How time flies! It has been a year since we moved to BP. We survived well.
Most of the daily housework falls on “The Mummy”. Daddy Lim’s main task is to feed and clean Mochi’s bowls. Otherwise, Daddy Lim and the kids helped out occasionally or when I barked at them. That is also why we needed to be clever and efficient when it comes to the daily chores. Other than Xiaomi, we also hired a part-time helper who comes for 3 hours once every 2 weeks. She handles the thorough vacuuming, mopping, and also the sink, toilet and fan cleaning, plus the bedsheet changing. These chores are simply laborious and I absolutely hated the toilet cleaning. Outsourced!
The house is definitely not sparkly clean. We see stains, occasional sticky floors, dust, Mochi’s fur in corners and stuck on shelf, lizard dropping… and the list goes on. I comfort myself that this is evidence of a lively home, this little bit of messiness doesn’t kill and more importantly, this is only a temporary home. We are blessed nevertheless!
I have always said that BP is more ulu than JW but we have managed alright. I have a direct train to the office and Daddy Lim had to do a little more ferrying (the kids) than before. His only complaint is the jam during peak hours and the unsheltered parking lots with the bird shit.
Things at home are surprisingly starting to fall apart. The common toilet bifold door is constantly coming off the track, we saw a chip off the plaster boxing in the master bedroom, one small part of the vinyl floor (or is that tile?) also chipped off.. and there is more. I don’t think we have been particularly rough with the house. I can only hope that the house tahans until when we hand it back to the landlord.
The latest thing to malfunction is the aircon. Each time we service, the gas issue will surface. I have no idea why. Isn’t servicing supposed to prolong the aircon service life? The last time this has happened, the technician commented that the aircon unit is super old and we should consider changing it. We recently serviced it in November and reminded the technician to top up the gas. Last week, the aircon went down and we had to urgently call in the technician. There was apparently a leak, which was repaired and gas topped up. We were told to monitor and if the issue comes up again, we should really change the aircon. 不是我不要..
The aircon works for a few days and the problem came back. Now, we are waiting miserably for the agent to coordinate the change of the aircon unit. I hope the weather would be merciful for the next few days.
Otherwise, it is all good. The kids, though whined at the housework, are happy with the freedom and now invite friends over freely. Zaky had been playing chef on several occasions, cooking up delicious pasta to feed Nana. No kitchen is burnt down and they did a good job cleaning up too. We are doing well!
We will chill for the 2nd part of the lease, just like Mochi.
Mummy Lim
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