An update about my life #2

𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭! 

𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐙𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬. 

𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐈 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐙𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝!

#5 ：𝑱𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 

I started Journaling when I moved to New Zealand. Don't get me wrong but I am a person who loves stationery but I never wanted to do fancy journaling —— yup that's what I call it. In fact, the main reason why I stopped myself from fancy journaling is that I can't doodle, draw or hand letter. My perspective towards fancy journaling is to fill your spreads with really nice drawings and decorate them. I am very bad at decorating spreads or layering them out nicely.

However, one night when I was scrolling YouTube, something struck my mind that led me to search up "stationery haul" videos on YouTube. Immediately I found a community that was so similar to me, as if I've found a new planet, with species so similar to me —— 𝙪𝙝𝙝𝙝 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨? I saw so many videos, penpal videos, journaling videos, haul videos, plan with me videos, argh! My mind went crazy after that and I binged watched a whole lot of videos related to stationery. Then, it finally gave me the motivation to start my own journal! I bought my journals at Whitcoulls, a national bookstore in New Zealand and I got them for a discounted price! I loved my grid journal and because I started journaling, I began learning ways to hand lettering. I started my first try during August and successfully implied hand lettering into my journal spreads by the end of 2019. I am really proud of what I have achieved especially when it's something I used to fear a lot, but now I have overcome the struggles of hand lettering! I am still improving of course and trying out different fonts!

Time to unlock something during days of unemployment!   


#6 ：𝒀𝒐𝒖𝑻𝒖𝒃𝒆

After starting my own journal, there were days where my mind kept bugging me with thoughts about starting my own YouTube channel. I am really interested in YouTube but there are pros and cons to it. Pros meaning I'll be able to share my own stationery collection to the community without afraid of being judged since I am a person who loves to share. Secondly, if I fulfill the requirement, I'll be able to monetise my channel and earn a bit from YouTube but that's like something that won't happen so soon, I thought to myself, so I focused on delivering content.

Cons, I am afraid of revealing myself in the videos and I had worries about whether I needed to show my face in my videos.  Secondly, will people who disliked me from my previous communities find out about my channel and start hating me for something I didn't do wrong? Third, I really don't want too many people to know of my YouTube channel, will I be able to hide it perfectly? *I have my reasons for this, please don't judge me*. Forth, will I really be free from people who used to judge me? Or will people find out about my YouTube channel and continue to judge whatever I do since the contents I put up on my channel aren't really topics liked by many people as some people thought stationeries are boring.

However, I followed my heart and started my YouTube channel on October 20th and posted my first video on October 29th. I really sucked at videography back then but I did slowly improve. But, because I was only living in a small room, with cramped space and dim lightings in the room to film, I decided to stop after my first video until I can find a place with better lighting and a bigger space to film my next video. Yes, I have my own rules for my videos now that I want my videos to be better.

By February, luck came to me as YouTube's algorithm started to hit me hard on my channel. One of my videos "What's in my backpack" blew up within a night. It took me months to even get it to 250 views and now it has blown up to 550, 1K, 5K, 10K views, and up till May, it has reached over 400K views in total for just one video. That's when I realised my channel is fit for monetisation as I have fulfilled the requirements! Now, this is considered very lucky since my channel is only 3 months old. On March 10th, I applied for monetisation and on March 14th I successfully monetised my entire channel! How blessed I am and by then I had already accumulated up to 5K subscribers! I couldn't believe everything happened so quickly and just because of one video, I rose from 300 subscribers to 5K subscribers in just a short period of time.

It's May now, and I have reached 13K Unicorns (my subscribers) on my channel and have earned some extra income through my channel! I couldn't be more grateful for this to happen! As of now, I am a freelance YouTuber I think since I am not earning anything apart from YouTube. Besides, I've also gotten my first collaboration and sponsorship from some businesses and I really thank them for trusting me! Everything has escalated to a peak season for my YouTube channel! At this time of my life, where I was rejected in society, I still had something to rely on, at least!


#7 ：𝑴𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 (𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚!!)

Remember when I mentioned I had a cramped space and dim lighting to film my videos? I moved to a new place last year November. I am truly blessed for the places me and my boyfriend moved into. The rent is the same as our previous one, but this time we live in the city and it takes less than 10minutes to walk to the city! It's so convenient that we don't even need to take the bus to the city anymore! Not only we are situated in the city, we now live in a serviced apartment, which also means there's a receptionist to help collect our parcels and mails! Receiving parcel has been my nightmare in the past where I couldn't find a place for me to collect them but now I don't have to worry anymore. Both of us rented a studio, and to us, it's a huge one for the same price as our previous room but this time it's a STUDIO not A ROOM! I can't help but to say, it's the studio of my dreams!

We can fit 2 desks, one for me and one for my boyfriend, a sofa, a queen-sized bed, a built-in closet, bathroom, and kitchen, and also there's an area for us to store our luggage and extra items! Back in my Airbnb, we stored some of our luggage and items in the balcony and at the corner of the living room area. But now we have a whole lot of space to store our items and I couldn't be happier than ever! I brought a lot of things over from Malaysia so I needed additional spaces to store them! Also, I finally have my own desk! Our previous room was so small that it couldn't even fit a desk so I had to journal on the floor but now I have me own desk, it felt like my little leisure corner where I do most of my stuff here, including watching YouTube videos, journal, video editing and it sometimes turned into my dining area. We do have our own balcony but we dry out clothes outside now instead of putting our extra luggage outside.

