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Isolation for me basically means deciding if i should exercise or drink to get me through the day 🤣🤪 But i've learned that i can do both simultaneously over the 8 weeks so far in lockdown. No dumbbells at home for pilates no problem, vodka bottles will suffice. #281215move #sydney #australia #homeiswheretheheartis #pilates #vodka #makingmemories #archive #archiving #chronicles #covid19 #flattenthecurve #isolation #iso #lifeinlockdown #darlinghurst #stayhome (at Darlinghurst, New South Wales) https://www.instagram.com/p/B__aSV1nnsg/?igshid=1bz2ycf7dv7z9

#throwback to this fantastic, crazy and super fun 1 year (time flies!) wedding anniversary celebration last weekend in lockdown! 🥳🥰 Started off with a run together in amazing weather, then we ordered delicious food from one of our favourite locals @moonrestaurant346 (ordering takeaway is definitely one of my iso highlights rn), we dressed up and i had outfit changes in between dinner too (a benefit of lockdown and not being able to go anywhere), but... THE BEST part of the festivities would be @marcinaus actually pulling off a beautiful surprise right under my nose?! He really outdid himself - why am i even surprised he managed that though? I got shoved into the bedroom for a little while, then i stepped out to a stunning private dining room setting right in our apartment - perfect music, lights, candles, glassware placement, everything, and a space for our own dance floor too! We wined and dined, visited Womerah Ave's Homebar, danced the night / morning away - disco lights, unofficial and official wedding songs, experimental dance moves all included! 🎉 Definitely not how i envisioned our first celebration to be, and in lockdown (6 weeks and counting). Our official honeymoon trip, special dinner in a restaurant somewhere, or just a holiday really will have to be postponed, but that's okay cos we're still very blessed and we've got each other (maybe too much now 🤣). We had the best party of our lives last year 200419, but we definitely had the best party of our lives in lockdown this year - hangovers and all. 🤪 Thank you for everything kochanie, you remind me everyday but especially in this season that i definitely married my best friend. I love you forever and a day. (Also cc: @manupale88 @luciedomercq Thanks for gifting us with homemade bread and olive oil and for remembering! 🥖) #verymarcinlovewithmalvina #281215move #sydney #australia #homeiswheretheheartis #whitepieceofshitandhisasianslut #makingmemories #archive #archiving #chronicles #covid19 #flattenthecurve #isolation #iso #lifeinlockdown #darlinghurst #stayhome #yupstillmarried #privatediningroom (at Womerah Ave, Darlinghurst) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_kMaJonB1c/?igshid=1o80e1bgoe9sk

1 year (and a few days) after our wedding and i'm vacuuming up my own hair in my wedding outfit after another visit to @marcinaus' Barbershop in Darlinghurst! 🤪 No idea where to and when i'm ever gonna wear this outfit again so i'm busting it out now so i can say that i've used it more than once. Might just make it a daily affair to be doing housework in a gown. Starting our wedding anniversary celebrations in lockdown right! 🥳 Thought i looked glamorous last year, but isolation has taught me that i can still be glam even when i have nowhere to go except for mainly doing household chores. What a time to be alive! 🤣 #verymarcinlovewithmalvina #281215move #sydney #australia #homeiswheretheheartis #whitepieceofshitandhisasianslut #makingmemories #archive #archiving #chronicles #covid19 #flattenthecurve #isolation #iso #lifeinlockdown #darlinghurst #housewifemal #stayhome (at Darlinghurst, New South Wales) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_ZaDEmnB-s/?igshid=13elmv42dca7v

One of the highlights during this iso period would have to be this experience! Thank you so much Astrid and LP for inviting @marcinaus and i to be part of your new performative project "Distance Dining" in this season, and thank you for sharing this moment with us. It was really lovely catching up over a virtual dinner with the both of you this week. Marcin and i finally came out of our shells after weeks of not video calling or socialising with friends (apart from family)... so "dinner and drinks" over a video call, definitely a very big deal for us! 😅 Nice to know that we were your 30th dinner, and the first one that you actually got to eat and drink because we're in the same time zone! Thank you so much, we enjoyed and loved every bit of it, and we really appreciate it! Also super glad that Marcin finally got to meet and even have "dinner" with my university professors (who will always have a special place in my heart). I hope you guys will be able to take this fantastic project far and wide, and i hope we'll have a virtual dinner again (or maybe one in real life for a change) soon! ❤ #281215move #sydney #australia #homeiswheretheheartis #whitepieceofshitandhisasianslut #makingmemories #archive #archiving #chronicles #covid19 #flattenthecurve #isolation #iso #lifeinlockdown #distancedining #darlinghurst #virtualdinner #virtualdining #dininginisolation #dinnerinisolation #homecooked #housewifemal (at Darlinghurst, New South Wales) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_He3I1H0VQ/?igshid=1v2oiev044x1z

