Rule No.2: Life isin't about yourself. It's about creating yourself.

I spent my whole Sunday cleaning up my room because I was tired of living in my own filth. Furthermore, Hari Raya is coming up!! I cleaned the whole room all by myself even though I share it with my sister…which means, I cleaned up HER mess too! But I didn’t mind because she had to clean the rest of the house(and the toilets!! Mwuahaha!) My room was a major disaster, guys. Know when it gets so damn awful that you don’t even wanna be in there. Clothes were everywhere, books, bags. Well, EVERYTHING WAS EVERYWHERE. If anyone had unexpectedly dropped by, they would think I’ve been sleeping in a pigsty. HAHAHA! this was the first time I cleaned my room. I’d tidied it up plenty, sure. Straightened, yes. But never cleaned.


I am so incredibly embarrassed to be posting this picture but it has to be done. Are you shocked?:)

I had a very tough time deciding where to start. Baby steps, I thought to myself. I realised my room has been occupied by hundreds of books and a lot of documents related to my school work that I didn’t need anymore. I took a lot of plastic bags and started disposing all of them. Then I moved on to the bags that were left at the side of my wardrobe. Before organising them in a compartment, I put aside the bags that I never used anymore in a plastic for donation (to help out the SIT Cambodia Service Learning Team! Who’s with me?) I have too many shoes to fit in my small cabinet. I wish I had a tall shoe rack but my room does not have enough space for that. I’m just waiting for my sister to move out! I even replaced the bed sheets all by myself.. Usually i had some help, but this time i was all alone. And guess what? I took a total of 7 hours (minus my nap and my break fast) to just clean my whole room. Beat that!


I had this stack of magazines that i kept and i tossed all of them away :(


Thats how much TRASH that was in my room! Crazy, eh?

I was having flu since morning (whats new?) so being exposed to a high level of dust worsened the problem. But I just dealt with the dust particles in the atmosphere because I knew being a whiny brat would not help at all. I found some old stuff I haven’t looked at in years. Photos, letters, gifts, etc. I giggled while reminiscing the past. It just made me realize how much things have changed within the past year, how much things are changing and about to change now. My room’s okay now though, because you can see the ground again. I almost said floor. What is the difference, is there a socially acceptable time to use ground over floor, or vice versa?

So after hours of cleaning...........violà!


Now you can see my swing!!!

Now you can see my desk!!!!

Oh i love the modern feel of my room. I like to keep it very simple.

Have you ever done or created something of such life-affirming worth that you couldn't help but stand there like a moron and beam radiant joy out of your face at all around you? Well, that's what I did. I stood in the middle of my room and gave myself a big pat on my shoulder.