Thursday, February 4, 2010

Renovation : Before & After

Beginilah rupa rumah aku yg baru direnovasi "sebelum dan selepas". Banyak gak perubahan yg dibuat. Almaklumlah, rumah ni rumah lama... Dah 15 tahun lebih, pastu pulak dah dekat 4 tahun ditinggalkan tanpa penghuni..... so, paham2 la mcm mana keadaan asal dia kan..... Keseluruhan proses renovation ambik masa 72 hari, dari bulan Oct sampai Dec 09. Generally, takde byk melibatkan perubahan structure besar. Rumah ni asalnya owner lama dah ader renovate sikit la mcm kitchen dah extent sampai belakang (bahagian bawah sajer), gate depan dan dilebarkan, lantai porch dah ader tile dan ruang tamu dan dining asal pun dah ader plaster ceiling. Tapi, semua dah agak usang dan buruk la....So, alang2 nak repair, repair jer lah satu rumah.

Kebykan kerja melibatkan baikpulih. Paip air buat baru, repair wiring, tukar tiling, plaster ceiling, tukar frame dan tingkap, repair pintu dan cat seluruh rumah balik. Ader la sikit keja hacking and building kat area kitchen dgn porch. Kat kitchen kitorng pindah bilik air (dari tengah ke tepi), pecah dinding2 dapur kasi nampak luas sikit dgn buat concrete table top. Kat Porch pulak, buat bumbung porch, tukar tiles lantai dgn tembok gate, pasang gate baru dgn autogate pastu ader extention living area dlm 5 kaki ke depan, tukar sliding door jadi pintu and tukar pintu asal jadi tingkap. Basically tu la perubahan yg dah jadi. Plan asal bukan camtu.....jauh bezanya dgn plan asal..... ni semua gara-gara apa yg kita panggil" Teori Alang-alang"....alang-alang menyeluk perkasam biar sampai ke pangkal lengan.....

Plan asal cuma nak tukar piping baru, repair wiring, cat, renovate area kitchen dgn tukar lantai atas dari parquet ke tiles jer. Takde dlm plan nak buat plaster ceiling, extent living area, tukar tingkap, jauh sekali la nak buat porch, autogate dll. Ni semua gara2 "alang2" la ni..."Alang-alang nak buat ni..buat ni la sekali, nanti tak payah susah" dah......"klu dah masuk barang2 baru nak buat, byk keja nanti"......pastu contractor plak "ni klu buat lain kali harga jadi mahal sikit la"....tu semua la ayat2 yg "membunuh".....hehehehe.... anyway, ada kebenarannya jugak la.... sebelum masuk, better siapkan semua dulu..... baru boleh duduk dgn selesa..... tapi tu lah, akibatnya "poket" yg merana.....tahan jer lah....


Ni 2 bilik tidur tingkat atas. Asalnya lantai parquet, takde plaster ceiling dan tingkap jenis nako. Kitorng tukar tingkap jenis 2 panel, tukar ke porcelain tile 2x2, buat plaster ceiling dan cat balik. Dalam kedua-dua bilik ni dulunya ada built-in wardrobe jenis plywood. Tapi sebb wardrobe tu besar sgt sedangkan bilik ni kecik jer, so kitorng buang wardrobe tu..


Yg ni pulak built-in wardrobe dalam master bedroom. Yg lama tu guna material plywood. So, kitorg tukar, buat baru guna melamine abs, kedudukan & saiz semua sama jer. Tukar meterial jer


Built-in wardobe ni pun sama. Asalnya plywood, kitorg tukar melamine board dgn sliding door....yg lama tu ok lagi cuma ader satu pintu dia dah hilang....so, tukar jer lah..alang2....

Ni keadaan bilik tingkat bawah. Asalnya area ni kitchen, tapi owner lama dah convert jadi bilik tidur. Maybe sebab area ni lebih besar dari bilik maid sebelahnya. So, yg bilik maid asal dia tukar jadi kitchen sebb dia extent kawasan belakang sekali , so jadi besar sikit la kitchen tu. Masa kitorg beli bilik bawah ni dinding dia ader tiles (sebb asalnya kitchen kan)... tapi, owner lama tu alas tiles dinding tu dgn plywood.... tatau apasal.. Kitorang remain bilik ni and jadikan bilik tetamu.... plywood tu bukak, buang tiles, plaster balik dinding tu dan cat balik. Tingkap asal dia di pindahkan ke bahagian tepi sbb ruang belakng tingkap asal tu jadi tempat utk washing machine. Lantai bilik ni lantai asal, tak tukar, cuma pasang skirting jer.

Yg ni pulak dining area. Tak byk perubahan, cuma pasang downlight, polish balik lantai fractured marble tu dan cat.

Ni kawasan entrance ke bilik bawah (sblh kanan) dgn kitchen (sblh kiri). Pintu bilik tu tukar jadi bukak sblh dlm dan dicat warna putih.


Ni lah rupa bahagian depan rumah. Dulu ada sliding door, tapi kitorng extent dlm 5 kaki, pastu tukar guna pintu kayu. Cermin tempered glass tu kira personal interest aku... nak nampak moden kononnya.


Asalnya ni lah pintu utama, tapi sebab pintu dah pindah ke tempat sliding door, pintu ni convert jadi tingkap.


Tiles kat tangga pun tukar...


