Monday 31 December 2018

In 2018...

It's the last dawn of the year and as usual, here I am writing and reflecting about the year. To be honest, as I'm sitting down here on my chair, blogging, I don't really know how to describe 2018. I really can't put it into words. Because 2018 has officially become the weirdest year that I've went through. It is really weird. So yeah don't expect a lengthy reflection post for this year!

To put it simply, I felt a lot of different emotions, feelings and be visited with a lot of different thoughts that I've never felt before. It feels like I was caught in a whirlwind of many different emotions and thoughts that could feel overwhelming at time. If it's not for the 4 years of meditation that I've been doing, I think I'm not sure where I'll be now haha. So thankful for that.

I used to really befriend uncertainty. I used to just give in and let life take me wherever it wants to take me, trusting on the journey and the process that I am going through. Yet at the same time, I feel the opposite this year. I feel like I am thirsty for certainty. I wish I can know how will life unravel for me. I wish I can know what the future holds for me. And of course, all of these are impossible.

I no longer just give in, but I started to think more about myself. And it is hard, because when this happens, ego plays a part. You start to think if you deserve this love, or you're just being selfish.

But amidst all of these confusion, I did learn a huge lesson that the flowers have taught me.

"You can't stop a flower from blooming
as much as you can't stop life
from unraveling what it has in store for you.
So be brave, have faith and keep going
because you can't stop the flower from blooming"

This was what I told myself, after experiencing the flowers in the farm blooming much faster than they are supposed to bloom heh. Which brought me a bit of comfort, and remind me again to just be here in the moment, and stop being frightened by uncertainty, because it is the only certain thing in life!

I think I do understand that I am growing up. I am no longer that young kid, that poly graduate and so on. There is a life that I have to live, and I am going to live. And who doesn't love some certainty. Who doesn't love knowing the future. And who are able to do those? Nobody.

Well if I can sum up 2018 in 3 words, it would be: trust the process. And I think it will be one thing that will be in my mind for a long time now. A short and simple reminder that we just have to keep on going really. To keep on holding on, to just do what we can do in the amount of given time.

2018 has also made me question about a lot of things in life. The things I went through have definitely made me question about a lot of things. About money, about the purpose of life, about the meaning of life. And so on. They say life will get interesting and also tough at the same time when you begin to ask these kind of questions. So here's me wishing that I will find the fragments of answers to these really difficult questions that we will ask one day in our lives.

I also do feel like a failure this year because well personally there isn't much things that I have achieved. I broke my promise of traveling somewhere I've never been before every year. I didn't achieve many goals but I know I don't have many either heh. But like I said I don't want to punish myself for not achieving them. I hope I can continue to make the new year a better one.

On the other hand, I did change my habits and even form new ones too! I think they are quite life-changing for this year. For instance I changed my chanting time to the morning when I wake up. I managed to meditate longer this year (15-20 minutes now, compared to the previous 10). I also managed to find my joy in journaling again, and I'm going to try something new in the new year.

Also I feel like I've become more of a spiritual hippie this year. I read up a lot about spiritual stuff this year and I feel like I've made a click to them. Or more like... I've re-built some connections I've lost with these stuffs. Because I think I was more of a spiritual person in the 2014-ish era. But somehow I've changed and now I feel like I'm going back again. And it feels good.

You know if 2017 was a year that taught me not to lose hope, and how it is a year where life had shown me the way (and that there will always be a way), I feel like 2018 was a year of test given by life. Where it doesn't show my anything, but it is trying to teach me of patience, hope and just perseverance. 

And I surely do hope that whatever I learn and went through this year, will give me a better energy and better footing for 2019. And well I think I kinda do.

As usual, I'm not going to write any goals or resolutions for the new year. I'm just going to enter the new year and slowly by slowly, I'm going to add new goals and resolutions and share it with you. I did have some plans already, and I can't wait to make it into a fruition!

Well well, 2018, what a year it has been. The weirdest year I've been through and it is a year where I can't explain much, and can't put much words into it. But whatever the case is, I hope you 2018 has been treating you well. I hope 2018 has made you into a better person. Even if you feel that you have changed, even if you have went through shitty times in this year, I hope you come out of this year as a stronger, better and more mindful person. That whatever you went through, had made you stronger! Yup, that's all for this year I guess. Here's me wishing you an adventurous and beautiful 2019 ahead.

