Spring Cleaning

My room was fit for only pigs to stay in! That's what my parents had been saying for the past erh.... well! as long as I can remember. They always said a person's personality can be known by just looking at his bedroom. Ok! Let's have a look at my room. Messy! Ok! I'm a messy person. Full stop! And the interesting part is their justification that if I clean up my room, I will become an organised person. Hmmmm! So my personality is determined by the condition of my bedroom. Cool!

Anyway, isn't that a good thing since this year is the Pig year. Fit just nicely to the theme. Yea...hhh! Wake up, Xianjie! Stop procrastinating. Get up and clean the room. Ok! Honestly, when I looked at my room, I had no idea where I should start with. Everywhere is a mess! All the past years, what I do is simply gathered up the mess, tidy it up and slot it back where it was. Smart right! But I guess it's not helping. A chinese saying "Change the soup but never change the ingredients" It is not solving the root of the problem. Ok! I had make up my mind! I just had to throw things - many things. So to keep it short, I threw away alot of things. Took me 3 afternoons to clear my room. Yeahh! And I managed to tow the ancient sewing machine out of my room. SPACE! Everybody start tapping the "SPACE" key on your keyboard. Finally, my room had space. The next thing I want to get rid of is the other bed. I have 2 single beds in my room. If I could move the other bed out, it is not just space, it's a plot of land! Then I can buy and put a drum set, amplifier, guitar, bass- basically my own jamming studio! Muahhahahhaha! Ok! Dreams aside. Well! 1 thing I really thank God for is how much He loves me. He gave me my own room. It is something that I feel very grateful for but yet something that I have taken for granted. I know many of you out there are old enuff but still sharing rooms with your siblings. I know you all yearn for your own room and privacy but I guess on the bright side is that you can have an intimate relationship with your siblings. Also I believe it's a learning point because you all will be more sensitive towards those who are sharing the room. This helps because in the future, when you get married, you know how to share the room with your spouse.

Even as I was digging through my mess to see what I can throw, I came across many interesting things. Some notes I had written when I was much younger. Really brings back memories and laughter.

Beside cleaning up my room, I had to helped with some other errands. I needed to fix a clothes hanger rack( is that the right word). It's base was too small, the rack stands were slightly flimsy and when extra clothes are hung onto it, it will simply topple. And to be honest, I thank God for physics. After 4 years of studying physics, it may not have benefitted me in what I am studying now, it definitely had helped me in my day to day work. By applying physics, to solve the problem, I concluded that if I add weight to the base, it will prevent the rack from toppling over. Haha! Maybe it's a small thing but I really feel very satisfied. Thank God for physics.