Showing posts with label Reno. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reno. Show all posts

Monday, June 7, 2010

Winner!

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(Photo credit: http://decohouz.com)

I won a contest!!! I hardly ever enter contests coz I don't believe that my entry will ever be good enough to compete with the gazillion other people who submit their entries! Whaddya know...

I received a mailer from http://homepride.com.my/ promoting their latest magazine. Came across a contest that was going on. One could stand to win RM120 worth of decals. Was bored. Thought I'd give it a shot. Took 4 minutes to answer the questions and hit "submit". Never thought about it anymore after that. When one fine day, I get an email with the subject heading - Decohouz Promotion Winner


From: Ask Homepride <ask.homepride@catchacorp.com>
Date: Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 11:16 AM
Subject: Decohouz Promotion Winner
To: Shelley Tay
Cc: sales@decohouz.com

Hi Shelley,

Congratulations on winning first prize with RM120 worth of product available at Decohouz.com!

Please confirm your full name, IC, contact number and address. Do respond as soon as possible else we will give it to the next deserving participant by tomorrow.

Name: Shelley Tay Peik Lin
IC: 7xxxxxxxxx
Contact number: 01x-xxxxxx
Address: x-1 xxxxx Kuala Lumpur, WP.


Once we receive your confirmation then only you are entitle to choose your RM120 worth of prize available at Decohouz.com. Winners are advise to claim
their prizes within 7 days as Sharon will be away from 9th to 15th June 2010. Postage fee will be sponsored by Decohouz.com.

Do contact Sharon, the owner of Decohouz.com for more information.

Name: Sharon
Email: sales@decohouz.com

Have a nice day.

Cheers,
Yxx
Online Content Manager
Catcha Home Publications Sdn Bhd

ELATED!!! Not so much about the products won, but to actually WIN! Woohoo!
Today, Homepride sent me an emailer again, this time I browse through and find my name in their winner list. 
Pardon the indulgent narcissistic me - just for today. Promise! There's just something about winning, it's exhilarating!

Thank you HomePride and Decohouz!

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Tubing Cutter

Look what CS found - a tubing cutter! What in the world is a tubing cutter, I hear you ask?
If you're like us...always having to rely on contractors to cut our curtain rods...you'll love this. It's a simple DIY tool that can cut tubes (duh!)
Just slide the rod in between the cutter. Tighten the jaw by screwing it down, then twist twist twist.
Voila, your tube is cut!

Note to self: Either this is a fantastic find or we (read CS) are just suckers for cool-looking gizmos!

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Sponge Brush

The internet just has so many resources! I am indeed a googaholic! I was searching for a video on how to patch holes in the wall (or something like that), and while I was watching it, I saw the guy using a "sponge brush". I haven't really seen one before. But I thought it might intrigue the husband. I sent him the link. Whaddya know, that very evening, we were owners of a sponge brush - TWO to be exact! We got them from Home-Fix at the Waterfront, Desa Parkcity. I don't think you would be able to get this at your resident chinese hardware shop ... I think they'd scoff at it ... "What? Why do you need this? Just take a paintbrush or sponge-lah!"
The 3 different sizes available at Home-Fix
The 3 different prices for the 3 different sizes :)

CS loved it! He managed to use it to paint perfect-straight-line borders between the coloured wall and the white wall. Very suitable for melancholic personalities! :)

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Drill Dust Collector

I came across this wonderful inexpensive gadget the other day! No, I don't do the drilling, CS does - and a wonderful job he does. The other day in the office, a few workers came to add on plug points. Oh boy, what a mess they made. My colleague and I got talking and she says that her FIL never lets contractors drill without using a drill pouch. "What's that?" I asked. She briefly told me but couldn't tell me much more. I then referred to the wonderful world of google to find out what it was.

Oh wow!!! What a find!!!

CS had been drilling our walls to put up curtain rods, and there was just one more wall to do. I forwarded this to him and that evening itself, he did this in 30 seconds (tops!) and we used this. All I can say is...

Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow!

No more messiness when drilling! We won't ever need to fear drilling over clean stuff anymore. This little drill dust collector works like magic!

Try it!!!

Here's how it looks like
And THIS is where the dust rightfully goes to! View the tutorial below to get a better idea!

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

"Loi Soke" the Iron Man

How do you look for a good grill contractor? Go look at the grill gate of every unit of every floor! Erm. Yes, that's what we did. But I definitely wouldn't recommend it :p CS came up with a great grill design with great safety features and great practicality. Next, was to get a contractor who could do a great job with great finishing. We found such a person in "Loi Soke" who did one of our neighbours' grill gate :)
The pieces were brought and assembled outside the corridor of our unit
Fitted in
And voila, we have ourselves a new grill door!
"Loi Soke" did the heavy duty jobs like welding and the fitting in. He then left it to his younger worker (an apprentice perhaps?) to do the finishing touches on the hinges. The younger worker was very good and detailed in sealing off the hinges and adding the finishing touches of paint to the grill. Overall, we were very happy with their work! Good quality.

Here's the contact :)

Kim Lai Iron Works
"Loi Soke" (Uncle Loi)'s contact number 019-2612620

Again, you can say that you got his number from Lee of Menjalara :)

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Sim the electrician

Since we've been busy with doing minor renovations to our new place, the next few posts, I imagine, would be about contractors :) CS found this electrician by chance (is there such a thing like "chance" anyway?) when he went to a light shop. There was a business card in that shop which CS took and thereafter rang this guy "Sim". Sim turned out to be a very nice guy. Gentle, conscientious, neat and tidy.
Here are a couple of photos of what he did.
Clean lines
He also patched back the holes and sanded the wall after he was done.
The best part of it (for me) ... he always sweeps up the debris, collects whatever wire bits and stacks his things neatly away in a corner after he is done for the day :)

Out of all the people who came to do stuff for us, he ranks tops!

Here's his number if you are looking for an electrician to give you a quote: 017-351-8551. You can say you got his number from Lee of Menjalara. (No, we don't get referral fees ;))
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