Jan
06

Things that you don’t throw

Posted by pelf in Personal Stuff

I cleaned my computer desk this morning and threw away a lot of stuff - pieces of papers scribbled with things that no longer make sense to me, receipts that I can’t remember why I kept them in the first place, expired brochures which I had no time for, pens that run dry before I had a chance to use them (for some reasons, the university loves to give us pens on registration days, seminars, workshops, you name it) and envelopes that the phone and streamyx bills came in, which I had intentionally recycled but find myself never using recycled envelopes.

But not this Santa Christmas tree that J gave me in 2004.

Written on the underside of the tree is a note which says:

I wanted to get you a real Christmas tree but no $$$. So I got you this paper Christmas tree instead. This is also good, no? Full of Santa! Merry Christmas!

So yea, from sitting on the desk collecting dust, I took it down, contemplated on throwing it away by telling myself that “it’s OK to throw it because it’s been collecting dust, and that some of the Santas were missing due to all the moving about and that I can always get J to get me another one”, decided that I should really keep it, cleaned it with cotton buds and now it is sitting on the desk again.

There are just things that you don’t throw, no?


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  1. Bengbeng Posted on January 7th, 2007 at 12:20 pm

    I wouldn’t throw that xmas tree either…i love it..
    the person who did that was creative.

    pelf: Yea, I thought so too.. It’s a cute little thing, huh? :)

  2. Silly Pat Posted on January 7th, 2007 at 6:29 pm

    I wouldn’t throw it away either. It’s cute!

    pelf: Hhehehe, thanks :)

  3. pelfychen Posted on January 7th, 2007 at 6:44 pm

    Hmm… maybe you would like to ask him to make you a X’mas tree made of balloons. I think balloons are much cheaper than a card, but if you want to keep it for a long time, a card is a better choice! Hiak. Hiak.

    pelf: Yes la, yes la, I know you have a balloon tree la, but have the balloons shrunken by now?

  4. merv Posted on January 7th, 2007 at 9:20 pm

    *merv looks at own desk and how it’s chock full of notes for work. frowns at how this is his HOME desk and contemplates throwing out all the notes but, they’re all important*

    heheheh

    pelf: Hehhehe.. Too bad then..