BB - Sofi is 4

Sofi turned 4 last weekend ♡We celebrated at my mom's in Nilai to cater larger crowd that we invited (but mostly none came, hah hahaha). From now on, Sofi's birthday party is family-only party until she gets her own friends that she wants to invite ok - no more open party. I was so bitter last weekend I felt like canceling the event, but it was not 'my' party and we did have fun eventually. Seriously,...

Little Stories 253 - I Went on Food Hunts with My Brother

Joining my brother's pastry hunt - I'm new in cafe hunting or anything food related. I just wanted a good walk in the city, food inspiration and a nice silent breakfast treat every now and then, so I invited myself to go to these little food hunts with my brother. Ever since there is an MRT near our house, KL feels much reachable. Last month we went to Flaaah in Chinatown area and this month...

Books - Beneath the Wheel (1906) by Hermann Hesse

This would be the 2nd book that was written by Hermann Hesse. It was written back in 1906. Usually, the early ones are not that good, so I already expected it to be among 'not-his-best-works'. The experience of reading it was a bit underwhelming. I read it because I was curious. -Beneath the Wheel is a story about a young talented boy called Hans Giebenrath. He is talented, smart, and one of...

Run - A Week of Running Challenge

I have another 103 days left before my next half marathon. I stopped running for a while after the running event got canceled (and I booked another run in Oct). It rained so much lately that it's making me hard to plan anything. I think my last run was in May so I want to start training again to catch up.-The only free time I have (in July-Aug) is after I send Sofi to her kindergarten in the...

Little Thing 268 : Mamihood

As a mother kan, I know I can't run away from having to make sacrifices in my life. For the past 4 years, I have been with Sofi every day. I hardly get separated from her for long. She is still so attached to me as I'm attached to her. My name is her most favorite word. Right now, I'm her favorite person and I love it. I accepted a job offer for a full-time position and now, we have...

Books : The Week I Went to Bookstores and Reading on Kindle Again

I went to Bookxcess in RexKL and Eslite in Bukit Bintang yesterday. Bookxcess in RexKL is definitely a view worth mentioning, it is a place with beautiful mazes of books. I've never seen bookstores more beautiful than this. But, there was not even one book I felt intrigued to own. Like all books in the Bookxcess franchise, I felt like the books were mostly left-over books that didn't make it...

Books : The Week I tried an app called AnyPlay

I had a free one-week trial.The first book I decided to listen to was The Secret History by Donna Tartt - a chunky 22 hr book. The physical book is even scarier because if I want to read it, I have to find time to read more than 550 pages and in the past, I didn't have a good experience with Donna Tartt's other book - the Goldfinch (I sold the book right after I finished it because I didn't like it). The...

Little Stories 252 - That Tiny Grey Hair

Last weekend during Raya Haji:While combing my hair I saw a strand of silvery hair below my right ear. I picked up my glasses, and I touched the silvery hair, it was definitely my hair, not a thread, not Awan's fur. My very first grey hair, around 2 inches long, was there for a while now perhaps waiting for me to discover it. I never found any grey hair before, and for me, it was my first.Not...