counting down to the final nine hours ...

and still counting..

went out to ikea to look for a spare kitchen table, in the end we also bought a wooden chest of 3 drawers for bb stuff and clothings, plus two PC leather chairs.. can you imagine all items from ikea including the chairs are self assembly?? they really know how to make money, their things arent really that cheap but if you want them to assembly for you, you have to pay 6% of the value of the item, so the more expensive your item is, the more you pay for the assembly, its not tied to the LOE at all.  Plus delivery charge of $55 applicable if you purchase above $300 and $50 if you purchase less than $300, isnt delivery charge supposed to be cheaper when you buy more things?  sigh.. don't really like the way ikea do business, everything is money, even asking for a plastic bag costs 5 cents! and if i compare the prices and quality of their items to those neighbourhood furniture shops, theirs are not considered cheap at all considering their cheap wood and planks used.. but for the convenience sake, we just buy everything from there today since we are going to ask them to deliver anyway... don't think i will ever buy any furniture from there in future.. not those big items.. small items still ok since quality is not in the consideration, big items value for money? better go to those reputable stores..