Pokka dots

Pokka dots, originally uploaded by andreaban2009.

Why is it...that a messy bed in Ikea looks inviting and cosy ....a messy bed at home looks just plain messy???

* picture taken at Ikea Malaysia. ( Largest in Asia) No wonder we were tired after coming home. All that exercise. 387,500 sg ft.

Reading Material for This Week is...

I bought this on Sunday. It's been slow-going so far. Largely to blame for this, is the new resolution of practising the violin for hours and hours and certainly not the fault of the book. I need to think of another way of getting a balance proportion of stuff to do. Wouldn't want to turn into one of those unfortunate souls, who take months to finish a book. And then complain it wasn't interesting enough. Hmm! The other MUST-DO thing this month is to try and organize the book shelf and ( shudder ) consider chucking some books out. There is little space left  and the books have spilled over onto the dining table and the bedroom. The urge to tidy comes after a visit to Ikea. As always I come home and stand and stare at my mess and wishing I had less of it.

The next step

Wanted: Easy Chair.

Found: Stockholm series, in "blad multicolor" from Ikea.

Why we need to read labels

Despite a sagging world economy, Malaysians are a defiant bunch collectively. And this same bunch of people was seen (with their extended family) at Ikea last Sunday. How do I know this? Because I made a trip there and waded my way through push-prams, toddlers with sticky fingers, pregnant women ( who took up quite a bit of space) and sulky school-going children dragged reluctantly on this expedition to furniture-land by their parents. Everybody was out to SPEND SPEND SPEND!! I hardly think any other sane person would have bothered heading that direction after seeing the crowds at the entrance.
After a face-to-face meeting with what was to become my sole purchase from Ikea that afternoon, I hurried along ( wasn't that fast...impeded by humans ) and got to the exit. For those of us who are not brain surgeons, looking for stuff ( aisle number and such ) is probably the most complex weekend thing we do. A few minutes later, after developing a torticollis-like posture I gave-up and asked. Only to be told

"Maam, you should have asked the lady upstairs and order there BEFORE heading down here."
"But I'm here now, can't I just get it off you."
"The label says "contact staff for purchase and information" ...ma'aam.
So the tip of the year is " READ THE DAMM LABELS"