Monday, December 20, 2004
Last Friday, my case officer from the immigration contacted me & told me the great news that I'll be able to get my residency as soon as some paperwork's been done & the capital investment has gone thru... So, the weekend frenzy started!!
Well, actually the weekend was more for grocery shopping!! harharhar... And Sunday shopping at Westfield Carousel was crazy!! It's not only that xmas is near, but people are waiting for sunday trading to come thru for them here... I mean, people like us who works 6-day weeks have to take a day off or wait for late nite retail just to get something from the shops find that totally ridiculous!! I don't think there's any other parts of the world besides this continent that has retail opening hours same to that of most office hours!! When do these people go shopping?!
Luckily we have Bunnings 2 minutes drive away!! We bought a beach brolly for our beach xmas at Preston Beach!! How beachy is that? hehehe... We placed it on our outdoor table set & becos it's not meant for it, it looked a bit ridiculous, but it's ok for our personal use... Maybe next yr after our backyard is done, we'll get our jarrah outdoor table set with its canvas brolly... Then again, I think Kris wants to add a backyard sail... so, we won't need the brolly after all... But we'll need a grand barbie pit to accompany that table setting!! hehehe...
We've been looking at a few & the one we like most is the 4-burner gas one with the plate, the grill & separate cooktop - very similar to this one I'm showing... We saw a really good one in Big-W & it wouldn't cost us an arm & a leg either... But for now, we'll have to put these ideas in the drawer & get moving with the backyard... then, we'll talk!!
I've got tonnes of things to do before the Goh family comes over this Thursday... I'll have to get everything ready for them to bring home to my family in Sgp & I'm only left with letters cos everything else is ready. Also, need to get the house cleaned, especially my office, which is the sorriest state I've seen!! It won't be sorry for too long!! And then, the bathroom - cos Kris said kids always need to use the toilet... and they're bringing 3 young children with them!! I also have to get my paperwork sorted cos the immigration papers will come shortly & I wanna get everything ready & waiting when it gets here for processing. And if I get them done late, I'll have to work against the clock with the Xmas LONG hols & New Yr hols too!! So, I'm going off now to start on that one first!! And I'll do it happily knowing that my PR will be arriving soon... =)