It's 5 and a half months since we moved in and I love it here! I don't think I'll ever move out of this place. Perfect location, perfect room, perfect place to receive parcels and a perfect spot for me to do anything I want without having to worry about disturbing my landlord.


#8  ：𝑪𝑶𝑽𝑰𝑫-19 

My job search journey has been very tough ever since I came to NZ but it became even worse when COVID-19 hit globally. Since the employment rate has decreased and people losing their jobs, it's really hard to even get a job considering there are many locals who don't have a job. My challenges have grown to another level where I have to deliver a strong CV and cover letter in order for my job applications to be noticed but sadly, I have been turned down a lot. I am now relying on my own savings and cash is running out on me. I have to do something before my work visa expires, I mean, I spent a lot of time and effort getting this visa though, it wasn't just an "apply-and-go" visa. I had to fight my way through thousands of applicants who applied throughout the world, to only make it to the top 300 applicants. It has been months since the COVID-19 incident and I have to say New Zealand has done a great job during this difficult time.

We started our lockdown by end of March, and we are now freed from quarantine by April 27th. Our cases dropped from over 1000 cases to now less than 200 cases. Although we don't get any outside food from restaurants during our quarantine but I know the government has its own reasons for doing so and I respect their decision. All I have to say is good job to NZ's PM for controlling the outbreak!


𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏

I guess I'm done with my post. Don't get me wrong, even when it's tough finding a job in New Zealand, I still love it here! I love the ambiance of this country, I love the culture and the weather here, I love how life is at its own slow pace. I feel refresh and overjoy. I find myself at ease ever since I arrived in New Zealand and it's something I wouldn't discover when I visited other countries. I want to stay on for as long as I can, I don't want to leave this beautiful country so soon but with that being said, I have to find a job first. I really don't mind if it's a contract job or a part-time job at some retail industry or not, I just need a job to survive and live my life here. I've enjoyed too much of New Zealand and I really need to move on with reality.

An update about my life #1

𝐎𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐨 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐈 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫'𝐬 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐲

𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧, 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 

𝐎𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞

𝐒𝐨 𝐈'𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. 

#1 ：𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆

2 months after my surgery, I got an email from NZ immigration stating that I was granted a Job Search Visa —— 𝙎𝙞𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙁𝙚𝙧𝙣 𝙑𝙞𝙨𝙖 to work in New Zealand. My gosh! Things had never gone so well in my life before and it was like a dream come true! I had been applying for this visa for the past few years and I can't believe I got it last year! Sadly, I'm the last batch of applicants to receive this visa. They discontinued the visa in 2020. 

I had a job back then, a Content Writer cum Translator at a local mobile applications company in Penang, Malaysia, and had to send in a resignation letter to my boss during May so that I could have time to pack my belongings or tidy my room. I resigned on June 16th I think, and had about 14 days to pack everything I wanted to bring to NZ, brought a lot of stuff to Poslaju every single day. If I'm not mistaken, the total of my parcels were about RM2000++ or more cuz there were 7 boxes to ship to NZ and they are heavy, of course, I had 20KG of baggage weight to bring along with me. 

I arrived in New Zealand on July 1st. To be honest, I didn't expect myself to enter NZ that early, I was aiming for August or so but I suddenly found a cheap flight on June 30th that was about RM1700++ and they only had promotion ON THIS DAY. So I and my mum came to a conclusion that I'll take this flight, considering other flights were RM3000++ and above. My colleagues came to send me off on the day of departure, sending me gifts and wishes, I was really blessed they came to send me off cuz I didn't felt alone! 

#2  ：𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝒁𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅

After about 18 hours flight, and a 3 hour transit in Singapore's Changi Airport, I finally arrived on July 1st. My boyfriend came to pick me up, and got me loads of my favorite things upon arrival. He made me a huge welcome board, brought me Brown Rice Green Tea and noodles in case I was hungry. In fact, I was indeed hungry after a long flight! 

We then took a Skybus to our accommodation, it was an Airbnb place my boyfriend has rented for about 3 years and we lived with our landlord as we only rented a room. The room was pretty small I'll have to be frank but the entire place is so clean and our landlord never asked us to clean the toilet lols. He cleaned it all by himself! Really impressive! 

So my first 2 months in New Zealand was like a holiday for me. I wanted to take a break from the hustle and bustle in my previous working days. I worked non-stop ever since the day I graduated so I thought I deserved a break since I'm in a country, a new place that is so stranger to me. I wanted to explore and get used to this place before I get going with my job search. However, things didn't go that well for me after the 2 months break. 

