Marlene | March 15, 2009
How long can you stay in a bathroom? I’m ashamed to admit that I’m not a water-saver. I can spend an hour or so in the shower and I can let the water run till I feel like it’s shouting at me to stop. But if I have a bathroom like this, I’d be more [...]
Marlene | January 10, 2009
I must admit I’d been a sleepyhead even to the eyes of my work colleagues. I recall the times when I had to skip my class just because I was so sleepy. My student did not bother to wake me up when he saw I was in a deep slumber in the library, with my [...]
Marlene | March 6, 2008
Imagine yourself to have been living in a house for 30 years and you have equipped it with things you consider valuable. You and your family has developed memories from children’s childhood to birthdays and anniversaries, until your children has moved out and started to build a family of their own. Time has come that [...]
Marlene | January 31, 2008
My former work colleague who is now based in Houston bought a house a year ago after giving birth to her second child. A family of four needs a bigger space under the roof, she said. She is teaching at a prestigious school since way back before she and her husband got kids. She said [...]
Marlene | January 30, 2008
I know it’s exorbitant luxury to own a house like this for a couple without kids. The extra rooms can be spacious and unoccupied. But a well-structured house is always a dream of every couple, no matter how it costs. I have met families living in big, comfortable houses with amenities like that of a [...]
