Life updates in the past month or so

Greetings!

Back again after 1.5 months. August will be here in 3 days... 🥶

Anyway here's a list of what's happened since my last update in June:-

1. Fei bought tickets to BKK and booked our hotel accommodation! Are we really flying out of Malaysia's border soon? 🥹 It's been... 7 years since our first BKK trip in 2016 and I never returned to BKK at all. 
2. Celebrated Fei's 30+2 😆 (had to pause and do the math mentally to get Fei's age 😂).
3. Brought mummy to one of my favourite ramen place in KL and she liked it!
4. Met up with ex-boss (who's now the Deputy Law Minister) for lunch together with mummy lol and met YB Yeo Bee Yin and family during lunch.
5. Celebrated Mummy's birthday.
6. Both mummy and I attended our first concert together at Genting's Arena of Stars and mummy was happy (I think). 🥳
7. Milestone achieved: 1 year anniversary of moving down to KL.
8. Inter-floor leakage issue cropped up and yours truly was fucking pissed off with the residence's Management Committee.
9. Found out Cheryl's Chase likes Fei and kept sticking to him during our walk up and down Pearl Hill.
10. Brought mummy to vegetarian dinner on the actual day of her birthday at Bodhi Tree which was our first try and we both loved it.
11. Milestone achieved: 1 year anniversary at work.
12. Had a quick gathering with Wen and Poh cos Poh was back for her brother's wedding. Wen met Poh's boyfriend for the first time hahahaha.
13. Tried out this new ramen place at G Hotel called Kanada-Ya (from Japan apparently) but I wasn't impressed.
14. Attended our work department's first physical quarterly meeting and had to take pictures for the 1-year anniversary celebration. Thank god for face masks.
15. Celebrated our 16th anniversary. 🥰 Dinner was yum and Fei had 2.5 pints of Connor's stout afterwards.
16. Fei tried Five Guys finally and I ... tried their fries. 😂
17. I also tried the milk tea from this shop called NUTTEA at Pavilion and it's reaallllyyyy good! The milk's really nutty coupled with the tea it was really fragrant! But I was damn full after that because Fei had to pattern, wanting to drink GongCha and didn't want to share my Nuttea with me. 😠
18. Dropped by TRX to explore the place a bit and managed to catch the pretty, pretty sunset skies. 🥹

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Fei is back in Penang this weekend so it's hang-at-home day. Did my chores and felt very accomplished because I completed everything I wanted to:

1. Did laundry.
2. Did a 45-minute workout.
3. Cooked lunch.
4. Netflix-ed a bit before getting started with chores.
5. Wiped the windows etc. Vacuumed and mopped.

Also started watching The Witcher last night! The show reminds me of the Game of Thrones lol. Henry Cavill is such an eye candy. Deep voice. 💓

Okay that's about it I think. Gotta go continue watching The Witcher. 

Nights peeps. Wishing everyone a good August ahead. ✨

Hello, Mid-Year

We are nearly approaching the middle of the year already... 5 more days to the 15th day of the sixth month.

What have I done or accomplished in the first half of the year? To be honest... I think I was just striving to survive most of the time lol. I don't really dream big and I'm contented with where I am right now at this point of time. Maybe I will want more in the next year. I don't know. Let's just leave things be and move with the flow.

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Finally went back to Penang for 3 weeks in May after 3 months. I think that's the longest gap I haven't returned to Penang since moving down to KL so far. :') Didn't get to hike much though :( Shall try to hike more in the next trips. 

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Anyway today's also bro's 26th birthday. 26th 😬 He's turning 30 in 4 years' time and I'd be 35 by then wtf. Scary thoughts.

Oh well. Time flies. Chronos gives no shit. Let's all age gracefully and peacefully.

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Solitary shopping day tomorrow. I shall enjoy my me time happily.

Oh and I also picked up my renewed passport last Saturday! Thank god for the smooth process. Very important to have a "Lulus" online passport renewal application. Please do all you can to ensure or secure a higher chance of "Lulus" results while submitting your online passport renewal application (e.g. photo format etc). Makes a whole world of difference. Thank you Buddha and KuanYin. :') But if your issue is the fingerprint issue then... sorry. No choice. Gotta go wait together with the others. But still faster than those who did walk-in renewals, I guess.

Till next time. Goodbye.

Embracement

Good day, Friday.

Fei came down last weekend for so many days, I was so happy. Fei arrived on last Thursday, and left on Tuesday morning. All thanks to the Raya holidays. :)

Fei is coming down again this weekend! Also another long weekend, but this time I get to be off work on Monday too cos it's Labour Day! So I get to spend an extra full day with Fei!

NOT.

Fuck my life. Woke up this morning feeling weird - base of my nose had that same feeling when I first caught Covid. Felt uneasy. Knew I had to get the self-test kit done but I was chicken. :( Because what if it turns out positive again? Will I die earlier from catching Covid twice? I won't get to see Fei this weekend! I won't get to spend my long weekend with Fei where I actually get to be off work on a Public Holiday! And I went to the office yesterday and had lunch with my colleagues... what if I accidentally passed it to them? Although I never had any symptoms before this morning... :'(

Got up from the bed, did the test. Saw a shadow at the place where the second line is if you're positive and thought I saw wrongly. Then the line came out. Everything came crashing down again. Just like the last time. I didn't know what to feel. Couldn't cry. Wanted to cry. At least I would've felt better if I just cried. :(

I don't get to see Fei this weekend anymore.

I don't get to spend my long weekend with Fei. 不甘心.