Ni kitchen. Asalnya bilik air kat tgh2 (sblh dinding tu). Bilik air dlm rumah, pengudaraan pun dlm rumah...dok plak tgh2 rumah...cam tak sesuai...sbb tu kitorg pindahkan bilik air ketepi..... pengudaraan pun ke luar....takde la ader bau2 yg tak menyenangkan masuk dlm rumah....


Pemandangan kitchen dari depan pintu masuk kitchen... asalnya dulu ni bilik maid, tapi owner lama dah buat kitchen tapi nampak smpit sebb bilik air dia tak ubah, still dok tgh2... kitorg pecahkan dinding2 yg tak berkenaan, kasi nampak luas sikit.... buat concrete top, pastu install kitchen cabinet.... pintu cabinet tu guna glass coated.... mulanya ingat nak guna acrylic tapi lepas bincang2 dgn org kitchen cabinet baik buruk acrylic, glass coated dgn vinyl...kitorg decided ambik glass lah....sbb susah calar walaupun senang pecah.... insyallah klu tak slam kuat2, tak pecah kot....


Ni plak view kitchen cabinet dari sblh pintu belakng.....


Ni sebelah yg satu lagi kitchen cabinet, tempat nak letak oven, fridge dgn microwave.....

Ni lah rupa asal rumah. Masa belum beli ke lepas siap renovate. Bumbung porch tu agak rendah, tapi still la boleh masuk MPV tinggi mcm Naza Ria. Actually, takleh nak buat apa sbb rumah ni mmg beam rendah...mmg rumah lama design cam tu kot. Contractor ader suggest buat bumbung concrete slab, tapi aku tak nak sbb byk dgr citer org buat concrete slab klu hujan air bocor klu tk buat water proofing betul2... so, better buat bumbung tiles jer lah.... Autogate ni asalnya takde dlm perancangan...tapi...mmm..sbb "teori alang-alang"...buat jugak lah.....

Ok lah... tu serba sedikit psl renovation rumah aku...... Secara amnya, renovation ni lebih kepada kerja2 repair jer, .... tak byk melibatkaan cosmetic work.... maybe next time...insyallah klu ader rezeki lebih........

chiow....

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

My Birthday Gift

12 Jan 2010 hari tu genap la 31 tahun umur aku....alhamdulillah. Guess?...what I got for my birthday?....Taraaa!!!! ......a Blackberry 9700 smartphone or code name "Bold II"... this lovely gift is from my beloved wife, Tuty.. I got this on th 13th, a day after my birthday.

According to my wife, the idea of buying me a hphone came out when she heard me keep on complaining and started "pissed off" with my 2 years old Asus P750 smartphone. That phone's signal receptions started to give me problem and of cause a problem to her as well because she hardly get me.

Initially, she had planned to give this as surprise. She already "kaw tim" with my good friend, "Ngek" (bukan nama sebenar) to recce, what is my dream hphone. I remembered, Ngek did called me and we had a long conversation about hphone.... but, at that time I still not in serious thought of buying a new phone. I was kinda forget about phone's technology and model since I bought Asus.... I did mention to Ngek that I was thinking of Samsung Omnia, HTC HD2..... and also Iphone... That time I still want to keep on using windows mobile phone.... One day, my office friend suggested to me about Blackberry specifically model 9700 Bold II.... my perseptions about Blackberry was just a phone suitable for business and work. To me BB is famous with it's email thing.. and because BB is very common in my office, almost every employee have (company kasi...) except me and a few non-important worker....I found it a bit boring la.... that why I never thought about buying a BB... untill one day I watched a review about the phone in youtube, then I realize that BB is kinda cool stuff also.... I told my wife about that and that had made her mind confused about what to buy for me and as she knows my fussiness when talk about electronic gadget, she don't dare to make decision so she decided to reveal her surprise plan la..... hehehe....

What made me chose BB is because I think BB is just fit my need, It fast, simple, elegent looking, and look pro.... I've been using Windows Mobile phone since 2005 and I started to fell unease with the "hanging" and "lagging" problem which I think is quite common in WinMo phone. I admit, WinMo has lots of applications and its compatibility with PC really good... but out of thousand apps that WinMo have, only a few that I really use. I just use some financial manager apps and also a password manager software which I can find it also in BB.... and the fact that BB has least or no problem with "hanging", so I chose BB.... plus I kinda 'giler' facebooking, so BB is a good choice.

What a BB if without BB service kan, so terpaksalah I subscribe BB service and I think now I am ready for phone bill commitment. I still wanna keep my 9 year old number, so I just migrate it to postpaid. I'd never experienced using postpaid before and this is my first time. I've been using prepaid since I had been introduced to mobile phone back in 1999. ....lama tu....

So far, I really like my BB..... really excite me...and hope the excitement will remain for a longer time...and I'll not think about other phone anymore......


Ni la phone lama aku ... Asus P750 running on Windows Mobile 6.1. I bought this phone in April 2008..Ni lah phone yg paling lama aku pakai....dekat2 2 tahun jugak la.....cuma lately ni dia selalu buat hal....ader masalah dgn signal reception .....maybe sebab dah byk kali jatuh dikerjakan Thaqif...phone ni la jadi tempat Thaqif layan video2 "ultraman" dia... .but anyway, undeniable la, Asus P750 was a great phone....but aging.

And below is my new Blackberry Bold II....sexy isn't it?.





Side profile of the phone..........


Main screen interface.......looks really elegent



3.2MP camera...just nice for camera phone... Why need higher pixel?.. If I wanna shoot high quality pics, use a real camera then....

What a great birthday gift I got this year...Thank you so much Ling (Tuty)......
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