Home Reno Week 2

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Minggu ni Ajis buat keje sampai Rabu jek. Khamis to Ahad cuti and die start balik next week. Ade hal kat kampung katenye. 

So progress this week...

Dah naik tiang. Ade 3 tiang as you can see.

Cyst During Pregnancy

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Patut la rasa macam tak sedap hati jek since I found out I pregnant. Ade cyst rupenye or specifically I should mention it as Ovarian Cyst sebab Cyst consists of several types.

I consider my menstrual circulation as normal sebab every month, without failed, memang I akan RED FLAG. Tapi, last month, bila sepatutnya tiba masa untuk "bercuti", "waktu" yang ditunggu-tunggu itu tak kunjung-kunjung tiba. PELIK. Pregnant ker? 

Bila check with UPT. The result is POSITIVE jah oii. Bila dah tau ade isi tu, sebok nak pi scan untuk confirmkan. On the weekend, I buat appoinment dengan my friend (Dr Rosma).

After Rosma scan, she found ade cyst. Agak besar tapi she said it is still early to assume anything. She asked me to come again before she off to Umrah, this month end.

Meanwhile, my other friend (Dayah), actually we're all from the same school, has suggested me to consume jus delima (belum beli lagi pon!!). Katenye jus delima boleh mengecutkan cyst. No harm trying kan. Plan to go and buy the pomegranate juice tu esok (Friday) kat Mahnaz, boleh baca review disini.  

Looking at the bright side....a few of my friends claim that the cyst will shrink simultaneity with the baby's development. I believe itu semua kuasa Allah plus kita pon kene la berusaha towards men'shrink' kan cyst tu.

Lets pray that the cyst will cause no harm to my pregnancy.

Home Reno Day 5

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Progress day 5 (Friday).

Ajis dah start buat beam.

Selambe kitaorg tinggalkan besi2 tu kat luar ek. Besi2 tu barang panas....hehe

Rumah PertamaKu

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Alhamdulillah. Pada akhir tahun 2010, house hunting I berakhir. I end up jumpa satu rumah yang I afford to buy di Setia Alam (SA). It is my first home.

Back in year 2010, Setia Alam tidak lah seperti sekarang (congested). Pagi2 nak sampai ofis I pon boleh took one hour. Normally 20 mins dah sampai.

Rumah yang I beli tu is a previously-owned house. After a long S&P process, we started to occupy the house in June 2011.

Condition of the house is still okay and no renovation been made. We just move in and stay and accept it as it is.

And now, sedar tak sedar, dah almost 3 years we live here. Neighborhood is great even though most of them are non-Muslims and Chinese.

Sekarang, SA dah ada 2 pekan kecik. Satu kat Setia Indah, satu lagi kat Setia Impian. Dah ade shopping mall (Setia City Mall). I jarang ke sana unless nak tengok movie.

Access dari NKVE

Spectacular view 

Nampak tak Pak Guard tu tengah meronda. Kesian die jalan kaki. Biasenye Pak Guard ni naik motor.

Go Green! Setiap rumah ade pokok. Jenuh hari2 nak kene sapu deciduous leaves

Kat row I ni, hanya ada less than 5 Muslims family. 3 to 4 Indians and the rest Chinese. Rumah yang I beli ni kecik je. Kalau nak masuk 2 kereta tu muat tapi giri-giri (sipi-sipi) jek la. 

Ade a few yang besarkan pagar and boleh masuk 2 kereta, tapi most of the owner tak renovate pon. That's why you can see they just parked their cars outside.

As you can see, walaupon tak clear sgt, almost all the owners keep the original anterior of the house that lead the street looks harmonious. I notice yang Chinese ni tak suke renovate rumah yang over macam neighborhood Melayu. Huehuehue

Home Reno Day 4

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Day 4 - Ajis dah start menggunakan simen. Semalam kan Ajis dah tanam kayu bakau kat dalam lubang2 tu. Hari ni, Ajis dh buat macam pelantar on top of the kayu bakau tu. Maybe itulah yang dinamakan base yang berpiling....kot. haha

Ini picture of both lubang 

Ini picture lubang yang kecik sikit compared to lubang yang lagi satu tu

Ini lubang yang agak lebar and besar sikit..tapi both kedalaman lubang ni same je. Nampak tak besi kat both corners tu. Kate husband tu untuk buat tiang.

Home Reno Day 3

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Hari ni dah 3 hari Ajis tu buat keje2 renovate rumah I. So lets take a look ape progress today.

Ajis dah tanam kayu-kayu nakau untuk dibuat piling

Another lubang yang dikorek

Ade 2 lubang, satu agak lebar and satu lagi tu kecik sikit...yang tengah2 tu lubang sewerage (sewerage kot nama die)

Kelulusan Untuk Mengubahsuai Rumah Part I - Introduction

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I rasa semua orang pon aware yang before nak renovate rumah, we have to get approval from town council tempat anda menetap. In my case, I have to get an approval MBSA. I know ramai yang ingat Setia Alam is under district of Klang but NOPE, Setia Alam falls under the management of MBSA.

Tapi sangat lah border dengan Klang, tak rase macam penduduk Shah Alam pon. Rase macam duduk kat Klang.

Bagi I, it is important for us to get an approval from the local authorities before renovating. Why? Sebab kerja2 renovation yang kami nak buat ni melibatkan external building structure. So, kalau tak dapat kelulusan MBSA, and ade jiran complaint bunyi bising and habuk etc etc, MBSA ada hak untuk datang check and tear down bangunan yang kita extend without permission itu. Rugi tak???

