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Simple door makeover using fabric and homemade cornstarch glue.  

Some time ago Han and I started digging a little deeper into the world of posture-friendly mattresses. We did our online research, visited blogs and websites—then finally we made the time to visit a Tempur showroom along Jalan Maarof in Bangsar. We were…  

I think only Ruach would appreciate the title of this post. Been getting lots done. Managed to find a sofa within a day, and took delivery of it within a week: The living room looks much more homely now that we have something to…  

You have bags of rubbish like this: And rubbish on this scale:  

Hello again! I’m now at my (tiny) desk at my new workplace, with a cup of machine-‘bancuh’ed coffee… [5-hour time lapse] …! Correction, I was. I got whisked away to a looong management meeting. We adjourned for lunch, but will reconvene…  

Last night Han and I were both dead on our feet, after 2 full days of non-stop packing, moving, cleaning, forgetting stuff from the house/apartment and having to do double trips, and not to mention sneezing from all the ancient dust we’ve…  

Income tax deadline on Friday. Finished doing up the forms for Han and Bantus this morning, just after the Brazil-Ghana match ended on the telly. [insert angelic choir singing] Now deciding whether to be hardworking and hand them in personally tomorrow morning,…  

I can’t tell you how exciting it has been to see the apartment take shape over the past 2 weeks. It started off really quickly—lights went in, electric shower units, airconds, cabinets…then…  

The excitement is electrifying (speaking of which, does anyone out there find that walking around Ikea gets you electrostatically-charged? I’ve bumped into Han and other Ikea pilgrims by accident, and almost always zapped them). Firstly, welcome back home, Ruach! KL…  

The Moulinex BKA-341 Juicer. I think it’s gorgeous! Its lovely curves also feature prominently on the inside, making it a snap to clean. The salesgirl at Best Denki told me that its 400W of power ensures that every…