But first, my watches and a short history from left to right:

1. Swatch dual time zone watch
   Given to my for my 18th birthday by my yearmates from Design school — they said I needed to keep my time better, so they bought me this. I never really figured out how to use the different time zones back then; four years later and I still have no idea how to use it.
2. Mercedes-Benz Design watch
   One of those free watches, great for banging around when I don’t feel like bringing out #4 but still want a leather strap. Quartz chronograph, which I never use — who actually uses their chronographs anyway? Who actually knows how to use their chronograph? I do. Probably makes me part of the 30% of chronograph owners who know how to use them.
3. Tag Heuer Professional Quartz
   My dad bought this just after I was born so that makes it about as old as I am, if not even older. Predecessor to the Aquaracer. I haven’t figured out how to wear this one yet; maybe when I’m older and start attending parties on yachts. Har har har.
4. IWC Mark XVI Automatic
   21st birthday present from my parents. It was either this or a Bell & Ross BR03-92, but I’m really happy I got this one. I intend to get the B&R when I get my first (two) paychecks.
5. Swiss Army Automatic
   I use this one to wear to shows because of the metal bracelet. Keeps time reasonably well but gains about 10 seconds more/day than the IWC… nothing too shabby, though. It’s already pretty worn so I don’t have to worry about getting more scratches on it.
6. Max Bill/Junghans Manual Wind
   21st birthday present from my brother, very elegant. The bezel isn’t sandblasted or anything so it really looks best at formal events.

Not pictured is a Casio Polygon I used when I was in the army, my only digital watch I’ve had in a really long time. It’s still going fine after two years and hasn’t needed a battery replacement yet.

Okay! Now about my cupboard. Going by shelf, from top to bottom:

The contents of the top row are entirely my brother’s. They haven’t been touched in about… what, 8 years? Except maybe the contact lens solution — that one’s a bit ambiguous.

This one’s all mine, I’ll admit. All the paints, palettes (pretty much the entire back row) was from design school. But… okay.

1. L’oreal Out of Bed wax: Really lousy for what I was looking for in a wax. I used maybe a quarter of it and it’s been sitting there ever since.
2. Gatsby black jar thing: I got this because I couldn’t find their normal wax. It’s okay — I probably use this the most out of everything in my cupboard.
3. Gatsby green Moving Rubber: This was given to me in an 6- or 8-jar sample pack. I don’t use this one much, if at all. You can see the bag they gave it to me in in behind the other Gatsby jar.
4. Simple Oil-Balancing moisturiser (it’s the tube lying down behind the Moving Rubber):  — I bring this on me when I go on holiday. The air in Australia/Europe/USA is usually a bit drier than in Singapore. It’s also anti-shine! So yes, I do use this tube.

This is the row that causes the most contention! 1/4 of it is either my brother’s or his wife’s, including the Vaseline and nail polish. Ditto the Polo Sport tube and the black jar of I-don’t-know-what. Really should throw them out. The copious amounts of orange L’oreal jars were given to me as well — trust me, I would never buy that much hair product at any one time. Ever. Other than that:

1. Gatsby orange Moving Rubber: Yes, I do use this one.
2. Calvin Klein Eternity: Ditto, but I haven’t touched it in a while. It’s sitting there because I haven’t finished it yet… which I’ll probably do some time soon.
3. Nivea deodorant: Army staple, I swear. Everybody had one of these in Thailand. Haven’t touched it since I got out of the army.
4. Biotherm Homme stuff: There’s a bottle of moisturiser somewhere behind that I was given and I did use that. I don’t know what the green tube is.
5. Pearlie White Chlor-Rinse: I had an extra bottle given to me after I extracted my second set of wisdom teeth, but I still have some of the other bottle left so I haven’t opened this yet. This should probably be in my bathroom cupboard…
6. Metal polish (next to the Chlor-Rinse): I use this when working on my bass; it gives the frets a nice shine when I do. Since I work on my bass in my room, it got dumped in the cupboard. There’s another box hiding somewhere.
7. Eversoft Facial Cleanser: It’s my usual. This should be in the bathroom, too.
8. Army officer shoulder rank: I have no idea what it’s doing here. Honest.

And finally, the bottom shelf. I don’t know what the box of coins is for; most of the other stuff is paint-related from design school. Couple of tripods in the bottom left, a wooden CD jewel case holder (I think I’ll convert this into a wall lampshade) and a cup with one of those photo prints on it I got when I was in Primary school. Going by the people I’m with in the photo I’d say it was taken when I was P4-P5.

God that was a long post. And I really should clean out my cupboard.

Also, the Whitest Boy Alive is playing at Zouk come end October. I won’t be in Singapore, but that doesn’t change anything. Erlend Øye’s side projects kick quite a bit of ass.