What occupies me nowadays is moving out from my Parent's house in Iriga to a house my hubby and I bought in Naga. Since we decided at the start of the year to finally think about our future and move to a place of our own, our little project has occupied all my free time. From surfing the net for inspiration, to flipping through tons of magazine pages, I still cannot make up my mind on how I can furnish the place.
There is also the thing of making my family accept that we are really going to have a place of our own. None of my cousins has done this in the Philippines. As is the tradition, we usually stay with our parents. Not really to save (well that's part of it too..) but because of our attachment to our families. I was telling my friend the other day how strange it is that here in the province everyone seems to be surprised if one decides to move out from your parents. "Why are you moving out?" people immediately ask as if there is one controversial issue that made you leave your parents.
I am already 31 years old, my husband is 34. I don't know, but I really think real life should start for us now. We should start living our way through life, doing our own marketing, paying our own bills and making our own decisions. Although of course my Dad does not mind that we live with them. The extra mouths to feed was never an issue. He does not approve of us moving out. But we did it anyway. He just treats the issue with indifference now. I also think we can focus more on ourselves as a unit, a family.
Well, as my inspiration is going nowadays, I'm thinking Ikea... Using locally available furniture. I think its clean and simple.
We are scheduled to move in on February 6, before Chinese New Year.
