Hanging in

Thanks to all who cheered for me last night at the indoor stadium. I got home feeling quite high from excitement of winning the best producer award and the lack of food. Thankfully, I got home to some watered down chicken alphabet soup. The awards are still in a carrier bag though. My house is overflowing with things.

You see, I've always liked the idea of living just sufficiently, an adequate sized house for my imagined "basic" needs. But this means that I've been swimming in stuff. BOXES OF STUFF. Letters from fans, heavy awards, old CDs, tons of clothes I no longer wear, endless high heels that gets additional discussions in forums when I 'recycle' them more than 5 times. I'm working on taking things I no longer need out of my life.

It's a toughie.

The Mister says I love living like how I did in the past. He's a little bit right. I love my hawker food and like taking the train when possible. Its comforting to know that there are some things that are still there. My old flat where I lived for for 22 years have recently been torn down for a spanking new development. The new condo looks potentially amazing, but the grassy slopes where my sisters and I played are now leveled for some swimming pool or something. It is weird for sure, but I get it. There is always space for improvements and I intend to embrace that.

Today I tried to hang the remaining of my pictures on the wall. Has anyone tried to do that? Being pretty good in Math, I armed myself with a measuring tape and many of those 3M hooks thinking it would be a walk in the park. I broke the glass frame, bruised my thumb and swore like a hooker. Quite a different person from yesterday's glam bam mam' I know.

I might not be a better version as of yet (version 12?) but I'm working on it.

Translation courtesy of Joyapple

感谢Joyapple老师的翻译：

坚持（挂着）

谢谢所有昨天来室内体育场为我加油的人。我很高兴拿着最佳专辑制作人奖项，饿着肚子兴高采烈地回到了家。不过还好，家里还剩下一碗稀释的鸡面汤等着我。那些奖杯仍然在手提袋里放着，因为屋子已经塞到爆了。

我一直觉得，生活只要能安居乐业，衣食无忧就可以了，房子的大小能满足我想象到的“基本”需要就已足够。但这意味着家里到处都是东西，已经几乎没有我的落脚之地。到处是一箱又一箱的东西。里面有歌迷的信件，各种奖杯，旧CD，还有不再穿的衣物堆积如山，无数不再用的高跟鞋，（因为若有一双“循环利用”超过五次的鞋，听说就会成为论坛里的一个话题）。我正努力把不再需要的东西从生活中清除出去。

这真是个难题。

先生说，我喜欢一如既往地按以前的方式生活。他说得有一点点道理。我喜欢大排档，喜欢在可能的情况下坐地铁。因为当你发现一些事情没有改变的时候，你总会感到欣慰。我住了22年的那个公寓最近被拆掉了，那一带进行了全新的发展规划。新公寓看起来可能非常棒，但从前我和姐姐妹妹经常去玩滑草的那个草坡被夷为平地，可能要在那修建游泳池之类的设施。这当然让我觉得有些不舍，但我可以理解这些改变。我愿意相信，每一样东西总是有空间改进，更新。

今天我想把剩余的照片挂到墙上去。有没有人挂过照片？我自信的以为自己数学很好，拿着卷尺和3M无痕挂钩，心想这是小菜一碟。结果我打碎了玻璃框，捶伤了拇指，便像个大流氓一样破口大骂。应该与昨天那个看起来魅力四射的女明星判若两人。

就目前情况来看，也许还没有一个更好的版本（版本12？）但我在为此努力。