I went to the office yesterday and had morning coffee + lunch with my colleagues.

My plan of driving back home next week. 

All these thoughts flew by my brain. :( Couldn't lie to myself that the test kit is faulty. 

Texted my manager, texted my work buddy, texted the colleague whom I had morning coffee with. :( Felt so bad. So much guilt. They all live with their families and one of them is traveling back to her hometown tomorrow to spend time with her parents. :( What if they caught it too because of me? :(

I tried tracing back where I would've caught it. But couldn't tell.

Bro has been sneezing and blowing his nose the past few days. I asked him to do the test when he woke up this morning and he said it's negative.

Where did I get it from? Why me again? :( I don't even go out that much, except for the weekends when Fei is here. :( And when we're indoors, we put our masks on. :(

The only silver lining is... I caught it in KL here, without mummy being around so she isn't exposed to the virus again. 

Why though? :'(

Think I'm gon go crash in a while...

Why me?

Update @ 7.34pm - I think God is consoling me for feeling down... my passport renewal application has passed!!! After 934801293820935834095890 attempts at fixing my photo... 🥲

Thank you Buddha and KuanYin.

Simple Happiness

As I start typing at 12:56pm, I'm waiting for my egg to be done steaming. Let's see what time I am ready to click Publish later.

Ok it's 1.39pm and I am just chilling after lunch and washing all the dishes. 

It's April. 😳

Appearing here today on a Wednesday because GC is off-work for Ching Ming today! Aside from holidays that fall on Mondays/Fridays, I also love it when holidays fall on Wednesdays. Cos it's midweek! And once Wednesday is over you only have 2 days of work left until the weekend. Hehehe. And I was successfully converted from a Contractor to a FTE with effect from the last Monday, 2 days ago! 🥳

Anyway I also signed up with ClassPass last month and so far I've tried yoga, pilates and boxing. Things I wouldn't have tried if not for ClassPass. Lol. Boxing is actually quite fun - but I was so sore for about 2 days after. Reformer pilates is good too but so expensive. Boxing and reformer pilates use up the bulk of the credits - like 8 or 9 credits per class. Blurgh.

On another note, I'll only get to see Fei after 2.5 weeks because it's Penang week this weekend, and next weekend Fei's flying to BKK. :( It's okay I'll occupy my weekend with ClassPass and house chores.

Ok jumping topic again - last Sunday when we were at IOI, Fei caught me this meow from Aeon's mini claw machine! Wanted the calico one but couldn't get cos the positions were all unhelpful. :( So we tried this grey one and Fei caught it! So kiut hehehe. It's imported from Japan and RM10 was spent in total including the card rental fee of RM2!

Hung the meow on my bag and sent it to a bath yesterday morning. It's all squeaky clean now sleeping on my bed with my octopus hehe.

By the way, puasa has started and Hari Raya will be here in 2.5 weeks! I will never get tired of saying this... time flies too fast.

It's now 2.06pm. Till next time.

"How's KL life?"

Hello, March.

Feels so weird that Ramadan will be starting in less than 2 weeks. Which means, Raya is just another 1.5 months away. Too fast, Cronos.

I should be making a trip back to Penang soon, but the thought of driving 4.5 hours makes me feel so tired already. #ageing. Think it's mainly cause of the multiple trips I made in November-January. Drove back to Penang mid-November last year, came back early December, went back again to Penang mid-December for Wen's wedding, came back after a week, then went back to Penang again mid-January for CNY. Too much of long distance drive in that 2 months.

People ask, why not take the flight or the train? Because I can control my own time when I drive. And I can bring more stuff if I need to without worrying about any restrictions. 😬

Anyway, I digress.

Friends have been asking me, how's KL life so far? To be honest, I don't know why but this is such a difficult question which I always fail to answer. I always get lost in my own thoughts while trying to process my thoughts and feelings of moving down to KL after living at home in Penang, having mummy around everyday for 30 years (basically the whole) of my life.

Since I have the time now, maybe I'll try to break it down and see what I can come up with lol.

Moving down to KL means... 

Being independent. You do everything yourself. Which is not a problem for me. Things you don't know, you learn. Things you know, you will get better at it, because now you have to do it yourself. 😂 

Plenty of me time. On some days, it feels quite nice to have your own space (though I don't own the space 🥲). You get to do things at your own pace, at your own time. Like now, as I'm writing this.

Exploration. You get to explore more places which you wouldn't have if you are only down in KL for a road trip of a few days. For example, we - as in Fei and I - visited Zoo Negara. 😂 We also visited the KL East Park for a hike last Sunday! And also, more restaurant/cafe choices with high reviews on Google Maps for you to try out.

More bills. Rental (great if you already have a place ready and don't need to rent a place). Utilities - TNB, water bill (fucking expensive, trust me), IWK and whatever else you are required to pay per your Tenancy Agreement if applicable, e.g. simple house maintenance like lightbulbs. Groceries. Etc.

Can't think of anything else at this point. Perhaps it's because I live a mundane lifestyle. Hahaha. Nothing exciting. I also don't go chasing after an exciting lifestyle so... 😬

But so far, KL still doesn't feel like home home. Sometimes when I visit KLCC and Pavilion BB, it still reminds me of that nostalgic feeling of our past road trips to KL. That happy feeling of knowing you are on holidays, you know. Lol.

So... KL life to me is just basically being independent with a lot of me time, and more bills to foot. Nothing much special.

Till then.

The next time I return, Ramadan would've probably started. Slow down, Cronos. Chill.