lavanderblues

Saturday, April 23, 2005

i'm tireeeeeeeddd!

spent 7 consecutive hours shopping around singapore (around meaning - AROUND) for tiles,, lighting, bathroom and kitchen fixtures. argh. went to balestier (tiles, lights, nice boon tong kee restaurant), sime darby in bkt timah (nothing much there), sim siang choon in changi (bathroom stuff, kitchen sinks), and sims ave (bathroom stuff).

to the dancers who read this (i think only huiling does), sorry sorry i had to skip dance today. parents were adamant i did... recalls "the renovations already officially started and we havent even chosen all these, how do u expect anything to progress?" yeah then they were really pissed off cos i kept saying i had to go dance. so we reached an agreement - i skip dance today and settle everything with them, then i get to go dance uninterrupted in the following weeks leading up to dance nite.
btw, dance nite tickets are out. if anyone needs, just tell me k... $10, for 12, 13, 14 may. matinee on 14th, and night shows for all 3.

so anw, i chose a pink glass mosaic for my bathroom. bathroom's gonna be pink mosaic, white and aluminium and glass everything else and perhaps a blackish floor. i'm going contemporary! haha. had to preorder my mosaic from overseas. but its refreshing, so yeah haha.
the room next to mine, currently my uncle's room, is gonna be green-blue. so we chose a beautiful greenblue mosaic for his toilet, and our rooms will be matching! hahaha. mine's pink brown and his is green blue!

and a nice washbasin, that is a bowl, made of very thin plated metal and covered with a ceramic finish. pretty ex, but daddy says our contractor overcharged us (imagine $7500 for parents bathroom and $4500 each for the remaining 3 bathrooms in my hse!) so we shld be able to get good stuff and make the contractor work the whole thing in.
and i never knew how hard it was to choose a good toilet bowl. as in the cheap ones are super light and flimsy, like u sit on it feels like its gonna break liddat. esp me, since im so heavy. budden the good ones are so ex. hai. but a good toilet bowl is a good investment cos erm u spend alot alot of time on it? hahaha

and lights!!! my gosh i found a beautiful crystal drop light that's in the shape of FLOWERS! 6 crystal 5-petal flowers hang down from the ceiling at varying heights. available in egyptian crystal ($389) and swaroski crystal ($798) and another even more ex crystal that shone blue, which i din even dare ask the price for...
its really pretty and simple and elegant, tho its crystal like chandeliers liddat. i wish i had a picture i can put here. i kept staring and staring at it in the shop, which was essentially this designer light shop. beautiful lights at lumiere in balestier. pricey tho. and hmmmm hahah tempted to put in bedroom. but its SO EX. and well, a crystal lamp in a contemporary simple bedroom? hahaha... temptedness... its so me! haha.. but its ex and i shall be good and save cost for my parents. yes.

we did agree on a beautiful gold murano glass drop set of lights for the dining area tho... it was beautiful, like WOW beautiful haha. chose a chandelier initially, but after seeing this, we changed our minds. reminded me of an art showpiece really. cost about $1500 though. sigh.

i reinforced sthg i've known about myself for a long time alr... that i have expensive taste. haha or rather to put it nicely "an eye for good quality"? hahaha. yeah everything i choose inevitably is the more ex type. but then again, i'm stingy with money. more or less anw. so it doesnt quite work out. haha. i must live in agony most of the time right, cant buy most of the stuff i like cos its always do darn bloody ex.

ohwells. quite fun. but tiring. and if only i dint have to skip dance. ohwells.

lin~*
6:17 pm