Mom employed some painters to paint the house exterior. Time sure flew, as we've lived in this house for 18 years... I remember it was during the holidays before i started primary education at Catholic High School. Couldn't remember the last time it was painted. As JX remarked when he came to pick up a copy of SA from me, don't the scaffolding look like a scene from the seige of Gondor in LOTR? Painting workers were friendly uncles who were strong in hokkien vocabulary. It was fun listening to them for the past three days...



Tomorrow got dissertation discussion again. GG-fied. Must... churn... out... something cuz last week didn't go. Anyhowz, decided to stop living in denial after an unexpected phone call from Mr San. Totally out of the blue called my home when I was feeling drowsy in the afternoon heat, and chit-chat for 10 minutes. Dun even know who i was talking to the first 30 seconds of the conversation. Haha. The call was nice, but the results... Got wat I deserved lah... It is bad results... but will get over it, soon i hope.

Remember I was harping about the 2nd carpenter guy who sort of agreed that my display cabinet design was buildable. Well, he came to take measurements and told me that I need to pay $1000 more. My glass doors are supposed to be frameless glass that are 1500 x 600, and he tells me it is too dangerous cuz it will wobble as I open and close it. The solution? Well, add an aluminum trimming, which he wants to charge me $260 more for each door. Turned him down. Waste my time and his time... Jaded loh... It's either back to the drawing board or back to Ikea. Still thinking which one... Sigh.