renovation - moving

I had to take everything I owned out of my flat because there was no way I could do such extensive renovations and still live there. Its just way too small! It took me a while to come to an acceptance that I had to move my stuff out. I got rid of some stuff as I moved, and once I moved, I went through everything, gave stuff away, and also had a massive garage sale which made me over RM2,500! Not bad at all.

I decided to go the sane way, and hire a moving company. THANK GOODNESS for my friends, because Pling gave me a wonderful contact. They moved my stuff over two days, and did an extraordinary job. Nothing was damaged in the move. I was most impressed. I also hired Mr. Ben to come the day before and remove all my pictures. I had something like 57 pieces up on the walls, and a total of about 70 pictures, including those that I had not put up. Sigh.

Here are photos of from moving day:

We filled three of these trucks, with stuff mainly. A lot of my furniture had actually been given away, so it was mainly books, clothes, and STUFF. I was amazed, and ashamed, at how much there was. It made me rethink my spending habbits, my consumption, and try to understand why I needed so much stuff surrounding me -- to make me feel safe? to fulfill me? Whatever, slowly but surely, hopefully, I am working through these issues.

Very patient moving guys. They worked sooo hard. It was a team of six guys, and it still took them 2 days to complete!

My house looked very empty when all my stuff was out. The other noteable thing was how incredibly stained the walls were! You could see the marks where the pictures had been. Yuck.

The entrance hallway sans pictures on walls

The living room, without anything in it but the couch and easy chair. Man I hate that floor!


Ahhh, I did take a photo of the ugly built in cupboard in the bedroom! Its still reaaaally ugly.


Empty bedroom, save the surfboards, which have now gone as well :)


My last view of my un-lamented bathroom. Note the ugly windows..