#3 ：𝑱𝒐𝒃 𝑺𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉

I underestimated everything. I thought I'll be at advantage to find a job here considering I'm multilingual. Everyone in Malaysia told me that I'll get a job real soon as long as I know 2 languages, at least. I was wrong. It's May 2020 now and I still haven't gotten a job. I went for several interviews but I was turned down. I applied for jobs at various companies and some never even contacted or turned me down before I even went for an interview. I guess this is the difference between finding a job in NZ and in Malaysia. You'll get turned down before even going for an interview. I mean, back in Malaysia, employers will try to have a meeting with you to see if you're fit to work during the interview. I was shocked. I never got the chance to go for an interview and I was already turned down. 

#4 ：𝑪𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑳𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓

Okay peeps, this is the part where confusion hits me hard, just like in the Pokemon movies. I didn't know we needed a cover letter until I applied for my first job. Like back in Malaysia, we only required a CV or a Resume when applying for a job, so I've never really bumped into a situation where a cover letter is needed. Obviously, I didn't know what to write in a cover letter and was unsure about the professionalism of a cover letter. This was one of the obstacles I've met during my job search. 

I joined a job search workshop near my Airbnb and I met so many new people there and we're even friends till today. I asked. Is it very hard to get a job in New Zealand? Many of them answered yes. My heart sank when I knew some of them couldn't even get a job after 9 months or a year. They told me that I am quite new to this country so it's normal if I didn't have a job yet, so they told me to not be disappointed with myself about this issue. I just couldn't. I've never had such a long break in my life. There's this Chinese saying that goes "话不能说得太早" which means do not speak too early of yourself. I did want to take a break upon my arrival in NZ right, I got what I wanted but there was no turning back. I lost to my job searches, I lost to earning my first income in NZ but what I didn't lose was, my relationship. I finally ended my 3 years of long-distance relationship. It was hard but worth it! 

Speaking of "long-distance", I am going to stop here since it's getting pretty long-winded and I have a few more parts to go. 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁, 𝘀𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗱 ! :D 

  

【February 19th】Operation Day for My Lump

If you have been following my Instagram or Facebook

You'll know I'd actually had something growing on my back for quite some time

But somehow we didn't know what the heck it was until I felt pain on my back

And my mum insisted we had to go for a check up

Well, some of you may ask like why is it I didn't go for a check up before this?

Even when I realized there's something growing behind my body

Let's start off with a short story before I start describing my operation journey

The Story of My Lump and how it began

It all started when my mum had hysterectomy few years back

She was admitted to KPJ for a surgery

And that time, I had already realized something was growing behind my back

So I decided to let my parents know about it and they insisted I make a little inquiry about it

And it was pretty convenient at that time cuz we were already at the hospital

So we walked down and, registered my name and went for general consultantation

At that time, the KPJ doctor a.k.a specialist said it was called a Lipoma

Dictionary time!!

A lipoma is a slow-growing, fatty lump that's most often 
situated between your skin and the underlying muscle layer

So basically it's a ball made out of fat and it just randomly grows in one part of your body

We all thought it was THAT THING growing inside of me

So we took precaution not to eat too much fatty and oily food

And the doctor also said something like ...

For now we can't do much until it grows and you'll need to remove it 

So we left it there since it was a very small ball indeed

But after few years (which is this year), I realized the Lipoma was growing too quickly

It grew bigger and bigger that it actually hurts so badly that I can't really sleep well at night

So one evening after work, I told my mum about it and on that night itself

She immediately took me to Klinik Bersatu for a check up

And the doctor there said it's a Sebaceous Cyst another term for a fatty lump which contains liquid

Dictionary Time!!

A sebaceous cyst is a small lump or bump under the skin. 

And he said if it was small enough he could even remove it on spot

But luckily it was huge and on spot removal wasn't needed cuz HE WAS WRONG

He interpreted wrongly without even having to check my body properly!!

We went to Bagan Specialist @ Butterworth the next day (as introduced by Bersatu doctor)

Made an inquiry with Dr. Yong, my consultant and my surgeon, of course.

He told me to get an Ultrasound check to be sure it's a Sebaceous Cyst or a Lipoma

After waiting for my ultrasound results, Dr. Yong said it's neither of those

It was somewhat like a Haematoma.

 Dictionary Time!!

A haematoma is a solid swelling of clotted blood within the tissues.

He wasn't sure of what it is since this is a rare case so he gave us an estimation

But he said no matter what it is, it requires removal for sure cuz it's a 4CM x 4CM lump

So we had to arrange a surgery day and his surgery days are on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

I picked Tuesday cuz I want it removed ASAP!!

Operation Day

So February 19th (Tuesday) was my operation day

I had to fast at 12AM, the night before my surgery and wake up at 7.30AM to get ready

I quickly headed out for the hospital as soon as I was ready to move

Registered at the counter and then waited at the Day Case Room

*BTW: My surgery doesn't require an admission, so after surgery I'm good to go*

It took us quite some time, I think 2 hours before they called me into the Day Case Room

I was placed in a room with another Aunty who was also going for operation under the same doctor

Her's was a lump on the throat while mine was the back haha

She came in earlier than me but she had to wait for quite a long time 

before the nurses called her name

So while waiting in the Day Case Room for about 1 hour and a half, 

my name was finally called to the operation room

TBH I wasn't that nervous as I thought I would be, I just remained my usual condition

So once they opened the door to the Operation Theatre I had to lie down on the sickbed 

and they'll push me further into the theatre

Back there I laid down, waited for half an hour before my turn

I wasn't even ready when they pushed me towards the Operation Theatre

I remembered clearly, they positioned me, gave me a pillow to hug, 

injected Anesthesia and Painkiller

... and then ... I passed out ...

