finally

Finally hopefully we can get our peaceful and clean home sweet home back

For those of you who had been to my house during the previous 11 months (almost a year) will have noticed the massive renovation on our neighbour's house. it's like building a house from scratch

While I think my neighbour are sure to be very happy to be finally be able to move in to their DREAM home, 

I guess I'm the HAPPIER one around.

For we have live in constant UNpeace of mind for the almost past 1 year.

it's like I'm staying in a PRISON and yet I'm in my home.

Imagine living next to a construction side,
so much so that we have to seal the house (meaning all door and window closed) in order to avoid the whole house being polluted. 

- the amount of noise 

- the amount of dust 

- the amount of toxic (cement, paint and i don't-even-know-what)

- the amount of inconvenient (we can't hang our clothes to dry outside... or it will be dirtier than before wash, constant cleaning of porch and home required...etc)

- the amount of ugly sights 

- the amount of rubbish (you know what happen when you have that BIG construction rubbish disposal metal box bin, plus it's the festive spring cleaning season)

- the amount of mosquitoes due to the above (don't even mention the smell)

- the amount of stress - drilling, banging, knocking, you name it. Also thinking the amount of toxic my children are breathing in every single day. Also the chinese believe that there should not be renovation of house during pregnancy....the list is just endless

- the damage the renovation caused to our already old house (and deny it's because of them)

- the 4 different batches of foreign workers (some are ok, some are scary)

- the deprivation - fresh air, gardening time, play time with kid outside house, the chance to have a clean house

- the entrance of house being blocked- loading unloading, worker car

oh...I can go on and on...

yes, exactly, I really sounded like an old grumpy nanny complaining. 

I was eager to celebrate western new year with PEACE but I didn't get to...

I'm thankful though I get to celebrate chinese new year with PEACE ... 

Before this I used to have a little intention to extend the house... but now, I don't think I want to ... a small house is just good enough for us, we stay close & warm and sweet with lesser cleaning. 

Finally, we are seeing light at the end of the tunnel...

After having endure so much for the past almost 1 year, I'm don't have the 'gas' to complain anymore, i'm just plain grateful that it's all coming to an end...

and here's to a new beginning

Having said all the above, don't get me wrong, I do not blame my neighbour ... 
it's just the timing and it's just our luck ... 
perhaps god wanted us to learn something ... to learn to appreciate what we have, to appreciate things we taken for granted and things we do not realised we have all along.

Welcome back, my dearie home :D