2026, in search of Happiness. If it means enjoying every little trinkets and stationery on the daily, then so be it. Coz temporary happiness, is still happiness.
Thursday, 29 January 2026
First Book Journal : My only entry so far LOL
Saturday, 3 January 2026
Newest book pile
Sunday, 21 January 2024
Happy Dragon Year 2024
Hi.
Happy New Year! 🐉
Yes, I'm still holding on to this blog page.
it's almost a year from when I last posted on here too LOL I am not going to explain myself anymore. You already know how I be; motivated to the max now and be gone the next minute.
Anyways, life updates!
Um. I turned a year older. I got one 'false alarm' health scare in Mar 2023 but when I returned in Apr 2023, turned out that doctor was just making hasty conclusion. 🙄
and I was obsessing over How To Train You Dragon like never before. Becoz now! I have access to the internet and I can search everything that franchise releases; the first TV shows, the mini movies, the netflix series. I read somewhere that the latest series in the franchise does not include our favorites but it is a story about the descendants. I haven't got around to look for them on the internet. Sabar. I will get to it soon.
Anyways, next..in bullet point form;
Work Life.
Welp. still in the same department. I applied to a few positions late 2022 and early 2023. Only one menyangkut for an interview. It's an officer level and I didn't hear anything else after that one. I kinda knew I wouldn't get it anyways coz it was known that that you wouldn't get promoted to Officer position if you didn't have a bachelor degree. Sigh. but at least I tried. and stopped trying to apply i think after Apr 2024 coz I was rotated into a different unit and I simply focused on that for the whole 2023. You know, manatau now I feel better about working there. I did. for a while. and then. back to square one.
Also, our leaves are being monitored this year. coz big projects. and we have a new boss jua and the restructuring of our department is a nightmare. Not saying it's not working. I'm just saying, changes are always hard.
Yatah, I wanna go back to the original plan; tukar department and slowly moving out of the company.
I mentioned this last year; I think it's better for me to change environment.
Let's try again this year.
Travels.
1. Soooo..Westlife concert was underwhelming? LOL only becoz I thought i watched every Live Concert DVD they ever released and they sounded the same, gais! Their live vocal really do sound like that! I was impressed but also like, yeah-i-expected-that. Or maybe I was underwhelmed becoz I thought I would go nuts when they appear on the stage and I didn't HAHAHAH mau tah jua kan go crazy. but yea. It was a fun memory for me. albeit it being so calm. and no Encore coz we (people seating around me) agreed that they old already, 10pm is the max. LOL at least I reached my hotel by 11pm.
2. My next travel was in June 2023. to Japan! like I waited so long for this trip! another solo. and I was satisfied. I went for 11 days? and by the 9th day I was so fed up with everything and I wanted to go home already LOL. So i guess I didn't really want to move to Japan then. ahahah
Remember how I lost so many footage from my very first solo Japan trip? Well, on this first solo after covid one, I restep the places I went di Osaka. I skipped the one in Kyoto, the TOEI Kyoto Studio Park. but from my train, I could see a huge Evangelion back's as we passed thru.
Obviously, things don't happened the same way twice. So, I ended up not doing much re-stepping but re-visiting the place and gained new experienced instead.
3. I went to Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia in end of September 2023. Yeah, I know. I don't know how I did it but it happened. this trip was actually a company trip. Ovvy I paired with my colleague. It was enjoyable and I appreciate my quick hands in applying for it LOL
We visited this bridge yang the shape I recognized as, i think, Sarawak official bird, Kenyalang. I told my colleague that as we were walking, I felt the bridge moved but she said that maybe I was too tired and had a headache. I insisted one more time after that and she insisted that she didn't feel anything.
The next day, as we took taxi kan, the uncle taxi tu asked if we have gone onto the bridge and we replied yes. The uncle continued about the sejarah, and get this, I wasn't crazy. 🤯 the bridge was meant to move! It was designed to make you feel like you were walking on the birds' wings! (That was genius by the way but too bad for people yg gayat like me. I can go on roller coaster and feel nothing but walking on tinggi places like that bridge, no thank you. Begarak2 tah lagi.) The look I gave my colleague tho 😏
4. and last travel for 2023 was in December. This one a bit sacred. I went for Umrah. When it was confirmed, I cried and barely sleep fro 3 days and 3 nights (I remembered becoz it was over the weekend). but alhamdulillah. Kalau nya Allah jadi, jadi lah ia.
5. As for 2024 - I have one planned for End of Feb 29th. XD another concert gais. guess who? SHINee!!!! omg! ani aku excited a little more. coz I have SO many concert merch that I can finally used! Kan dulu bali and jadikan perhiasan. Now I can use them! The concert will be on 2nd Mar. and I found out today that apparently the date clashes with Taylor Swift's. No wonder SHINee's started at 4pm. I thought that was just the time you should start going to the venue. LOL Anyway, once again, I haven't bought my flight ticket nor my hotel. Laik, semoga hampit.
