Tertiary Phase

OK finally! I got inspired by my ex-lecturer Mr Rajeev's (now a Phd Student in VCO) creative use of furniture in the apartment. I decided, I don't need the side table in my lounge area.. moved it under my workstation instead. See? Now I got more space to walk.

BTW, if you were wondering.. those are socks on the table.

After Phase 2: After IKEA

My new Home!

My new home has photos on the walls. *faint applause in background*

It has a (useless) standing lamp. The same model as the one I have in my room in Singapore.. except that it's in black. Photo of me and my Army friends (my farewell gift). Thanks guys!

My new workstation. Buddha had to go up! Thanks Buddha for your kind understanding! I REALLY needed that space cos' it is really much easier to reach that shelf you were housed in instead of your new home.

Buddha's ex-residence is now taken up my a photo of xp and me in Tom's Palette. Beside is the good bye card from my poly mates. Thanks guys! I was expecially moved by Da Xuan's entry (after Xiaoping deciphered the text for me). It was written in the modern version of a rather ancient language.. luckily I had Xiaoping with me (it was written in Chinese.. Doh!).

My new crib. Noticed the difference? Hint:It has a yellow frame.

Now I can proudly call this place ma' home. Any comments, suggestions to improve the look of my home?

After Phase 1 Furnishing

My Apartment..

Most of the stuff you see here are mainly from Harvey Norman, Big W and Safeway Supermarket all under one roof in QV, Swanston.

As you can see, I bought a lovely table runner just to spice things up.. Free electronic kettle jug courtesy of Rachel, a mini rice cooker in the background.. some cutlery and mugs. I managed to find an Asian Supermarket very near to Queen Victoria Market, that was where I bought all the soy sauce, dark sauce, sesame oil and oyster sauce which you see in the pic, beside the rice cooker.

Bathroom mat and laundry basket.. also from Big W...

This is my workstation, complete with my very own buddha corner.. for quiet reflection..

This is wear I sleep *yawn*

It gets REALLY quiet here at night. So quiet that you practically here a faint ringing in your ears.. neural noise..? At least that's what we optoms use to describe seeing things/light that aren't actually there.

You'll see the radiator in the bottom left. It has only been turned on ONCE, when I was testing it. Two reasons why I do not turn on my radiator: Firstly, it's VERY expensive! Try turning on a 5000W monster overnight (typically non-energy saving light bulb is about 60W). I just cannot afford this luxury lah.. Second and MOST important reason: radiators heat the ROOM, NOT the person. Come on... It's time to do your part for the environment! Keep warm the Live Earth Way! (put on a cardigan instead).

Those dangly white brown yellow thingys were brought over from Singapore. You can buy them in Mini toons, Cineleisure orchard.

My room is complete! But it's not quite a Home yet..