Bumibili ng sirang ref sa Makati?

Ang masasabi ko lang talaga, kung may ref kayo sa bahay niyo na gumagana, yakapin niyo nang mahigpit.

Hindi niyo lang alam kung gaano kahirap mabuhay na wala na ngang ref, wala pang access sa palengke. I know, I know. Maaakusahan na #checkyourprivilege ang mga statement ko na yan at ang mga susunod pa. Eh bakit ba? Hirap na hirap na kami rito!

Hindi kami lumaking nahihiga sa salapi, pero sa pagkakatanda ko, hindi nagkaroon ng pagkakataon na wala kaming ref. At kung iisipin ko pang mabuti at paiiralin ko ang pagka-tsismosa ko, ang alam ko ganun din sa karamihan sa mga kababata ko at ka-eskuwela.

Walong taon na naming kasama ang ref namin. Nakaka-senti kung paanong nagbabago ang mga abubot na nakadikit sa katawan niya. Dati may mga pa-magnet pa kami ni Sir_Ko ng mga napapasyalan naming lugar. Aba ngayon, distant memories na lang yang mga ref magnet na yan. Hindi na kasi kami nakakabiyahe (siguro mga dalawang taon pa ang travel ban due to poverty). At yung mga ref magnet eh nayari na ng mga anak namin, sila na mga destroyer of things. Naaalala ko pa, nakagawa kami ng travel hack ni Sir_ko na wala naman sigurong pake ang other parent humans pero share ko na rin. Kapag bibili ng ref magnet, dapat ay two sets. Isa para agarang mairaos ang immediate travel high, isa for safekeeping. Yung for safekeeping ay ilalabas lang kapag nasa edad na ang mga bata na hindi na nila hobby ang manira ng mga gamit sa bahay.

He (I think lalake ang ref namin, ramdam ko) survived three kids. Eight years and three kids. Iba rin. Si Gangjee ay nagsisimula na mag-drowing sa pinto ng ref gamit ang mga pakalat-kalat na crayola. Si TLO at TNLO, bago nasira ang ref ay nakakagalitan na namin dahil panay ang bukas-sara ng pinto. Palagi silang naghahanap ng makakain. Kapag naman may pagkain sa harap nila, mas madalas na ayaw kumain. Sakit sa bangs.

Kami naman ni Sir_Ko ay mga proud hunters and gatherers of food bago nasira ang ref. Wala kaming kasambahay at karamay sa pag-aalaga sa tatlong bata, kami rin ang toka sa pagpapatakbo ng bahay. Kaya proud kami na walang natitirang pagkain mula nung nagsimula ang ECQ (Enhanced Community Quarantine). Hindi kami napapanisan ng ulam at nalinis ko na rin ang mga naninirahang yuck sa ref namin. May mga kaunti pang natirang karimarimarim na mga tsismis sa shelves sa likod ng pinto pero sadyang di ko muna hinaharap. Because I can. And I will. Masabi lang.

Si Sir_Ko ang Quarantine Pass holder sa aming family. Napakasipag at napakatapang niyang pumupunta sa grocery para sa aming mga imbak na pang-ulam. Kaya siya ang pinaka-nahihirapan ngayong sira ang ref. Halos araw-araw ang punta niya sa supermarket.

Ayayay caramba. Napakuwento na ako, pasensya.

Ito ang mga detalye ng sirang ref namin. Baka interesado kayo o may kakilala kayo na ito talaga ang negosyo. Sana taga-Makati kasi mapapagastos nang malaki sa pick-up kung galing pa sa malayong lugar. Salamat!

