Hi 2016!

It's been... another year. Happy new year friends!


Frankly, I don't see much when I look back my 2015. I always knew I aint the type to keep the new year resolutions in mind hence I didn't make one last year. Nothing achieving this year though. A simple, normal, just-another year.

Things I wished to keep it going, I did.

I practiced and made piano covers. Although working in Sg I hardly have time to really touch my piano. I still do whenever I manage to.

I still read. Current read is "Trust in Me". Don't remember how many books I've read and bought in this year I lost the count after going to BigBadWolf @ KL in early December because it's heaven and I bought a lot to like.. restock? Haha. I read... 3 books in past 1-2months. "Room", "Tempting Fate" and last book was "A Dog for Christmas". No review in this post.
 
I didn't keep my drawing thing going though. Not a single piece is done. I don't know why I even bought the sketch pen just to leave it dried out. It's so ex some more wtf.

New year.

1. Let's go traveling more often. 
2. Continue to read and play piano and draw if possible. 
3. Exercise more my goodness! 
4. Invest in something, yea maybe. 
5. Make time and room for better things. My time management sucks.

Aren't they all too vague?

....

...........

Ohh + reward myself after a year of hardwork. It's delayed wtf. It should be 1y and 3m by now. I wanted to buy myself something but I can't come up with anything as meaningful. A really good watch? A trip? wtf all sounds so cheap and monetary. Nevermind I'll figure it out.

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You see life in so many different perspectives as you grow up. Stepping into big 25 is as though I was about to turn 18 last time. It's a big thing! So much excitements and anticipations ahead. Leaving high school, leaving house, living in a new strange place, meeting new friends, etc. etc.. Although nothing much is gonna change in 2016, I do feel a new identity. 25 is.. is like... half of 50 wtf!!! 好命的都当妈了我这是在干嘛。

I learnt that, to never lose yourself, is to hold yourself dear to heart. It'd been tough for me in the first half of 2015. I complaint a lot (yea I know), I wasn't grateful enough of what I had. Maybe I was so sick of myself being this tired lifeless grumpy bitch, second half of the year I somehow managed to see life in a MUCH brighter way. Being positive is always my greatest strength (buey-paiseh-ly self-claimed). I don't know how I lost it in the past I'm deeply ashamed. Anyway SzeEe the goofball is back. Ready to rock the new year?

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There are things people tend to take them for granted. Health. Without a healthy body (and mind), you can get nowhere. Shift work is taking its toll on my body, the harm is permanent. Especially I do feel weak and worn out after a night shift, no matter how long hours of rest it just doesn't help. Always remind yourself that health comes first.


Family. Dad became cuter each day as he gets older but also grows a little naggy opss! Mom's still being the perfect mom. Dajie is still super tough and I hope the one-day-不简单-ness will soon be coming (inside-joke). Leejin the forever mature-thinking little sis I wish you can let go sometimes and experience a little (a little ah don't go beyond too much) craziness of being at this young and beautiful age. We are a family who says love a lot, including my dad. I really have a wonderful family there's nothing more I could ask for.

They are the people we knew a lifetime since we were born. Have you ever found yourself easily lose your temper to your family and the angry gene just strips without knowing? I do. And it is NOT okay. My mom told me this one day, we always give our best, the most presentable and pleasant side to our friends or even strangers, but why can't we treat our family (or my case, my poor bf included) the same way. That time I knew I've hurt her feelings and that's the last thing I'd do. I wished I could unwind the clock but no. I would consider that as the thing I once took it for granted, but never again.

In 2016, keep holding the people I love and care and never ever take things for granted.

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I read it from somewhere, or a quote maybe. You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with. I made a seemingly easy calculation but I couldn't think of 5. Out of all, I actually spend the most time with myself.

Happy people actually gain happiness from the others they are with, it's not just from within. I believe that one must be positive to be able to influence people positively around him/er. I'm pretty sure I used to be one of those people who spread the happy genes until I started working in Sg. During the first half of 2015 I was like a grumpy cat the whole time complaining things. Haha say as if hitting midlife crisis wtf. Guess I wasn't such a good company back then.

Sometimes, there are things you shouldn't care too much or should just leave it.

1. Society's standards. Being too realistic is the root to all problems.
2. What others' think or say. I didn't, and don't give shits.
3. Negative people. Stay away, or you influence them.
4. The past! What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.
5. The future!! Don't too anticipate them only to overlook your present.
6. Complaining. I did the most and is the worst thing to do.

You would never feel good about yourself. I guess I withheld too much in the past making myself a bitch lol. This is not sugar-coated advise. This is my experience.

