Before
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Before
After
The end of the year 2009 is fast approaching.
Mentally, I am doing a countdown on the number of days left before I go to Australia to visit my son Edmund for his convocation.. To be exact, another 9 days.
As I would be away in the new year, I thought it would be good to brighten up the house with some new paintwork. With more time on my hands now I finally got down to do some refurbishing and repainting of some old furniture. At the very first look one would feel the urge to just throw these old furniture out. But, I for one, just love to give old furniture a new lease of life or should I say a second chance.
So I started painting the smallest item first as it would be the fastest to complete. Armed with a small paint brush and a bottle of shellac I started to work on a small rotan chair in the car porch. After dozens of quick strokes with the paint brush, I could see the old chair becoming new and coming to life. Careful not to miss any part unpainted, I examined the chair carefully and turned it up side down to make sure. After the first layer of shellac, I sun-dried the chair and did a second and then a third layer of shellac. With the chair looking new, I could not wait to start on the table.
After four hours of work I could feel the chair and table smiling to me with their new coat of shiny shellac. I wondered how old the chair and table were and that how may people had sat on or use them. How many stories the chair and table had heard and the comfort they had give? These old furniture now have a new lease of life.
This reminds me about giving myself or others a second chance in things in our lives.