The moment I woke up, I was in shock cuz I woke up in the middle of the operation

When I'm not supposed to, and this is rare lol like nobody wakes up in the middle of a surgery ever

While I was awake I could feel severe pain cuz they were still stitching up my wounds

And I was ALREADY CRYING MY EYES OUT

Once the doctor realized I was awake, he quickly injected another dosage of painkiller

But it didn't work lol I was seriously in pain and shouting with my lungs silently

Few moments later, the surgery was over, and they pushed me out to the recovery room

Where I saw patients whom had surgeries before me, they were all still unconscious

EXCEPT ME of course, cuz I woke up in the middle of the operation, duh ...

So once the nurses in the recovery room realized I was fully awake,
they pushed me out of the recovery room and into my usual Day Case Room. 

My dad was already there waiting for me

He saw me crying like shit cuz it really hurts a lot 

Gave me my bag and my phone while I calm myself down lol 

After for about half an hour, the doctor came in to check on us

Told me about my situation of how I manage to wake up in the middle of a hassle

And even gave me that bottle of what was inside my body, a lump

It was shaped like a walnut, placed in a bottle of bloody water

There were fats and tissues covering the lump and it looked hideous lol

This lump needed some inspection going on since nobody knows what it was

and what caused the growth of the lump

So we have to return to the hospital next Wednesday to know the results

*BTW, I was given 9 days of MC to recover from my surgery so yay to me!!*

*On the day I'm writing this post shall be the 4th day after my operation*

That's the end of the story of my lump and the day of my operation

It's nothing much, and I just wanted to jot down my memories so yup 

Here's a post for my lump and operation
And hopefully you've learnt some of the scientific terms and symptoms through this post!!

Anyways .... See you on my next post!! 

【6/1/19 - 7/1/19】 #Singapore Trip

Hey guys! It's been awhile since I last updated my blog! *which was my graduation lols*

So today ..... I'm going to update more on my 2019 travels ♡

But this post is mainly about my impromptu, last minute, unplanned Singapore trip!

As you may ask, why am I even in Singapore? Unplanned and Last Minute?

Well, I had to visit Singapore just because my boyfriend's visa got soaked

And we had to renew it, and get his new passport checked in Singapore

Before he gets his visa and returns to New Zealand for his PHD

So instead of flying off to Melbourne on January 7th from Alor Setar

We decided to change our plans and make a trip down to Singapore on the 6th!

*Departed at Penang @ PIA, evening*

*Arrived at Singapore @ Changi, night*

We were pretty late when we arrived and was rushing to catch the MRT

Just because I'm someone who needs data to check-in to every place I've been to

But the tourist SIM's data plan isn't what we're looking for since we're here for a night

So we decided to just head straight to Chinatown (the place where we stayed at).

It was an hour's ride from Changi to Chinatown and another 10 minutes walk to our hotel


Changi Airport to Chinatown【$2.50】
Take Changi's【East West Line】to Expo
Change to Downtown Line【towards Bukit Panjang】
Arrive at Chinatown after 16 stops

We got there around 9-ish (due to getting lost in the streets of Chinatown)

I'm pretty impressed with the hotel we stayed at, named 1988 Opera House

Very nice hotel with friendly staff and a unique elevator for our luggage

What I'm impressed was, there's a water dispenser at every floor, with free coffee, tea and sugar

And....!!! There's an area to social around!!

With tables and chairs, you can just sit about and have a cup of coffee or carry on with your work

Whereas for our room, I loved it!! ♡

Although it's just a small space but it was definitely my kind of hotel

*Not cheap though for a small space*

With blue LED lights, and a balcony overlooking the streets of Chinatown and right on top of 7-11

If you're a couple and you don't mind about space, this is definitely a romantic room to take

*It actually looks better in real life than in the pictures, but I'm sorry I don't have a pic of the room*

*Pic is taken from Opera House Hotel's FB which is the same type of room as where we stayed in*

After settling down in our room, we went out for dinner which was very convenient

We're both surrounded by food, there's 7-11 downstairs, stalls everywhere!

Both of us had Curry Chicken Rice, Mangoes and some 7-11 food

I bought some of the snacks in Singapore's 7-11 cuz we can't find them in Malaysia

And they are very tasty!! Highly recommended to get your snacks here!! 

Oh and if you're looking for tourist sim in Singapore, just get them straight at 7-11

It's not that expensive but considering the fact that I'm staying for only a day in Singapore

It's .. well.. yeah ... kinda expensive

Ok so, that's the end of our first night in Singapore.

Next day in Singapore

Today's the day my BF's heading out to settle his visa stuff somewhere near our hotel

I'll be sleeping in but hell ... I woke up few minutes after he left our hotel room

So I waited for him to discuss about our plans so in the end ....

