Another Zen-ized Home: My New Place
I remember moving into VC two to three years ago and I posted pictures about it being “Zen-ized”. This new home, which my sis and I moved into over the weekend, is actually more zen as the new wooden partition (this used to be a studio unit) and furniture gave it the Japanese spa feel.
There are still a lot of things to be fixed (plumbing, electric wiring, internet etc.), which is why I’m going to have to spend my offset days on having those things repaired.
Highlights
- Great view of the city, especially at night. This is similar to my experience at VC. The only problem is the lack of curtains because we’re back to dealing with voyeurism. Also, that view used to be a lot nicer. Now two gargantuan buildings, Accenture being one of them, covers the river view.
- APARADOR!!! Our mom told my sister that they can only have one cabinet made due to lack of funds. When my sister saw two cabinets and saw the size, she was aghast. “I thought you were going to have one cabinet made…not two mini houses. My Paolo and Ate’s Nicco can fit in here!” And they’re not small boys, mind you. If I wanted to have Cris and Kwini spend the night at my place, they can actually sleep in the drawers.
- My gawd, the travel time! I used to live in Makati, but it used to take me one hour to get to APC (which is also in Makati) because I would take a jeep to the safest taxi bay. Now, all I have to do is go out of the building, line up in the condo’s own taxi bay and the guard automatically hails all incoming cabs. Apparently, it’s part of their job description. I thought I was going to come in late because I was feeling lazy and left at 7.30AM. I arrived at 7.45AM, 15 minutes early for my log in time. To think that I live farther from Makati now.
- The security is top notch. You cannot go anywhere without the access card key. It has to beep, like an e-pass, before you can press any of the elevator buttons. The same is true for parking. The only inconvient part here is if you want to have anything delivered. There are also roving guards. Plus, you just can’t leave anything (like keys) to the lobby guard as this is still part of their security measures.
- Okay, if you’re new to the building, prepare to get confused as there are actually 3 (or is it 4?) towers that are interconnected at the lobby and the parking area. My mom’s card key got blocked because she was trying to use it in another tower, not knowing that she wasn’t in our tower. Thank goodness, mine didn’t get blocked. I made the same mistake when I was moving in.
- The problem with our partition is that our bedroom is now too big. Our intended lounge area became smaller. Also, all our electric outlets seem to be concentrated in the bedroom. -_-;;;
- We live right across Summit Publishing and Robinson’s Pioneer. Walking distance to the MRT station. Talk about convenience!
Anyway, I’m still pretty happy with this place. It’s a bit more expensive than I had intented but the convenience it affords — especially since I work in APC and study in UP — makes up for it.
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Jerard Christian Cruz
March 13, 2009 at 1:23 amwaw..nice place miss..ok na ok siya.. 🙂 tingin ko malawak ung room..
Jerard Christian Cruz
March 13, 2009 at 1:23 amwaw..nice pose..:) cute ng mirror..
jonna b.
March 13, 2009 at 1:37 amcongrats! nothing better than living in your own space and dressing it up to your liking! 🙂
Lei! Solas
March 13, 2009 at 1:53 amso.. kelan kami ppunta? haha :))
overnight kila miel = we'll go there nalang :)) LOL
Shobz Muzikero
March 13, 2009 at 2:02 amwahh the aura reminds me of “the grudge” film hehe
alon de guzman
March 13, 2009 at 2:17 amang saya =)
Rowena Wendy Lei
March 13, 2009 at 4:12 amAng cute! 😀
Daniel Enriquez
March 13, 2009 at 5:24 amwow! cool loft ha!
thadeus 0018
March 13, 2009 at 5:49 amoo nga ang cute ng pose nyo miss =] hehe
jamila tan
March 13, 2009 at 6:57 ampwde na ba ako jan tumira? kahit sa cabinet lang… :))
Gela Pampolina
March 13, 2009 at 7:32 amHahaha!! APARADOR nga! 😀 Nice flat miss ; )
Haya Benitez
March 13, 2009 at 8:00 amwow… kasya ako sa aparador. ^_^
robert besana
March 13, 2009 at 8:57 amGanda! astig
rolando elan maningas
March 13, 2009 at 9:49 amwen natin bibinyagan yan mama? miss u
Dong-Jong Santos
March 13, 2009 at 10:15 amVery nice view =D
JC Ruiz
March 13, 2009 at 2:27 pmPARTY NA TO!!! lapit mo lang pala saken eh! yan ba ung condo sa gitna ng summit building tska robinson's pioneer mall? kung dun yan edi ibig sabihin neighbor mo si ms. cathy lara
Niccolo Rafael Mapua
March 13, 2009 at 3:14 pmWow, what a nice place.
Who helped you move all your stuff in?
Molly Velasco
March 13, 2009 at 5:00 pmAwesome place!! Nevermind the view though but still very awesome.
And that closet/drawer… at least di kayo magaaway sa clothes space hahaha!
Jayvee Elvert
March 13, 2009 at 8:04 pm2nd binyagan na. kasi nabinyagan na ito. haha! miss na kita Rolly. =)
keruvin rei
March 14, 2009 at 2:46 amnaks.. model na!
Bea Lapa
March 14, 2009 at 5:09 amawww… >:D
Bea Lapa
March 14, 2009 at 1:32 pmkashang kasha ka dito, dearie. si ms. cris nga daw puwede matulog sa drawer.
Bea Lapa
March 14, 2009 at 1:32 pmay TRUE!
Bea Lapa
March 14, 2009 at 1:37 pmmiss you too! kelan ka ba available?
Bea Lapa
March 14, 2009 at 1:39 pmhaller! kita mo naman yung muscles muscles sa braso ko at legs. para akong baklang nagpapaka-girl.
jamila tan
March 14, 2009 at 3:45 pmkung ganun pala dapat na pala ako magimpake at tumira nah jan… hahahahahaha…
Bea Lapa
March 14, 2009 at 3:58 pmhahahahaha! sana marunong ka magluto. hahahahah!
jamila tan
March 14, 2009 at 4:03 pmmarunong ako magsaing ng kanin, maprito at magadobong manok… pero hindi pa ganun kasarap ang adobong manok na gawa ko…. hahahahahaha…
Bea Lapa
March 14, 2009 at 4:15 pmpatay. kelangan talaga tumira si elvert at cris samin. haha!
jamila tan
March 14, 2009 at 4:19 pmhahahahaha…. taga linis ng bahay, taga laba, taga abot ng mga bagay kailangan u ba? baka pwede ako… hehehehehe…
Bea Lapa
March 15, 2009 at 3:09 amwahahahaha! sige, may space ka na sa aparador ko. hahahaha!
Bea Lapa
March 15, 2009 at 3:15 amno, it's the orange building right across your building. hehehe.
jamila tan
March 15, 2009 at 4:24 amowryt!! may 2nd home nah ko,… nyahahahaha… auz lang na apihin mo ko sa manual labor…. magiging sexy din ako sa ganun paraan… nyahahahahaha,..
Chris Mariano
March 16, 2009 at 9:27 amCongrats on your new home! 😀
Bea Lapa
March 17, 2009 at 3:21 amthanks!