💬 Finally opened the cupboard nobody was allowed to open

The top cupboard in my Jeddah flat has been closed for 3 years. Nobody was allowed to open it. Every time I tried, something fell on my head. Last time it was a full box of tissue. On Friday I had no work and no excuse. I put on gloves and started pulling things out. First thing out was a cricket bat with no handle. I have no idea why I carried that from India. Then came 14 phone chargers. 14. I've had 5 phones in 8 years, so the maths doesn't work. There was a bag of wedding invitation cards from 2019. Half of them were for weddings I missed. Under that, an electric kettle that stopped working in 2020. I'd kept it in case I fixed it. I have never fixed anything electric in my life. Last time I tried, the fan stopped for a week. The best find was an envelope of passport photos from 2015. I looked about 12 kilos lighter. I sat on the floor and laughed for a while. My roommate came in and asked if I was okay. I held one up. He looked at it, looked at me, and said, who's that guy? I haven't felt that kind of insulted in years. Then I kept the photo anyway. Everything else went into 3 bags, 2 for the bin and 1 for a charity box near Tahlia Street. The cupboard is empty now. I keep opening it just to see air. It's a strange feeling. My roommate has already asked if he can put his gym bag in there. I said over my dead body. I give it 2 weeks before the junk starts coming back. I've already put one charger inside.

A cricket bat with no handle carried all the way from India, I understand completely. I kept a broken school compass for 12 years. The tissue box falling on your head was a warning from 3 years ago. Fourteen chargers is the best number I have read this week. I have 9 and not one fits my phone. Do you plan to keep the bat? I would have kept it too, and told nobody why.

14 chargers is amazing. I have a drawer with 9 and not one of them fits my phone.