oh god, i've been watching hoarders these 2 weeks since i got here (no hoarders or cable back home) and it is unbelievable. It's one thing to hoard because you don't wanna throw things away, but then to have **** everywhere and like.. feet high and insects... and dead animals... thats really just too much.

i thought my house is bad, but then the show... unbelievable.

I live with my parents and share a room with my sister, so all my belongings have to fit in my half a room. what i did was to get my dad to build a really high bed, so there is lots of room underneath it.

then i bought huge plastic boxes with covers and i categorise the things i keep. I have boxes of nat geo magazines, winter clothes/clothes i don't need right now, stationery, bags, shoes etc, all categorised like that. so when i need something i just pull the right box out.

it's still cluttered coz of the lack of space, but its still possible to keep it clean.

my mum doesnt like to throw things away but i do it secretly. She keeps worksheets from when i was in kindergarten.. more than 20 yrs ago! sigh...
fortunately my mother is not a shopper. she doesnt buy stuff. so that is the blessing. she bags things and puts them in the storeroom. I take out a few bags at a time go through them and throw the rubbish stuff away. ask my dad to drive the bags to the salvation army. even then, its an endless battle. I'm more grossed out my my disgusting brother. he's eat and throws wrappers behind the bed. he's 17. we can smell his room before we see it. many a screaming match has broken out over the mess he leaves ard the house.

hoarders is just freaky, if i had a home anywhere close to that i'd take a week off work and just throw things out!!

brrrr...