Happy New Year & Happy Thaipusam!

Hello internet~! Happy New Year & Happy Thaipusam!

 

I know I've been MIA-ing, it is always for the same reason_ work, work and work. I really don't like mentioning about work but the past few weeks have been all about meetings or preparing for meetings. So when I do have time for myself, I go to full hibernation mode like today.

 

Aside from pigging around, baby-sitting my housemates' poodle who loves cuddles on bed (Awwww) and starting to binge-eating on CNY cookies (pineapple tarts, nut cookies, kuih bangkit and now salted egg dragon beard OMG so yummy!), the past weeks have been about playing In-Between, Uno, Cho Tai Tee and now Mahjong Rummy, a game one of my housemate got the rest of my housemates _me included_ addicted LOL. We sure hope this addiction last until CNY which is in two weeks ! But thankfully, some of my housemates doesn't want to play with cash so that's safer for my wallet. Boy, can you loose a lot in a single game. Imagine playing them over and over!

Tonight we will go for Settlers of Catan board game, my first time wheee~!

~♡~
 

Anyways, since it is the New Year and for my first post in 2018, I thought I should share my New Year Resolutions for 2018:


1) Continue to enhance my personal finance management knowledge
Idk but this has been a topic I have been obsessed with! Plus, I am sick of reading novels or self-help books, they're all the same!


2) Shop and spend less, hopefully!
I came to a realization that I am too lucky and have way-y-y too much things for a single lady and I don't need more.


3) Continue to work to be a minimalist
About time I use up my stacks of hair products and masks, yo! Plus, I have been recycling my clothes or giving them away. Exception for photography stuffs _ my existing cameras can stay and I want a DSLR this year! Maybe clothes too for as long I wear them again and again. I have both history of getting more than I need and at the same time I do have clothes I can wear for years! So the former gotta go, the latter can stay.


4) Save $$$ so that this year I can bring my parents on a vacay
Tjhis has been on my mind for years! I think by now I've been doing enough trips on my own and with friends. I STILL want to do that (Japan, I miss you so much!) but think my parents deserve some time off too. I have a destination in mind (my mom mentioned previously), so hopefully by middle of the year I can walk my talk!


5) Work out more
I feel I have been sitting too much from overworking. Since I got two sports shoes, might as well use them for jogging right? I missed jogging! Maybe I should pick up a new workout hobby IDK yet.

 

 

So that's it for today~!

What I've been up to: Reuniting with friends & my Singapore travel buddy

Just a few stuff I want to document :)

#1 Cooking with my housemates

My new bunch of housemates cook a lot and so we decided cooking together would mean we could explore different recipes and at the same time, didn't have to store too much leftovers in the fridge :D

We tried making Indonesian-style ayam penyet and planning for nasi goreng next because I was telling my Indonesian housemate how I love the fried rice I tried in Nusa Penida. It so happen this simple dish is his favourite as well! So can't wait!!!!

#2 Omnomnom-ed the BEST cheesecake in Kuala Lumpur

Out of the blue, my bestie asked if I wanted to try a legendary cheesecake which of course I cannot say no to! Like come on, I SUPER LOVE cakes!!!! This is at the newly renovated Isetan Lot 10's The Tokyo Restaurant.

This is by far one of the best cheese cakes I have but they sure are pricey for RM18 per slice! The kakigori was as expensive for a tiny portion. It tasted amazing but that's because I love mojito!

#3 Catching up with old buddies

Recently, I reconnected with my buddies from uni who has settled down in KL since she has been overseas for work so it was tough to arrange time to meet. That's what happens when everyone starts working :/ I'm just super glad they could make time to meet up! This was at Lala Chong Ara Damansara.

#4  Omnomnom-ed Durians

I MISSED DURIANS SO MUCHHH!!!! Been telling my friends I wanted to have them so badly, I finally make plans to have durians at SS2 LOL! Last weekend I am Musang King which was super fleshy and yummy and sometime this week and next (Maybe!) I'll have another session of durians buffet coming up. Yea, I'm that obsessed but that's because I haven't had any this year! 

#5 Going minimalist, slowly but surely!

For the past weeks, I have been putting aside and giving away clothings I have not been wearing. Even going to H&M to recycle some which I do not think can be worn.

As of now, I am trying to minimise my beauty and hair care products. I realised I didn't need 30+ makeup I do not frequently used, 100+ facial masks or 10 shampoos plus conditioner. I am super tempted to get hair masks because I heard they work better than conditioners/treatments and a whole lot other beauty products, but I'm trying to resist this! It's difficult but great for my purse LOL.

Of course, clothing shopping is another I have to deal with! I have a whole lot of things in my wish list but decided I should 1) Make use of what I already have and 2) Only buy items which I will surely wear a hundred times! For the same purpose, I have reduce my work wardrobe size to a minimal, just several I will wear and that definitely helps in reducing my time needed to choose something to wear for work!


#6 Reuniting with my new-found friend

Back at the crammed Singapore hostel I was staying, I clicked with Malu and we hung out together when we were exploring the city. So just yesterday she was around in KL and so I showed her around and we even had banana leaf rice in Bangsar! Then at night we had Arabian salad at my favorite spot in Bukit Bintang and more catch up which was great!

 

 So those are it! This coming weekend will be a bit to hanging out with the fam and it's my sis' BIG day!!!!! I've drafted my travel posts but didn't have the extra hours to load and then edit my photos. Guess it will be awhile before I post them... Sorry, peeps!