New Car Vios 2016

Dec 7th 2016

Its a great year for me .... My wife bought a Nissan Sylphy on July and now I bought a Toyota Vios, 2016 with a face lift model. I feel happy, as this year brings a lot of happiness and joy for me and my family.

The Toyota gives a big discount for the year end clearance sale and I take this opportunity to change my old Viva to the Vios face lift model.... a lot of other goodies were thrown in together as a package which i cannot resist ...furthermore they have the RED color that I like the most ....

I pray to GOD to bless us always. Thank You GOD. 

2016 Vios Face Lift E spec

New dashboard with 7 speed shif-tronic gear 

At the Toyota dealer, moment before take the car

A simple prayers for the new car at Jalan Baru Ayya Temple.

Me and my new Red Vios

 

Stairs case face lift DIY

OK , after the successful bathroom facelift complete, its time to move my upgrade work to staircase. The stair with cement spread start to feel slippery after 12 yrs. Since I have enough experience with the bathroom DIY , so , I feel comfortable of starting off the renovation work for the staircase.

After few days of browsing thru internet, YouTube and gathered enough knowledge, finally able to start off my renovation work.

Cost for the renovation ( sponsored by my wife )

1) Tiles - RM380
2) Tile adhesive ( 3 x 20kg pack )  - RM75
3) Edge Trim 8 feet x 16 pcs ) - RM60

Friday :
Hacking the surface for the tiling work
Measure for the center point for each stairs. Old school treat alignment.

 


Saturday :
Tile cutting and fixing for stair rise




Sunday :
Stair leveling with dry pack cement after rise tiles installation, since the original tread is not level
Sorry no photo.
The dry pack cement were purely mix by my wife ( 5 :1 ratio ), thanks to her hard work.

2nd Saturday :
Tile cutting and installation for tread with 2 color design and plastic edge trim.



2nd Sunday :
Since the tiling work is so tiring, decided to take rest for a day.


Will update the blog when more work complete.
Pending works :
1) Landing area tiling with design.
2) Tiling for inner and outer skirting.

Bathroom DIY

A sudden trigger of doing renovation to my master bedroom toilet. Its been 12 years since I bought the house, so feels like its time for a facelift. Eventually start to ask quotation from few contractor for the renovation cost and design but non satisfied me. Either the price is way to high or the design is to simple for the price range.

So decided to do my own renovation ... DIY ...

So below is my capital investment for the renovation :-

1) Makita 3 in 1 hammer drill - RM560
2) Tile cutter - RM170
3) 10mm x 10mm square edge trowel - RM5.00
4) Water leveler - RM8.00

And below is my renovation cost

1) 1x2 ft. tile - RM480
2) 1x1 ft. tile - RM200
3) Sand , Cement , bricks - RM 140
4) ABS pipe , ABS adhesive , poly pipe , white tape - RM 250
5) Sink , toilet bowl - RM550
6) Pipe head , spray head , hose , sink head - RM180
7) Tile adhesive - RM50
8) Booster pump - RM380
9) Exhaust fan - RM120
10) Lightning , wires and bulb - RM45
11) Design - FOC ( since its my own )
12) Workmanship - FOC - since I do myself with small help from children and my wife :) 


Sorry no original photo.

On-going renovation ( old tile breaking and ABS/Poly piping layout )

 

 

Tiling work in progress.



70% complete tiling





Final product.

 

No plumber , no electrician , no contractor everything my own .... :) , thanks to YouTube for teaching me the trick for tiling job.
But took me 5 month to complete ,  since its a weekend project.

Siem Reap Trip with Friends 31 Oct till 2 Nov 2014

My first trip with friends after 17 years of working. No wife , no children , just friends !!

Wow, that's a wonderful feelings, travel with friends with a lot of joke exchange, laugh with them having fun together. I may experience some trips with my school friends, but that long time ago , with my father money of course.

