Sunday, March 20, 2005
Went to Acacia Hotel in Perth to meet Lut & Rubie in the morning. They wanted Kris to check if their car, which had been left in the staff parking lot for 2 weeks ago, can still run after a bit of a tune-up. Well, the car flattened the spare battery, so Kris had to use the Mitsubishi's while it's running!! No use..... the car's good for scrap.While the boys were having fun in the sun, I spoke to Rubie about the weddings next year & she gave me some really cool ideas for an inexpensive reception. I would still have to locate a halal wedding caterer who does both great asian & inter-continental brunches and one who has all the proper buffet equipment, crockery & cutlery as well as the services usually expected of them. I've found one fantastic caterer in Perth, however they are not halal!! ~sigh~ How difficult is it to get a good caterer?!
Got back home & did some cleaning up. Cos just a couple of hours earlier, Kak Tina sent her Honda Civic for Kris to take a look at. Her mom, sister (Tini) & niece (Fareha) came in another 4WD. They couldn't stay for coffee & cakes, but had a couple of minutes to have a look-through our humble abode. They couldn't believe the house is ours & not rented and they were more amazed that Kris did almost all the renovations & additions to the house, especially the yards, the paving, and still find time to help people with their problematic cars.
We still have a long PROJECTS: TO DO list before we sell our home in search for a quieter, more nature-friendly, larger plot of land further from the city. However we realised it's like a continuous circle of poverty!! We have to wait to better the house before we can sell it at a better price, but we need money for that... on the other urgent hand, we need to sell the house quickly cos the price of houses are sky-rocketing... meaning that we'll probably NEVER be able to move out of this house to get that ideal place. I love this place, but Kris hates the neighbours!
I hate our immediate Chinese neighbours' lack of interests with their weed-infested verge. They seem to not care about the fact that the 1m-2m tall weeds can catch fire & pose a threat to their house & the neighbourhood. And they don't seem to care that the verge is strewn with broken bottles & cans & other junk that kids can hurl into their house or could even innocently fell & cut themselves while walking there. It IS afterall a public verge! It may be a public verge, but you bought the house, you take care of that verge that comes with it. And to think that snakes may live amongst those weeds & slide into their house one night. It's not uncommon especially when the next street opens out to wilderness!!
Also, we've sent them letters to tell them to discipline their dogs, but they simply refuse to listen. The whole day today, their 2 dogs were barking, howling & yapping non-stop!! I'm not imagining it & neither was Kris. We know they didn't stop at all cos Kris was working on his 4WD in the shed & I was tending the garden & airing the entire house, with all the doors wide open! This couple have no respect for other people whatsoever, no wonder they don't care for their own safety either (with the probability of snakes in the verge, or people throwing junk from their verge into their home)!! Either they are plain dumb, unhygienic or straightforwardly cannot be bothered. Whichever it is, it boils down to having NO RESPECT. Anyway, the dogs are still at it. And look at the time!!
