Updates and answers

Hi guys.

quick updates and answers to my own questions.

First, regarding this Blogspot website.
On 27th Apr 2019, I bitched about how Blogger won't load on my phone and on my laptop when using my phone internet data. 
But when I got home afterwards, I tried opening my blogs using my phone and what do you know? 
the page load perfectly. I even tried opening the website via laptop, also using my phone data, it worked too!
I'm guessing it's nothing to do with my phone service provider, and Blogger has finally fixed their site?
I hope so.
Coz, this is the second scheduled post I made from home.
I AM SO PUMPED RIGHT NOW!

Secondly, regarding NCT 4th sub-unit, WayV.
I learned from Wiki that I was right, WayV is NCT's Chinese promoter. 
They debuted first in August 2018 with the name NCT - China and again in January 2019 with the name WayV. 
They released their first EP The Vision. in it has 3 songs: Regular (Chinese version. obviously), Comeback, and Dream Launch.

and that's it.

that's the updates.

I was reading thru some old post and I came across the Book post with giveaways which nothing ever come of. I will make an update on that soonies.

For now, 
I leave you with this music video that got recommended to me on the last Friday in April



the French dialoque in the beginning! AND pastels!

Side Note: Ever since I watched Black Mirror season 3, ep 1 Nose Dive, I've been seeing a lot pastel colored theme. Hmmm..

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Lightsticks

Hi guys.

In light of the previous post with NCT light sticks, I thought I will share with you the rest of SM's artists official light stick. 
why?
Just becoz. 
Also, I think they're pretty and I want to own all of them. 

Disclaimer: this post is only for OFFICIAL LIGHTSTICKS! I understand that everybody have many many lightsticks for their many many concerts thus far.

First of

BoA

Released date: 19th Dec 2018

AFTER 18 YEARS SINCE HER DEBUT!

Secondly

TVXQ

Released date: 20th Apr 2018

Third

Super Junior

Released date: 7th December 2017

Fourth

Girls' Generation

Released date: 6th October 2018

Fifth

SHINee

Released date: 27th May 2018

Sixth

f(x)

Released date: 

Seventh

EXO

Released date: first verison 7th Oct 2015, second version 2nd July 2016

Eighth

Red Velvet

Released date: 25th Jul 2018

Ninth

NCT

Released date: 7th May 2018

SOOOO! 
SM is fcuking bias!
EXO got 2 versions?!
and BoA, their GODDESS? only got hers after 18 years since debut?! 
FU SM!

but also thank you.
Especially for SHINee's light stick.
Fans said SM only managed to come up with awesome design is becoz SM had to complete with Japanese concerts' light sticks. hahahah

and let's us all laugh once again in regards to f(x)'s  non-existent promo. 

also SM also made official electrical fan:

and I noticed that the electrical fan doesn't have BoA's, there's f(x) instead! yayy! that purple/lilac color cought my eyes! 

Anyways,
whose your favorite among these awesome lightstick?
mine is obviously SHINee's. 
Red Velvet's dimsum lightstick comes second.
I have the need to mention this; Taeyeon said GG's lightstick looks like tooth. LOL!

Ok, that is all I have for this post.

Until next post, 

Jaane~

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Song list recommendation

Hi guys,

Yes, another scheduled post.

This time, I'm gonna share with you songs that I think will lift up your spirit (or spirits in case you have many).

To make it easy for me, I'm gonna stick to one artist, or unlimited number of artists.

LOL

it's not NCT without a picture of their official lightstick.

Sooo

Ok, how about I just say, "from One Group" for now?

Yes?
Yes.

NCT currently have 4 sub units: NCT U, NCT127, NCT Dream, and WayV.

I have listened and downloaded every NCT songs. Ok maybe not listen to all songs lah ah. but I have them. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

I just recently come across the sub-unit WayV. and I'm not sure if they have any songs out. but I'm guessing they are doing the Chinese version of the existing NCT songs? Maybe? I'm not sure.

Moving on.

without further a do, here is the list:

1. Firetruck - NCT 127
2. Whiplash - NCT 127
3. Paradise- NCT 127
4. BOSS (because I'm a fcuking BOSS!! LOL!) - NCT U
5. 1,2,3 -  NCT Dream
6. Regular (English Version) - NCT 127
7. Touch (Japanese version) -  NCT 127
8. Candle Light - NCT Dream
9. Without You - NCT U
10. Cherry Bomb - NCT 127

I didn't plan on making a 10-song list but that's what happened when you try to quickly finish this post. ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ

also, I am not NCT 127 bias. it just so happened SM releases NCT 127 songs more often. go and nag SM.

