handover

 can't really believe that i'm officially a property owner now in singapore.

may hdb resale prices continue to rise!!! *HUAT AH!!!*

someone like you

so i was going to forward some emails when i accidentally clicked on the "flagged" tab on my gmail browser and whoops, what do i see?

a whole lot of ancient emails dating all the way back to 2004, when i first registered my gmail account.

it was very interesting to read all the tiny condensed emails of the happenings that had occurred in my life. it was no doubt enlightening as well, as this time i had the benefit of hindsight to help me understand better the context and consequences of some of the emails that i had received or drafted at that time.

but were those emails written by my past self? really? no, i would never write those things down. in any case, i'm not who i used to be now; i've grown up and no longer resemble the jeremy kang who sent that email in 2006.

are we the sum of our parts? when do we become distinct from our past, or are we the product from our past experiences? to quote murakami, the past increases and the future recedes indeed.

reno blues

if you're wondering what i've been up to, well only ONE thing: renovation.

the magazines all make it look so easy: buy a house, engage an ID, decide on a decor, go to quirky shops to buy furniture, put it all together and ta-da: your dream home is created!

-_-"

perhaps the above only happens to the rich folks. for the more average peasants like me, it means operating within a fixed budget and that also means that weekends have to be burnt, wholesalers all over the island have to be visited, quotes have to be compared, and compromises have to be made, all in the name of getting the most bang out of my pretty limited buck.

so for the past weekends over the past two months, the girl and i have been going from north, south, east to west on the search and research for moderately affordable furnishings and appliances for our soon-to-be humble industrial scandinavian loft. we're already settled on our ID, have sort of an idea of where to get what and at how much, and hopefully in a few months, this:

can soon be transformed to this:

doesn't the reindeer decal look oh-so-lovely?! i love horns!!!

but first, there's more research, and shopping (oh-my-poor-wallet) to be done! stay tuned for the progress of projet pothaus!