30 Bags in 30 Days - Bag 5 Part 2 of Day 4

 Today my goal is to complete what I had started on Day 4. I continued shredding my private emails and fill up the blue bag. Also I had the files dismantled and separated into trash, paper and steel. Both paper and steel will go on sale to the junkyard. I will only take these to the junkyard as soon as the box containing papers are full. Will show that box in the coming days. 

Shredded papers - Bag No. 2

2 Files that were 'dismantled' and
separated into Trash, Paper and Steel.
It means 2 files less from my stash.

Well, today is the first day of the second phase of the CMCO which literally means Conditional Movement Control Order. The reason behind CMCO was due to increase in number of new cases especially in Selangor, Putrajaya, and the Federal Territory. It is partial lockdown, and being in Selangor, my area is somewhat affected. How fast the virus spread and this is the Third wave of the pandemic. 

Now what does this mean? 

Can I leave my home?

Two persons in each household are allowed to travel. This is only for work, emergency and essential matters such as to purchase necessities like food and groceries.

(I shall do my bulk grocery shopping this coming Saturday)

How far can I travel?

Cross-district travel is not allowed. Police will be setting up roadblocks to control movement. In Selangor, for example, theres are nine districts - namely Gombak, Hulu Langat, Hulu Selangor, Klang, Kuala Langat, Kuala Selangor, Petaling, Sabak Bernam and Sepang. You should remain in your district.

(My plan to go back to Melaka and visit mum will be postponed to end of the month)

Do I need to go to work?

Most businesses will still be operating as usual. Only a few sectors will be closed, such as educational institutions and entertainment centres.

How do I get to work if my office is in another district?

An exception is made for people who need to travel cross-district for work. This is on the condition that they can show their work pass or letter of permission from their employer at roadblocks.

 Can I send my kids to school or a childcare centre?

No. All schools, colleges, universities, ttraining institutes and childcare centres will be closed.

I study at a private school and I am sitting for my International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) examination, what do I do?

The closure order applies to both public and private schools. Check with your school on hoew to sort out your examination.

Can I eat at restaurants?

No, dine-in is no longer allowed. Restaurants are still allowed to open but only for take-aways and deliveries.

Is there a time restriction for me to travel and business to operate?

Yes. The details will be announced soon. This will be updated when the information is available.

Can I exercise in a park?

No. All public parks and recrreational centres will be closed. You are also not allowed to go out for recreational activities such as excercising or riding the bicycle.

What if I insist even if someone tries to stop me?

Violating the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Regulations 2020 can land you an RM1,000 fine, or up to six months inprisonment, or both. Worse if you obstruct a public ooficial who is enforcing the conditional MCO, you can face up to two years in prison or a fine of up to RM10,000 fine or both under Section 186 of the Penal Code. 

Public Officers aren't only limited to the police and include public servants of various agencies, including local council officers.

Can I sing karaoke at an outlet?

No, entertainment outlets are not allowed to open.

I have a wedding to attend, can I?

No, wedding ceremonies are not allowed.

Can I pray at a place of worship?

All places of worship - Muslim and non-muslim - will be closed.

(This is really sad, actually. I shall miss being in a congregation.)

That rule and regulation was sent to me via Whatsapp but I will find out the source of info.

The CMCO will run for two weeks, that is, from 14th. Oct. to 27th Oct. 2020. Just have to continue being in Stay Home mode again. Anyway, what is the statistics for today that this action has to be taken?

Yup 660 cases - an all-time high since the 
pandemic started in Malaysia around March 2020.

Thank you for stopping by. A lengthy post today. Stay safe everyone.

30 Bags in 30 Days - Bag 4 Trash cum Recyclables Part 1

 I decided to work on a small group of files that I put together for this process. I knew one day I have to go through them and eventually I did. I picked them up from the kitchen, the balcony and under the stairs and put them in one area. While waiting for my brother to arrive, I went through each and everyone of them. 

Since my brother will be arriving around 4:00 pm, I decided to prepare boiled tapioca root for tea time. I served them with hot black coffee and sambal dipping.

The pile that will be worked on today.

