Books - It's the end of 2022 and I consumed 100 books this year

2022 is my good 'book-consumption' year. I read & listened to 100 books. Before you start judging whether my ‘greedy’ consumption this year is good or not (as people looove to mention quality over quantity every time I mentioned how many books I finished each year).  In 2022 : I didn’t socialize, so I had extra time (same as all the years before, lol) I didn’t binge-watch movies & series...

Compilation Post : End of the Year 2022

A 2022 compilation :1. On health :Remember in 2021 I had severe anxiety that I collapsed? Well, it took around 6-8 months for the anxiety to clear up. Even after that, I started having chronic pain for another half of the year, which I think was related to anxiety. I spent thousands to recover/manage/heal. But I learned a lot. It taught me resilience, it taught me to understand that some things...

Work Related : Back Working Full-time Again

After 5 years of working full-time as a freelance independent designer/illustrator, I decided to find a full-time permanent job under a company. This decision was made after almost a year of struggling trying to take care of the whole family, wanting a proper plan to send Sofi to kindergarden and saving enough money to build a house in rural area. I am actually disappointed, because it leads...

Little Thing 255 : The Maya Channel and Random Babbles

Okay. Let me let it out in the maya (because I need to let this out to free up the burden of talking alone in my head, did I forget how I manage the last 15 years - I've been writing to the invisible people in the internet as a coping mechanism kan). Plus, lately it's been mentally hard to survive one more waking day. I'm not depressed yet, just really stressed out, surviving. And I don't have friends,...

Little Thing 254 : Solving my First 1,000 pcs Puzzle

 I finally finished my 1000 pieces Intergalactic Flora puzzle by a local illustrator and an online friend, @eurekartstudio. The gold hot stamp on the black background, the various colours from the amazing floral on galaxy illustration, it is beautiful! I took probably around 2 weeks (on and off) to finish up the puzzle. I took my sweet sweet time. There was a time when I spent 3 hours at...

Books - Finishing Good Books Lately

I've been reading/listening to good books lately. The best thing is, I picked them knowing near-to-nothing about these books, so it was a nice surprise. I gave 4 stars on Goodreads for books listed here :Briefly, A Delicious Life by Nell StevensThe Good Mother by Sue MillerThree Daughters of Eve by Elif ShafakThe Silent Treatment by Abbie GreavesSo I decided to go to Goodreads to read some of the...

Little Thing 253 : Drawing/Journaling Playlist

I made a 15 minutes drawing/writing playlist, or less. Well, at this moment I have 2 videos that I use when I wake up early in the morning and try to write/draw something before Sofi wakes up. I created my own calm playlists and I hope it is somewhat useful to some of you. Draw with Me : Mushroom Edition*Draw with Me : Peach Edition*Or you can play it on background here...

Little Stories 245 : Cleaning up My Childhood Room, Recycling Old Books & Magazines

We've been spending a lot of time at my dad's to clean up our old stuffs (I left the house when I was 18 and the room kinda stuck in time). There are so many stuffs to do.The Early Story : Basically what happened was the water tank beneath the ceiling in our old room was leaking badly, so it needed a change + the old roof was in bad shape. Our room was flooded by it so we had to do massive clean up...

Little Story 244 - The Session

 I went to get a full body massage last Friday (after a week of feeling nauseous, full and bloated). Usually I get extra 'bloaty' during PMS but last week been awful, I can't eat, I got heartburn and extra anxious as well. It has been a cold week and I'm prone to sickness during cold season. I wore extra layers, I drank warm drinks during the day and hot tea at night, I took hot shower,...

Little Thing 252 : Wordless

When you wake up really early in the morning and you stare at the computer screen, thinking what to write but everything you wish you could capture from your thoughts dissolves into mists. > Here is the playlist I listened to. <Image from unspl...

Books - Borrowing Books

I've been borrowing a lot of books from my former teacher and my online friends (I'm making a huge effort !) I'm proud to say that I now have 3 online friends that I manage to talk about books and borrow books from. In this current phase, I'm slowly changing to become my 'real' self and accepting that I feel so comfortable with being alone (and it is okay), I'm getting more and more socially...

Books - I Listened/Read to Anne of Green Gables Book Series (11 books)

I've been having some thoughts after finishing 7 of the Anne of Green Gables book series, that, we will eventually forget our childhood excitement. That we will become tired and hardly ever feel excited about everything anymore. Here's a good comic about what I'm writing about. Anne starts the book with so much joy and excitement towards life, she is innocent, she has an amazing...

Mommy Post : Kids-friendly Places in Klang Valley

Places we went to in Klang Valley after the lockdown was lifted:Note : Most of the places we went to are outdoor, we also opted for weekday and at the earliest time possible (right when it is opened) to avoid the crowds. Usually people start coming in around noon (11am+).*1. KL Bird Park ★★★★Ticket : RM 35 (adult, Mykad) , RM 15 (children + senior, Mykad) , below 3 is freeOpening Hours : 9 am...

Little Story 243 - The Pixie Cut

Photo by Giorgio Trovato, UnsplashI am 35 and I pixie-cut my hair last month.I think it would me my first, it's my first time that the hair stylist ever used a hair clipper on my head. I still touch my hair behind my neck because it feels odd, new, alien. My hair is so short, and I'm still surprised when I look at the mirror (it's been 2 weeks). It is so easy to wash my hair now, less shampoo...

Books - Halfway through 2022

Photo by Cristina Gottardi, UnsplashIt's July now, more than half of 2022 already.I still read and listen to books, almost religiously lately. The book slump is over. By now I've finished 53 books.-My current read :physical book : just finished The Silent Patient by Alex Michealidesaudio book : Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooneyebook on kindle : Braving the Wilderness by Brene...

Books - Reading Slump and Random Stuffs Stuck in my Mind

 I've been stuck in a reading slump. After 'A Little Life', I haven't been able to enjoy reading. Sure, I finished 'The City of Mist' by Carlos Ruiz Zafon and 'After the Quake' by Haruki Murakami soon after, but I didn't enjoyed it. I'm also trying to continue my current books : 'Less' by Andrew Sean Greer and 'Love from A to Z' by S. K. Ali. But I can't seem to enjoy them.I hate reading slump.This...

Books - Slow Reading Month in March

I think this blog soon to be a blog dedicated to my reading habit :F I have nothing else new in my life except for these books.Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke (letter collection)Hunt, Gather, Parent by Michealeen Doucleff (parenting, non-fiction)The Hard Tomorrow by Eleanor Davis (graphic novel)The Deal of a Lifetime by Fredrick Backman (novella)Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman (novel...

Books - I Finished 12 books in Feb (month of novella, essays & personal memoirs)

 Books I consumed in February :The Guest List by Lucy Foley This is the Story of Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett (Essay/Personal Memoir)On Writing by Stephen King (non-fiction)What Now ? by Ann Patchett (Essay/Personal Memoir)The Enchanter by Vladimir Nobokov (Novella)Aftermath : On Marriage and Separation by Rachel Cusk (Essay/Personal Memoir)Lord of the Flies by William Golding (Novella)I...

Books - I Finished 12 books in Jan and my Fav One So Far is..

I love to start a new year with consuming as many books as I can muster. This year I want to read more fiction, in hope of finding more good stories. Last year I ended 2021 with the best fiction I read in that year : The People of the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara, and then I reread Siddhartha by Herman Hesse because that's one of my fav simple philosophical fiction to wrap up the year. Books I consumed...