Of blu-tack and ziplock bags

I decided that one main reason why I woke up from my slumber is the fact that I haven't got down (or rather, figure out!) how to write in my blog which I set up last night before bed. And now that I had my first entry, I realised that my intuition was correct!

I wonder if I will ever come to the feeling which I am sure some bloggers have - that blogging is part of their life that allows them to keep track of the details of their life, or will it be just a passing fad.

Time will tell.

And anyway, back to the purpose of this post. This was the title that I have set for myself the past few days --- my project for the past two days was springcleaning my room. Since I notice that BLOGs usually have a chronological order, I shall attempt to follow that :P

First, the postcard that was pinned to my cupboard, which summed up my life the past 2 years (especially):

It has not been an easy two years, but I shall not blog about that, except to say I truly am grateful for the experience, though I don't think I want to go through it again (at least, in the next 10 years I think!).

And secondly, remnants of the not-too-distant past!

And now, for the real thing: It's again cliche to say that it's amazing how one can really fully appreciate the little things in life when you have time but it's so true.

Let's talk about blu-tack.

I never completely got as intimate to it until 2 days ago when I have to start scraping them from my cupboard where I have been obsessively putting up stuff (which I will stop doing) and I realise what a clever invention it was. It works as well, if not better than scotch tape in terms of putting things in their places, but most importantly, it allows one to get back to square one, to the state when you began, which is what I loved about it. And it's so easy and so clean to do it. Not much sweat in scraping off the blue sticky bits. A ruler and just some water to end it off are what do the trick. Which I feel sums up how I would like my life to be - as clean as the blu-tack. Not messy, no entanglements. And you can always pick up from where you left.

And zip-lock bags! Once again, I never fully got down to learning how to USE one actually until 2 days ago. To be able to fully get mileage out of a ziplock bag, one should do this:

1) Put in what you want to seal up

2) Start from one end of the bag (this sounds idiotic but I have been using ziplock bags all my life where I start from anywhere I fancy and I realised that was the wrong way of using it.)

3) As you near the end of the bag (give it maybe around 2 fingers spacing), press out all the air trapped inside the bag.

4) Seal it completely.

And with that, you truly make the ziplock bag proud as you squeeze in more things if you ever just use a normal plastic bag, as this testifies:

And here's my hard work to show:

 I am truly proud of these, though I know they may not look much!  Coz our family has been mirroring the problem Singapore is facing in terms of overcrowding and space shortage for the longest of time so this is one big change.

Let's hope it stays like this for some time. :)

A New Beginning

As much as the title sounds a cliche, I have to use it, as it fully illustrates how I felt about my life from 2 days ago when I completed the last of my assignment for my 2-year Master programme. Before that, a week earlier, also saw the end of a 6.5 years of work at an organisation which taught me so so much.

And now that I have a chance to fully immerse in the absolute taste of freedom, I sense a fear that grips me, that makes me anxious - as much as I enjoyed the newfound freedom, there is a nagging feeling of guilt at the back of mind the past 2 days. Is that why I have been working non-stop in cleaning my room? It's almost as if I felt WRONG not to feel busy. That is truly weird.

So here I am, having woken up at 6am, to the sound of plastic bag (containing the recycled gift wrappers that I have cleaned up) rustling above my head.

It's still a beautiful morning. :)