My hobby.
No, I didn't do a flip thru video of my old bullet journal creations. I actually didn't even post much last year. Like, I know I was always late in terms of dates / days but I really didn't post much. I don't know. Work became a drained again and I just neglect everything. When I did manage to post, they were super late. Like, I questioned myself so many times; what is going on girlie?
Hoping to restart again this year. Maybe not the 'bullet' journal part coz I bought a simple planner. Well maybe not so simple coz it has the Monthly planner, Weekly planner. The planner also provide or prepared other familiar section like the habits section, budgeting, exercise, period, etc for the whole year. Yatah, I thought, I don't need to create my own from the scratch. I can focus on why I have so many journals/notebooks in the first place; to write my most inner thoughts / feelings that I wouldn't or couldn't tell anyone and do all my planning/'shading'/'ticking' in the planner saja.
So here's to a more progressive writing feelings in my joural this year.
oh and btw, I only managed to use one thick journal/notebook last year and it wasn't even filled at the back. Give up ku. move on ku saja to the new year punya buku. Laik, I'm letting go.
I should include this here - I joined a 'community' (of 4-5 people LOL) of crafters. Bruneian. I 'applied' mid Nov 2023 and was included into a whatsapp group early Dec 2023. You know what happened to me in Dec kan? When I rejected their 'project'; creating tags and swapped them, I received a very not friendly text from one of the member, "as agreed before you join here" like, woman. there were no mention of a dateline when I filled in that Google form? 👀
The dateline was in Jan 2024. I agreed coz I scared they kick me out of the group 🤣 but by End of Dec 2023, I announced to the group how I won't be able to join the project afterall coz I was so overwhelmed - work wise and I know I can't commit. only two people bagi respond yang kind. the others macam luke warm gitu. I mean, I told you I cannot join but you insist masukkan my name di sana atu. One of the more kinder people did say to stay in the group if its not a burden and join the next project saja. Bukan kah nice cematu? Ani tarus2 kana attack masa awal2 atu.
One other thing tho, dah tah my work banyak dateline. I couldn't stand a dateline for a hobby as well. that was a LITTLE disappointing. I wonder if I should just leave the group? I know the dateline is relevant coz the group want to received swapped projects and 'unbox' at the same time. I don't know. I still like the idea to receive something in the mail again after so many years. we'll see.
Reading.
hmm. I tried to read one book in Aug 2023 anddd..4 days, 147 pages. and I neglected it. the writing is good but I just can't. I'm looking at the book cover now and I just realized there was a person on the cover. Blurred but a person. the fuck. how come aku inda realize before ani? ahahah anyways, the book, Jodi Picoult Lone Wolf. I will finish it this year.
Why? coz I finally printed all the book cover of all the books that I have yet to read. Including Lone Wolf, I have 43 books to read this year.
I am officially on a book buying ban.
waitt. ke Singapore in march ani, I already have a list. LOL but only two yang I have not read before. We'll see on the implementation of the ban.
Anyhoo
Umm I start listening to audio books. I actually started like November 2023? and then I stopped. and restart again in Jan 2024. I found them on youtube and it was legit? and I like the reader. for some reason, the books yang I came across atu were the Hunger Games trilogy. That trilogy is chef kiss. Books to Movies adaptation has no competition in my opinion. Anyways, when I finished those, I thought I give the 4th book a try. I mentioned this book last year but I didn't quite mention the struggle. Like, I really hate it. Like, I just hate it.
BUT! that audio book! the reader! omg! I actually remembered some scene of the story and I was surprised about my feelings. Like, I don't hate it like when I was reading it. I was genuinely intrigued about the story (eventhough i already baca the physical book) and curious about what's gonna happen next. Like, wow.
My conclusion as to why I seem to struggle a lot to read for so many years now is that I need to be in a good mood before I start a book. If i paksa myself so much, it becomes a chore and I hate chores. LOL I'm sure it's mostly my mood. coz there were a couple of time I forced myself to read for 30mins and I ended up so engrossed to the story even when I started it in a not so good mood.
So, yeah. Mood plays an important role for me to finish reading my TBR pile.
hwaiting.
Apa lagi yang kan di update? 🤔
oh! you know how I'm barely posting on my second IG with my craft? well, the same goes to my personal ones. All those trips? Nasib lah Westlife aku sampai mempost. My June Japan trip? syukur alhamdulillah I posted 1 in September for back-to-Hogwarts day. ahahaha and the one after that? Nope.
I've transferred all of them on to my HD kemarin kemarin and now I'm either going to post them as a photo dumb or sudah tah, Let it go. delete them from my phone, and move on. 🧘♀️ I am in need to clean my phone storage anyways.