We decided we'll hangout at Orchard Road once he's finished

We packed our stuffs, got ready, checked out and left our luggage at the storage keeper

Then headed out to Orchard Road

*You'll probably wonder why did we pack our stuffs and checked out*

We're only staying for a night here and flying off to Melbourne the next day from KLIA

So we had to fly back to Malaysia and take our flight there

Okay nvm about this, let's continue...

Orchard Road during the day was pretty calm so we decided to do some shopping

*since we both brought along quite an amount of SGD*


Chinatown to Orchard Road【$1.70】
Take Chinatown【North East Line】towards Punggol
After 2 Stops, change at Dhoby Ghaut【North South Line】towards Jurong East
Arrive at Orchard Road after 2 stops

First we went to H&M .... *it's cheaper to buy it in Malaysia*

Then Victoria Secret, where I got a phone case and a bath bomb which was on sale

HAPPY LIKE A KID!!

Next we went to a random mall where I bought my Baby Blue Puma Basket Sneakers

Danggggg, the price was cheap and I bought it in a junior's size

With a beautiful dark ice blue bow stuck at the ankle area

Looks a bit girly but I still loved the design and the colour!!

*PS: The purple Puma tee was bought in Melbs*

By the time we finished shopping in Puma, it was time for lunch since we are catching a flight soon

And.... what caught our eyes was the Muji Cafe few stores beside Puma!!

It's my first time seeing Muji Cafe!!

I enjoyed the food there, and in love with the ambience of the cafe!

What I loved most was ... ♡
They actually have tags to tell people this table is in use (reserved on spot)!!

I mean for a person like me will definitely put this tag in great use

I always dine in alone so whenever I go to fast food restaurants or self service cafes

I find a seat and aiming it, but by the time I paid and picked up my food, someone's always at my seat

Especially during peak hours, it's really awkward...
when you can't find another seat just because someone sat on yours

Hmm.. so we ordered Iced Tea with 3 side dishes which was a very healthy meal!

If remember correctly it was $19.90, a bit pricey but for first time experience, it's kind of okay

After lunch we headed back to our hotel, got our luggage and went to Changi airport

But that wasn't all !! We managed to try out Mc'Donald's Salted Egg Fries!!

Tastes like Mayonnaise or Thousand Island sauce to be honest

I'm a huge fan of Salted Egg but this is definitely not my kind of salted egg dish I would try again

After going through customs and immigration, we still had a wee bit of time for some shopping

We went to Kate Spade to check out some prices and Pandora too

It wasn't sales period for Pandora but I was able to catch up with some sales charms!!

I was pretty shocked they have Disney Charms on sale!!
I can never get Disney charms on sale in Malaysia!!

So I immediately tried on the Disney Princess series (the ones with the dresses symbolizing different Princesses)

I was pretty confused whether to choose Belle's Dress or Cinderella's and guess what ....

.........Tadaaaaaa........!!!

Yup, this blue princess dress is Cinderella's dress! Shooo pretttaaayyyy!! ♡

Can't believe I bought a Pandora charm in Singapore, and with my own money!

*This was shot at Changi Airport*

So now I have a dream, a very expensive dream indeed

To collect Pandoras from different countries and match them on my bracelet

It'll definitely look good and seeing the way they symbolize each country's charm

Makes me very blessed and grateful !!

Can't wait to collect more charms in future!!

Now... we're moving off to my Australia post, yay!! 

20170715 - 20170731 #ILY

这16天的日子是我今年渡过最开心两个星期
原因呢，就是宝贝杰从国外回来陪我的日子哈哈哈哈
我们其实有接近八个月没有见面了，所以这次回来非常期待
而且令人感动的是，他这一趟是特地回来看我毕业的！谢谢你！
然后就这样陪我渡过了连个星期的情人节，弥补了好多不愉快的心情
嗯，感谢你的到来啊

七月十五日
宝贝从纽西兰回来的那一天，前一晚特地早点睡只为了早起陪 transit 的他
结果，凌晨一点半那样饿醒了爬起来找吃的填满肚子
可是，又懒惰下面，又懒惰咬东西的我，就饿着肚子想闭着眼继续睡
就这压根闭着闭着深信自己好像可以睡着那样的，拖到5点正式起来找东西吃了
不过，还未开始吃就已经胃痛了哈哈哈，那时候宝贝已经到达 KLIA2，边吃边陪他
然后七八点多的时候突然有股睡意就这样掉头就睡了，十点多起来洗澡往 Alor Setar 去
差不多中午的时候抵达宝贝家，和他妈妈一起去机场等待他的到来
一点多的时候，宝贝到咯！一见到我就想要抱抱 Awwww 我也好想你 ToT
然后我就带着紧张的心情再次回到宝贝家里去，因为是第一次正式与女朋友的身份入住，特别紧张
一开始会觉得他家人很严格可是相处好几天，觉得没怎样了哈哈哈哈轻松了好多
然后就这样住到18号，自己回槟城了
直到七月二十号，我们再一次的见面啦！