This trip change my whole view on how to enjoy and forgot  the hectic live that I go thru day by day.
Full of fun , drinks , nice foods , good body massage by professionals, different environment, different culture, World Heritage Site visits. Not to say family trip is boring, somehow family trip restricted the overall fun. Holiday with friends bring back that inner youth feelings.

One important note to make, my dream to visit at least 15 wonders of the world have started, and seriously I will visit at least 15 wonders of the world don't care by which category before I gone.

The wonders that I complete so far :

1) Golden gate bridge - SFO - 2007 - company trip
2) Taj Mahal - India - 2012 - family trip
3) Angkor Watt - Cambodia - 2014 - with friends

My next trip is to Beijing , China on coming Jan 2015, target is to visit the Temple of Heaven , The Forbidden City and of course the world wonder - Great Wall of China.

The 3 day Siem Reap holiday where so fun, where we reserve the 2nd day for full site watch activity. Its a tiring trip where you took tuk-tuk to show around and they usually charge between USD12 to 15. The entrance where charged separately USD20 for 1 day pass.

Such a wonderful site, and of course the technology behind to make the temple that big keeps everyone visit the Angkor Watt mesmerizing.

We happen to arrive at Siem Reap on the Halloween festival, and the pub street full of people dressing in costumes and enjoy the hard rock / techno with dance all over the place put me in a different world. Such a enjoyable night.

The original Khmer food - minus the spring roll :)

Me after complete the meal

The famous Pub street at Siem Reap

Entrance of Angkor Watt

The bayuon temple

Magnificent View

Siem Reap International Airport

My Son 8th Birthday Celebration

        My son 8th birthday last week. Rather a simple but beautiful celebration among family member. He is happy because of getting a bicycle has a gift  as per his wish. Actually there an agreement between me and him, if he gets all 'A' in his mid term school exam than he will get a bicycle for his birthday. He really did get all 'A's for his exam. Children now days have to reward for every achievement, not like me those days ... if not get 'A' will get a good whack from my father ...

Posing with his new bicycle

8th year birthday cake , Vegetarian Chocolate Almond Cake

Waiting for cut the cake

A bit of posing

With the sister , waiting to eat the cake

Mother getting the candle lid

All ready ... Happy Birthday To You ..Srinivasa

Brother In-law demise

23 Sept 2014 , I lost my brother in law. A very shocking turn of event, my sister husband pass away at 38 years old due to pneumonia, leaving behind 3 small children's. I really cannot accept the game of God who wants my sister to suffer the rest of her life.

But, has a elder brother, I will take care her as much as I'm capable and possible. I hope the God will bless her and be at her side always. Seeing the children's growing without a father is very sad and something that I did not even imagine. 13 years of marriage does not bless my sister with wealth, a simple and ever insufficient live , but at least she is happy with the love of her heart. But even that does not last !!

I understand all human being does not meant to last, but at least God prolong his life to see the children growing and success in their career and life. Looking at the youngest 6 years old son doing the last ritual to his father is something I'm not bare watch.

Heart dropping situation when the boy is looking to his father and searching for him, while crying just before the final ritual makes the whole family members broke in tears and cry out loud. I have to console the boy saying the father is now at the feet of God makes the boy stop crying and searching. God knows weather the boy understand the situation or just calm down on my sweet words.

May the soul rest in peace.

Muniandy A/L V.Subramaniam
Birth : 29th Mac 1976
Death : 23rd September 2014
Cause of death : Severe Sepsis Secondary to Severe Pneumonia.

Penang Star Walk 2014

Join the Penang Star Walk 2014 on 14th Sept 2014 with my company friends. This is my 1st experience participate in a such event. Estimate around 20 thousand people participate in this yearly event. The walk punctually start at 7.00am at the Penang Times Square by Penang Govenor. Its a fun walk and get the chance to see around the heritage sides at Penang which normally drove by car or motorcycle. Its a chance to get know my birth state up and close ...



My walk summary



The Penang Star Walk Route and my performance