the renovations at the house have officially started. felt so good yesterday to drop by the house and see much of the tiling for the living room and bedrooms already done. I must say they are really fast in their work. did not expect to see so much done in a matter of days. our only concern is that they did not post up the Notice of Renovation Work outside the flat:

4.1.2 After getting the permit from HDB, the flat owner and his registered renovation contractor must display the Notice of Renovation Work outside the flat until all the renovation work is completed.

Have already contacted Mona regarding this matter, and I assume she is looking into the matter.

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Agnes is currently super bz. On top of all her work commitments, she also has to work on her Masters thesis, and then still find time to practise and go for her piano lessons. so the poor girl is really pressed for time. I wish there was some way I could help her, but there is not very much I could do to help even if I wanted to.
So we will probably be spending less time on weekends together now until she has settled her thesis matters. I am not sure how long it will be until we get back to some semblance of normalcy. But we do have our upcoming Hong Kong and Berlin trips to look forward to. Maybe we will get to spend some quality time together on those days.
With the flat renovations ongoing, and all the travelling and other matters to see to, it will be interesting to see how things panned out for us. it would be ideal if the flat was ready now, so that we could go over there and write her thesis and practise her piano. But alas, we are still a few weeks away from completion. And by then Agnes would probably have finished her current draft of her thesis.

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with all our financial commitments (flat, furniture and wedding!), we may have to stall on the getting of a new car. yesterday we spoke and once again Agnes seemed none too keen to invest in a new car despite her previous protestations to the contrary. sigh.

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with all the recent deaths of the bunnies, I now have more cages than bunnies. so it probably makes sense to upgrade the bunnies to bigger living quarters, especially fluffy, whose cage has barely has any hopping space. Perhaps he can move to the biggest one, and Muffy and Scruffy will temporarily abide in the 2 other big cages.
after a proper cleansing, muffy and scruffy can get proper hides and such in their cages. currently their cages are still rather spartan, with only drinking bottles and bowls, after I had moved them to separate cages.

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I am rather looking forward to the trip to Hong kong with Agnes. On the other hand Agnes is really excited about the trip to Berlin, Germany. We recently went to OCBC to do the bank transfer for her trip to Berlin. It should be successfully transacted by next week. I also have to go down again one of these days to get a cheque to pass to Mona for the 2nd installment of our renovation.
We will be in Kowloon for the Hong kong trip, so i still have no dea what my itineray shall be for the days that I am there. As Agnes will probably be out on most days, I will have to entertain myself with places to go and places to visit during the day. So it is basically a free&easy trip for me. so the possibilities are endless. but I will probably not stray too far from the hotel area unless that there is anything must-see out of town (i.e. Hong Kong Island).
area where Agnes will be at,Shek Kip Mei. Kowloon is famous for its hills, and Nathan Rd! Nathan Road is the main thoroughfare in Kowloon, and where many shops and restaurants are found. No visit to Hong Kong is ever complete without a visit to Victoria Harbour. Victoria Peak is another must see. for shopping Causeway Bay and Tsim Sha Tsui seem highly recommended.