Our Home in Kovan

We visited Hoe Kee a few weeks back on a weekday afternoon.  There were not many people and also not many sales persons around.  When we venture into the hood and hob section, we were greeted by an old man.  Despite his age, he is one the most enthusiastic sales people we have met.  After knowing that we cook frequently, he immediately ushered us to the Fujioh section.  For the next half and hour, he presented the data, demoed the suction power of the hood and patiently answered all our concerns.  We were sold! Then while conducting more research into it,  I read on a blog that mentioned a problem with the hood -- it protruded more than the others and the blogger's husband knocked into it on several occasions.  The man is around the same height as I, 1.75m, so it set off an alarm in my head.  I became conscious of how high should we set the hood. When we saw the Tecno hood, I thought that was it!  The perfect solution:  it s...

Tecno was having a warehouse sales over the weekend and we went to take a look. We had our eyes set on this: Tecno KP9988 It has good looks and ergonomics:  taller in front to give you good clearance for your head.  The noise level is low, even at the highest setting, it is relatively quiet than most.  There's time and alarm function.  Also important consideration for cleaning and maintenance: only have to deal with a single piece of steel mesh and carbon filter.  Tecno T333 TG SV The offer was S$950 and you can pick any Tecno hob to go with it.  At this point in time, I believed anything less than a thousand for a chimney hood and a glass panel hob is a good deal.  However, the deal does not include delivery ($20-$40) and another $35 to add safety valves to the hob.  So all in all, it will still come to around $1000.   We called up Goh Ah Bee (our usual 'go to' appliance store) to check the price and it was $1150. ...