...is in! The Serta mattress, 2 free pillows, 2 free mattress protectors and a No.6 plush sheep were delivered on Fri. Apparently, the delivery guy spent 2 minutes showing Big how to undo the plastic wrapping becos he had encountered customers who gleefully slit it open with a penknife, and slit the mattress in the process.
The bed frame came on Sat. It looks humongous in the room. We laid on the mattress, 1st unwrapping it and managing NOT to slit the mattress itself, pulled on the mattress protector, and the rather bright bed sheet, and then jumped on to test it out.
Big's 1st comment, "The ceiling looks very close (to my face when I lie down)". Actually, it doesn't. It's just lower than what he's used to. This is a flat after all. Landed property have higher ceilings.
Parental visit number 2
The second of parents finally came over to visit on Sun night, with the hatted sibling in tow. This proved to be a surprisingly mellow visit, perhaps buffered by the chilli & black pepper crabs before it.
Comments made were on the choice of wall paint colour for the front room, why the kitchen sink should not be top-mounted, how the TV is too near the sofa, how the bed should be against the wall, how much problems we would have adapting to the small size of the bathroom (and flat), how we should get Big's parents' maid over to clean on weekends, and how the cat shouldn't be brought over at all...
Not surprisingly, they came from 1 parent only. The other took a walk around, declared it very nice and sat down to watch the failure of a soccer match between Singapore and Thailand (1-3).
Further parental advice
- We shouldn't invite the neighbour into the flat yet. Or let her look in thru the door. For info, she had already gone in just after reno was completed.
- We shouldn't release too much info to neighbour. e.g at what stage of completion the house is in, what we already have in the house and etc. For info, Big told neighbour our bed had arrived that morning.
- We should, however, let the neighbour know that our parents will be dropping by now & then to check on the house. Er, right, sure...
- Before moving in, we had to have people come in to meditate so as to bless the house. This is a new one...
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