With Christmas not too far away (well in 1.5 months time), I toyed with the idea of getting a Christmas tree. In fact, I had already selected the model and tree I want (the great thing about the internet, you can find whatever you want) and even sent the picture to Dave. The tree was…
I have been shopping online for the longest since. Amazon, ebay, taobao, gmarket, Redmart, you name it. I have shopped on both international sites as well as local sites. International sites simply because I could only get those products on those sites, and they are not available locally. Local sites mainly for grocery shopping, and…
One of the basis of minimalism is to live minimally, with the essentials. Stocking up of stuff doesn’t seem to go in line with minimalism. Is that really the case? Personally I think it depends.
Before we embarked on our home remodelling project, a few friends of ours told us this “Get your carpenter to help you build up more storage. With a kid around, you’ll need that”. It wasn’t just one friend who said this. Quite a few in fact. I told this to Dave and his immediate reply…
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 – –…
In a previous article, we discussed the problem with cheap, which was actually, a prime example of mindless consumption. We make purchases without giving much thought, perhaps thinking that we might need it someday (which we probably did not require). What happens though, when they are never consumed? We probably do not realize this –…
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…
By Dave It is not uncommon to hear things like …… “Why are you taking so long to decide? It is CHEAP so you should just buy it” “You should buy in bulk because it is CHEAPER” “You should buy a few more because it is CHEAP” According to dictionary.com, CHEAP could be defined as…
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,…
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…