Cleaned up; Packed up

Our days in Subang were dull and monotonous.  Andrew looked through most of the stuff while I concentrated on the kitchen utensils.  My mom-in-law was an excellent cook and baker.  How shameful am I that I picked up none of her culinary skills.

We also left a number of personal stuff in Subang as we have been on the move.  I am glad to discover some of the precious things that I have long forgotten.  Thanks to technology, we are now able to snap pictures of those precious momentos.  However, with a heavy heart we had to discard them as we could not take everything with us.

Andrew's painting back then... with a little help from his art teacher

Interesting artefact - a ticket to the zoo with only 15 cents entry fee

some of Andrew's trophies

So happy to find this picture of my car with all the soft toys... yup, I used to arrange my soft toys at the back of my car but not anymore

This was handmade by ..... yours sincerely!!!  Attended a children's conference at DUMC years ago and this was my price possession

Finally, we arranged for a lorry to transport all the stuff down to Melaka.  To our amazement, the driver advised us to take a three-tonned lorry instead of the initial one-tonned.  Seriously?!?  Now Andrew's part is over and I'm left to organise a three-tonned lorry load of goods into my already-cramped-house in Melaka.  Do I possess any migical power to make it possible?

Trust me, we threw away a lot a lot more than this

It took us another one week to unpack and put things in place in Melaka.  And yes, looks like my organising skill is apparently not too bad.  I re-arranged the storage place and in fact, the house looks better than before with all the additional shelves.

Andrew and I have always been living at bare minimum.  We made use of whatever that is given to us wherever we are posted to.  For eg: we have been sleeping on mattresses for the past one year plus.  Only recently, we got a bed for ourselves once we were more certain we would be here for a while.  The few furnitures from Subang enhanced our home.  The TV rack, dining table, piano and finally we hanged our wedding picture up. 

Well, I could have take my own sweet time to tidy up the house.  However, this year we have decided to invite the carrollers over and I would never, ever present a messy home to anyone.  Hence, the stress!