Monday, August 31, 2009
Day out with the in-laws
Today has been a fulfilling day spent with the in-laws.
Daniel's parents came over today with his army uniform becos he's going on a 3-weeks long reservist. Bohoo~~ So long.. so sad...
Then we went for lunch followed by a "guided tour" to Mummy Annie's project site in Pasir Ris. Entering into a dusty environment once again reminded me of the renovation I had in my house 3 months ago. But I must say that the house would have been much much messier and dirtier if the house was done by another Interior Designer. Mummy Annie is a very responsible ID who always go beyond her job description. If she's personally handling a project herself, she:
- Always giving clients practical advise so that they don't end up spending a lot of money over 'hard-to-maintain" fixtures or "problematic" home stuff...
- Always there to supervise the workers (which most IDs don't)
- Constantly cleaning up the house even in the process of renovation to keep the environment as neat & clean as possible. (How many IDs do that for their clients??)
- Always protecting the clients' existing stuff such as wall or flooring etc..
- Most of all, she's ID who can have good relationship with both clients and the WORKERS too!!! The workers are "afraid" of her because they know they will get scolding from her if they give less-than-perfection work or if they don't take care of home-owners' stuff. But they still love & respect because she's treat them well and she's good with scheduling of time which means they can finish their work faster. So in return, they produce good work.
The owner of this particular Pasir Ris house is "ang mo" so the things that they want are rather "out of the norm". The master toilet they wanted is totally glass right in front of the bed (0o.. OOo... the wife wanted to see his husband shit and bathe.. haha) and they wanted a lot of weird things.. but after some recommendations from Mummy Annie, the toilet really turn out to be nice! And the owner was so happy...
I am very proud to have a Mummy like her because she is an excellent ID who always goes the extra mile for her clients and most importantly she's honest. I don't think engaging her as a ID is the cheapest option because she's not the contractor (
haha~ ya if you want cheap, go for a contractor). Moreover her company Vegas is a quite reputable company and she uses good quality materials. But I would say if you engage her, you can give a 101% assurance that your house will be in good hands and you will happy with her services, the quality and end results.
Okie.. too much sidetrack.. After that Mummy Annie brought us to a place at Tampines Road to shop for a good study room chair at cheaper price.
Next we went for a movie "Year One" at E!Hub (Downtown East).. Hmm.. it's a "So So" rating movie..not really funny though and they tried to bring in bibical stuff into the show such as Eating of the Tree of Knowledge, Cain killing Abel, Abraham sacrificing Isaac on the mountain, Sodom & Gomorrah etc..
After the movie, we went for dinner and have coffee talk over a lot of things, but mainly about the initial setting up of a family. I guess it's a day spent worthwhile getting to know more about the family and the work they do.
Karen Yeo Smiles at |9:09 PM|
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