Anyway. In 2016 I wish the cheerful positive me will stay.

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It's just a new year, not a new life. When you get older, there are actually more to cherish, less to ask for. Be thankful for everyone and everything you have. Next year might not be the same. People move around so much and things get lost all the time. In 2016, I wish to take things a tad slowly and enjoy the present. 

May this new year be full of awesomeness, love, waffle, ice-cream, pizza, chocolate and all the happiness!

 

To brighten my first post of 2016 (and my first day of new year) a little, here's my heavily filtered selfie wtf.

love,

Ee

Past years review a.k.a 不堪回首的童年往事:
*Year 2014*
(none for Year 2013)
*Year 2012*
(none for Year 2011)
*Year 2010*
*Year 2009 I*
*Year 2009 II*
*Year 2008 I*
*Year 2008 II*
 

11-11 11:11

11-11.
Oh man today's a good day to blog.
Anybody knows why is it Singles' day?
光棍节. Shinning-stick day. (chinese direct translation game strong lol)
I did a little wiki research and it says, "The date is chosen for the connection between singles and the number '1'."

Does 2-2 make a double day?
(maybe there is, I better google it...)
Okay no. No double day. Only Valentine's.

For me 11 is more like two individuals standing next to each other.
My girl friend tied the knot with her now-husband on this beautiful date 4 years ago.
(Happy anniversary my dear)

As what I had previously foreseen, many related posts on fb about this 11-11.
No big deal.
It's like everybody making a fuss over 5-20.
It's gonna be 11-12 anyway.


***
Do I lost touch with the world?
I don't text people. and everybody is relying on social media/internet so much I cannot.
Slowly.
I disappeared.

I know it's just me, I can't do that "bonding" over conversations "on-air".
I know it's hard with friends scattered everywhere.
Your unimates, your secondary school friends, your long-lost neighbours and the list goes on.
Not like we are gonna send each other mail. Mail literally. Like. Written ones.
This era. pfft.

So one fine day, my long-lost friend chatting with me on whatsapp gave me some feedbacks and it all come down to my bitchy attitude. Like. I don't give a damn.

Few things to be accused of:
1. I read and never replied.
2. I took very long time to reply. Days sometimes.
3. I disappeared.
4. I'm too good at (text) goodbyes. As if I've been wanting for that moment to come.
5. ____________ (I can't think of any more right now. You tell me.)

In my belief, true friends can always catch up when we meet face to face.
If cannot, they aren't true.
If aren't true, what's all that matters in the first place?
So.
I have my point. So you have yours.
Judge me if you want to.
You know right? What matters is always inside us.


I hold our friendships dear in my heart. (Yea. You and you and you ...)
I don't text you and tell you how much I miss you.
I don't text you to show how much I care.


That's me. I always am like this.
For this aspect, I. Have. Not. Changed. A. Bit.

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So.
Life.

My dad and mom. 32 years and still going strong. I can hardly imagine my relationship with le bf going on for so long. It would be amazing though. ;)

So this day, I talked to my another long-lost old friend and his dad has just gone through an operation. Thank god it's successful. Where he said nothing much changes except his parents growing some white hair. I have the same sentiments. We are growing up, they are growing old. :'(

In case you miss my elder sis. I wonder how come my face was so damn puffy. Guess it's the only photo we took or else I wouldn't have chosen this. :X

and this little one. Pardon my bare face.

You know how close we siblings are. I thought we couldn't be any closer. We did. I don't know how. But we did get so so much closer. Was it the time? We grew up since we were babies. And now we grow up as an adult who share life experiences and secrets. We respect. We care. We love.

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I miss this fella. You big boy work hard okay.
Pardon our pale faces we woke up 4/5am in the morning to catch the flight. This is the last photo we took. The next one could be another year of long wait.

I know studying abroad over there is sure tough. When life's getting harder, always remember the time we had fun and talk bullshit all days. It's your life-changing experience you know that. Herng you are featuring. Yea? You're welcome my dear.

My mates. Your turn to graduate! I truly am happy for you guys. See those genuine smiles on your faces! How beautiful. I couldn't make to attend and you know why. You have my utmost blessings showered upon you!

Friends who made me who I am today, whom I have a lot to be grateful to. We literally grow together. From the inside to the outside. From a little girl/boy to a lady/gentleman. Thanks for being there and stick together. Knowing my flaws and yet embracing them all. Let's grow old together bringing our kids out (and still) having kickass parties and reminiscing our old good times.

The other day. 31st Oct 2015.

So. We were invited to a senior's wedding. His Taiwanese wife super pretty la. And her voice. Ohmiigod I was like watching Taiwan TV host. Due to the lack of gatherings and meetups, we were super excited taking pic with each other. The above is the decent one. 