Week 4 of iso (with probably about 5 more months to go?), and still running. 💪🏃‍♀️ Completed my 10km run today with this view! Sydney, you're a stunner, you've got one of the best sunsets. Happy Friday. 🖤 #281215move #sydney #australia #homeiswheretheheartis #whitepieceofshitandhisasianslut #makingmemories #archive #archiving #chronicles #covid19 #flattenthecurve #isolation #iso #nofilter #lifeinlockdown #running #pilates #solorun #solo #autumnrun #clockingin #tgif #routine (at Rushcutters Bay) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_E6GfAH7Ry/?igshid=166pw79mg76g5

Womerah Ave's Home Bar pop-up by @marcinaus had a soft launch yesterday. Super solid job kochanie. Now i really wonder why we used to go out for cocktails at bars all the time - we could have saved a lot of money no?! 🤣 Can't wait for the official opening now! 😉🤪 Womerah Ave in Darlo seems to be transforming into a one-stop shop these days ahhagshahaha it has everything and it can be anything - taking #stayhome to the next level. Not sure what else we'll be capable of by the time our 6 months or more lockdown is over. #281215move #sydney #australia #homeiswheretheheartis #whitepieceofshitandhisasianslut #makingmemories #archive #archiving #chronicles #covid19 #flattenthecurve #isolation #iso #homebar #womerahavehomebar #womerahavenue #lifeinlockdown #darlinghurst #cocktails (at Womerah Ave, Darlinghurst) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-9S1gznbyZ/?igshid=1fobnt4d1jvdx

💇‍♀️✂️ Okay this memory deserves to be up here for sure!!! 2nd and 3rd pic - haircut courtesy of @marcinaus, and i'm all dressed up (pants from @minormiracles.shop 🥳) even though i've got nowhere to go again but why not since i feel fabulous after a fresh haircut! Life in lockdown means a visit to Marcin's Barbershop in Darlinghurst. With my usual hairdresser @akiho_oda now cutting down on appointments due to the lockdown, i have no choice but to trust my husband (help Aki!). He's been convincing me for years now that he's capable of cutting my hair but it took a pandemic for me to trust him on this one! 😂 This Barbershop bribes you with drinks and also cleans you with an actual vacuum cleaner after. Every new customer gets a free trial haircut, subsequent appointments will be charged accordingly, but these days things like good bottles of wine are accepted as payment. Drop a DM to @marcinaus to book a slot. 😅 Thanks for making me feel like myself again kochanie, i must say you did a pretty good job. You have proven yourself to be a husband worth marrying - can cook, can clean, can cut hair and it means i can save a lot of money. 🤣 Next nails? Eyebrows? Conquering 6 months in lockdown like it's nothing at all! 💪 #281215move #sydney #australia #homeiswheretheheartis #whitepieceofshitandhisasianslut #makingmemories #archive #archiving #chronicles #covid19 #stayhome #flattenthecurve #isolation #iso #malfie #homebarbershop #stayhome #damnworth #haircutinlockdown #hengah (at Womerah Ave, Darlinghurst) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-6Z5f0ndTZ/?igshid=76sjueehicdo

Happy Resurrection Sunday! Always a very meaningful day for me, a day for me to be thankful that i'm still standing, and still doing life, and now doing life with a partner in crime. If someone told me in 2013 when my heart was ripped out, that life today for me would look like this, i would've laughed in disbelief. “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die." ❤ Easter this year was supposed to be set in Poland with the family but we're here in Sydney instead. We managed to take a walk in the sun for a while for some fresh air and explored a little park we never explored before, we dressed up even though we had nowhere to go just because! (i've been dressing up for fun especially on the weekend to keep sane) And then we went home to stay home again. Week 3 of isolation looks a little bit like this, and we've got about maybe 6 months or maybe less or maybe more of this to go - who knows! But on a day like Resurrection Sunday, the heaviness of isolation is lifted a little bit and for a little while. #281215move #130912research #sydney #australia #homeiswheretheheartis #whitepieceofshitandhisasianslut #makingmemories #archive #archiving #chronicles #covid19 #stayhome #flattenthecurve #isolation #iso #resurrectionsunday #easter #malfie #showusyourgorman (at Sydney, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-39FJinJeI/?igshid=9a2ov4n8rjo2

