Category: Life

It’s only 17 days to go before we take possession of the house. Have we started packing yet? Well, Troy has. Like REALLY packing? Not quite. Troy has packed all his DVD collection and some of his CDs and books but not enough to make a dent. We simply have So. Much. Crap. And I’m…… Continue reading Mostly Furniture Rant

“Sometimes the world makes me angry,” I said. “Sometimes I put the weight of the world on my shoulders and I cry.” He said, “Don’t worry about it. The world will fix itself.” I said, “I don’t know about that…” (I do want to believe that the world will fix itself somehow, but I just…… Continue reading Sometimes I Lose Faith in Humanity

Saw this picture of my little nephew and niece in my sister-in-law’s Facebook account and I just had to steal it. They were just babies when I left Indonesia and look how big they are now! And how gorgeous! And what beautiful smiles! My mum would’ve been so proud if she could see them. I…… Continue reading Emir and Ayra

So these are pictures of our little house. It’s still sporting the current owners’ decorating style, which is not necessarily similar to mine. Mine would be crazier and less traditional. That said, I’d just like to ask for your opinions. If it was your house, would you paint the door and the window trims and…… Continue reading To Paint or Not to Paint

The excitement of buying a house has kind of worn off now and replaced by the worries of not being able to find a job that will keep me happy. The thing is, I’m not a people person and I have very little patience for stupid people, meaning jobs that require a lot of human…… Continue reading Desperado

How are you, gentle readers? Long time no update. Things have been crazy these last couple of weeks with Troy’s grandpa getting sick, one of Troy’s cousins passed away, and on the day of her funeral, Troy’s grandpa passed away. In addition, I’ve been down with a nasty cold since last week. We made some…… Continue reading And So Life Goes On

Here’s a list of the features in our newly acquired house as compared to this list I made of my ideal house: older than your grandparents, if your grandparents were born less than 84 years ago; detached (yes!); not too spacious rooms, but that only means less space to clean (compromise); 3 bedrooms (yes!); good-sized,…… Continue reading Our House

Yesterday I became a permanent resident of Canada (basically like a Canadian citizen without the rights to vote or be voted in the federal election and can be kicked out of the country if committed a crime) and today? Today we became homeowners. Yeah, I know. Crazy. I’ll write a longer post once everything has…… Continue reading OMGLOLWTFBBQ

Things I will miss about this apartment once we move out into our own house: Relatively cheap rent; Not having to pay for utilities because they’re already included in the rent; The location, because I actually like Waterloo. Things I won’t miss about this apartment once we move out into our own house: The Dirties…… Continue reading Yays and Nays

According to Troy, we still haven’t found a house to buy after two weeks of hardcore househunting sessions because my standards are too high. I disagree with that. I don’t think my standards are too high. I just know exactly what I want. In case you want to see whether my standards are too high…… Continue reading My Ideal House