Secondly sebab, kalau renovation rumah kita tu approved and MBSA certified, in case if we want to sell the house in the future, we can proclaim the renovation cost. Kalau buat renovation secara illegal, kita hanya boleh jual rumah tu dalam bentuk asal sahaja. Another kerugian at our side kan.

Macam mana nak register for house renovation? For those yang plan nak meng'extend' rumah, y'all boleh la ke pejabat majlis perbandaran masing2 and ask them how.

For those yang tinggal di Shah Alam, y'all boleh la ke pejabat MBSA untuk membeli buku panduan pelan yang berharga RM 50.00 sahaja.

Address MBSA: Wisma MBSA, Persiaran Perbandaran, 40000 Shah Alam, Selangor.
Tel: 03 - 5510 5133
Fax: 03 - 5510 8010
Hotline: 1 800 88 4477
Email: mbsa@mbsa.gov.my

Orang2 MBSA sangat puntual and efficient. Pukul 8 sharp dah bukak ofis okke! You don't have to wait. Not a minute.

Next entry nnt I cerita detail about the procedures ye..

Ini la buku yang berharga RM 50.00 sahaja tu.

Ini adalah salah satu contoh pelan lakar yang ada dalam buku tu, so that no need to hire architect la nak suruh buat pelan untuk submit. All you have to do is just fill in the lakaran form tu je.

Biasenye kerja2 mendapatkan kelulusan ni dibuat oleh contractor yang kite hire tu. Tapi memandangkan Ajis ni hanya menjadikan kerja2 me'renovate' rumah sebagai kerja side income die je, so die amatlah busy dan kami mohonlah sendiri kelulusan nye.

Home Reno Day 2

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Semalam balik rumah lambat sebab pegi Tesco dulu. Sampai rumah dah nak Maghrib. Sampai2 je rumah, terus check on the progress of extension work kat belakang rumah. Over kan. Baru 2 hari Ajis tu buat keje.

Oleh kerana hari dah golap. So, gambar pon tak berapa nak clear.

Progress hari ni, Ajis dah korek 2 lubang besau kat blakang tu. Both lubang tu nanti, nak tanam pokok bakau tu lah. Untuk piling.

Home Reno Day 1

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Eventually......home reno work starts. Adehh lamenye nak start. Macam-macam halangan since we've made up our mind to renovate the house in November 2013.

So, at the eleventh hour, the works started yesterday. Dah la Setia Alam termasuk dalam list ade gangguan air. Pandai2 la kot Ajis tu nak plan. Lagipon this is not the first time Ajis me'renovate' rumah orang. We just leave it to the expert la kan.

Tak nampak pon lagi significant different, cuma Ajis korek tanah untuk piling. Baru I tahu piling tu guna kayu bakau sebab kayu bakau x "mati". Hah? tak mati?? Maksudnye tak reput (kate husband I la). 

Untuk start keje2 me'renovate' ni, we depo to Ajis sebanyak RM5K sahaja. 

Renew Road Tax with MyEG

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Today is 4th of March. Roadtax kereta I has expired on 28th Feb. Sampai sekarang roadtax yang I renew dengan MyEG tak nampak batang hidung lagi. (Sabar, ini adalah dugaan dan solely my fault).

I guess semua orang yang ada kenderaan dah aware yang before nak renew roadtax, kene renew insurance dulu. Tak kisah la first party ke third party ke. Eh, second party takde ke? Tak pernah dengar la pulak second party.

First Party Insurance

• Cost lebih mahal and coverage lebih comprehensive sebab cover value kereta and the passanger. (Insurance ada max and min cost, so we can always choose how much we want to pay)
• Boleh claim if berlaku kejadian2 yang tidak diingini seperti kemalangan, kecurian atau bencana alam
• Ada choice untuk cover cermin or second driver
• If the car was stolen, the insurance will pay up to 80% or more based on the insured cost

Third Party

• Insurance cost tidak semahal 1st party (and damn cheap)
• Cannot claim in case berlaku kejadian yang tidak diingini
• Digunakan untuk renew roadtax sahaja

Okke, berbalik kepada cerita renew roadtax tadi. I dah pergi renew insurance dengan Maybank. Kenape Maybank? Sebab I buat car loan dengan Maybank and senang untuk Maybank check my car value and remaining debt dengan cepat (less than 1/2 an hour). Then boleh la Maybank tu come out dengan cost of insurance yang I kene bayar.

Supposedly I renew roadtax pon dengan Maybank. It will take 1 working day je pon. Tapi entah kenape sebok jugak nak buat dengan MyEG which is sangat lah inconvenience. So, renewing insurance with Maybank only took me 1 hour. And Maybank officer tu ada tanya nak buat roadtax sekali tak and I say No thanks. (Berlagak betul...hamikk kau...bawak kereta 2 3 4 hari takde roadtax).

Balik rumah, bukak website MyEG nak renew roadtax. Senang jek nak renew roadtax dengan MyEg ni. Provided you have to firstly register yourself okke. Tak sampai 30minutes dah siap register and I opt for express delivery which I'm expecting the runner will send it on Monday (sebab I buat hari Sabtu petang).

Monday morning at 10.30am. Ish, tak sampai and takde berita pon roadtax ni. I called the careline centre. The officer tu assured me to get it by today (which is Monday). I paid RM20 for the express delivery. Before decide nak opt for express delivery ni, dah argue dengan Azman dah. He suggest to take up normal delivery. Inilah padahnye tak nak dengar cakap husband.

Today is Tuesday, still, the roadtax hasn't arrived. I called again and they assured again this evening. Sabar aje la kan.

I'm Eating For Two

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I have bun in the oven. Seriously,I'm not ready for this yet. Not now! But Azman is the other way round.