Today's our 3rd day in USA. Boy, how time flies. And I still haven't had time to call all my dear friends in Bay Area and catch up with them coz it's just been crazy as we've been out 9am till 9pm the past 2 days, running around like headless chicken looking for bedroom furniture and cars.
For starters, we've bought our cars. I've got a hybrid Camry and Chong got a Lexus ES350. You guys in Malaysia will die for the price we are paying but shan't rub salt into the wound, hahaha! My car won't get in till mid Aug (no stock) but Chong will get his on Mon, 21/7 around 3pm. For those of you who says I am crazy for buying such el cheapo cars when cars r so cheap over here, don't say that coz you wouldn't believe it but petrol price here is US$4.50 per gallon and so, my choice would be any car that's not a petrol guzzler and has good mpg (miles per gallon) for highway and city driving would be good for me. Until I have settled my mortgage, I will not buy anything fanciful. No money lah, hahaha. You know, the Audi A6 is good, the Merc ML430 is wonderful and BMW Z5 is sexy but can see, cannot buy, arghhh... Hey, I've got good taste for cars but no money, no talk.
We've also bought our bedroom furnitures from Furniture Discounters. We've got our California king bed which measures 72"x84", 2 night stands (side tables), 1 dresser with mirror and 1 chest and we paid US$2400 for it, ouch ouch ouch! We've got our king size mattress and Sam's queen size mattress with headboard for US$4795.44 from Mancini's Sleepworld, another ouch ouch ouch! The unfortunate thing is I can't buy all these furnitures from Penang otherwise, I would have saved so much. On top of that, we've got Sam's bedroom furniture at Cort Furniture for a cheaper price at US$600 coz they had a sale that day. She's got a 2 night stand, 1 dresser and 1 mirror. Chong got his office chair for US$200 and L shape table for US$500, 3 seater sofa and 2 units of single seaters for US$1200 for our formal living and 4 table lamps at US$100. So, as you can see, it's been 2 day of madness shopping and we are all very "b'ng" at the end of the day.
Sam has been really good to follow us to all the shopping and she's usually sitting in one corner and busily writing her novel away to keep herself entertained. Chong on the other hand is still suffering from jetlag altho I think he's stressed out thinking about home and work coz the latter's been having lots of challenges prior to our departure. Do keep him in prayer coz I think that's causing the sleepless nights. For Sam and me, both of us are coping well, don't worry about us. After my bout with gastric last 2 weeks, I have learnt my lesson well and so far, have not gone hungry at all and have been eating well.
Today, I drove for the 1st time from shopping places to another and also went back to our home to unpack some of the boxes. Tuesday, the carpet cleaners are coming to clean it and by Wed, the furnitures and mattresses will be in. Slowly but surely, things are taking shape and it's all credit to the Lord for HIS guidance, grace and mercies. I definitely can vouch for that coz without HIM, I am sure I can't move forward and I am only here because HE's walking alongside and I always relying on HIM everyday. So, thanks to all of you who have been covering us in prayer, can't tell you how much I appreciate that.
Tomorrow another round of running around for banking and shopping for linens at Gilroy n collecting Chong's car. Yay! finally can have a nice car to run around in.
Until then, will keep on posting and I hope you will enjoy reading my blog... God bless...
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