Spring cleaning on Christmas ...

I actually hate cleaning ... Okay, hate may not fit the bill .... I actually detest cleaning .... The fact that I was such a perfectionist in my early days of cleaning, in that I scoured every nook and cranny with vengeance against the very miniscule of dust, was probably because the whole activity somehow exorcised some kind of demon inside me ....Or rather, because my mother told me to do it .... Now, I'm just old and doggone lazy .... Anywayz, as much as the idea of cleaning up stirs hardly an industrious bone, the idea of a messy place, to me, is even more frightening, and very much loathed .....

So, if I had to put it down to a list of most detestable house chores, from the worst to the least terrible, this would be it:

i) Vacuuming
ii) Ironing
iii) Cooking
iv) Cleaning the dishes
v) Laundry

Erm, have I missed anything? .....

Alright, what has all this talk on cleaning got to do with anything? .... As it so happens, my room is getting crowded with stuff, and though I may have the option of throwing the junk out, it also so happens to be that my old and doggone lazy bones have gotten sentimental .... I have developed an incurable affinity for inanimate objects .... Even for something as trifle as a pen ... I'd imagine it would cry out "Why do you push me away? Why do you throw me out??" as I let it fall into the wastepaper basket ..... Imagine instead if it was a book ....

Oh dear Lord, strike me down for committing a sin worse than chanting something obscure which I wouldn't know the meaning of anyway - Besides, I really don't know the meaning of most of the things I recited in kelas mengaji ... I mean, I know they're Arabic, but I haven't a clue as to what they mean - I have thrown away books, yes .... Tonnes of them, truckloads of them ... Okay, I exaggerate, but point remains .... Why did I do such a stupid thing? Because I was stupid then ....

Not wanting to be overly remorse over matters long past, I decided I will no longer throw away anything .... except old and tattered underwear, and paper that has been used over and over again, and DVD and CD covers (because they take up space unnecessarily), and ....

My mission is futile, but I shall prevail .... So, without much ado, I have dedicated the yuletide holiday for the very purpose of spring-cleaning my room .... *sighs* .... The daunting thought of it .....

I could, however, resort to selling my stuff at some flea market .... erm, RM50 for my music CD collection? Now, wait just a fine minute, you're out of your f**king mind!!!! ..... Okay, okay, maybe the .... hmmm, lemme think .... Oh wait, I've actually set aside a box for worthless junk, I mean, actual worthless junk .... so worthless that I don't think I could get money out of them anyway ......

And after clearing all those things away (into shiny bright IKEA boxes), I can just imagine my room breathing easier with more space .... and in that bright new empty area, I shall put a ...... hmmm, maybe one of those colourful deckchairs .... where I can lounge, and sip pina colada, and while away time doing absolutely nothing .... Or one of those comfy IKEA armchairs .....

Hmmm, it's the idea of putting in something new emboldens me to buck up, and clean up my room :) ...


Added 06/12/08 - And the first to go would be my almost-in-tatters pair of trainers ... They're definitely more than five years .... close to eight probably ... God knows how hard the soles have become ... Could explain why my knees get painful after I jogged in them, but still, I plodded on the poor sodding pair ... Only when it started to chafe badly on the area just around one ankle that I've decided that, well, it's the end of the road for you ... Goodbye, my trusty trainers ... Rest in peace in trainer heaven you shall be .... At least you'll forever be remembered on this blog ...

















And hello, my new pair ... The first thing I did after putting on these spanking new ones was I jumped and jumped on them .... and jumped some more, they're so incredibly light .... And the jogging feels much, much better .... Check out the socks ... I got them, with another few pairs, at Topshop when I was in the UK .... and when was that? ....


















Added 28/12/2008 - Progress report .... With just a few more days to 2009, I am not too sure whether my spring-cleaning mission will be completed when the New Year is ushered in .... Firstly, I am just too tired after cleaning the storeroom/utility area after half a day .... and I'm not finished yet .... My mother is jumping up and down when I said I wanted to throw away this makeshift table .... Okay, so fine, I won't throw it away, but by George, I will fit in the bookcase into that tiny room, or my nick is not Brainjuice a.k.a The Killer Wabbit ....

Added 29/12/08 - Owww, I hurt my back .... getting old ... I'm only 33! ...Anywayz, my room is almost done ... Have put a lot of things in boxes ... My room looks a lot more spacious than it was before .... Hmm, now thinking of whether I want to tackle the dust on top of the fan ... Ceiling fan, I may add ... That's it, no more spring cleaning until, like, after 3,000 years ...