七月二十日至二十二日：Ipoh Trip！
第一天，宝贝父母和他来槟城见我爸爸，顺便参观家里吃顿午饭
吃完饭，我和宝贝一同驾往 Ipoh 啦！
首先，是去 Ipoh Parade 逛一逛然后顺便抓 Pokemon，买了一直青色兔子名为 Green Tea
后来也没买什么，就回家陪老人家吃饭
就这样闷闷的一天就结束了
第二天，虽然很累可是必须早起去 Ipoh 新开的旅游景点 Maps！
说句实话啦，现在这种时候去，还未完全开张的时候，真的别去啦，有点不值得
就两人给了 RM288，可是大部分的乐园真的还没开放所以，288是真的很贵
我们其实是给了钱去拍照，进去几个theatre，玩两场碰碰车就结束了
比较期待的 Dream Zone 都还没开放，只能在篱笆外偷看里面
好处是，虽然门票是288可是也给了我们一人一张免费的票，
就下一次还未正式开放前再来一次，不用付钱的来多一次
但是，都讲还未开放再来一次，看同样的东西，在篱笆外看未开放的乐园，还要来吗
可是那里的员工对我们顾客非常非常热情，就算是我们那天去没什么人都还很热情
光了差不多半天的时间，就这样离开了此地到二奶巷去啦！
二奶巷这个地方我倒是还没去过，所以想和宝贝一起看看这个地方
可是，可能是下午的关系，很多店都关了
所以走了接近10分钟就走完整条街了，还买了一粒 Ice Ball 啃
刚好走完的时候就饿了，呵呵看到对面有 Plan B 就顺其自然地走了过去
据说，二奶巷出名的 Cafe 就是 Plan B 了！那里的环境真的很适合拍摄！
食物也很好吃，环境岁高级但舒适，适合来这种地方 Dating！
吃饱了就直接出发到 Kinta Riverfront 走走散步，主要目的是找 Pokemon 抓！
七十那里的确没有什么啦，就是主攻 Pokemon Go 而已，很快的就回家了
第二天，结束！
在 Ipoh 的最后一天，和父母一起吃午餐，就往 Semenyih 出发去了
一路上有说有笑的，很快就到达目的地，但因为隔天是毕业典礼，又要兜去 Sunway Pyramid 取毕业花束
就这样逛啊逛，发现了一间卖各种物品的小店，就往里边挪去了，顺手买了一只 Tsum Tsum 和一只 Ufufy
超有满足感的说！后来就取寻找传说中的 Heavy Weight Store
就为了想买Stoned & Co 的衣服，而且那么巧又有本宫的 Size，买了！很好看也很好穿！
取完花，买完公仔和衣服，吃完韩国餐，就真的真的真的回 Semenyih 了

七月二十三日: 本宫毕业咯！
本宫的毕业典礼啦！正式毕业于 2nd Class Honors in English Language & Literature 哈哈哈！
那一天很早很早起床，就希望可以早点拍完毕业照然后可以自由做事情
拍完 Studio 的照片后，到户外拍照去然后9.30分就进场了
在门口的时候很忐忑自己会不会是第一个上台领奖的
结果皇天不负有心人，第五个上场，深怕自己会做出很尴尬的事情
致词致词致词。。。致词接近一个小时后，十分钟就搞定完整场毕业典礼了哈哈哈哈
人好少，颁奖得也很快，然后被赶出去拍全体照，结束了又和男友和弟弟女友拍照
满意了才找父母哈哈哈哈哈哈父母都在帐篷里面用餐，我 ngeh ngeh 不要去 Join 要拍照先
拍完照好顺便帮老爸完成大学的梦拍毕业照哈哈哈哈哈老爸没上过大学，所以.....
拍完照，吃饭，回去继续收拾东西，晚上和二姨一起想用毕业餐！
被安排到一个很贵的日本餐厅去吃，总共应该是吃了400-600多块之间
拍完，回去，继续收拾一点东西，睡觉，隔天，早起

七月二十四日至七月二十五日
嘿嘿，这一天特地早醒整理东西就去 KLCC啦！七十主要的又是想去抓 Pokemon
然后顺便去 Avenue K 逛街哈哈哈哈哈哈本宫没去过 Avenue K 哈哈哈哈
但最后我们大部分的时间都逗留在 KLCC多一点啦
一只抓 Pokemon 然后就这样逮到一只野生 Lugia！Oh baby come to Mama!!!
当然也少不了与男友的同乡老友一起抓 Pokemon 啦！他人也很好一直帮我们拍情侣照
也很不好意思啦，他也吃了哈多狗粮的说哈哈哈哈哈
这一天除了逛街抓 Pokemon 也没什么好写的啦，So moving on to the 25th ..........
这个月的25号呢，可能会是我最难忘的日子，我不说发生什么事了不过也没什么值得开心的
至少男朋友见了他的老友，然后我也只是跟随着他，很忙但也很快的离开Semenyih 了
一路上驾到 Ipoh 了，停在外婆家附近的咖啡馆，Purple Moon Lover 吃顿饭
环境太好，食物也好吃！所以我也介绍那些去 Ipoh 朋友不防停下来观看这咖啡馆
吃完饭，去买最后一次 Chatime，就赶路继续回家了，怕回到家的时候很夜