Hey there my roomie.

Yo whatsup. Eii she's still so pretty FML.

Yo my dearest little sun and yours truly.

ohh damn ugly FOL. Qian I'm forgiven right? YOLO? HAHAHA 

Well. I don't active on fb if you can see. Post multiple pics in a row doesn't seem appropriate on the Instagram. Hence my blog. LOL! Although I end up share the blog link to my fb but it's not exposed to everyone right, only those of you would click it open and read my blog. Yea. Haha. Good place to keep my memories.

Once in a blue moon dress up. I didn't aware the heels I was wearing that night were so high I almost feel the air was fresher up there. All black yea. and ignore my flabby arms thank you very much. I wanted to meituxiuxiu it but I forgot hahahahaha.

a short dinner meet up with le uni friends. It's really good to finally see you. Working in Sg but we can hardly meet each other. You know how working shift turned me into. Enough words. Sp's expression is gold! Hahaha

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So you see. I can cook. Without oil though. I scared. :X 

Pan-seared salmon! Bought it from Jusco supermarket. It's fresh and perfect to go with greens. Marinated with fresh lemon juice and some salt that's it. So good. So good to the point where I forgot to take a pic before grubbing down it all. 

greens with balsamic sauce my favourite. Not more than RM9 I think. Portion is enough for two. (but I finished it all by myself)

the natural oil coming from Mr. Salmon himself.

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And if you pay attention to the above. I have a roomie now. I used to live with roommate back when I was still studying in Malacca (Michelle xiao Marie I miss you). and living alone in Sg for the first year. Been staying with le bff for one month now. Everything's great so far hahahaha.

our room. Not to reveal too much. There's some changes though. The space you see right at the bottom, we have a rug there. And we have another tenant called ahPui. Staying together with the purple little lavender bear. You know who it belongs to. NOT ME

so I guess I missed having roomie is because. We get free treats (or tricks?). I got my Halloween candies. Thanks sweetie.

I remember back in Malacca during Hari Raya, Michelle and I would go to the bazaar just across of our place when the Malays buka puasa and bought lotsa food back to our room and yumm. Good times huh Mich.

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Back in the other day I realized my driving license had expired for months!!! 

Old school right! Maybe some of you might not even see this type of driving license before. More than 5 years ago when I was still holding P license and then changed to this. Oh how time flies.

rushing for a renewal. Still driving to post office though. LOL! Another 5 years counting...

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I was down with flu and fever and cough. 2 days MC given by the doc. 

I lost count how many MCs I've taken since day one I started working. 

As a shifter myself, I am telling you, NEVER DO SHIFT WORK, will definitely regret.

My dark circles are not just under my eyes, they are already somewhere around my cheeks now wtf.

I had been coughing for almost a week and not recovering. Mom got me this steam orange (plus a pinch of salt) to cure the cough. Not really working for me and it taste really weird. 

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Coffee time shall we?

a date with my China man reading paper and I read my book. 

Playing Dead is good but not as good. I'm lazy to do a book review right now. Partly because I forgot the storyline. But I remember the main character did survive. Spoilers! Haha don't think any of you would read it though. The author is not famous, or is the book exceptionally good. I bought it from BigBadWolf for like RM8/10? I know. I'm waiting for its coming too. For those who cares, BBW is back on 4 - 14 Dec @ MIECC The Mines. I'm still thinking should I go, or not. ZiHui let me know if you going? ;)

I remember the last time I went to BBW @ The Mines, it was 24hrs running. and I drove all the way to KL, had Morganfield's, took lotsa picture around Pavillion with all the Christmas deco, shopped for books at BBW until 4am and went back to Malacca straight after. Did we have Dimsum? I can't recall back. Ahhh really good times. Although my friends were exhausted cause they waited for me until I was done, but it's indeed a good memory. Tell me how to have those crazy moments with friends now where we are all working adults, hardly even fork out time to meet up. :X

meetup with old friend. We didn't talk to each other much back in uni. But somehow we found the way to catch up in JB. Fate huh. See, I still can make time, only during weekdays. Haha FML.

A working Sunday where I got my first parking summon in Sg. $30 gone. Got myself a cuppa coffee during lunch time. A good cup of coffee can fix everything. Yay or Nay?

This is a good cup. By a Korean barista @ The Brew Orchestra, Tmn Molek. Love the environment there. The panini served there was good too.

breakfast with le younger sis. Ordered too much for a morning breakfast. We finished it anyway. :X

On the same day. went for hightea with my parents. No, I only drank my kopi.

