The below post was shared by a popular Singaporean actor, Thomas Ong, on his facebook post. His post resonated strongly with me, hence I am sharing this. I am posting this in it’s entirety. ********** As we grow up, and hence wiser, we slowly realize that wearing a $300 or a $30.00 watch – –…
The blues at work
As regular monday approaches, most of us will probably dragged our feet out of the house – the dreadful “Monday blues” at work. Monday blues exists mainly because of work, or it could be due to any regular set of activity that you are required to engage in but dread. But why do we dread work…
The social stigma of downsizing
When it comes to downsizing, whether from a bigger house to a smaller house, a bigger car to a smaller car, more often than not, it would attract sympathetic looks from around. Those that probably say, “I am sorry that you are not doing well” or “Well, I guess it’s hard with those monthly installments…
The cable TV debate
Before we moved to our new place, one of the first questions I posed to Dave was: “Are you subscribing to cable TV?” Or to be more specific, a 3rd party content provider. The impetus for me to asked this is because Dave is a huge soccer fan. He loves watching soccer games and as we…
A simple birthday celebration (for your children)
By Kate It was Ally’s 2 years old birthday 2 weeks ago. In fact, both Dave and I actually took a day off way in advance on the actual day of her birthday, thinking then that we would probably bring her somewhere and celebrate her birthday together. On the day or her birthday, we were…
Inspiring others through minimalism
By Kate I wrote in a previous post (here and here) that my parents were somewhat of a hoarder, though not serious ones. They are the type who do not tend to throw things away if they are in good condition, despite the fact that they are probably not going to use them at all,…
Women and their (our) shoes
By Kate I did some decluttering the other day. Mainly the shoe cabinet. There were many pairs which I don’t wear anymore and many more which I don’t even recall existed. While clearing them, many seemed to looked like they won’t hold up anymore even if I started wearing them today. Shoes, unlike clothes, tend…
Our minimalist home
By Dave and Kate In our earlier posts (here and here), we had mentioned that we were in the midst of remodelling our place and after months of waiting, I am proud to say that our place is ready and we have started moving in. We would like to share pictures of our place with…
A created need or want?
By Kate When I was young, I remembered coming across an ad selling diamonds that has a tagline that goes “Diamonds are a girl’s best friend”. Awwhhhhhh……. I never knew that. I thought friends are human beings. I didn’t realise that stuff could be our best friends too. Well it depends on our definition I…
Clutter
By Kate Over the weekend, we went over to a friend’s housewarming party. I am really excited for my friend as they have been married for a while, and have a baby boy and it’s great that they finally got their first home. It’s a great condo at a pretty sleek area. Not directly in…