Here’s a review of my Q1, 2022: I spent my New Year’s in Penang and met up with a good friend from Germany. Then on tenth day of January, I drove down to KL. This time, I had a passenger with me (me mam) as I was due for a hospital visit. There was aContinue reading “Reviewing my Jan-Mar 2022”
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Reviewing my December 2021
Ahoy there! As I’m writing this we’re well into 2022, but in keeping with tradition, I’d still like to review what went down the month before. My December kicked off with a doctor’s appointment. Then it was filled with picnics, parties and dinners ahead for Christmas – in Desa Park City, D’island Puchong and SouthvilleContinue reading “Reviewing my December 2021”
Why I’m breaking up with my Google Pixel 3
It is said that most marriages fail within the first two years. My relationship with the Pixel 3 falls into this category. I rarely make public complains about my possessions, but this smartphone has been such a heartbreaking disappointment that I had to walk away from it. Here’s the background: I bought the Pixel 3Continue reading “Why I’m breaking up with my Google Pixel 3”
10 Good Things From 2021
Despite it being an all-round tough year, I want to count my blessings and remember the good things that happened in 2021: Celebrated Chinese New Year with relatives and friends in KL – because borders were closed. Made eco-friendly choices like recycling garbage and switching to reusable pads Wrote my will – because I wasContinue reading “10 Good Things From 2021”
Books 2021
In 2021 I read a total of 47 books. Highlighted in bold are firm favourites. This was also the year I raced to finish classics by Roald Dahl and Arthur Conan Doyle, two popular authors I never read in childhood. The book that took me by surprise this year was “The Divine Romance” by GeneContinue reading “Books 2021”
Reviewing my Sept-Oct-Nov 2021
The past three months flew by so quickly I didn’t even have time to sit down and think about them. By September, we hadn’t gone back to work yet even though malls were slowly opening up for the double vaccinated. So quickly I went on a day out to IKEA Damansara and had my firstContinue reading “Reviewing my Sept-Oct-Nov 2021”
Postcards from 2019
I have always been a fan of PostSecret, a community mail art project. So when a fellow author decided to embark on a postcard project, I decided to design my own post secrets. Below are the five I submitted, out of which four were chosen. They were eventually published by said friend’s company, Garden BenchContinue reading “Postcards from 2019”
Reviewing my June-July-August 2021
The past three months have passed by either quickly or slowly, and most days have drifted away. In June I was feeling sad because of the unending lockdown, and kind friends sent me bombolini doughnuts, and another sent me a home-cooked “three dish one soup one dessert” meal to cheer me up. So grateful forContinue reading “Reviewing my June-July-August 2021”