Pix of my humble Abode

[seamonkee]

Hey Bros,

Sharing some pixs of my humble hdb abode.... staying in Jalan Batu now after marriage (Mountbatten Area)... So good to have ur own place...

Five room flat (129sqm).... The flat used to be a one-room flat but was converted to four, five & EU units in 1986.... I got mine in the open market last year.. Some units were left vacant and was released for sale only last year.... so lucky me and my wife....

I hv lots of african artifacts... so naturally, my house theme is African...

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We have swopped the living room w the dining room area....

So whenu enter the house, u will see the dining table first...

Like the "Longish" effect.... that's a 8-seater and on top of it are my ostrich eggs...

A bit bare cause the tank is not yet up and yeah, have not add in plants and wall pictures

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Here's the little niche (supposedly the dining area) which I convert to a TV area...

Cosy corner.... Yeah, the tv is a loan set from Sony.... juz bought a 29" but less than a month... it kapok (jumpy images).... so Sony toll it back for servicing...

That's a real zebra hide.... yeah, not a normal zebra somemore... it belongs to a rare subspecies known as the Burchelle's Zebra (Mountain zebra).... has shades of brown and cream as compared to the normal black and white... unique centrepiece...

And yeah, those on the TV rack are African Nedele Dolls...

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Pix sketches showing where the tank will be.... tank maker say coming in two weeks time... hopefully so...

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Will hang up all these IKEA stuff and decide where they go once the tank is ready.... More zebras...

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Pix of master bedroom....

Sorry but Pix a bit blur lah....

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Entrance to master bathroom.... hehe...

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And my fave fave retreat place... esp in the morning when I have to negotiate "big businesses"....

That's the fax ###### toilet roll u see...

got some feature tiles to make the master bathroom looks more like a resort...

Still need more sprucing up like greens and stuff....

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Here's my mum's room ###### retreat.... Not complete yet... still waiting for a shelving unit...

She's staying in my sis place most of the time... which happens to be on the same block but higher floor....

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More african stuff.... for my mum's room...

Zulu shields and masaii tribal figurines...

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And here's the study ###### guest room....

Sofa bed on the left

Where the niche behind the guitar is... that's where my PS2 and another TV is gonna be...

Above shelving has African Zulu baskets.... African instruments such as carimbas.... African smoke pipes and stuff....

[Dispar_Anthias]

wow really nice house you got.. i wish my houe would be half as nice

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Yup... closer inspection of the glass shelf... u will see my lego collection!

Believe it or not, I got them free many years back.... tried my luck and wrote a letter to Lego when I saw these beautiful castle series (collector item from 1970-80s) in three acrylic cylinder. These cylinders were more than 2 meters tall and were in display at Tampines Toy R Us... where the Lego boxes are displayed....

I ask Lego to let me take all the pieces inside and let me fill them up with normal bricks.... Amazingly, Lego called me in one week's time and told me they are actually clearing that 3 cylinders and it is so timely that I wrote to them... I can take all three cylinders FREE! No need to refill...

Wah.... 200+++ swords, 100+++ lion shields... haha.... of course over time, I gave away the other bricks and keep only those castle series.... Now got enough to build this....

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Below the Lego collection are stuff I collected and animal parts I preserved when I was with the zoo...

Can see lion claws on the left, a warthog tusk, a crocodile egg and tooth.... some exotic feathers and stuff....

Really miss the zoo... sigh....

Eagle-eyed people can have a glimpse of how I look in the newspaper cut out... yeah, before I left the zoo as training manager, I was also assisting in taxidermy and skull preservation..... Fun!

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More of my Lego pixs...

The scene show the inner courts of the castle...

The return of the King from a battle... welcomed by the queen.... and a warm reception by the commoners...

Queen's view blocked by halberd cause she is very shy...

King is being served welcome drink by maiden...

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The solders returning and entering the main gate...

Flowers thrown by the commoners.... yeah....

Without lego's freebies... I won't be able to make this....

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That's all for now... thanks for viewing....

Keep a look out for my new tank in member tank's section!!!! hahaha...

And yeah, if you are planning to rob my house... Nay, I got guards watching at all time as below....

Tata!

[seamonkee]

wow really nice house you got.. i wish my houe would be half as nice

Thanks... all credit to my designer friend....

When I told her it is African theme, she took up the challenge gladly...

[Marineman]

Very tastefully done, congrats, certainly looks much bigger than 129sqm!

[kokhui]

Very nice. Good to have your own world. I can appreciate this !

Where do you get all those African stuff from? Do you work in Africa before?

[hamannbmw]

did i walk into a safari

[seamonkee]

Very nice. Good to have your own world. I can appreciate this !

Where do you get all those African stuff from? Do you work in Africa before?

I married an African wife.... NAY!

No lah... started collecting them way back.... Never been to Africa but love the place because of the culture and animals there....

Some bought fm internet, some from friends (who went to Africa)...

Mostly, I got more into it when I was at the Zoo when they were doing the Ethiopia Experience landscaping....

[Dispar_Anthias]

I married an African wife.... NAY!

No lah... started collecting them way back.... Never been to Africa but love the place because of the culture and animals there....

Some bought fm internet, some from friends (who went to Africa)...

Mostly, I got more into it when I was at the Zoo when they were doing the Ethiopia Experience landscaping....

Yeah now all you need to do is take a trip down to south africa... you will love it

[Nautical]

Here's my mum's room ###### retreat.... Not complete yet... still waiting for a shelving unit...

She's staying in my sis place most of the time... which happens to be on the same block but higher floor....

so do we call your mum the "African Queen" ?

nice place you got there. hope to visit you one day when tank is up.

i stay quite close, off haig road.

[seamonkee]

so do we call your mum the "African Queen" ?

nice place you got there. hope to visit you one day when tank is up.

i stay quite close, off haig road.

Yeah, will probably have a "tank warming" party of sort...

And my mum? She's juz Mama Africa....