Ah the weekend

Finally a  moment to contemplate the events of the last couple of weeks. It feels like we have been here forever and yet it is only just over two weeks. As always, when moving to a new country, there is so much to do and so much to sort out.

We are just waiting to be given the keys for the house and after thinking it would be a couple of weeks yet we were told yesterday that we should hopefully get them on Monday. So last night it was all hands on deck to get the furniture bought and delivered on Monday. Ever thought of trying to get a whole house load of furniture bought and delivered on a holiday weekend? It was off to our good friend Mr Ikea. He has lots and lots of things. A house in a box.

Armed with our list we set off to the shop in the middle of the Friday night rush our traffic. What were that chances of then (a) having all we wanted in stock and (b) being able to deliver it all on Monday? Well as it happens, apart from a slight change of colour of the sofas all WAS in stock and all CAN be delivered on Monday. So there we were in the queue at the checkout with two trolleys piled as high as you could safely pile them. It was some time before anyone else joined the queue that we were in!!!

After paying for it all we headed for the delivery desk to arrange delivery and decided that it would be wise to pay the fee to have the stuff assembled. I could picture the scene of me cursing and swearing and fretting trying to puzzle out what bit goes where. If it was a race, by the time I had the first box open and the stuff laid out Mr Ikea Assembly Guy would have the first unit built and Sheila would have it full of clothes. So we booked a full assembly service except for the sofas and bed mattress. I said I would manage those myself.

After the main furniture was purchased it was a quick bite in the restaurant and back into the goodies hall to fill up with all the bits and pieces from the bits and pieces section. Another laden trolley and a flash of plastic to the nice girl at the checkout and we were done. Well except for the fact that we had to repeat the process at the electrical shop.

Dishwashers are pretty expensive here in Malaysia but we decided, well I decided, that we can't manage without one so the bullet had to be bitten. Dishwasher and washing machine. "Have you got them in stock", I asked optimistically. "Yes", she said. "Can we get them delivered on Monday?", says I, hopefully. "Sure, no problem", she replied. Unfortunately they didn't have any fridge freezers or tumble driers that we liked, well to be honest, they didn't have any with prices that we liked so that's today's task.

So breakfast first then it's off to get more stuff.
David