(Doreen) Noooo!
(Zhin) Chow!
Chow, are you okay?
Chow!
Chow! Hello hello!
Pay my rent with me!
Hi guys. Welcome to another episode of #LifeatTSL.
As you've seen earlier, our dear friend Chow
has been a victim of her own mess.
I will miss her.
I'm fine guys.
What are you doing in my room?
We are here to help you clean up, a little bit.
Because yesterday I saw your livestream,
and you know I’m quite a neat person,
so I got a bit like,
got shivered a bit when I saw your room yesterday.
So I'm just here to help you clean up
a little bit here and there.
Zhin is the best neat person in TSL
and this is what he’s going to do.
And who are you then?
Huh? I'm your concerned housemate.
Yeah, so I'm just gonna like see how we can recycle,
reuse certain items, and then pack things up.
Chow. Are you ready for a makeover?
My face?
Room makeover!
- Wait! - Let’s start!
What's the Kids Central one?
Groom My Room!
Let's start.
Okay, let's start with the elephant in the room.
Yup.
- These boxes. - Oh!
Chow, I always wondered,
you have so many boxes
since 2 years ago when we started renting.
What's going on?
Why you got so many boxes?
Wait, let me see.
So I keep a lot of boxes because I always feel like
I can reuse it for something else.
So every year when it comes to Christmas,
all of John and Doreen's presents right,
will always be wrapped in a box
that I just upcycled and with wrapping
that I had taken from another packaging.
And even when they want to give gifts,
I always reuse the box and give them these boxes
and ask them to use it to wrap stuff.
- They got give you... - Ooh!
Eh, what’s this? Bra ah?
No, no, no, it's not, it’s not!
It's not. What's that?
(It’s) the hair...
- Oh, the hairband. Okay. - Yeah.
This one how long already,
the tea inside here?!
I don't know.
I can't remember.
I need tissues.
You go outside.
(Doreen) Look what you made him do.
I need a mask, man.
Do you have a mask?
Chow, you got a mask?
Don’t need lah!
Your shoes eh?
This one recycle.
Eh, this one I supposed to wash.
What do you mean supposed to? How long?
It's been a year.
(PD) Oh my god...
This are shoes that she hasn’t washed for one year.
In the plastic bag.
My shoes were drenched in the rain,
and I wanted to give them a good wash
before wearing them again.
Is there a bag for like,
- just trash in general? - Trash in general?
Ya.
Like this.
Sometimes, I go into her room,
then there'll be like, tissue paper around.
Like used ones.
I don't know whether she's used for her nose, her face,
or like just general wiping.
So you can actually use Polymailers as trash bags.
This is something I do all the time,
because we do a lot of online shopping
and get deliveries,
and they’re always in Polymailers.
But these are very sturdy bags
that are better quality than your
supermarket shopping bags.
And they can hold more weight.
So I use these as trash bags.
They also cannot be recycled,
so don't put this in the bloobin.
This one, inside has feathers.
I’m also a bit scared,
I thought got bird inside.
You keep birds.
So I thought it would be very nice
to let Hei use this as a toy.
Hei, feather!
We've gathered all the boxes
that Chow possibly doesn't need.
Let's flatten them.
Okay.
So the reason why it's important to flatten boxes is because
when you throw a box in like this,
it's taking up a lot of air inside the bin.
And what happens is the bin gets filled up a lot quicker
than it actually can be used.
The potential for it to be filled is not achieved.
So earlier on,
the stack of boxes that we had was this high.
Yeah.
It was covering Zhin’s face,
but now,
this is how tall it is.
These are the boxes that we have
and they are all going to recycling.
Okay, now that's done.
Maybe we can move to
this pile over here.
Tell us how you usually organise your clothes.
These, over here
are the clothes that I've worn maybe one time only
and they can be worn again
because they're still clean.
So they are too dirty
to go back into the wardrobe
but they are too clean to go into the wash.
