old treasures in the kitchen

i had another tiring tiring day. and i think today was worse than yesterday. yesterday, i was at least able to finish reading the day's paper, but today, i had hardly touched the paper. and i don't plan to read it at all. tomorrow, i am going to take a break and finish reading the 2 papers i will have. i am going to watch my amazing race and gossip girl and x-factor usa in front of the pc after finishing the necessary housework. that's it, i am not doing any extra tomorrow.

and i did not even have to bring the dog out for his walk at all. i had dad and uncle kam to do that today. so what the hell was i busy with??? .....

the dog wanted to get a share of what was happening in the house hence his snout had found a good resting place. he got super excited with uncle kam around and would climb all over him. and the dog barked when we put him on the chain....it only happened when uncle kam came. i think the dog was looking for uncle's attention. well, uncle is going to leave tomorrow. so beanie, you better say proper goodbye to him tomorrow.

i almost forgot to feed the dog his dinner but luckily he did not bark because he had gone for his mandatory evening walk earlier.

ok , we still haven't called the recycling truck yet. but soon because i have dumped a lot of things today as well.

but we are now reconsidering about recycling grandma's pfaff sewing machine. i did a lot of research online whether this could be considered an antique or not. according to a malaysian collector, things aged above 50 is considered antique here....but not in europe or america.
so is this machine here an antique in malaysia???

i found the serial number and also a website that gives the age of the machine according to the serial number. so according to the website, grandma's sewing machine was built in 1956. do your calculation and the age of the machine would be around 55 years old now. you really can't fault a well-manufactured product eh? as i said previously, this machine is still functional if the belt is replaced. dad said he would ask a restaurant owner who keeps antiques here in tm if he is interested. i hope he is interested and this machine will not go to waste.

now to the job that i did today. mission accomplished in one day. there was no way i could prolong it to another day. the mess would just drive me nuts.

this was the treasure i found. i was asking if we had pu-er tea leaves the other day, and dad said we only had green tea. and look what i found today. i found 5 pieces of them. 2 were smaller ones. uncle kam is going to take one piece away with him. and i am going to find out how to brew the tea online and make myself a good cup to relax while reading yesterday's paper. lol

so the mission today- get rid of unwanted stuff and tidy the big kitchen cabinet in the picture shown here. this is how it looked before.....or after i had started a while. it was such a headache. i threw away 3 bags of plastic, 2 bags of metal, and one big box of things which could not be recycled. that is the big brown box on the left of the picture. dad had sent it to the big bin 2 blocks away. phew!
this is the result after one whole afternoon of slogging. hahaha, the bright light really made the effect so much better in the picture. kakaa....

i still could not find a place to store the big bottle of oil, hence it is still sticking out like a sore thumb.
i also have to keep the plastic table there for the elderly to hold when they walk around in the kitchen. it is their support before taking the last few steps into the bathroom.

see the white teapot there on the table? haha...i am going to brew my tea in it.

ok time to sleep now. i have a class tomorrow morning. they are my excuse for not doing any cleaning tomorrow. i do need a break right? 2 places in the house done. next- under the stairs.