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So. A short intro to 3 new cafes I visited last weekend. Maybe they are not new. I was just being outdated. Right right?

Sweet Blossom Coffee Roasters @ Tmn Pelangi
(same location as Greenet)

I like those cafes filled with nice coffee aroma and Sweet Blossom is one of them. You can choose 3oz or 5oz coffee. Not sure what bean they used but my latte has a slight acidic after taste. Leejin's mocha is too sweet for my liking though.

Only interior pic I uploaded. Said this is a short intro right. I chose the window seating. Nice lighting to read.

chocolate devil? It's served warm. Not too bad but could be better if moist the cake a little. Babybreath seems like a hit deco in cafe now. 

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Sea & Saw @ Jalan Skudai, Straits View

(turn into the junction after EightLido)

been starting business for quite some time. It's a new hit in JB now I guess? Operates from 3pm till late night.

decided to go to this place after our dinner date. Struggling to get a seat. Instead we chose outdoor seating. My latte is too milky, not my type. The hazelnut blended is okay, anyway it cant go too wrong right.

And the greentea pie is good! Greentea flavor is strong and the crust is thin. and I'm cute? :P

I won't go for the coffee for second time. Probably for the pie and the ambiance. It can get over-crowded during weekends. But for the view. It's worth a visit or two.

die die wanna post my OOTD that night. Never tried on this style. It's good to have it documented. LOL.

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Kafuka @ Jalan Bendahara, Taman Tun Aminah
(same row with RHB)

New place to keep in my pocket. I hope it won't get too crowded in near future. I can totally foresee myself to spend whole day in here. Warmth lighting. I like the light bulb especially. Pay a closer look if you go there next time.

if you pay enough attention, you can see that the cutlery is very beautiful, too. 

very comfort homey food. The pasta itself is okay. I like the meatball. Like how your mother makes it to you. Would wish to have some dressings for the greens though. It's a little tad dry.

To be frank, I wasn't expecting their coffee cause they combine a music studio to the cafe as well (hence not a coffee specialty?). A very good concept since they are Chinese orchestra players themselves. Was intended to order a double shot since only + another RM1.50 (if not wrong? damn loser and auntie-ish hahahah) but surprisingly, even without adding extra shot, the latte is right on my taste! Smooth foam. No fancy latte art but a good cuppa coffee.

Again. I hope it won't get too crowded (selfish thinking). I can't find any reason not to go back. Good ambiance. Good music selection. Good service. NO GST! NO Service charge! Truly happy that finally a decent cafe opened in Tun Aminah area.  

I like the entrance door says "Welcome Back".

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End of Coffee. Comes some really random stuffs.

so the other day Leejin and I went to this family-run Italian Cafe Caffe @ Tmn Perling (same row with Yew's cafe). The food is good. Portion is good. Price is good. Will definitely come back.

For the food sins I'm guilty of committing. Here I reported myself wtf.

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So I have this habit whenever I coincidentally see 11:11 on my watch/phone/clock, I'd do a mini silent wishing in my heart. Obviously I read it somewhere from someone who claimed that seeing 11:11 on a clock is an auspicious sign hence the wishing thing. So...

Today, my sis (who is very well aware of my weird habit) sent me a text telling me it's 11-11 11:11. What I told her next was, "faster make a wish!" "super powerful wan!", so hopefully this 11-11 11:11 ohmm would make our wishes come true.

Home cook tonight. Yes. That's chilli crab. Yes. That's how awesome my mom is. ;)

what I'm doing right now. Blogging. and my mom and younger sis shopping for TaoBao the almighty 11-11 sales. and meimei's taking dinner and watching "where dad's going" (again, direct translation game strong LOL). I find this scene super funny hence this photo. See how they covered their faces? hahahahaha 

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I like my meme in last blog post. So I decided to choose another for this post. Hahahahaha this description is so on point.

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Hi. We spend most of our time apart although we are not having LDR. Thanks for being understanding and all. :* 

Totem Cirque du Soleil with le bf. Thanks for bringing me.
Was so excited like a kid. I'd never watched circus before.

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I've been working over a year now.
What I figure out of being an adult.
Pro: can buy yourself whatever you want and be whoever you want, no one can stop you.
Con: can buy yourself whatever you want and be whoever you want, no one can stop you.

So.
Yea.



I'm a lonewolf but I'm not lonely.
I know I have bunch of you if I need one.
Like how I will always back you up and be there for you when you need me.



***
Last but not least. To those of you who use WeChat.
Let's get doggie shower by......

by typing 单身狗. LOL!

Happy 11-11.


love,
Ee