七月二十六日至二十七日：Penang Trip
一早起来就去 Gurney Plaza 逛，七十没什么就是想去逛然后抓Pokemon
结果就跑去某某的小档 BONG CHAN一下，买了个定制手拿包，至今还是好喜欢啊！
然后去找吃的，吃了 BBQ Plaza！而且我很纪念馆呀男朋友辉耀带我去吃！
以前跟他去 Berjaya Times Square 的时候想吃 BBQ Plaza，他竟然不要吃！
现在竟然还陪我去吃，他真的改变很多了，学会融合别人的饮食习惯，好棒哦你！
吃完就去 Gurney Paragon 但还未去到前，G Hotel 前面有个 Articuno Raid Boss
可是那些人一直退出，所以也不浪费时间陪他们进进出出了，继续往前走了
去到 Gurney Paragon，当然就是拍照逛街然后去 Switch 然后继续逛街拍照
七十也真的是没什么好写所以 moving on ..... Karpal Singh weeee~~
傍晚时分，到达卡巴星主要目的也是要带男友见证一下这里的 Pokemon 天地哈哈哈哈
可是嘞，可能使太早的关系也没什么 Pokemon 出来，就到 Mix 米克斯购物
买了好多 Tsum Tsum 的食品而且价钱也不少哦，不过也值得啦，我超喜欢 Tsum Tsum 的哈哈哈
然后饿了就去有名的 CoffeeSmith 用餐，我们点了的 Spanish Style Baked Cheese Eggs 真的好吃！
从来没吃过这么好吃的 Baked Cheese Eggs!! 强力推荐哦！
吃完就去抓 Pokemon weeheee！然后就这样结束了这一天，bye！
第二天，就是逛 Mainland 的时候了！
首先是去了，St Anne's Church 然后 Spade's Burger，接着，Design Village
讲真的啦，Design Village 不是很好逛，全部名牌的东西很像 Mitsui Outlet
所以如果你是一个没有目的的去参观这个地方呢，真的别去了，浪费时间而已
而且里面的牌子除了 Brand Outlet 和 Miniso 和 Cotton On，我也应该不认识其他的了
事后就去看看 Minions 哈哈哈哈，去到的时候要不是最热闹的时候
Minions 全部 Deflated 只剩下一只亭亭玉立的监牢 Minions 还有一个 Dome
然后也就没办法了，反正都来了就参观了那个白色的 Dome
里面就是拍照拍照又拍照，然后里面没有人的关系那边的工作人员超热情的帮我们拍情侣照
然后很快的就这样出去了，也没什么，立刻前往 Sunway Carnival！
基本上只是逛逛街抓 Pokemon 也没啥了哈哈哈哈哈
很快地就前往 Auto City 吃顿饭然后买了个 Selfie Light
后来也去了 Mindsport，玩个通宵，而且那个晚上是我这么多个晚上重最好玩的一次了
一起玩桌上足球，打电动，Boggle，弹琴之类的，真的好好玩，好想停留在那一晚哦

七月二十八日至三十一日
这几天是我和宝贝的最后几天啦，都在他娘家渡过
很开心可以和他家人一起生活几天，当然也见证了好多我温馨时刻
比如说，他妈妈会煮我爱吃的菜啊，煮糖水啊，然后会吩咐男友别让我吃太多啊
就会比较照顾我身体那样啦，然后他爸爸也带我们看一场戏，也会分享经历
然后家人也会带我出去吃之类的，感觉相识一家人那样的
然后当然也有逛了他家的店，买了两支 Brush Pen and Brush Marker 学写书法字母哈哈哈哈
然后也去了 Aman Central 啊，去了 Cafe Diem 啊也尝试找过牛油果结果买回来的还没熟
当然这些晚上，男朋友会偷偷来我房间陪我睡然后趁父母还未睡醒钱跑回去自己房间
又是以前的那种 Night Routine 了
然后就这样过着早起早睡的生活，然后感谢宝贝父母几天的收留
一开始会很紧张男友家里人会不会不接受我这种女孩子结果出乎预料，会把我当家人一样对待
直到最后一天，三十一日，是时候让男友回纽西兰了
虽然非常不舍但也得放手了，而且我们不知道往后何时会再见面所以很依依不舍
这一次没有以前那样悲伤了，因为那两个星期真的过得非常充实
凭这两个星期，我学会了如何更爱他了，能够得到他的照顾和关怀
还有那种非荧幕里的怀抱和亲吻，真的好幸福，等待了这么久终于有个可以触碰的环节
当然，回到荧幕中的日子，难免也会又不习惯，但也得接受这就是我们平常的日子
轻松和快乐的日子，的确会过得非常快，转眼间又是异地恋
我想，异地恋，才是属于我们的标记，我们的回忆。

