the paint job is finally over. the house looks new now, and it still needs some getting used to. each room has a wall with an essence colour and e other walls are all white (advised by alice (: ) my room's green tea, sis's room hot pink, master-bedroom romantic pink, living area a classy brown, the balcony hot pink, the doors coffee(withnotenoughmilkkinda) brown. classy or funky. oriental or western zen. old or new. the theme of our house is.... confusion.
thanks to the paint job, we had a spring cleaning. really annoyed by people being say-bo-s by leaving things around for other people to clean/pack/repair/thinkwhattodowith. lots of clearing before the painting job. lots of cleaning after the painting job. result? i think i sprained something in my back. everyone was grumpy. because of so much work to do. because of perceived insufficient effort received. because of perceived insufficient recognition and appreciation. because of insufficient sleep and resulting grumpiness. because of negligence. which was because of so much work to do. because the painting started, then the tap spoilt, then the washing machine spoilt, and got fixed, and spoilt again, and recovered itself, then the painters went off with our whole house in a mess which was previously promised won't happen, then the painters left with lots of loose ends for us to take care of (painted where they shouldn't, messy job resulted in us having to go around scraping and turpentining). it was backbreaking work.
in short, thank God it is all over!