Apart from our master toilet basin cabinet and kitchen fan (both are arriving in June), we can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel… 3 more days till MOVE-IN DAY! 🚛 It truly feels so surreal :o Truth be told, we did an inspection of the works done on Thurs night and there were quite a

Ft. these 3 weeks’ progress~ Consolidated 3 weeks’ worth of works because it’s been a mix of waiting for the kitchen carpentry to arrive and us delivering / installing our bigger appliances 🤹🏻‍♀️ Apart from the hiccups in our kitchen countertop (separate post after it’s fully settled), happy to

From $570 → $335 per bowl?! Yes pls 🙂‍↕️ We weren’t really sure where to start when we went shopping for our toilet bowls (the only brands we knew were Rigel, American Standard and Toto*)… but a friend recommended Rigel for its strong flush and anti-stain properties, and to check it out on Shope

Combining Weeks 5 & 6 together because we had to wait for Gain City to install our air conditioners before continuing other works (our contractor’s suggestion to avoid scratching our floor!)⌚️ Was honestly quite upset this week because the paint job was not great upon further scrutiny, and

Part 1 here 🍵 !

Thankfully, this week was a little less chaotic 🌀 Can’t wait to see the house in Nippon’s Swansdown (we’re hoping it comes out more beige than grey), start on the floors and install the air conditioners next week! ◡̈ 🏠 Related posts: • Week 1 • Week 2 • Week 3 • Week 5 & 6 •

Swipe for the story 📖➡️ Part 2 here 🍵 !

… without having to be a math whiz / master cashback strategist (mad respect for the Audio House warriors 🫡). Gone are the days where you can go up to a salesman and haggle for a lower price… or maybe someone in their mid-20s (aka me) is just unable to carry the obnoxious boldness of a 60yo aunt

But no, it wasn’t our contractor 🙂‍↔️ Lesson learnt: Be physically present when external vendors come down! You never know what kind of crazy things they be doing (at least our main contractor can scold his own workers) and what urgent decisions you’d need to make… I would NOT recommend trying t

We’re already 3 days into Week 3 as I post this, but you’ve got to cut me some slack… decision-making is tiring 🫠 Not much heavy works done in Week 2, but our eyes and brains ran a marathon viewing endless Lemon8 paint posts — all telling you that you NEED to spend $$$ on Nippon paint samples o

Yes… we have joined the “main contractor > ID” club 👀 2 main reasons: 1. Like many others, budget $ (Hearing horror stories of IDs running away with homeowners’ money / doing a crappy job made it feel even less worth it) 2. We’re only doing an overhaul of our kitchen, and doing light reno

If you’re in Korea and sick of finding cafes that only sell cream cakes and coffee (or maybe that was just us), their bench might hit the spot for you — we looooved their strawberry matcha drink, and were at a loss when it came to choosing from their diverse pastry options (financiers, caneles and

Hotels are always such a tricky part of travelling for us… on one hand, it doesn’t feel worth it to splurge on something we spend so little time in (i.e. for sleeping); on the other, having a grimy / crappy hotel can really ruin the experience 😖 Not to forget, that “oh no” moment when you get surpr

Busan this, Busan that…… I’ve had enough ✋🏻🙄 Have you heard of her beautiful neighbour Gyeongju?!?! If the Japan-lover in you is itching while you’re in Korea (s/o to the traveller who decided to “try something new” but realised that “new” isn’t you), Gyeongju might be for you (it reminded us of Ky

My visual shopping cart in 🇰🇷, only that I can’t actually cart out because I’m back in 🇸🇬🥴~ Part 1 here ! 🛒✨ More 🇰🇷 posts: 💌 Gyeongju, the place that reminded us of Japan

Ft. my phone's visual shopping cart 🛒🇰🇷, as a gentle reminder that you can! appreciate cute / beautiful / quirky things AND choose not to spend $$$ on them (no guilt if you do, but no fomo / feeling less than others with their ginormous hauls if you don't) 🫳🏻🎤💥 Part 2 here ! More 🇰🇷

For our wedding last month, we wanted to get something beautiful to appreciate and honour our mothers, but didn’t want to splurge unnecessarily on something that would attract pests sitting at home / perish after just a few days 🥀😭 After scouring the Internet and feeling down because the fresh