This pile I chose to keep. A matter of putting them
at the right places now.

This pile is to be put into the recycle box to be sold. After sorting
them I found some private emails between my sister and I.
I will shred them instead using my home office shredder.

Going, going, gone.
Using my office home shredder I chose to shred
the emails between my sister and I. These emails
are too personal in nature and I wouldn't want
my daughter or husband to read them, either after
I am gone.Those are memories that will now be 
gone forever and for the better. 

My Office home shredder. Makes shredding a breeze 

but the donside is I can only shred for 15 minutes

and let the machine cool for 15 minutes

before starting the next shredding process.

The result after one hour. I end up filling one-and-a-half bag
and I shall continue tomorrow with the other bag.
My brother and his wife has arrived. Time to stop.

I found this map I did for my thesis and this I am keeping this
for a while more.

The remaining tapioca root I planned to
serve my brother and his wife

Boiled Tapioca Root for Tea. 

30 Bags in 30 Days - Bag 3 Trash

The trash I had collected on Friday was half-way done and I didn't get to fill up the bag because I end up cooking a huge dinner. It was Rice Mandy with grilled Beef. I continued with the task today instead. Also, I was away for the weekend.

Since today is trash day, I decided to fill up the bag quickly before the truck arrive. As I was filling up the bag with trash that is within reach, I find that this method did not work very well. I have to change my strategy a little whereby I will go through every cupboards, drawers, boxes in every area of the house in a systematic way. Otherwise, it will take more than one day to fill up the bag and this may not be the way to go. My goal of 30 days straight is not feasible, either. So my 30 days self-proclaimed challenge means it is not every day for thirty days I will fill a bag.

Back to the trash bag. So, I need to work fast or I shall miss the truck. I was sidetracked a little because I was looking for a bandage which I knew I had. The usual. When you look for something you really need, the item became elusive and it will only surface at a time when you don't need it anymore. While searching for it, I spotted this Medical kit. When I open it, I found some expired medication pills. I emptied the kit and voila, that really fills up the bag completely. Another trash bag completed.

That is what is left of the Medical Kit after
emptying the contents. I shall have to fill up 
the kit with basic medical items. Also I
need to have the kit hung where it is
not only visible, most importantly,
accessible.

The third trash bag for the self-proclaimed
challenge. It will be completely out
of sight once the garbage truck arrive.

This is my lunch. Very simple indeed. 'Lempeng',
Valencia Orange, Sambal dip and Camomile Tea.

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you enjoy my little chat and sharing of what I did today.

30 Bags in 30 Days - Bag 2 Clothes Purging

Today I decided to have a look at my closet once again. The last time I purged was in November 2019 before I went back to Melaka. Lo and behold I had a teeny accident and that puts a stop to my decluttering and purging activities. 

Going through my clothes was not that difficult actually. I knew what I can keep and what I can no longer wear. Now that I am no longer working I realise I do not require too many blouses or Jubahs or Baju Kurungs. I can only add one or two for the Eid Celebration. Since I passed for 2019 and 2020, I may consider buying one or two new ones for 2021. In syaa Allah. Finally, I end up with a big plastic bag of clothes that I can donate. 

Clothes to be donated

I now buy clothes sparingly ever since I retired from work. To date I have tailored only 4 baju kurungs and 2 Jubahs or dresses and I bought 6 blouses. That is all and those purchases were required purchases. After pulling out all the clothes that I have outgrown in size, I really hope to have more space in my closet for the remaining clothes to 'breathe more freely'. I am wearing what I have currently and I know some have already been marked as to be trashed. Too worn out to be donated. This will not be big process on its own but can be done progressively. That's it. No more clothes to be donated after this, omly to be trashed.

Feel happy that I could accomplish the task for the day. I can only spare one or two hours for this challenge as I have other chores lined up for me.

Thank to you to those who stop by. Hope you find this little task of mine inspiring. See you tomorrow with another plastic bag of 'goodies'.

