Home Of Tong

I was pleasantly surprised at how fast the people at Sembawang Town Council work. I reported my leaking pipe problem on Thursday and didn’t have time to check it out till Sat, and when I was there, the leaking pipe problem has already been fixed. The other 2 problems will only be fix this week, but they are minor problems. So now I can focus on other areas.

Spend the entire weekend shopping around at warehouse sales, furniture malls, electrical malls, etc…you get the idea. We got our first ‘kill’ on Sat when we went down to the Gain City warehouse sales at their Ang Mo Kio showroom. I saw the advert that morning, and under the clearance section, I saw this one liner, “Brandt Top Load Washer, 5kg, UP $999, NOW $699″. Immediately I know this is the continental slim type washer we wanted. So we went round and round the showroom and the car park area to search for it but didn’t found any. Thinking it was sold, we went back to our car and was about to drive off where my wife ask me to just ask the staff to confirm availability before we go.

So I went down and ask one of the staff, he went round and search with me and couldn’t find it, I thought, that’s it. But he went to ask the other staff and he said, yes, it’s available! He brought us to this Brandt washer which on it states, UP $1079, SALE $1049 and told us this is the one. After confirming it cost $699, we immediately agreed to the deal and paid for it. You see, the washer we are looking for to compliment the dryer we already had is this slim type, it it usually cost from $900+ upwards, so to get one at such price is really a good deal for us, even though it’s a display set (since it was never used).

The hunt for a sofa set is not as smooth as those we like are all out of our budget. So the search continues. We are narrowing down to a few sets, with a few more places to visit before we will come to a final decision. Then there is the aircon search, the hob, hood, oven search, and the lightings and ceiling fans search. We have already decided on our study tables from IKEA, and a few other items. So this weekend looks like another weekend of endless searching for the right things at the right price. My leg is still aching from last weekend! But it is a joy to see our house coming together piece by piece. Thank God!

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