Happy and blessed birthday che!!! @lydiawithkids I love you so much! 40 but still looking like you're 21! 🥳 You probably didn't expect a birthday in lockdown but I hope you'll still have a blast with the family and especially with the kiddos! 🥰 Wish I could be in Singapore to be part of the festivities really. Sending all my love from Sydney, plenty of hugs and kisses. ❤🎂🎉 #281215move #sisters #makingmemories #archive #archiving #chronicles #happybirthday #lifeinlockdown #covid19 #iso #isolation https://www.instagram.com/p/B-3WmHiHV1-/?igshid=15rx52xo287dl

Happy and blessed birthday mummy!!! ❤🎂🎉🥰😘 Wish i could be in Singapore right now to celebrate this special day with you, but it's gotta be just a flower delivery for you for now. I love you very very much... forever and a day. #281215move #twinsies #motherslove #makingmemories #archive #archiving #chronicles #happybirthday #lifeinlockdown #covid19 #iso #isolation https://www.instagram.com/p/B-1jm2nHEQn/?igshid=19fuwl4mfdz2o

TOO SWEET @marcinaus!!! This man got home after an extremely quick essential zip out of the house with this pretty and flowery succulent while i was still behind the computer screen at work at home. Thank you for this sweet surprise! The little things really matter the most these days. Week 3 of iso / lockdown and we're getting used to this new normal, and then we're suddenly not getting used to it all over again. It is an up and down really, kinda resonates with the 5 stages of grieving to me. It is strange how in the midst of this forced silence, there is still so much noise. And that's probably a reminder for me to count my blessings - still blessed that we've got a roof over our heads to even be able to stay home and that we've got each other, still exercising, still keeping up with a routine, still connecting with family and friends digitally, i still have a job still getting the arts out there with a fantastic team, and the both of us we are still getting by in spite of financial / work / life-in-general stress - still blessed. We're not used to having so much time together, and we were worried initially that we would drive each other mental, but i think we've managed to work it out somehow. We give each other space, we automatically don't talk to each other for a few hours in the day and go about doing our own thing and then we reconvene. For what it's worth, I am very grateful that we have date night almost every night now after my 4 years+ in Sydney and having more time alone than anything else! To our friends and family in Singapore just starting lockdown or CIRCUIT BREAKER (Singapore's terminology), you can do this! We've been at it for a while now, and it's gonna be okay. We're okay. Stay home, stay safe, stay healthy, flatten the bloody curve. #281215move #sydney #australia #homeiswheretheheartis #whitepieceofshitandhisasianslut #makingmemories #archive #archiving #chronicles #covid19 #stayhome #flattenthecurve #isolation #iso (at Darlinghurst, New South Wales) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-wctq7nYP7/?igshid=w6v3a1f4sdhr

Started an Instagram profile @perfecttoastie documenting a new performative project exploring different ways of making a toastie in an attempt to find the perfect way. One toastie at a time. A reflection of my exploratory journey trying to navigate through the every day. This ritualistic project experiments with elements of food, geography, culture, habits, leading us to reflect on memory, time, parallelisms and the uncanny. This project is a continuation of a performance I presented in 2013 - How to make the perfect "butter sugar bread". 🍞 Click follow! (at Darlinghurst, New South Wales) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-b1jPYnD3L/?igshid=8qcr5n29x5nm

HAPPY AND BLESSED BIRTHDAY KOCHANIE! @marcinaus ❤🥳😘😍🥰🧀🌰🍟🍔🍕🍣🍤🥡🥠🍦🍨🍩🍪🎂🍰🧁🍫🍬🍭🍾🍷🍸🍹🍺🍻🥂🥃☕🍉🍊🍑🍓🌶🍇🥦🥒🥖🌭⚡⭐🎁🎉🎈Another year with you to celebrate you and your special day. I hope you know that you are so very loved. Always so proud of you, always rooting for you and always cheering you on. Saying a little birthday prayer for you... for good health, peace and that you'll always follow the light. My ultimate best friend, you are such a fantastic human. I love you so much. Hugs and kisses! (Interim birthday gifts for now btw - 36 notes on 36 of your favourite chocolates, designer worthy whiskey glass and bottle opener that you conveniently thought was a nose ring instead, part 2 of your actual gift that almost made me go crazy from trying to get my hands on it - james bond limited edition watch, is currently safe and sound in Singapore, when we can finally get there! COVID-19 aint got nothing on us.) #whitepieceofshitandhisasianslut #happybirthday #stolat #wszystkiegonajlepszego #sydney #australia #darlinghurst #makingmemories #archive #archiving #chronicles #281215move #marchbaby #pisces (at Darlinghurst, New South Wales) https://www.instagram.com/p/B93jr8GHM_C/?igshid=12z42mepnbhgy

