7 Pounds

Yesterday, Fatin, hubby and I watched 7 Pounds, courtesy of my editor friend, who normally has complimentary tickets to give away. Starring Will Smith, the movie kicked off to a slow start, which I think made my tired hubby 'snoozed' for a while.

I had no idea where the movie was headed but thought it strange an IRS officer would go through such lengths to audit. Suffice it to say that the movie picked up its pace and I didn't feel it went as long as two hours. Not wanting to spoil the movie for those who have yet to see it, all I can say is it's one of Will Smith's best efforts. Can't compare it to "In Pursuit of Happyness" coz I haven't seen that yet. Moral of the story, don't look at your text messages while driving...

Time flies when you'e having fun...

I had a pretty good week coz a certain someone wasn't around. Also, with the de-cluttering that I did, I found loads of stuff I've been missing. So if time permits, I will start a new blog on stuff I wanna sell...see if you like anything and let me know, ok?

To go or not to go?

In the spirit of de-cluttering my home, I’ve decided to sell my flights to Bandung & Bali. Wasn’t even thinking of making money. Maybe sell it at 50% discount of what I paid and the buyer would also have to pay the fee to change the names. Or so I thought. After scrutinising the tickets, I saw, to my dismay, that no name changes are permitted. Damn. I know I shouldn’t go, I know I can’t afford to but passing up a paid flight to Bandung is really too hard to bear. I would still have to pay for hotel, transportation, airport tax & food. Don’t even get me started about shopping!

My dear friend, who is the editor of Cosmo Mag, gave me a brilliant suggestion. She said I should take orders from my friends on what to buy, pay upfront, of course. Stay in a budget hotel and tapau food from home. That’s the problem you see, food is damn delicious and dirt cheap in Bandung…

So what should I do? Should I go?

Why I'm not a fan of Facebook

My dear friend currently working in UK texted me this morning that our mutual ex-colleage and his wife is also in London. Bewildered that she actually kept in touch with him, I quickly texted back on how that happened? She then said he saw her on facebook and left a message. Hmm, have never liked facebook. Don't really care if people think I'm outdated, just because I don't have facebook. What happened to my friend is proof enough, why I don't and should never have one...

Online Flea Market

I used to love going to flea markets at Mont Kiara and The Curve, hunting for any Lord of the Rings memorabilia or cutesy cat stuff. I haven't done that in a while and for good reason. So when I discovered that my colleague has been buying clothes online, that sort of gave me an idea. What if I sell my stuff online?

It will take a while to set it up, mind you. Sorting stuff I wanna sell or donate. Then taking pictures of it, posting it online. Taking note of the size of clothes am thinking of selling, maybe a short note on where I got it. As at now, I have about 4 boxes of saleable clothes and I haven't even begun digging onto hubby's treasure trove.

So give me some ideas. What should I name my site?

It worked!

Remember how I tried to reduce my electricity buy buying a new ceiling fan? I'm happy to report that after a month, my electricity bill has been halved...

Good on me :)

De-cluttering my life

I apologise for my short hiatus, wasn't in the mood for writing. As per "The Secret" mantra, I promised myself that I'll never focus on the negative, on the bad news, on what I did not want. Hence why there was not update on this blog. But even after 2 weeks of "visualising" the positive, I could not get myself out of the vicious cycle.

So I guess I needed to purge. Which I did, to those closest to me. Do I feel any better? Not really. Being hit with three bad news consecutively was draining me down.

So after watching one of Oprah's show, I decided I needed to de-clutter my home. And donate or sell what I don't need. And hopefully, that would be the change that I desperately needed...