I Like That

In an effort to update some of this blog's readers (or what's left of you guys anyway), I'm popping back to throw in some pictures to show you what's going on in life, post-traumatic event.

I'm not gonna lie. It was difficult getting through the loss of my dad. Nobody likes to be faced with mortality especially when cancer comes along with it, but life throws you rocks. Just gotta bear it and grow thicker skin.

So, I had my room repainted last week. Or was it two weeks ago?

Anyway, my mom decided it was time (finally!) to re-furbish all three bedrooms with new curtains and wall colours. Wei Khee introduced me to this hardware store called Yung Kong on the u-turn back from Boulevard to Kuching, and I brought my mom there to get some paint.

At first, we were quite disappointed with the somewhat-limited choices of colour available on the racks, but we were pleasantly surprised when the sales assistant told us that we could mix our own colours on the spot using Dulux technology. 

Now, THAT's the way to go!

The machines that make you go 'whee!' looking at wall colours being juiced and mixed. 

So many choices to choose from!!!

Guess what colour I chose? Ten bucks to the correct answer!

Teh friendly assistant digressing with his co-worker while I sat and stare. 

The process was relatively simple - pick your colour (each comes with a specific code), then decide on how many litres you want (they come in 1L and 5L if not mistaken), then they'll punch in the codes. Using  white colour as base, you can see the machine dispensing several colours in different volumes to get the hue you asked for. 


Then, the lid is replaced and the tin is transferred to another machine which will shake the can up and down with so much vigour, any HJ-giver would be proud. 


And, tadaa! My colour is complete! 

Imlovingit!

Moved furniture around, prepped the walls, painted and let the room dry for a couple of hours before getting everything back together! (God I sould like Im writing a 'How To Paint Your Room' article.)

And its done!

Colour's more prominent in the above picture. 

My brother got a slightly-lighter version of my room (I call it yellow) and my mom maintained her room pink. We painted my grandma's room blue before she moves back.

Oh, she just moved back in!! (I just updated this post.) I miss her so much. Previously she moved in with my aunts when my dad first got sick cuz it was hard for us to take care of her along with my dad, but now she's back with us and I miss her terribly. Its nice to have her around because the house doesn't feel as lonely as before. 

Things are slowly looking better. Apart from work, I like my life now. 

I'm giving focus to myself rather than to my life, which is good. All this while, I've been living day by day, taking each assignment or task at hand but not feeling fulfilled with life which is probably why I've never felt like I've really accomplished something in life.

So I'm gonna be a bit more selfish  and do things that I can and I like - not because I want to but because I enjoy doing it. Makes sense? 

Incidentally, this project gave me the chance to throw out many, many things. It hurts to let go but once you do, the burden lifted feels so... liberating.