A house that we can call home

I've always wanted to have my own house, a place that I can call home.

Learning from the financial courses that I went during my university years, I know my priority,  that is to have a nice house first, only then a nice car. The reason is simple, house's price appreciates while car's on the contrary depreciates. That's why I am currently contempt with 2 Protons, which have served me rather well for the past few difficult years as an House Officer in Hospital Sultanah Nur Zahirah. Not without grouses from others though.. "Both of you are doctors. You guys should go for the imported cars"..the usual rant we heard from others when they found out that  we only use Protons.

Living in Bandaraya Kuala Terengganu where business is rather sluggish, I know that I don't really  have much option. Most houses are not up to our standard (me and wifey). They are outdated designed houses if not  bad ones. Yes, I have to admit there are few nice houses being built around the city centre, but the neighbourhood is usually an eye sore (kawasan setinggan).

Kuala Terengganu aside. Let's talk about Bandaraya Ipoh. The third biggest city in Malaysia. What option do I have here?
 
Today, I had the chance to visit Meru high hills bungalows project in Ipoh with my wife (bibi) and parents.
It's about 5 kilometres away from Meru Raya city. Development here has been very rapid in recent years. Mydin had just started their operation around June this year. A brand new Ipoh bus station are almost ready for use. New government offices are currently fully operational A rather nice place to live ehh?? One box ticked.

We'll see what Meru high hills bungalow have to offer for us. There are 3 type of houses available. Brooklyn, Chelsea and Alexandra.
The one that have caught our attention was Brooklyn. The overall house design as well as the interior is perfect. Build area for the house is around 4000 square feet. It is around 12000 square feet including the landscape garden.

Above is the illustrated picture of Brooklyn house which is much nicer in real life.

We were lucky to have a nice sale adviser available when we arrived there. We were kindly ushered in by the sale adviser named Carol.

The interior design is marvelous and we were left speechless by its beauty.

Few other boxes ticked.

What about the neighbourhood. It is a gated community with security guards. There will be around 30 similar houses there. Another boxes ticked. 

Now the price tag. It is RM 1.6 million including the interior design or RM 1.2 million without.The land price is RM 45 per square feet (around  RM 540 grand for the land) , which make the house alone without the gorgeous  interior design stands at RM 700 grand. Should I tick the box for this one..emmmm. I don't think so.

What other alternatives available? Similar house in Kuala Terengganu would be as good. I have already managed to find a nice piece of land at Taman Chendering Utama which is about 10000 square feet. Already asked Carol whether they can can build me my house of dream in Kuala Terengganu (Brooklyn type) .Only need confirmation from her superior.

Really hope that we can have a have a house that we can call home in the near future. Amiinn..

Reflection

Assalamu'alaikum wbt,

Lama sungguh jari jemari ini tidak merayap di atas papan kekunci untuk menulis sesuatu yang tidak berkaitan dengan dunia perubatan. Terasa sia-sia kemahiran touch typing yang ku miliki sekiranya tidak digunakan untuk sesuatu yang lebih bermanfaat kepada orang ramai (selain daripada menaip progress note dan discharge summary pesakit di wad) Sibuk dengan pekerjaan? Alasan karut semua itu. Nafsu dan syaitan sahaja yang menggalakkan rasa malas. Bertepuk-tepuk kegembiraan musuh manusia nombor satu itu melihat aku mengakur kalah dengan kesibukan housemanship.

Terkenang zaman medical student dahulu, subjek PPD (personal and professional development) walaupun bukanlah satu subjek yang digemari kerana anda akan dipaksa untuk memberikan pandangan dan muhasabah tentang sesuatu perkara on the spot di dalam kelas PPD in front of other people (which is so against my personality yang introvert), banyak mengajar aku untuk memuhasabah perkara-perkara yang aku lakukan sepanjang hari. Memanglah dalam Islam pun ada diajar konsep muhasabah, cuma dalam PPD ni, kita diajar untuk memuhasabah sesuatu perkara secara tersusun. Let me remind myself about what I have learnt in PPD many years back:

When you reflect on an incident (retrospective reflection), you ask yourself questions e.g.

•  What happened?
•  What was I trying to achieve?
•  What went well and why?
•  What didn’t go so well and why?
•  How did it affect me?
•  How did it affect others?
•  What were the consequences?
•  What could be done differently next time?
•  Could something be learned from this?
•  What learning / development needs have I identified from the event?

When someone reflects, then only he/she can improve his/her performances. 

So hopefully, I can do lots and lots of reflection about my daily experiences which can benefit me, myself and others. InshaALlahu ta'ala, hopefully Allah will give me the strength to do so. 

"Dan sebaik-baik manusia adalah orang yang paling bermanfaat bagi manusia.” (HR. Thabrani dan Daruquthni)."

Starting to write again

Assalamu'alaikum wbt,

Once upon a time, many years back, we both used to be in the blogging world. These blogs belong to us:
http://totallyblank85.blogspot.com
http://eljundiyy84.blogspot.com
http://eljundiyy.multiply.com

But the last time we wrote was 2007 and 2009 respectively. This blog marked our new beginning in the blogging world after becoming husband and wife in 2010. So hopefully, you will find this blog useful.

Bismillahirrahmanirrahiim...