Hwahhh... as much as I wanted to wake up late, my body clock has been switched. I was already awake at 6am but I forced myself to sleep again. Okay let me write about something in this beautiful Sunday morning :)
In general, my old house in Serangoon was cleaner and tidier compared to my current house (or it may be not that tidy, but because it is only 3 of us, the mess was not so visible). When three people or five people live together, the effect is different. For example, in my old house, we put our shoes not on the racks, but they look okay. In my current house, when we put our shoes not on the racks, the effect is horrible. Another factor why old house is generally cleaner, my roommate is allergic to dust and my housemate sweeps and mops the house so often. His working hours is not constrained by 9-to-5 (unlike my current housemates and me), so he can mop the floor at 11pm! The effect of this change is, me, a messy person suddenly has higher threshold of cleanliness and my hands are quite itchy to at least sweep the floor or wash the rags.
However, to be honest, it is very hard to work consistently. Ideally we have a schedule to clean the house. Look at your mom, she doesn't clean the house only when the house looks dirty right? My first few weeks staying here, I mopped the kitchen once a week, but now, I just sweep the floor. It's quite hard to practice this consistency because on some weekdays you might meet up with your friends, you go home late, and tradaaa.. you don't feel like you want to do any house chores.
So yeah.. It's a challenge :) I was quite struck by the reflection on the feast day of Our Lady of Loreto. Can you imagine how Our Lady maintain the good home environment for Our Lord and St. Joseph? I was so happy when I finally bought a wooden image of Our Lady and put it on the wall of our kitchen. It is a good reminder every time I pass the kitchen, to learn from Our Lady to take care of little things, including my home.
Our Lady of Loreto, pray for us.
In general, my old house in Serangoon was cleaner and tidier compared to my current house (or it may be not that tidy, but because it is only 3 of us, the mess was not so visible). When three people or five people live together, the effect is different. For example, in my old house, we put our shoes not on the racks, but they look okay. In my current house, when we put our shoes not on the racks, the effect is horrible. Another factor why old house is generally cleaner, my roommate is allergic to dust and my housemate sweeps and mops the house so often. His working hours is not constrained by 9-to-5 (unlike my current housemates and me), so he can mop the floor at 11pm! The effect of this change is, me, a messy person suddenly has higher threshold of cleanliness and my hands are quite itchy to at least sweep the floor or wash the rags.
However, to be honest, it is very hard to work consistently. Ideally we have a schedule to clean the house. Look at your mom, she doesn't clean the house only when the house looks dirty right? My first few weeks staying here, I mopped the kitchen once a week, but now, I just sweep the floor. It's quite hard to practice this consistency because on some weekdays you might meet up with your friends, you go home late, and tradaaa.. you don't feel like you want to do any house chores.
So yeah.. It's a challenge :) I was quite struck by the reflection on the feast day of Our Lady of Loreto. Can you imagine how Our Lady maintain the good home environment for Our Lord and St. Joseph? I was so happy when I finally bought a wooden image of Our Lady and put it on the wall of our kitchen. It is a good reminder every time I pass the kitchen, to learn from Our Lady to take care of little things, including my home.
Our Lady of Loreto, pray for us.
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