We have a t-shirt,
hang or fold?
Let me smell it.
Smells clean, right?
Okay.
Did I wear this?
It smells clean.
Okay.
(PD) Zhin, how’s your fingers?
Okay ah.
Headache, headache.
Why do you have a headache?
No, it's just like, yeah.
Maybe you want to recycle some clothes?
No, I don't want to.
They're all good.
Like the hotel bathrobe,
do you need it at home?
I need!
I use it when I finish showering.
But you have like three of those.
Okay, I explain.
Choose one.
No, I have to keep them all.
Why?
Because sometimes I need a black one,
sometimes I need a white one
and sometimes I need a green one.
And then this one is sentimental,
it was a present.
Speaking of which, right,
I need to address something.
Stop with the sentimental hoarding, guys.
Even if it means a lot to you,
after awhile, it just got to go.
They're stressing me out, man.
They're trying to get rid of all my things.
We're not getting rid of all your things.
Some (of them) only.
Sentimental goodbye.
It's about time.
Really?
Yeah, my ex gave it to me.
Then throw or burn!
Sorry. Recycle, I mean.
You know, in life, the moment we die,
we leave nothing behind.
It's true, but memories...
Yeah, so this is a memory,
say goodbye.
Bye.
And then let it be.
What other things?
Don't have.
I think it looks quite neat already.
As compared to earlier, yeah.
I think we need to just move this mess.
- What is this mess? - Oh my God, are you crying?
Yeah.
- Eh, it’s okay, oh my God. - I know.
Oh no.
Then we must put back already.
No, I cannot.
Must let go.
Out of sight, out of mind.
We let go, we let go.
It's okay.
Tadah!
Okay, we already cleared like quite a big bunch of space
and we organised the back,
which I think is a pretty good job
because we also got to recycle quite a bit of boxes.
So now we can lie down on the floor with Doreen.
All the time, floor things.
Yes.
- Floor things all the time now. - (PD) Actually I think 3 of y’all can lie down now.
I don't think he wants to lie down.
Maybe we clean first, we clean everything first.
We clean everything first.
Like here, like here guys.
Here!
Okay, I think this area is relatively neat.
I think you maintained this area quite well
because you're always using it right.
But I do see some disgusting tissues, a bit.
Don't tell me the tissue also,
you want to be sentimental like,
“Oh, this lipstick I put on this morning,
how do I part ways with it?”
This one is it—
Please tell me it's lipstick.
It is, it is.
Got lipstick.
Got lipstick mark.
Okay, throw, throw.
- Throw that (tissue), that one don’t need... - Wait do you reuse your tissues a lot?
So basically, what happens when I'm doing my makeup
is that I have a piece of tissue
that I want to dab my lipstick down on.
But the tissue is usually very big
so every time I just use a different white spot
and I like...
- This one, is it? - I think (can) recycle.
Recycle.
Recycle this one also?
No, this one keep.
This one must reuse.
Silica gel also.
This one, throw.
Need silica gel for what?
This part, I feel,
you have done a very good job in organising,
but what is this section actually for,
apart from the suitcase?
I know it looks a little bit messy
- but each area has a different purpose. - Okay.
So, a lot of my tech and wires
and equipment and gadgets,
they're in these boxes here.
Can we just organise this then?
Yeah, I think the rest of them
is like quite an organised mess
which is like, you know the stuff are.
I feel like we can help you out with this.
This is really random.
Is that soil?
I think it's soil.
- Throw away? - Inside got worm or not?
No worm.
Okay.
I don't know,
maybe you want to do some ecosystem?
Yeah, I think this is something
that I wanted to use
to make a nice display
but ever since I got Hei,
she's been destroying all my plants
and I just haven't been able to have plants
inside my house anymore.
Look at her, she's just blissfully...
- In the sun, basking. - Yeah.
Yeah.
Just ignorant to the troubles of the world.
Let's start.
So how are we going to organise this?
