Rumahku Syurgaku

My house is currently under major reconstruction. After a long wait, it is time for us to move on into a new chapter of our lives. The renovation represents many things to my family. In short, it symbolizes....

• Fruit of my parents long hard work earning a living
• Making way for a bigger family with me and my siblings, all grown up
• Undying faith and preseverance of our family, after going through many challenges all these years
• Realization of a dream to have a better place to call "Home Sweet Home"

It was not easy making it happen. It has been 6months and my house is still work in progress, and there are more drama in renovating my house compared to a Spanish telenovela. Me and my sis lost our old rooms that caused us to move out in Aug '07. So we slept in the living room and practically lived there, we had to bear our brothers late night watching football matches, breathing dusts from the construction work, studying for exams and lots more. Apart from becoming a refugee, our lives went on as usual.

Then we had the major drama with our contractor that tried to cheat us. Thankfully, my dad was wise enough to keep things formal and documented. Things got worse and serious when dangerous threats came in, forcing my parents to lodge a police report and pursuing the matter in court. Who would have thought someone that my parents used to call friends turn out to be monsters. I guess, friendship woes span all ages from schooldays up to the days we are supposed to be mature adults. My family suffered but we are resilient in keeping it together, the most important thing it got us closer and appreciate the importance of being a family evenmore.

Although, the house is not completed yet but looking at it and remembering how much love and effort that my family has put into it making it "bigger" than it actually is.