Let me know if I introduce you to your new favorite songs, yeah?

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my FAQ

other than the Solan Capo Emas (Soalan Campur Emas) "Ko bila lagi (kan kawin)?", 
I have another FAQ; about my travels.

without further ado, lesgo!


Question No.1
"Ke mana ko ari atu?" "apatah?"
"Where you go?" "how was it?"

You would think I love these kind of questions but not really.

Becoz:
1. People only asked to pass the time
2. People asked 'just becoz'
3. People genuinely curious but don't match my excitement when I started talking

When they asked me this, i usually become so hyped up and ready to tell them my 'adventure' time but then I see their faces. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
I have this intuition thing going on where I know I should calm down and minimize my story. It made me feel blergh and I wish they would not start up that conversation if they were not ready to hear my explosive with excitement story.

WHY YOU PLAYING WITH MY FEELINGS! ლ(́◉◞౪◟◉‵ლ


Question No. 2
"Ke mana saja tah ko?" "Bahapa saja ko di sana?" "shopping tah ko?"
"where did you go (there)?" "what did you do (there)?" "did you go shopping?"

Ok, first of all, are you sure you want to know the answer to these questions?
second of all, "I sight seeing a lot", "I sight seeing a lot", and "not really shopping coz I'm on a budget but yeah, i did buy a few knic knacs"

These questions are the most intimidating to me.
Even though it's my travel, my plan, my time and money, and it's my dream, I still feel a little anxious telling people what I did or didn't do.
People often replied with, "eh inda kan di sana saja?" "rugi tu eh inda ke sana" "sayang jua inda shopping". 
🙄🙄🙄
These responses used to mess with my head. Like, if I didn't go to the place where THEY wanted to go, I'm missing something. and If i didn't buy that one thing THEY would've just bought (becoz it's from overseas 🙄), I miss the opportunity.

Akusmi (excuse me), whose travel is this for? You kah? Me kah?
Different people, different wants and needs.
Just becoz my travel plans/ideas are not up your alley, doesn't mean I'm doing it wrong.

I just had a deja vu. have I made this kind of post before? 🤔

*search blog* yup! i did. back in March 2018. LOL but this is the 2.0 version!


Question No. 3 
"Since ko pernah ke sana, tell me what to do" "What should we do about tempat tinggal?" "Ke mana patut di aga ni?" "Berapa patut ku bawa?"
"Since you've been there, tell me what to do" "what should we do about accommodation?" "Where should we go?" "How much (money) I should bring?"

These are the questions that pushed me into making this post.

(I have a feeling this one gonna be too long but I'm not gonna break this into two part post coz, I'm not rajin)

People have the notion that since I've been there before, I must be an expert!

Ok, listen up (or read up) people! I AM NOT. 

the answer to this seems so difficult for me to give. coz i strongly believe that different people has different idea about 'travelling'. Kindly refer to Question No. 2 for my anxiety ridden reflexes. More often than not, I got annoyed.

but, I decided, I'm gonna take this opportunity to educate people.

Here we go:

it's 2019 and internet is a thing.

I'm not being ungrateful but I always feel like I'm the one person who has the least internet access or the only one who doesn't have access to wifi. 

BUT I have my phone data, and if I can do this with just that, then you definitely could too! 


Step one!
Google is your new bestfriend!
I know it can be daunting. You might feel like you don't know what you should do coz you've never done this before, etc.
But in this age and era, you must know about Google.
So, step one, open your internet browser or chrome go to Google.com (if this is not you default page, what are you doing?)

and then ask away~ 
What I did was ask Google "what to do in Seoul"

Example: 

Youtube videos will pop up with this too. So, if you are not rajin to read, watch those suggested videos.

Step two!
Accommodation!
Agoda.com
this one, I seriously cannot recommend you places to stay.
Why?
coz my idea of accommodation is cheap and for sleeping.
If you're the type to say, "eh so small the room" "no wonder cheap", please, I can't help you there.
As far as I know, hotel is expensive every where.
There will be cheap ones, of course, but you can't expect a lot.
You can't have the best of both worlds in this.
And if you're with family, definitely don't book 'hostel'..be realistic. 'hostel' is dorm like hotel room, meaning bunkers bed, shared bathroom area, no personal space, etc.
Again, you can Google your specifications; room for family, cheap hotel for family.
Also, remember to choose a hotel nearer to tourist attractions. thank me later.


