhaps picked up the habit of sleeping late, so
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This happened on 6 April 2022 and it is about warm water. During dinner, I was coughing badly because the chilli I was eating hit that one spot in my throat that made it itch so bad. The cough had me holding my chest, while at the same time coughing hard. At that same time,
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So after my initial post about the design of the house, I made a discussion with the contractor and had to re-design the house and create a new house plan. This was largely due to pricing which somewhat exceeded our budget. Cost of construction material had increased drastically over the past few months, and this
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