D. is away on a work trip now so I am supposed to give the update. Well, basically, the tiling for the living/dining room and bathrooms have been done. We have to wait another two weeks for the cement to settle in the bedrooms so the parquet flooring can be installed, and the tiler uncles are presently working on the kitchen wall tiles, which I am really liking!

The wall we planned to hack was hacked this week, and now the tiling uncles are filling up the bottom half (for a nice surprise – to be updated). I am very fascinated by the “brick laying process,” the cement sounds so slushy and I love how he “tok-tok-toks” the hollow blocks into place.

It seems we may have some difficult neighbours above. Besides covering our balcony view with a wet drippy duvet cover on a regular basis, they have not responded to the leaky pipes we spotted in our kitchen and bathroom areas despite official HDB letters/visits. Poo.