Plenty, PLENTY of changes to life but I feel extremely blessed that i'm doing life with @marcinaus even though it seems extremely daunting (job, finances, home, health, safety, livelihood - life). Found this handwritten message on a new tub of honey from him - I always look forward to a new tub of honey because of the surprise message 🍯, but this one this time, is especially important and special. ❤ Life as we knew it, and all the freedom we took for granted... all but just a memory now. Never ending changes and news every day, it is a tad bit difficult to keep up really but i've been trying to remind myself that I need to take one day at a time, and that I should allow myself to feel anything and everything because there is really no right or wrong. That light at the end of the tunnel seems pretty faint at the moment, but I know there has to be an exit route somehow (hopefully sooner rather than later). This is really the time for us to do our part together and take this shit seriously - stay the fuck home so we can flatten the curve. We can bloody do this. Sending plenty of virtual hugs and kisses to everyone hurting from the effects of the crisis. Like the message reads, we are really in this together, keep strong and healthy. 💪#281215move #sydney #australia #homeiswheretheheartis #whitepieceofshitandhisasianslut #makingmemories #archive #archiving #chronicles #covid19 #stayhome #flattenthecurve (at Darlinghurst, New South Wales) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-JlPfuHXi1/?igshid=ve50uji6e4i5

Life with COVID-19. Almost feels like war of our time (if i can be ignorant). In the next 48 hours, all non-essential businesses are forced to shut down in Australia. That's after the ever changing rules over the week such as all events above 100 pax cancelled and whatever else?! Jobs are at risk and more, we are all at risk. We are constantly waiting for updates and possible help from the government. What are the odds that we are in the hospitality and arts and entertainment industry - both hit hard from this crisis. Life is shutting down evidently but we are still hanging in there! We visited our favourite local Japanese restaurant for the "last" time till god knows when, with drinks of course (with the chef and staff in the restaurant), I quickly had my final haircut before god knows when too today (literally ran to @akiho_oda because PRIORITIES 🤣 - gotta deal with this situation in style still), did whatever grocery shopping we could today, exercised, watched plenty of tv and drowned in news, and now we're wondering if we might kill each other before COVID-19 attacks us for real first cos we're gonna see each other so much now with this self isolation and lockdown business! No travel for us both anytime soon for sure, we can only dream about our business class big travel plans for the year. Crazy, difficult and precarious times, but it is now when we have to come together and work together to overcome this madness. There will be a light at the end of the tunnel, there has to be. Sending good vibes to everyone cos we desperately need it. Love and light. ❤ (Super keen to create again after a hiatus VERY soon cos I need some form of escapism, so stay tuned!). #281215move #sydney #australia #homeiswheretheheartis #whitepieceofshitandhisasianslut #makingmemories #archive #archiving #chronicles #covid19 (at Enya Japanese Restaurant) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-CNZt6nrGA/?igshid=34jijta8gw12

I'll probably never ever get bored of my running view. Always stunning! 🏃🏻‍♀️ (Never stop running even with a screwed up knee and toe 😬) #281215move #run #running #routine #clockingin #pilates #solosaturdays #makingmemories #archive #archiving #chronicles #10km #12km (at Rushcutters Bay Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-BGK3UnDfB/?igshid=15z0d9teybxcw

Miss you so much mummy. Wish we were holidaying together in Europe right now like back in 2018 when @marcinaus and I put you (and papa) on a plane for your 60th birthday! ❤ That was a really crazy and fun trip to say the least. 😂😅 It has been a precarious week... work, life, head, heart, all things ever changing, and an extra difficult week as well because of your health scare. (Not the most ideal getting updates on the other end of the line while elsewhere and not being able to do anything about it.) I suppose distance makes things harder than usual, and this covid-19 border closure and isolation situation adds another layer of unnecessary difficulty too. I won't deny that my heart is heavy, cos I know that especially in a time like this, the Big Man is definitely there and very present. I love you beyond anything and everything mummy. Can't wait to see you soon, I also really miss your sambal goreng, chicken rendang, fishball lemak, nasi goreng, bee hoon goreng and more very very much. 😋🥰 #281215move #twinsies #motherslove #makingmemories #archive #archiving #chronicles #throwback (at Dresden, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9_iWlbHY0z/?igshid=1r2lwqgc7mp6d