apartment floors
September 17, 2015When my dad buys property, he’ll always go straight to the higher floors. I watched him do this and it obviously works as investments, but I never really got it growing up because I thought Hmmm you’ll be waiting the longest for and whilst in the lift… But that was the reality; the higher the floor, the more expensive. And a lot of people care about the views they get; the view of our KL towers, even a little point at the top covered by trees, demands a premium price.
Dean and I got married in 2012 and we rented the ground floor of an apartment. Start small, we thought, this is nice. Same sentiment from the rats in the surrounding “garden view” we had. You guys remember my rats story right? *shudder* Moved out immediately. Now we are renting on a slightly higher floor in an apartment in the city. Still far from the top floor, but it’s okay, we can just frame up a picture of the KL towers on our window and pretend that’s our premium view. One day, maybe, we can afford the top floor rates.
Tonight, my whole perspective has changed.
So I came home, carrying my some plastic bags on one arm, and the other arm carrying a heavy Daniel. He fell asleep in the car, so there he was, drooling on my left shoulder. The right shoulder was occupied by the handle of my handbag, also heavy with contents like baby wipes and stupid coins (and why the heck do I need two giant phones, I was questioning my intelligence just now).
I walked (fumbled) into the lobby and was about to press the Up button for the lift when I realised all of the lift doors were open. I looked at the guard, and he lazily replied, “Lift spoiled,” in that same familiar insincere tone he’d say “Good night,” every night.
NO WAY ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME.
He pointed to the staircase door.
I pointed to the Up button again. Repeatedly. Desperately.
Noooooooooo.
But fast forward, I found myself climbing up the stairs to my apartment floor. Annoyed, of course. Arms about to fall off, taking breaks in between… I mean seriously after G it should just be 1. WHAT THE HELL IS MEZZANINE FLOOR. THAT’S JUST MORE STAIRS FOR ME.
By the 3rd floor, I was sweating, panting, basically in no condition I’d like the public to see. This one Korean guy sprinted past me and I thought he was the biggest show off ever. I know you probably love walking and all, I see you around in your sportswear but now is not the time, dude. Now is the time for you to offer to carry my bags for me. Or carry me.
After what seemed like a year, I finally arrived on my floor. Never been so happy to see my apartment door.
So yes, tonight is the night the 1st floor people laugh at the penthouse brats upstairs who never smile. I’m about to go to bed now, but they probably haven’t reached their floor yet. Teehee.
Same experience! I live in 7th floor. But I never had to carry my sleeping daughter. I think your experience was much worst than me. Hehe
I can really relate to this. I recently moved to a condominium in KL from a landed property in Putrajaya. I am 30 weeks pregnant with an almost 2 years old child. I just realized how a struggle it is to carry a sleepy child with me with groceries on the other hand. She went to kiddy with me near my workplace which mean I had to carry a sleeping child with me early in the morning and sometimes when I come home at night. Most of the time, I felt like just sitting on the floor at the corridor and cry. LOL. I could barely carry myself and now with a 12kg girl and 2 plastics of simple groceries getting in a lift to 16 floor, with another walk towards my door. Terrible.
noted on the apartment. landed house it is
that guard needs to be sacked!
you should totally have asked him to help you with your goods.
and vivy, you need a landed house pronto.
Oh I feel you.
Been climbing up to level 9 every single day when i was pregnant (management sucks)
Never been this happier living in landed house since I gave birh
It happened to me!
I live on the 15th floor. One day the lift didn’t work. So I had no choice but to take the stairs. As I counted each floor, I was like… LAMANYYAAAA….
Once I reached the ground floor, the guard asked, “How did you get down?”
I told him the stairs and he was like, “You should have called the security, one lift is working but we operate it manually, just call us and we’ll go to your floor?!”
GREAT! You told me after going down 15 floors down? TOO LATE!!
U make me so grateful living in a landed house..eventho it’s small.
no wonder u r so slim & fit vivy 😉
Love your blog post as always Vivy. I can’t help but notice how you said you juggle between two phones, perhaps one for work and one is personal. Have you considered using a BlackBerry Passport – a 2 in 1 phone. Lol not an advert here just my 2 cents 🙂
P.s. That Korean guy should totally just carry you and be a hero anyway.
Haha you’re sooo funny vivy! Love u. Ngee
i’ve climbed till d 3rd floor (not including mezzanine and 2M floor) during my 8months++ pregnancy.
and gahh, not only the lifts are not working, the whole building has no electricity, the buddy downstairs didnt tell me earlier.
phuh luckily tak beranak dkt staircase.
anybody who live/work at high rise building definitely can relate to this story. I had to take the stairs few times since living at my current home. My house is at 14th floor + car at level 2 basement + lobby, 17 altogether!! so please don’t ask me whether I’m tired or not to avoid getting stab by a stiletto. At least I didn’t have to carry a child. Fuuhhh.. Stay strong mommy and don’t forget to complaint to the management~
no apartment for me. NOPE! hahahaha
Vivy, setakat tingkat 4,5 tu apalah sangat. I penah panjat sampai tingkat 15 tau! By the time sampai tingkat 6, betis kaki semua dah cramp. ????????????
happened to me a few times. but everytime lif rosak, bye apartment hello moms house. luckily its only 15 minutes away..hhehehe…
I lived on the first floor of our rented apartment once. Loved it. The convenience of climbing up and down just one flight of stairs is great. If i’m lazy i can still take the lift. And yes, if lift rosak, i don’t have a problem!
I always thought that your parents give u the first house as the wedding present..No? 😀