Blackout Curtains

I have no clue why the architect of this building had designed to have windows covering the entire one side of my room. I usually have seen one or two panels, but havent encountered an entire side yet.

Unfortunately there were a few weeks of May that were extremely hot. My Saturday sleeps had been very much disturbed as I woke up sweating despite the aircon set at 18deg. Note that I am a ‘ginawin’ person to some extent. The sunlight passing through is just too much. This building is the first one in the block and there are no taller buildings or trees to cover the sun whatsoever.

Luckily I learned from a housemate that there is such thing called ‘blackout’. These are the types of curtains that hotel actually use. As the name implies, it aims to ‘black out' the surrounding. The cost is just a little higher than ordinary curtains. But I must say every cent is worth it!

Here’s a comparison, the left side is an ordinary thick curtain (note that is it very thick already but the sun penetrates through it easily), the right side is the blackout.


Amen to that, back to my sound weekend sleep.

p.s. Good things are for sharing with friends.