Dream Kitchen - Part 1 - The Reason

I moved in to the current house two years ago. The house seems perfect for me because it has everything that meets my basic requirement including the kitchen.. If I said this to my sisters and frens, definitely they will say, hey the developer only gave you one fragile sink and a tap. I told them that would be enough for me for the time being. At least I don't have to do any renovation for the house. Only to fix some lights, fans and water heaters. That's all. Of course I dream of a nice kitchen cabinet but... well, I didnt have sufficient funds after all the payment & fees for the house.. argghh sale & purchase agreement, legal fee, stamping, maintenance & utilities fee bla, bla, bla

Everytime the maintenance people came to do some repairs, their workers always said, hmm this is among few houses in this area which maintain the original fixtures in the house. Hahahhah. When I asked them, what else other house owners did. The descriptions would just flow out of their mouth..owhh they would change the tiles, build kitchen cabinet, wardrobes, change the gate etc, etc, etc. When I asked them whether materials used for the house are good enough at least to be used for the next 10 years. They agreed with me for many things about the house except for the kitchen sink.. hihihiih. so, i told myself, nevermind, i will see how long the sink would last.

Yeah, the sink and the kitchen tap are usable until last August. And it was a day before Eid-ul-Fitr. My sister had assigned all the siblings and in-laws to prepare different dishes for the celebration and to bring the food to my parents house. My task was to boil small packs of rice (nasi impit) for the big gathering. Everything looked ok in the kitchen until I put the pot containing the rice packs and water onto the sink...Waaaaa my sink bended into an A shape and the water from the tap flooded my kitchen.. From that very day, I told myself, I badly need a new sink, a new tap, a concrete top for the kitchen and definitely a new kitchen cabinet. Otherwise, I will never cook again in the kitchen.. (huhuhuhuh does this excuse strong enough and acceptable for me to have a new kitchen cabinet? hmmm my sister-in-law and younger sisters didn't think so. They said this is only a lame excuse not to cook at home lalalalala)

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