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    Grand Mercure Roxy Hotel (formerly known as Century Roxy Park Hotel)

    most welcome dear! i hope it was just a one-off accident. Probably also becos the host didnt choose the right combi of food. One thing to suggest, do cater for more wine (at least 1 per table), if your guest does drink wine. The host ran out of red wine and was quite embarrassing when guests...
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    Grand Mercure Roxy Hotel (formerly known as Century Roxy Park Hotel)

    hi drizzle, i saw the food list on their website too. it seems that the spread for hi-tea is really little in terms of variety. Some of the worst: Deep-fried Sugarcane Prawns - I've don't understand why issit served as cold appetizer. Deep fried food shd be served hot! It ended up very...
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    Grand Mercure Roxy Hotel (formerly known as Century Roxy Park Hotel)

    i just attended one ROM at Roxy recently. The hi-tea spread was very pathetic for the value (i saw the package price online). Food was terrible, either too oily or totally tasteless. The green tea tiramisu was the nicest of all. Walked past the restaurant serving normal buffet to walk-in guest...
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    Part time maid

    hi all! Same with sue, staying in the east. Needs a part-time maid once every 2 wks. Preferably $10/hr. Anyone with gd recommendations pls email me? Thanks! [email protected]
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    Lightings

    Just to share, i bought my lights from No.1 Lighting too, after chancing upon their gd reviews here. Indeed the uncle is very helpful in ensuring the things that he proposed fits our budget. No hardselling to push for sale for those very expensive dining lights. All in all we bought: - 12...
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    RENOTALK PEOPLE

    evelyn, just sign up for an ac and u can start posting! We all have our own t-blogs.. where we update our own reno progress there.
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    RENOTALK PEOPLE

    yes! i've posted there already
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    RENOTALK PEOPLE

    Pinkpetter: yes! pple do die from heatstroke! better be careful leh... i also went on mc for heatstroke last wk, headache+nauseous for the whole wk! must drink more water! oh no, talking abt that, i dun have a fridge in my house and i cant provide cold drinks for all of u coming! angel...
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    RENOTALK PEOPLE

    k0k0: ya, it includes abs trimmings. the exposed edges are smooth smooth one. As for the soft closing, i think ikea is using Blum right? The brand that ah soon's carpenter use is irex, i googled and found that its some korean brand. if not smooth, just tell the carpenter to chge. one of my...
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    RENOTALK PEOPLE

    angel: noted! tonight meeting a fren's bro who's sending curtains too. seek his advice and see if his quote is cheap. Btw, i'm quite confuse who's coming my place on sat. I'll be there from 3pm-5pm. I think so far there's familyof4, shopping piggy. Evelyn,Gaku: confirm w me soon ok? if...
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    RENOTALK PEOPLE

    familyof4: yes! i hate the rusting part. it just stains the curtain n gets very hard to hook onto after washing. angel: no need to get measurement? But wat if they go up n i decided not to use them becos of pricing? I was thinking of doing it like pinkpetter's dad, give them measurement n...
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    RENOTALK PEOPLE

    shopping piggy: emailed u! angel/familyof4: sounds really gd! my 1st choice was roman blinds, but too ex. so next was day/night curtains but i dun like the metal hook portion. Shall take my windows measurements and think abt what curtains to do. Anyway, i dun mind washing the curtains.. the...
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    RENOTALK PEOPLE

    familyof4: thks! u confirmed ur deal with CD? or taking from Ah soon? i was quoted $700 for 2 top-track bifold door initially, but i chge to PD door. He nvr say extra charges or wat lah, but i know the direct supplier who does installation for walk-in customer is charging at $280+. Then again...
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    RENOTALK PEOPLE

    fondue: Waiting to see ur 14ft wardrobe! I already feel that my 10ft is a bit overwhelming. haha! Will urs be sliding door or bifold door? i think the carpenter scare liao lah, ah soon scolded him very badly for my cabinet's defects. I think he'll be pressurizing his workers to do a gd job for...
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    RENOTALK PEOPLE

    nottimonster: i signed with Closet design b4 i even found ah soon. Wanted the pole system initially, most of the contractors we check with couldnt do it. Then after going to CD we chge our mind to american system instead (the one u see in the pic), with all internal laminated wood. So i...
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    RENOTALK PEOPLE

    My kitchen cabinet.. now w glass panels. Still pending carpenters to chge some of the chipped doors thou. Closet Design wardrobe completed today too. Hub is totally against bottom tracks but the length was too long for 2 top-track sliding doors and too short for 3. So bifold doors was the...
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    RENOTALK PEOPLE

    weekuan: we love ah soon for various reasons, like he's much cheaper than most contractors out there and he's a very chin-chye uncle that isn't very particular abt charging us for small little things. His workmanship is not fantastic, but i would say value for money. Most imptly, he's got pride...
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    5 room Reno *~Renovation of My Home~*

    I just went to see also, i think ur chair is the one with the bigger legs, that's why more ex than mine. My table not high high ones, just a little higher than normal table, i think tts y cheaper than urs. somemore i grabbed it during sales. Ah soon say dun touch the table, he'll do the...
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    5 room Reno *~Renovation of My Home~*

    i bought the Utby table, cost me $79! how come urs so cheap? my chairs are Annsi, $19 each during the Ikea sales.. cheap cheap like urs! :P
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    RENOTALK PEOPLE

    familyof4: Yes! its all in my camera. Go home transfer out and i'll post. Was kinda weird having the carpenter boss here the whole aftn and there i'm engaging another vendor to do up the wardrobe. He was staring at the wardrobe when he was abt to leave lor! :P Pinkpetter: gone to the docs...

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