Online furniture shopping and more concerts my way

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Before I left for Singapore, I pulled the trigger and bought the Ikea love seats (both in grey) that had been in my cart for a long time. Glostad is still on regular price but Hemlingby was 50% off. Both were delivered yesterday and the assemblers came after. I paid for the assembly because I don’t want to spend 7 hours again building furniture when I am already running out of time.

As you can see, my luggage was still there when I took this photo. That’s Glostad, which I will place along the shorter wall in my TV area. Photo by CallMeCreation.com
This is Hemlingby, which I got 50% off. For comparison, the old tattered couch is at the back, which won’t fit in my TV area in my tiny house. This is perfect for condo dwellers and since my house’s dimensions are similar to condo units in Metro Manila, this would just fit as well.

Now my problem is I need to transport this immediately to my house via my car (with the second row passenger seats pushed back and third row seats pulled up) on Thursday because it’s too crowded in my apartment right now.

And finally, I found the perfect shoehorn for only PHP 150 at Ikea.

I didn’t think it would be this big. Ah well, that means I don’t have to bend over when putting on my shoes. Photo by CallMeCreation.com

I was supposed to book a delivery truck for May 16 today but I was so busy until 7 pm because I was the lone editor for Asia Pacific today. 🤦‍♀️ I was so dizzy due to lack of sleep and for editing too many stories today.

Speaking of lack of sleep, I had hand-carried some baked goods from Yamazaki Bakery from Singapore yesterday for my girls. Because they love BreadTalk, they may like Yamazaki, which is not available here in the Philippines. They demolished it this morning and clearly I didn’t bring enough. Next time I will bring more Yamazaki products and make sure that I will bring a bigger hand-carry bag.

Among the other concerts that I think I should watch in the coming months–aside from Alanis Morisette–is Mr. Big, which is having its farewell tour. It’s kinda weird that I have this hair metal band in my list of “must-see” acts but I had two of their albums in my collection when I was younger. They’re so underrated! You have Billy Sheehan, voted as one of the best bassists of all time, and Paul Gilbert, voted as one of the best shredders out there. The combination of this duo is *chef’s kiss* Add to that Pat Torpey (RIP, man), whose impeccable drumming made me sit up and listen carefully to their song Take Cover. Then there’s Eric Martin—only a few can have his range, like Steve Perry. The first song that captured me was Green Tinted Sixties Mind, not the very radio-friendly To Be With You.

Listen to this acoustic version of Take Cover, you will hear how brilliant Billy Sheehan and Paul Gilbert are here. The intro and instrumental parts of the song were pure ear candy ❤️

I fell in love with Promise Her The Moon when I was in high school. This version of that song made me emotional tonight in the sense I wish there was someone singing to me this song right now. One of the rare moments of weakness, a chink in my armor.

“She’s too good to be forgotten
Too good to be true
Before my world is torn apart
I’ll promise her the moon
I’ll promise her the moon”