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…
When we were first born into this world, comparison starts. It starts with the little things, like our weight, length (or height) or even head circumference etc. These comparisons might not be with another person or baby per se, it could be against a chart, an average of some sorts, or a bell curve. But…
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…
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…
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…
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…