Had to clean my room today, under the instruction of my mother. Had to clean her room too, because that's what university students home on summer holidays do: clean shit so their parents don't have to. She tried to get me to do the toilet via phone call today too, but I was all like hell no you didn't mention the toilet I ain't cleaning no toilet. If that sounds mean, it's because I was halfway through cleaning BOTH rooms and the end was in sight. Plus if I'd done the loo too, I prolly would've been late to meet Hwee (:

Anyway the point is, while cleaning my room I took the opportunity to look around. I mean, the parents have made much effort to revamp and reorganise my room so stuff that was a certain place when I hadn't gone to uni yet was now in another place altogether. And it struck me how many things I have lying around in plain sight. Some of these items are things which I feel I don't take enough time to appreciate, both for the item as well as for the person who gifted it to me. Some of these things are trinkets which were given almost a decade ago by very old friends, and I guess it served as a nice walk down memory lane.

-Painting of a rose (with glow in the dark paint) from Stella Bee, circa 2003.
-Painting of sunflowers from Jasmine, circa 2006/7. (It was from the CAP period, I can't really remember which one though. I also have forgotten what the message at the back means. Oh dear.)
-Photo frame with Vietnam picture from Stick, circa early 2009.
-Dreamcatcher from Ryan, circa 2006.
-Wooden D&T carving of a hamster? Pikachu? It's from Desiree, circa 2005.
-Candle holder from NJC OGLs, circa 2006.
-Large stuffed dog from my aunt on my father's side, lovingly named Alexander Montgomery Chubb, circa 1998.

And I'm sure there's more stuff in my drawer, cards and postcards and whatnot. I guess it's just a small reminder to look around at what we see every day and think about them a little more, because they hold memories of the past and the people in it (: