In london, everybody has their own flats, and really we're living a self sufficient life in a sense (on our parent's account of course, which makes those years the best).
On a sunday, I'd troop down to arya's or tim's or kelly's, and we'd just chill out. Go out grocery shopping, buy food back in, cook, and eat over whatever was on TV. Probably Top Gear. At tim's we'd order in morley's indian food (THE BEST INDIAN TAKEAWAY IN THE WORLD), and my indian delivery man would be, "AHH DOI DOI, SARRR WHERE HAVE YOU BEENNNN!!?", and then we'd head off to the pub for a drink and some football.
It feels the same when I visit Mike and Wendy. One of the things you need to do when you move into a new place is to deck it out.
Making a house into a home. With space of your own, you find yet another compelling need to consume.
When I called on my favourite couple on Saturday afternoon, they were just taking delivery of their new sofa!
It took a while to assemble, but when done, behold a thing of beauty!!! YAY!
Now my mum has specifically told me, before you marry a girl, make sure she is neat and oraganised!
Wendy is the last person in this world I would think is organised (hehe :-p peace!), but I was surprised when I ventured into their bedroom.
She's set up a "princess corner". A deliberate ploy to "demanify" mike (he hou man, she dun like). EVERY SQUARE INCH OF THAT SECTION, where her computer is and there is a little sitting area is covered in pink! She plans to paint the walls pink too. To tell you the truth, I dunno why, I quite like it. I guess it speaks of her individual flavour. I dun think I'd like it if my gf did the same thing to our room, but .... hey ....
I've veered away from the point as I always do. Be amazed at how neatly she has arranged all her stuff!
Future wife, if you are reading this, you'll have to take tips from wendy before mum comes over to inspect our place. One other thing I noticed was that there was hand soap in the toilet. AGAIN, my mum has said, any home that does not have hand soap ... tsk tsk ... yes lah, my mum is quite the home maker! Very meticulous.
After dinner we headed off to carrefour to buy their bicycles.
: 6:25 PM