This was the sight that awaited me when I came home today:
Don't worry, I'm not leaving the country again. Merely had a change of wardrobe. Not its contents, but literally the wardrobe.
For those who have never seen my cupboard or can't remember, let me refresh your memory:
As Ken and Dad were taking it apart yesterday, I suddenly realised that I'm actually quite fond of it. I really love the colour and design of its frame - it had been exactly what I wanted when I was 12, and in some ways, it still is. The inside doors once displayed a photo of my first love, and a poster of my past idols (Energy). Sadly, it hardly had enough space to hold my clothes anymore, so we decided to change it. I actually started missing it when I was sleeping beside the empty space it left behind last night. It felt so weird to have so much extra space.
Bye bye, Robin (can't believe I still remember the brand name)! Hope you have a nice life in your next incarnation.
Ok, sentimental moment over. So yes, this is the 'Before' picture. Recall that I still have to put in all the clothes that were on my bed in the first photo.
After almost two hours of dripping sweat and increasing frustration as I realised that Robin might have had enough space for me after all - what if it's just that I'm bad at packing! Because this new wardrobe is supposed to be much bigger, and yet I still had trouble trying to squeeze everything in. I really felt a pang of regret when I was thinking of ways to maximise the space. In the end, I managed to put all my clothes and other barang in - only I was left with much less space than I had expected. Sigh. Oh well. I'll reorganise it again when I have more time.
Just when I'd closed all the drawers and doors and heaved a great big ‘大工造成' sigh of relief, I happened to glance under my table.
Arrghhhhh! I forgot that I'd left the little cabinet there last night to get it out of the way!
But it was already 10.30 PM, I was tired and frustrated and a little regretful and needing a bath badly, so there it will stay until at least tomorrow night. By the way, here's another reason for my regret: this cupboard takes up slightly more space, so that means it might be even more impossible to have a sleepover in my room next time =( .
Oh well...*shrugs* onwards and upwards, eh.
In other news, while taking all my clothes out of ol' Robin on Sunday, I decided to 顺便 do a bit of spring cleaning (in case there's not enough time this week and I feel lazy).
Here's the (unimpressive) result:
I cleared up the left side of my table, and replaced the items inside the little cabinet mentioned above. Haha, still not very neat, I know, but the two stacks of books and papers used to be much taller.
I have yet to reorganise the right side of my table, but there is much more space now.
Can't decide if I'm looking forward to CNY yet. I had a great one last year, but maybe that was because of the unique combination of missing home and having precious little time to meet up with friends before I had to fly back to Dimsumland. Hope I feel half as happy and 幸福 this year.
Work is fine - really love seeing my stuff published and everyone has been really nice to me. Can't say how lucky I am to end up here. It's as good as work can get, I suppose (that is, not so good that I wouldn't still get Monday blues once in a blue moon, like today =p).
P.S Sorry for all the dark pictures. Pls be reminded that my photography sucks, and using flash with said lack of skill will only make it look even more noob, like the photo of the little cabinet. Will try to improve.