• General Electric (11 cu. ft.)
• Regular, hindi "no frost"
• Nagamit for 8 years
• Ayon sa technician na pinadala ng GE Service Center, ang sira raw ng ref ay compressor. Aside from compressor, kailangan din ng freon. At dahil mukhang incidents of power fluctuation ang dahilan ng pagkasira ng compressor (after 8 years!), kailangan din bumili ng AVR (Automatic Voltage Regulator) para maiwasan masira ulit ang compressor.
• Kung tama ang mga naibigay sa aming presyo, approximately Php 14-15K ang magagastos.  Sa ganyan kamahal na gastos tapos 3 months lang ang warranty ng compressor, aba'y huwag na uy.

Ito yung sirang compressor.

Ito yung serial number at kung anu-ano pang numbers.

Be happy for me, k? :)

I will let you in on a little secret. Please don't judge. Of all the usual reasons and considerations in buying your first home, the only one that got me oh so excited about living in a vertical village is... drum roll... access to the pool area! I love, love, love swimming. And after a very lengthy and frustrating wait, the pool areas finally opened last month.

Well, the sad thing is, now that there is water, there is hardly enough time to be in it. I'm working on it, chill.

DISCLAIMER: Sorry, photo overload. Piscean delight!

Finally!

Late post from 02/22/14, 1PM

After a year's worth of delay (usual turnover problem in the Philippines), two failed inspection sessions (ever heard of "kapak" tiles?) and one encounter with a property tour guide from hell (she told us that we can't test if the faucets and power switches/outlets are working)... we finally got the keys!

(L) Family pic at the door,  (M) With courteous, warm and service-oriented tour guide Jazzy,
(R) With The talented, dedicated and fab Architect/Interior Designer Red Fuertes

This is a 2-bedroom fully furnished unit at SM Jazz Residences. We have yet to move in as we need the place renovated. We need to put in elements that will help us maximize the small space in Meketeh Ceteh that we can afford. We also need to ensure that the unit will be able to address our needs for the next seven years (because the next big dream is to have a real house by then! pray for us!).

"Bahay namin maliit lamang,
Pero, pero, pero malinis 'to pati sa kusina"

Kitchen. Bye bye LPG days. I will need to adjust to electric stove cooking.

(L) Kids' bedroom, (R) Our bedroom

Living Room

I didn't like the photos of the bathroom that I took. But it's the most "spacious" room in the house. I don't understand why. Anyways, we're very excited to see this baby transform into what and how we envisioned it will and should be. 

Speaking of excitement, one of the biggest reasons behind my excitement is ready... but not yet operational. This is the view of the 6/F. The tower's pool area. The common area for the four towers, where the olympic size pool, more kiddie pools, function rooms/clubhouse area and jogging path are, is still under construction. So yeah, I don't see why we should be paying association dues without the complete set of amenities we signed up for. But what can you do against the good guys? Blah.

Two more months, or so they say...

So many things to prepare, so little time.... but we don't need another delay.

October, October, October! Are we ready?!?

We need to:

1. See the unit to figure out which items we can sell (it's fully furnished, we can't have two of everything)
2. Figure out where we'll do the laundry. :(
3. Estimate updated monthly expenses for utilities
4. Feel if we are (indeed) ready for condo living.
5. More, more, more as we discover more, more, more...

Image is from www.skyscrapercity.com

Ready for October?

Violin Tower (pinakakaliwa), here we come? Ganito dapat itsura ha.

All images are from SkyscraperCity.Com

We don't know when...

SMDC, supposedly the good guys, messed up their Jazz Residences project management plans. We don't know, at this point, when the turnover will be... some say Q1, some say Q2... we say WTF because regardless of the duration of delay, bank financing starts in January. It's going to be our non-performing asset, performing for SMDC and BDO, from January until whenever...

Anyhow, here are some recent images (06/16/12)  from the showroom with our unit's property owner. :)

11 months to go before turnover

Should have been in January 2013 but we were told it's been moved to March 2013.

Ours is a two-bedroom unit... for rent!!! Email me if you're interested. :)

11 months to go before turnover

Violin Tower's ready for exterior and interior finishing as of 01/19/12.
Images are from www.innerchie.com

12 months to go before turnover

Hay. 6 swimming pools.