My room

Below are pictures of my room as promised!


#1 I dismantled my study desk recently and kept it away. As a result, my room looks more spacious. How lovely. My brother walked in and he said, "Look at this space! I feel I can do anything in this space!" An extra space of 1.5 x 1.5 meters can add so much excitement in one's life.

The painting hanging on the right wall is the one I recently painted (see previous post)




#2 The place where I'm standing connects to the bathroom


#3 I like my duvet cover. I bought it on a trip to India. It's handmade using a very light, airy cotton. Perfect for summer. Except that its always freezing cold in Melbourne. The best about this duvet cover is the price. I love purchasing stuff from developing countries.


#4 I feel so proud of my ingenious brain for placing this study lamp on my bed headboard. It's perfect for night reading. The arm can extend out quite a fair bit. Before this brilliant idea strucked me, I was reading my novels in dim light (don't tell mom). And I wonder why my eyesight is deteriorating!


#5 The only soft toy I want in my room. Otherwise, it might unfortunately end up in the charity bin. It's from my brother for my about 7 years ago. A once asked me what's its name. I said, Geoffrey! He said, why Geoffrey. I replied, I don't know why but it looks like one. For a long time, I was quite mystified why I automatically associated it with such an old traditional English name. And suddenly, one day it clicked! Think Toys R US!


#6 Here are my other soft toys that I do not really want. Its taking up unnecessary space. The smaller photo frame was given by R. In it are pictures of my high school prom night! Seemed like donkey years ago. I remember all the girls looking so pretty and dolled up. The guys on the other hand, looked nervous trying to make sure they did the right stuff, like pulling out chairs for their dates, trying not to step on the girls feet as they dance. haha, tough stuff.


#7 A picture of C and I. I love the photo frame.


#8 A wooden pig and a wooden horse. There's a story behind this. One day, T was visiting Melbourne. I was working on a painting while he was watching. To keep him entertained, I placed a sketchbook in front of him and asked him to doodle. After 10 minutes of working furiously on some drawing, he asked me to guess the animal he drew. Very confidently, I said, "PIG!" He furrowed his eyebrows for a few seconds before he said, "No its not! It's a horse! Can't you see the difference?" The next day, he bought these two wooden toys for me from the art gallery he visited. You know, just so I could tell both the animals apart.


#9 I love train station clocks. Firstly, I'm able to tell the time first in the morning in my half-blind state (literally). Secondly, I think it just adds character to a room. It will be even more perfect if its in a study room (if I had one).


#10 My tall boy. I love photo frames with black and white photos in them.


#11 My many perfumes. Two are given by brother. One by my mum. And the rest by people not related to me - they better not be or you know, it will be incestuous. Looks like I don't need to buy anymore perfumes for the next few years!


#12 I call this - spaceship speakers. It looks like a spaceship, no? J gave this to me. I love it. The tip changes colour according to the music you are playing.


#13 See now its green! I love the lamp behind the spaceship. It's a little Japanese lamp given to me as a present by A.


#14 I hate the sight of wires crawling all over the floor. It's so disconcerting. So, I've decided to dump the entire multi plug outlet into my last drawer. Just shut the drawer and problem solved! On the same note, I've sneakily used a bed valance to hide my printer and my other multi plug outlet under my bed. Its so convenient that way. Everytime I need to print something, I just take the wire from under my bed, plug it into my laptop and start printing.



#15 Many helicopters were circling the city today. I wonder why. Is it to do with the earthquake that shook Melbourne today? What's happening to Australia? Two earthquakes in two weeks. Boo! First the bushfires and now this!

Okay, that's all. Documenting this was fun. I might be living in a new place in a couple of years/months time or I might decide to go berserk and redesign my entire room. You never know! Sometimes, it seems like my goal in life is to watch my parents recoil in horror as I mention heart-attack worthy ideas - like painting my bed white, the desk to some other shade of brown, painting a feature wall of some weird colour and I once thought that it was good idea to paint pictures on the wall - like it was some huge piece of canvas.