Things to recycle and
things to keep, I guess.
Okay.
So there are a lot of these bags that I get
and I keep them until I find another use for them.
That's why they're all here.
Maybe we can put all these small ones
- into the big one. - Yeah.
You know where I got this?
The trash.
Actually, yeah.
I picked it up on the floor,
like really just on the street.
I saw this shawl on the ground.
I just picked it up
and then I washed it and kept it.
This one?
Not the trash.
This one not trash.
This one?
I have to get a tissue, sorry.
So I'm going to put things that I...
reusable materials here,
like my reusable paper
and my polymailers.
Let's just put it neatly into this space.
Keep or recycle?
These are...
I think tote bags that I won't use.
I actually like to reuse them, if possible.
So if I'm going to sell people things,
gift people things,
I put them in tote bags.
But I think I've kept them for a very long time
so I will recycle them.
These cannot go into the bloobin.
They have to go to textile recycling,
so let's put them in another pile.
Okay.
We have tidied up your box.
Looks so much neater now
and there's so much space
- for you to put all your other... - Things,
for the future.
Yeah, it's true.
- Let's put it back. - Go!
Same spot.
Eh, that coffee there.
Almost one year already...
Really?
I'll give it away.
It's best before 2025.
Yeah, I'll give it away.
You can give it to me.
You drink Bacha coffee?
Sure, you can have it.
Thank you so much.
This is for you.
Then what does Doreen get?
My love.
Prize presentation.
Then the...
Thank you everybody.
These are mostly electronics
like cameras, portable chargers,
cables, batteries.
I think I want to keep all of them now.
If you're going to throw away any electronics,
they can't go into the bloobin
or the green bin.
They have to go into an e-waste bin,
especially for things with batteries.
So your portable chargers,
any sort of gadget with a screen or a battery
has to go into an e-waste bin.
And we are done!
Finally!
It feels pretty good, not gonna lie.
And it feels like I've got more space on the floor now
because I cleared out so many boxes.
Like it wasn't that difficult to begin with,
because she has her own organised
situation going on.
I think it's just finding things to clear;
what can be recycled, what can't,
and the only reason why I was reacting
that way is because
I have a sinus problem
when it comes to dust.
Cannot...
(PD) Your eyes a bit swollen...
One thing I learnt today is that
she gets a lot of tote bags.
I also do have a lot of tote bags but
I didn't know that you can actually recycle them.
If you have a use for the tote bag,
make sure to try and reuse it first.
Give it to someone who might use it.
It's always better to reuse
and then recycle afterwards.
I’ve always known that Chow’s room was
going to be very messy.
Not that I've had any problems with it.
It was more of a,
you come in and then there’s not enough space to sit down
or lie down.
I do clear out my room occasionally
from time to time.
It's kind of a routine for me to do
a big sweep and recycle all the things
because it doesn't take that much effort also.
I just have to find the recyclable things,
clean it and then pop it into the bin.
And there's so many recycling bins all over the place.
So I do this quite regularly.
It's just that
I think I still will get more things
to clear out eventually and yeah...
then the cycle repeats.
So I have to just be a bit more consistent.
One thing that I was very very
surprised by is when I wanted to recycle
the polymailers and she was like,
“No, you cannot recycle!”
Yeah.
I had no idea. I thought it was just plastic.
I think I understand because sometimes it's a bit
difficult to find out whether the thing
you want to dispose of can be recycled.
There's actually a recycling search engine
that you can use to just key in
whatever it is you want to toss away.
Put it into the search engine and
they’ll tell you whether or not this can be recycled.
So if I type something in like
portable battery, then it'll say put it in the e-waste.
And I think that's quite convenient,
If you're ever confused, just look it up.
That's an easy way for you to just check
after that you can clean and then recycle.
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(PD) Yay! Lie on the floor!
Go! Let's go! This floor thing!
Just lie on the floor!
- What is the floor thing? - I’m only doing this because I vacuumed it just now.