幸運小豆もち: NS hut - opening ceremony 23 May 2012

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

NS hut - opening ceremony 23 May 2012

What a feeling. To sign a load of papers to authorise HDB to wipe out 10 years worth of CPF accumulated through sweat and hard work. Coughed out 82K in total. Amen. The process was chope chope..all done in half an hour.

In exchange, we were proud owners of 20 keys to our first asset... maybe the only one coz the insane price of just enslaved us to it.

negatives aside. we were...or I was (ES was still in disbelief) pretty excited as we chiong down to our new place to open sesame. My Otosan had everything prepared and drove us down. Arigatou ne.

Before opening and entering the house...... gotta zoh gang k.

Step 1: Prepare outside the house. Pour salt, rice and water into a NEW small basin. Drop the pomegranate leaves into the mixture.

Step 2: Prepare outside the house. Prepare 5 oranges with paper plate, a metal container for burning the incense, lighter, 3 joss sticks and some incense (just buy a little.. not too big a packet. just tell the uncle at the shop your purpose and he should be able to advise u).

Step 3: Pray, facing the sky with the joss sticks. Poke the joss sticks into one of the oranges. Leave it outside the house.

Step3: Burn the papers in the metal container. Ensure all well burnt before opening the door.

Step 4: Knock Loudly on the door and you may shout, Huat ah... or I am coming in now!!

Step5: Open ALL the doors and windows in the house. Sprinkle the water mixture along with some rice using the leaves at all corners of the house. Using a small hammer... yes, a hammer, hammer all corners of the house.. along the corners of the rooms and floor... and walls as well. This is suppose to cleanse the place and to announce our arrival and start of renovation. Done!