I feel like it's been a while since I've written a really long post.

Anyhow, happy new year to everyone. Let us all fill in our new year's resolutions and become a better person and yadi yadi yada. Whatever.

I had a wonderful New Year's Eve with Kakcik and Abg Afif. At the beginning of the day I was led to believe that I was doomed to spend my NYE all by myself at home haha. But later that evening I found out Kakcik was going to The Curve, so I decided to follow her. Initially I'd planned to go wander around The Curve alone by myself but in the end I stuck with Kakcik and Abg Afif haha. They took me out for an early dinner at Ikea, where I decided to have the Gravad Lax (the cured salmon with some salad and sauce to go with it) instead of the meatballs. Then we talked about some things, and eventually I opened up to them about some stuff. They listened on and gave a lot of meaningful advice, and there were times when I felt the waterworks coming and I had to fight the urge from suddenly bursting into tears in public haha.

After that we just walked around Ikea, took pictures here and there, laughed here and there, and basically I just had lot of fun with my sister and her boyfriend. It was just a casual outing, but I have to say it was one of the best outings I've ever had and I'm really grateful to them for having me crash their date haha. The whole day on NYE that day I was mostly at home by myself. I had a short lunch with my mum and that's when I realized that I've missed her. Sadly she had an appointment to attend so there was just me and Kakcik at home. We did our own things at home. I decided to play the piano since I haven't touched that thing for so long haha. Then I just lingered in the front living area of the house near the small fish tank, lying on the sofa and staring into space. At that moment I felt really pathetic, because I was all alone by myself on NYE and everyone else had plans. But thankfully Kakcik invited me out, so I had a really good NYE. We didn't stay for the fireworks though, since we hated the massive crowd there and there were weird-looking dudes and chicks who stared at us like as if we have two heads on our shoulders or something :/


Lately the sun's been up again and I'm so grateful. I've been dreading the cloudy/rainy weather because it's been going on for so long and I just missed the majestic glow of the sun and the heat of it all. Yesterday I had a really good evening. I managed to bake another batch of my chocolate meringue cupcakes, complete with a drizzle of chocolate ganache over them, and the sun was out. So after I was done baking and cleaning up the kitchen, I took my handy iPhone, which is currently my makeshift DSLR (haha), and went out to the garden just to snap some photos of the garden and the sky and whatnot. I was really happy that the sun was out and the weather was just lovely. It was wonderful. I leaned my head back, closed my eyes and inhaled the occasional evening breeze as it wafted into the garden and I was the happiest girl ever. The air was so fresh, and somehow, even though I felt sticky and sweaty from the heat, it just felt so right. I rarely get that kind of evening nowadays, especially now, since I'm starting work tomorrow.


I've also been updating my Instagram a lot hahah. I just can't help myself! Instagram is literally the best photography companion I've ever had. And to top it all off, the camera on my phone is just as good as any normal compact camera. I mean, I don't get to lay my hands on a DSLR for now but the camera on my phone just works wonders!

Today was also a very memorable day too. I've been up since 7.30am and I spent the whole morning and afternoon with my siblings, except Kak Lea since she's in Singapore :( But I had so much fun today! I followed my siblings to get their Visas done since they're traveling to India soon, and after that we had brunch at Sri Paandi's somewhere near my house and that's when my mum joined in. After that my mum had to go off for her meeting, so the rest of us drove off to Kak Intan and Abg Ike's new apartment to see their renovation progress and the apartment is beautiful! We chilled and cooled ourselves off from the hot weather by having some ice-cold drinks by the swimming pool. It was nothing fancy, we just sat at a round table next to the swimming pool and had some drinks haha. I had root beer! Yummm. Then we went to Amcorp Mall to get Kakcik's huge backpack for her trip to India and then we got home. It was a tiring day since we went to many places, but it was enjoyable and definitely memorable nonetheless. It's not often that we get to spend time together like how we did today.