I thought came to mind; post them on here. 🤭
Jom kita gelak sama-sama. 🤣
Yeah, if I managed to do that, I am the best.
Ok, I think that is all for now. Let's hope I be more active this year. Active in writing, reading, uploading photos on social media, and exercise. I need to start exercising soon too. Fed up ku doctor2 ani, asal jumpa appointment, cakap pasal BMI ku saja. naleh ku.
Ok, anyways, thank you.
See ya next time.
Monday, 20 July 2020
Pretty Little Liars
Monday, 3 December 2018
Book Read Updates
Started draft on: 16 August 2018
I read at least four books in two months;
Ransom Riggs' Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children book 2 and 3;
I was pleasantly surprised when i continued Rigg's book 2. I read one third
I'm so glad I decided on picking up the books after the Miss Peregrines's Home for Peculiar Children movie came out.
Believe me when I said, the book is always better than the movies.
hashtag pick a book up.
Rainbow Rowell's Attachment and Landline
I don't know about other Rowell's reader but there's a hook here! Like, it doesn't take me long to finish any of her book. 💗💗💗💗
it's crazy.
coz if you remember me telling you, when I'm hooked to a book, I forgot to eat and sleep. Not healthy. Don't do this at home, kids.
Rowell's always bringing tears to my eyes. but only becoz I was emotionally attached to the story on so many levels. I especially cried towards the end of Landline.
Re-edit: 28 Nov 2018 5:27pm
I think a few more. I'll have to update photos later.
I finally thought of changing my WaterMarks; from Clover Leaf to Sakura Flower.
coz I'm obsess about going back to Japan. 😂😂😂
Re-edit: 02 Dec 2018 12:52pm
I read 5 books in two months!
After I read Riggs book 2 and 3, I continue on reading the companion book; Tales of the Peculiar.
I made an audio on one of the chapter from this book.
Maybe I try and post them via youtube? if that's allowed. 🤔
The 6th book I read after all the above is the classic Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
I read this while I was doing my laundry.
Why I bought it? becoz I was curious why it was such a beloved tale.
After reading it? It was ok.
In my teenage years, I would swoon like crazy over it..now, noh. Life's too real to be fallin all over book characters. BAHAHAHA hashtag bitter.
I always feels good once I finished a book.
feels like I've accomplished something.
I always said this every year; I need to finish all my unread books before the year end.
oh I should mention!
Just as I was feeling accomplish for finally finishing all the Peculiar books,
I bumped into this at Best Eastern
laik...
I told myself, after Pretty Little Liars, I am not gonna follow any other book series.
So
Why?
Now I have a new series to follow, I guess.
What just happened?
but on second thoughts, I think it's ok. I remember being super lost at Library of Souls' ending. I guess, here's my answer to all the questions I had.
Ok.
Right, that is all for this post.
Next post will be a break down of all the unread books.
and possibly my first ever gift away post.
we'll see 😉
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Bonus:
I started jotting down dates slash times of when I started and finished reading a book.
I did it becoz in the beginning I felt the need to prove to people how it's possible to finish a book in short amount of time but after that, I only did it for myself. and ended up like doing it. like, a competition with myself. hashtag how fast can i finish this book
LOL don't ask.
as I was saying, initially it was to prove to other people of what I can do but soon after, it was to prove to myself that I can do it. I am capable of this.
Lesson of the day: People will believe what they want to believe despite you trying to prove yourself to them.
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Thursday, 7 June 2018
Come June
I is back.
I have plenty of updates which I will have to compose first.
I have them neatly sorted in my Blog Post folder.
I hope I can start posting them by first week of Raya, which would be next week :P
Hwaiting me!
For now, I'm gonna update some of the things I've accomplished this year; read my mounting books that I bought but didn't bother to read yet.
I have read about 4 books since Nov 2017.
- It's Kind Of A Funny Story by Vizzini - Nov 2017
- Five Days Left by Julie Timmer - Mar 2018
- More Than This by Patrick Ness - May 2018
- Carry On by Rainbow Rowell - May 2018
- Two of these have a very deep storyline/morale (Vizzini and Timmer). they both tackled Depression. as mentioned in my previous post, Timmer's was the hardest for me to read.
- Ness's was *insert super confused meme here* I wondered if there's a sequel to this.
- Rowell's was easy to read (as do her other two books that I have read).
I still have tons (an exaggeration of course) to finish. I haven't bought any new book for two months now. yay for saving money and use them to buy things from Yesstyle LOL
I hope I can finish reading these before the year ends.
I know I have read Twilight series on ebook before but since i bought the physical copies, I need to reread them again!
I have 9 books that I bought like years ago and still haven't read until now.
I read one of them when I first bought it but the storyline wasn't interesting, so I stopped.