Step three!
As you Google/browse thru ideas after ideas of what you should be doing in the country that you're going to visit, you definitely will have a list of places to go and things to do.
List them down. on a piece of paper or on your phone if that's more convenience you. 
I'm always the pen and paper girl, so I would list that down on paper.

this is just a sample, not mine. 

and it listed down countries but I hope you got what I mean LOL

If you wanna be extra you can do a Travel Journal like me. 
Jot everything down, where you wana go, what you wana do there, etc.

again, just a sample, not mine.

My journal was supposed to be like my travel itinerary and what I'm gonna use when I was in Seoul but it became so personal that I ended up not bringing it anywhere in fear I could lose it.
but the point of this step is to just jot everything down and making a list.
so stick to that.


Step four!
After you have your list, it is time to organize.
Yes, you must. if you come to me for advise, this is what you gonna do.

You must already have dates set on when you're gonna leave and when you gonna come back from your vacation.
with the help of the list you just make from Step Three, you now can do some military precision planning!
No, but this is gonna be awesome. especially when this is your first time going there.

for this step, Microsoft Excel is your bestfriend!

it also helps if you divide your places to visit base on area/city.

Here you can see me dividing places to visit/see base on area/city; two places to visit in a day, during night time can do shopping, etc.

I also do research on how to get there, what train to hop on, where the exit to a place from the station gonna be, etc.

I'm a little OCD, don't judge me.

I mean, every little thing helps! especially if its your first time there.

This Excel timetable was what I printed out and use all the time I was in Seoul.

Ok, ok. maybe this is not your thing. You can skip this part. Do your own thing. Improvise. You do you.
I honestly don't use this to the T! I made adjustment where needed. this is just a form of guideline. like, if that castle is close, you can go else where. you know, so you don't waste precious time and money.


Step five!
Budgeting!

here's an example from my Seoul trip.

again, depends on your wants and needs

you can break it down by days too if you want. but I can't do that. (▰˘◡˘▰)
also, something worth remembering, again, different people, different wants and needs.
I was on a budget, and yes, I do jot that I'm gonna shop but really, depends on you. If your plan is to shop then you know you gonna have to bring extra. If you plan to try all the food, again, you gotta bring extra, coz food ain't that cheap, for halal restaurant food anyway.

and that is what, when, where, and how I do my planning before my travel.

Three responses to FAQ, and additional "STEPS" on how to plan yours. 
I hope I laid it down clearly. If not, feel free to comment and I will try my best to respond back. 😉

If you noticed, this is my first time doing my planning this thorough. Even on my first solo Japan trip I wasn't this thorough. All I did on my first solo was print out a one-week time table and wrote down the places I wanna visit and i winged it when I got to Japan LOL.

but same principle applies; that plan is just a form of guideline so you don't waste precious time and money. 😉

I know this too long of a post but I wanna get it out of my system.

I wanna say thank you to Iku Tree from youtube.

it was from her video that I learn to make 'thorough' planning for my trip.

Thank You! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

Check out her video below.



Yes, her video is for solo travelling to Japan but there are a lot you can take out for your own non-solo travel planning.

and with that, I shall end this here.

Thank you so much for reading up till here.

you the MVP!

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New Camera

Hi guys,

short post.

Yo girl right here just bought herself a new camera.

Fujifilm x-a3.

I wanted it in pink but they only have it in black and brown. So, brown it is.
it's pretty. and I felt a little weird with it. for now. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

I am no tech savvy but I know this is an old one. 
first released in Nov 2016.

but who caressss!!

i finally bought it!!

Why I decided to buy this? Because I want back-up camera for my next travel adventure. wehwehweh

I mean, I have my old digicam (Sony Cybershort) as a back up before. It still works and I have no problem with the quality. 

I just want a new camera and I have no other excuse. LOL

I've tried playing with it a little, trying to get the hang of it but I'm still blur (both my brain and the photo taken). I just have to give it more practice, I guess.

I also bought this tripod.

it's called KingKong Selfie Stick.

I didn't expect the boxing will be so fancy. velvety. it also comes with the fisheye/wide lenses. I only bought it because it has that mini tripod thingy besides the selfie stick. it also has a remote. like, yassssss. it's components are mostly metal so it's a little heavy but I guess it's sturdy? I have not tried putting my phone on it yet.

I'm gonna make it work. Solo travel here I come!! ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ

I wanna thank CupOf TJ  (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ for this idea of buying a tripod/selfie stick.



of course, it's not Joby Tripod. but one step at a time. ᵔᴥᵔ

Ok, enough sharing.

short post tah apa LOL.

Ok, bai.

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