I'm officially a Landlord....

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I did exactly what is shown in the photo, passing my house key to a stranger call 'my tenant' on 19-Aug. And yes.....My condo is officially rented out and that made me the landlord. 

Maybe a little bit about my tenant. He's 2 years my senior, Chinese, Perodua car dealer and he will be staying with his GF. He seems like a nice fellar, typical salesman kind of personality, firm hand-shake and eager to talk in order to spice up the environment. 

Deep down, I do hope that he will turn up to be a good tenant and I can continue to rent out to him to ease down a bit on my finances. Guess only time will tell.....

Time to change car?

By end of this year, my car will turn 5 years old. At this juncture, I'm considering should I change to a new car or continue driving this current one? Yesterday itself, I spent close to 1K for regular servicing, got my front brake changed and serviced the air-con. Next week I can foresee another big hole in my pocket because I need to send to the workshop again to repair some annoying sound from my left rear tyre which has been bugging me for almost 3 weeks. Bummer....

In my last couple of visits to Honda workshop, I have been spending an average of 400-500 ringgit, just for regular servicing. It used to be around 150-200 ringgit. The moment it hits 50,000 KM, the cost for regular maintenance shoot up high. *sigh*

When I bought my car back in 2008, my plan was to change my car every 5 years. I know for a fact that cars nowadays are not built to last. Back in the olden days, it's quite common you see people driving a 20 to 30 year old car. Now? The moment your car celebrate its 5th or 6th birthday, the cost of maintaining it starts to get relatively high. Things will start to break down slowly but surely.

I think I will still stick to Japanese brand instead of Taiwan/Korea made car. Though they have really good design and interesting gadget like what you can find in Hyundai / Kia. Time to do some survey on the car model available in the market again......

New addition to the family....

Introducing a new member of the family...Bailey

Well, it's not exactly new anymore coz she has been with us for 5 weeks now.

Yup, I got another new female yorkie pup from the same breeder. 

I had this intention since last year when I decided to get my mum a female pup. She gets so attached to Tezel each time I go back. I guess partly she has given up hope and tired of waiting for me to make her a grandchild to play with. Hence, she resorted her grandmotherly love to a 4 legged furbabies instead. Hence, I tried to contact the breeder since 2012 but I failed, right till somewhere June this year, she finally replied my email. She told me she was away from the country and she is not actively doing Yorkie breeding business anymore. I was so excited to know from her that her sister/friend got a female pup. 

Notice why I use the term sister/friend? Well, there's some story behind that rationale. Right from the beginning, I have always suspected that the breeder (a lady in her 40s, I think) and her "sister" (a lady in her late 30s) were couple. 2 years back when I bought Tezel, they introduced themselves as sister. However, this time round, she was referred to as friend, or sometimes sister. How can one be your sister 2 years back and now she is your friend? Weird? Yes....I felt the same way too. I was telling my partner, maybe they have broke up or decided to go their own ways.....

So, Bailey is a 5 months old, female Yorkie, hyper active and extremely playful. To a certain extend, I'm a bit skeptical that she might be a result of cross-breeding with silky terrier coz her facial feature seems longer than Tezel's. Well, my mum, like many other people who have seen Tezel and Bailey, commented that Tezel looks more cute, Tezel behaves better and blah blah blah....BUT deep down, I knew she has her eyes on Bailey, or that is what I'm hoping for, coz I will never EVER give up Tezel to anyone.

Well, if you put both of them side by side, I think you will mistaken Tezel as female and Bailey as male Yorkie. Here you go.....tell me what you think?

** Top 2: Tezel; Bottom 2: Bailey **

However, personally I think Tezel has a more doll-like face as compare to Bailey. Even when he was about Bailey's age. Look at this comparison instead.....both at 4 months old

** Top & Bottom Left: Bailey; Top & Bottom Right: Tezel **

I guess both has their own charm....don't you think so? 

I'm currently keeping Bailey with me till she is potty train and more stabilize. Then, I will pass her on to my mum. She does sent me off the ceiling at times by:

• eating her poo some times
• being too hyper active that she barks a lot
• She's more "butch" then Tezel, hence that made Tezel afraid of her
• She is still teething, so she chewed on anything she sees
• She will push the "fence/barrier" thingy around each time I put her inside
• many to go.... but those are getting less as she hit 5th month

Oh well, despite all the complains and frustrations I had towards her, I know that deep down, I will definitely miss her when she is living with my mum. Till that day comes, I will continue to embrace the positive and negative moments I had with her and cherish those moments...... hard being a parents eh?