30 Bags in 30 Days - Day 1 Trash and Recycleable

 I was excited to try out my favourite youtuber's "My Great Challenge" for her 30 day box challenge. In her case she used Laundry Basket instead of a box. Initially I wanted to use a box. Then I remembered I had all the boxes sold to the recycling center on Sunday. Then I thought of using laundry basket. This is a no-no for me, too, because I have to purchase one for this purpose and it is not feasible. In the end I settle on the normal grocery plastic bag which will have to go eventually. Please note, if you choose either the box or the basket, make sure before the day is over the box or basket is emptied accordingly. Otherwise you will end up with nothing going to the trash, or donate or recycling centre.

The idea for this challenge is simple. Take a box or laundry basket or plastic bag and walk around the house collecting items that are for thrash, for donate or for the recycling centre. I don't have much items left to donate as I had donated a huge chunk of my clothes, books and mugs. Then again, I may find more hidden items to donate. Who knows.

There are a couple of ways to do this. You can cover the entire house and just pick those that will fall into the three categories. Another way is to focus on area by area for eg the kitchen, the living room, the master bedroom, the kid's room or the spare room, the balcony or even the bathroom. Today my focus was the kitchen because today is garbage day and I don't want to see what I had collected hanging around the house any more.

I like to collect glass bottles with the intention of creating something arsty out of it. I realised I do not have much time for it now so these bottles will have to go. I knew I had let go a large amount of glass bottles as I did my decluttering process. Still worth checking out.

Yes, I did manage to collect one plastic bag of the bottles. I am keeping only four bottles because I am going to make a juice for the heart and will store them in the bottles for refrigeration. With help from the child we washed the bottles, boiled them and dry them.

These four are kept for use
later

These are all that is left for me to
trash. I have to be quick 
because the Garbage 
Truck will be arriving any
minute now.

So this is my day 1 of one plastic bag a day challenge. By the way, this challenge means you are not supposed to mix the daily trash just so as to make up for the one bag daily. This is not the purpose of this challenge. The process is to really declutter in a manageable way that will really work to your advantage. 

For today I am done and I am happy about it. I have also collected items for the recycling centre and I have put a box solely for this purpose. I hope by the thirtieth day, I would have filled up the box and ready to sell.

Thank you for stopping by. Wish you all a happy day. Stay Safe. Stay Healthy. Stay Home.

Decluttering - Day 5

When my husband and I discovered our regular junkyard was open for business, we were absolutely thrilled. So looking forward to clear the house of junks that I had separated over the weeks to sell to the junkyard.
I had been decluttering and I had separated the items to keep, thrash and sell to the junkyard. At least the kept items had been cleaned, and organized or relocated. Those for thrash had long gone. Yesterday was to the junkyard.

6 Thrash Bags of shredded papers, plastics and tins
2 boxes of papers, magazines and newspapers
2 spoilt monitors

Boxes 

We did not make much money from selling these items yesterday because the price had dipped down so much. At least still better than thrashing and not earn anything. So happy to have cleared them out finally. Waiting to clear the two boxes of clothing to be given away.

Thank you for stopping by.

A Beautiful Moment

This layout was created for Kraft+ challenge for the month of April 2020 - april challenge The theme of the challenge is "Inspired by Fashion".

I decided to participate in scrapbook challenges once again and this site, one of my favourite, is really a good start. There are a couple of reasons why I want to do so:

1. To get myself motivated and to start creating once again.

2. To de-stash my years of collection. I am not going to give away nor throw away my stash. Seriously, I am going to use them all up. This is also part of my decluttering, organizing and cleaning process.

3. To get in touch or rather re-connected with my online scrapbooking friends once again.

Winning? Well, that is a Bonus. If I win Alhamdulillah. If I don't win, Alhamdulillah.

For this layout I chose a photo of The Child with her friends. They were all dressed up in the evergreen Traditional Malay "Baju Kurung", both modern and traditional. Just how elegant and colourful they look. I decided on a very clean and simple look for my layout.

Supplies : Kraft paper

Scraps of pattern papers

Kaisercraft - Cherry Blossom

Semco Stencil - Aztec & Feather STC1654

Momoyo Puffy Stickers

UW Adhesive Paper Lace

Bella Die-cut Embellishment

Gesso

Gel Pen

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