I’m hearing ‘Teerrrrggggrrrrrrr….‘ and ‘Grrrrgggrrrrrr….‘ and ‘Chiiinnnnggggg…..’ and ‘Dongggggggrrrrrrr…‘

We were shouting at the top of our voices or we had to wait for the brief silence interval in order to hear and be heard.

Where in the world am I? My very own home!!!

All these craziness started this morning at 9am.

This is one of the very few things which make me detest staying in a Singapore HDB flat. Because all the units are so ‘nicely‘ stacked together, on top of each other, left and right; a drill on the wall from your right neighbour feels like a drill from the neigbour ‘above‘ PLUS a drill from the neighbout ‘below‘ PLUS a drill from the neighbour on your left.

AAAaaaaaarrrrrrrrgghhhhh…. I’m telling you, my house was shivering!!!!

After bringing Binbin home from school at 11am, Allan and I were determined to get OUT OF THE HOUSE. Get away from all the drilling, hacking and hammering.

One of my neighbours (Btw, I call everyone in my block ‘my neighbours’) have moved and the new comer is doing a complete makeover to the house. All floorings must be raised. Tiles on the wall must be taken down. Wiring must be pulled out from all corners. In short, everything needs to be re-done!

We had planned to go everywhere and anywhere the kids wanted to, so long as we are NOT in the house. We planned to stay OUT till night falls. There is a Mandarin saying, “Men’s prediction can never be compared to Heaven’s plan.” (ren-shuan-bu-ru-tian-shuan)

Keatkeat’s ‘morning‘ sinus lasted longer than it normally does. He was all teary from the sneezes throughout his 4hours in school. We had no choice but to bring him home for medication and put the boy down to rest.

The ‘Grrrrgggggrrrrrr‘ and ‘TaaTeetgrrrrrrrr‘ can be pretty droning too. Keatkeat had no problem falling asleep and Binbin, who had no intention to bring forward his noon nap, became sleepy too.

*Deep Breath* Its night time now. All is quiet, all is calm. But tomorrow will come another round. When will this end? Well, the renovation-approval notice said “ONE MONTH“!  *faint*