So, I decided to just left this old purchased books left unread and try to donate them to a cafe or something. I know one cafe is accepting donation of books every now and then.
No one is forcing me to read all the books that I purchased. It's just how I feel about it, I bought them, so I should read them. I don't know if anyone ever thought of this but I feel like I'm neglecting my child when I left an old purchased unread as I read the new purchased first. or is that just me?
Also, recently, I finished reading a story on AFF, Water Lily by Peanutcupcake.
Check it out here.
I posted this last April where I read two chapters from this story. and I stopped. I began again last Saturday 2nd June night and finished like 5th June afternoon. (I know, what a slow reader). this is also the reason of my sleep deprivation.
argh. don't get me started with this. since it is posted in a fanfic website, I refused to call it a fanfic. because although kpop names are used, the characters are completely her own. the storyline doesn't even involve around music industry. IT'S. THAT. GOOD.
Give this story some love and tell her Vengeance sent you ;)
anyway,
yeahh an update!
I will try and compose my posts by tomorrow night.
hopefully I'm rajin. Coz I've been deprived of sleep for almost a week and I am in need to 'top up' my sleep. zZzzZ
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Wednesday, 20 December 2017
KL Trip Half Day Awesomeness
an amendment: I just remembered I met with Bazilah and her nephews a few hours on Saturday, 9th Dec, later afternoon. hee terlupa.
moving on .. or moving back to the afternoon of Friday, 8th Dec.
Met up with Bazilah and her nephews.
Bazilah wanted to bring the boys to Bukit Bintang to purchase some game equipments.
I suggested we use the MRT.
We stopped by McD for drinks.
pastu we go to the famous electronics mall. erm..called Low Yat Plaza.
it was my second time being there. last time, untuk melintas kan ke Berjaya Time Square saja. LOL
it was pretty big for electronic products. everyone kept on "cari apa, Kak?" "Tengok lah dulu" to which I only replied with a smile. coz I was just looking around, Bazilah and nephews were the one looking for something. I join je~
After that, we went to Berjaya Time Square!
Bazilah wanted to show her nephews the indoor theme park.
My second time here and no, we didn't enter the theme park, again.
So, we eat at Sushi King instead.
SO YUM!
Next to the restaurant is an archery range.
So that's what we do afterwars, play there.
ada pose jadi tah.
my target.
this would be my second time playing. but the first time was like 7 years ago?
so patting my own back for effort.
Zawir said he wanted to test my skill di Miri. hashtag BringItOnBruh
After acrhery, kami stopped by McD again and bought dinner.
I think this masjid is called Masjid Jamek hence the name of the station.
anyway, once di hotel, they melepak a while in my room, since i have such spacious room. i think at about 11 kali, they went back to their own rooms coz they had an early day on 9th Dec, while I'll be on my own going to KLCC.
So, I set out at around 10:30am, Saturday, 9th Dec but due to my clumsiness and bangang-ness with the train route, I ended up arriving at KLCC at around 12pm kali.
i didn't take many pictures there.
I shopped at Kinokuniya mostly. coz my sister bekirim buku baby.
I even shopped at Cotton On Kids. my sister bekirim jumper.
I shopped at Muji before that. bought some staff. seriously, inda banyak. LOL
the rest, I spent walking around KLCC and when my legs finally can not take it, I had lunch di Wendy's.
it was ok.
once I finished, I finally balik semula ke hotel to rest.
I remember thinking, "faktor umur" coz my legs were so painfullllllll.
at around 2:30pm, I was back di hotel and slept until 3:55pm. woke up when Bazilah texted me to go jalan2 with the nephews. Planned to go to this famos Plaza in Masjid India area, called SOGO. I remember going there as a kid.
I'm afraid no picture too.
I know we ate at Texas Chicken and walked around, browsing the kadai.
I don't think we buy anything there.
at around 6pm we already on the way balik hotel.
at around 9pm, I walked on my own down at the Bazaar.
right out side our hotel was a Bazaar, but I realized they mostly sell clothes and accessories.
I was actually looking for food. So, jauh lah jua jalan ku. way passed this sheltered area.
there are a lot of food stall the further I go. but I don't feel like eating mee goreng, cucur pisang, etc.
I only bali 3 items; air kelapa, Sotong King goreng, and Lekor goreng.
too bad nada gambar. :P
again, I apologize for the lack of picture. :P
It was a little scary at first walking on my own but after a while, I saw a couple of single ladies walking around buying food jua, so I relaxed a little.
Once i feel like I was so far off, I turned back around, back to my hotel, to feast. muahahaha
I think what I love most about this trip is that I spent so much time berelek and eating. LOVE IT.
The most relaxing travel I ever did. walaupun kaki rasa kan pulak, it was an awesome weekend for me.
as mentioned in the previous post, since drg ada MRT sudah, I might go there next time as a solo traveler. ;)
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