pistia stratiotes as of 11 aug..

aren't they cute?!?!?!.. i'm checking them out daily to see if there are new buds.. a lot more leaves and roots.. now have to place each at one corner.. so worried they will outgrow the pond..

pistia stratiotes..

are placed in our water feature on 31 jul.. so amazed by the growth rate.. very cute white flower but it only lasted for 1-2 days..

foto taken on 3 aug


foto taken on 5 aug


foto taken on 8 aug

another interesting day...

guess every weekend is going to be groceries shopping day.. we fully utilized 3hr IMM free parking (2hr 55mins).. daiso and giant.. still dun have enough time to cover most of giant.. there are promotions on things i have already bought last week.. grrrrrhhh.. must start to track them..

after short rest.. decided to jog.. along pasir panjang road or to kent ridge park.. too lazy to do steep slope.. so i turned right to head to ISS.. initially there were quite a lot of cars/buses.. later on it got better.. saw many nice houses and apt/condo.. NUS business school building looks like mini "nest".. remembered the slope i always have to walk up 5+ yrs back.. how much effort i have to put in to grad with the minimal CAP of 3.. not sure how long i ran but it was relaxing.. cooled down at the first floor of my apt.. the views of PSA.. cable car.. universal studio hotel.. are really nice.. hopefully i can see fireworks tomorrow..

hubby prepared quick dinner.. korean instant noodles and frozen crispy chicken.. we had it at our terrace since i was feeling hot and sweaty.. the breeze was nice and the ambiance was romantic.. just that it did not go well with the noodles.. anyways who cares.. i'm contented with a loving hubby who cooks.. so should not complain too much..

settling down...

for the first few days.. we keep forgetting to switch off the lights and aircon.. keep reminding ourselves to close the windows.. keep forgetting things and have to climb the stairs few times a day.. din sleep well bcoz of heavy rain/wind where the heavy rain drops pelted so hard on the windows.. finally we are out of these..

we have been relying on our i-robot to vacuum the place.. it always "die" in the first run as it does not know how to go back to charge.. hopefully hubby can fix this soon.. so finally we swept and mopped the house yesterday.. washed the terrace and toilets.. wiped part of the glasses.. did laundry.. we stopped the house chores after lunch.. hubby made pork porridge.. not too bad but too "thick" for me..

my mom came over in the afternoon.. both of us went swimming and the water was so cold.. i realized i have not swam with her for ages.. we let her relax.. hubby made dinner and i did the washing.. dad came over to pick her home and went back after looking at our night views..

the busy day completes with the ironing.. it's amazing how much work we have done.. now i'm having muscles ache.. not sure if it's from the house chores or swimming.. anyways.. feel really great.. we love our new home.. hope we can keep up with these..