对不起，如果这篇闷了你们，我只是纯粹的想记载我们俩两个星期的日子
不过，读完整篇的你，感谢你的耐心，读完一篇废文哈哈哈哈晚安各位

—— 八月五日 笔 

2017年诺丁汉三校艺术节【宁波分校】

2017年，毕业季。
正好也是我校第三届的艺术节，于宁波分校进行
很荣幸地可以和身边的同学们一同远赴宁波参与这项艺术节
这也算是我毕业前与同学们的旅行吧
和我一起去的朋友们都是对我很亲切的，一点压力也没有
压力的是，我需要带着两个乐器到中国演出，clarinet 和 二胡
前阵子得知他们急需二胡演奏者，答应了演奏 Libertango 和 Monkey King
Libertango 这首歌对我来说，挑战满满的，而且对我而言，练习时间真的很少
到了宁波，忙着分配练习时间的应该是我还有三位同学，我们都是有份参与西洋乐和华乐演奏
最可怕的是，刚到宁波的我，却抱着大病疯狂练习，一会儿西洋乐，一会儿华乐
就在刚到的前几天，身子终于顶不住了，倒下来了，只好申请回寝室休息
第二天爬起来又要开始边跑西洋乐和华乐的练习
头疼啊头疼，西洋乐和华乐的练习时间总是碰撞在一起，根本就想分身！
有时呆在西洋乐一阵子，中途就跑去连华乐的歌，再跑回去另一个练习室
刚开始的时候，我比较配合西洋乐，直到我发现华乐的练习有点少
就慢慢适应了西洋乐的曲子后，专注一下华乐演奏曲
就在某一天，当我决定好要放下西洋乐的练习去华乐那边的时候，指挥竟然在找我
好多人都以为我睡不醒所以没去，其实，西洋乐那边的曲子，我连听都背熟了
哪个部分需要大小声，渐慢渐快，闭着眼睛都可以吹完整首歌
而华乐那边，我真的需要更多的练习，还要加紧时间，争取时间练
很可惜，那一天一团糟，还以为可以宁静地练一下美猴王的曲子，结果，临时被叫去西洋乐
艾玛，西洋乐那边真的没有什么挑战性的曲子，就觉得，练几次就够了
还好有人告诉指挥我有民乐的演出，可能去了那里，但没想到指挥坚持要我在场
后来，练习的时候有些不愉快，是真的挺无奈的啦
一会儿又不给我看谱子，一会儿又不跟我说谱子改调的，嗯，此刻的我觉得好多余
有时候觉得，我是不是不该出现在西洋乐那里，反正两支就够了，不是吗
不知不觉的，就开始了艺术节的表演
第一晚，英国分校的《Blue Stockings》，第二晚宁波分校的《Ember》
第三晚就是我们马诺分校的《Don Quixote》啦！
身为吹管组的 Leader，我对他们深感骄傲哈哈哈哈可以子这么短的时间内奏出这复杂的曲子
你们都棒棒哒~！虽然有些出错但别怪自己，就算是我，也没能在这么短的时间里练完
第四晚就是我们的 Gala Night Concert 啦！指挥是来自英国帅帅的 Calum Fraser
很荣幸可以在他的指导下演奏几首曲子， Beethoven & Mozart，还有瑶族舞曲
接着就是 Nottingman 诺丁侠的 OST，还有一些传统歌曲《兰花花》《猜调》《太阳出来喜洋洋》
中场休息前就是我上 Libertango 的期间，呃，好忙好忙，还要换唐装又换回黑裙
虽累，但一整晚都玩得很开心，而且还很荣幸可以在这台上演奏给这么多观众听
最后一天就是 Monkey King 美猴王啦！这一次又是二胡曲子的时候
我最最最喜欢的就是 Monkey King 的曲子，《敢问路在何方》《大话西游》《把酒欢歌》《天外有天》
然后当中还插了一段《凉凉》，天啊我最喜欢的歌！然后笛子独奏，我还傻傻配乐，还配到很小声，呃。。。
然后美猴王的那天晚上，虽然没太多我的事儿，但还是觉得好玩哈哈哈哈哈哈哈

就这样结束了好几个忙碌的晚上，接下来的两天就是逛宁波的日子啦！轻松轻松~！
闲逛的第一天就是学校安排的行程，去了西江古村，击剑学院还有南唐老街

好喜欢他们安排好的地方，尤其是南唐老街，好多好玩的东西！
击剑，也是我第一次接触的项目，虽然当中必须脱眼镜，看不见对方，很遗憾的但也好玩
感谢宁波诺丁汉给我这个机会触碰击剑哈哈哈哈哈！

晚上还和马诺一群人到万达广场参观 Miniso！哦耶~！购物天堂啊啊啊啊！
来中国就是要去 Miniso！哈哈哈哈哈哈！
为了结束这一天，我们最后决定去唱 K，woohoooo~! 中国的 K房果真够霸气的说！
第二天呢，我们自己到鼓楼步行街参观，真的真的好漂亮！呆了挺久时间的

然后直接去了另一个购物中心：银泰城。
老实说，我很喜欢那里的 Shopping Mall 哦哈哈哈哈哈哈真的很好逛，东西又便宜
晚上，我们各自回到自己的寝室，收拾行李准备第二天回家啦！
离开宁波的时候真的万分的不舍，有些还说明年见，可是，我毕业了，没有明年了
所以特别不舍得这一个星期的日子，很想念大家的热情，水果档的阿姨，还有美食！
在这里我要强调一下水果档的阿姨，一直给我们免费的水果，而且还对我们特好的
我不会忘记阿姨的热情，真的，“最后一天做你生意” 这句话，让我流了好多泪，真的很不舍
20号那一天，我们都回到了现实，是时候搬家回娘家了，再会了我的艺术节，我，毕业了。