Before I bid farewell to this year, I hope you will always remember this:

Be brave, have faith and keep going.
Trust the process
Somehow, somewhere, someday,
everything will make sense.

Sunday 30 December 2018

Beautiful Endings


Not sure why but I've been blessed with beautiful sunsets on the last few days of the year. Perhaps it's just a serendipitous reminder that everything will be beautiful in the end.

Somehow, somewhere, someday.

Saturday 29 December 2018

Streamy Spotify II

Featuring my favourite album of 2018: Community by Favela!

One of the most life changing things I've done this year... Is to actually switch to Spotify for my music listening experience haha. Well I would say it's quite an achievement because come to think of it I was actually quite against music streaming services haha. Well I just don't like the idea of requiring internet to listen to music, because I believe that music doesn't need internet to be played!

But alas everything changed when I discovered that you can download your music on Spotify Premium haha. So yes, do your research before hating something heh. And yup so far my experience in Spotify has been amazing. I think streaming music is truly a revolutionary thing to happen. It changes a lot of thing about music. How we enjoy them, how we listen and how we "interact" with it.

Although I did also read how streaming music doesn't really benefit the artist (or something along those line), and that purchasing an album/going to gigs is still the best way you can do to support an artist. But as the years go by, more and more artist are on the streaming wagon. Some of my favourite artists only put their music on digital formats, so yeah hopefully things will work out better!

One of the most life-changing moment for me, for Spotify, was when I get this new laptop of mine. So after getting a new laptop, I was downloading iTunes and also transferring the old datas from my external hard drive. It was also when I decided to try Spotify and I eventually come to a realisation that with digital streaming, I don't have to worry about my old data. All of my songs are already saved in my library. Booms! That was a very cool discovery to be made hah.

Anyway I'm going to continue to use Spotify. But I'm also considering to give Apple Music a try. Cause there are still some of my favourite music that are not available on Spotify. But I think I can play them on my iPod while still being connected to Apple Music. So we'll see.

And as always, I will never stop collecting physical formats!

Friday 28 December 2018

Great Music of 2018

Some of the great music of 2018!

Right, supposed to do this on Christmas but I was pretty busy, end of month affair as usual. Things have wind down now and so it's time to do the yearly review of the great music I discovered in this year! Before that let me share with you great music of December, not many though.

Great Music of December:
- Clothed With Sky by Hammock
- Thirst by Hammock
- Close To You by Axel Flovent
- Jetty by Tycho

Great song of December: Clothed With Sky by Hammock

Hammock just released their new album Universalis back on 7th December! It's a 3-part album from last year's Mysterium and it is described as an upward movement, going up (something like that). And yes, it does feel like that, as compared to Mysterium. Hammock is such an incredible band. I enjoy every album that they have released since I discovered them back about 6 years ago. As usual, their songs are a good accompaniment to think about life and our existence here. I am very excited about their 3rd part of this series, cause Universalis is already sounding amazing.

I discovered Axel Flovent from Spotify! He was playing in one of the radios I played and wow it's another amazing discovery of 2018 weee. I did see his name on the Iceland Airwaves poster though. As for Tycho I just found out that he relased this song, even though it was released last month I think hah. It's such a great song and it reminds me of the Awake days. Looking forward to his new album!

Now time to get to business. Great Music of 2018

Let us begin with the new bands/artists I discovered this year! All list are in no particular order.

Great artists/bands I discovered in 2018
[] S. Carey [] Nick Mulvey [] Pale Waves [] Still Parade [] Young and Sick []
[] Rex Orange County [] Wet [] Anna of The North [] Craft Spells [] Sigrid []
[] Boy Pablo [] George Ogilvie [] Katz [] FM 84 [] Axel Flovent [] Wardruna []

Same as last year, I discovered most of these wonderful people from YouTube, and also the new addition for this year: Spotify! Also some of them are introduced by my friends/fellow favourite artists/bands that I love, who share some of the music by these wounderful artists on their social media. I am looking forward to more music from them and also to discover more next year! <3

Breakthrough artist of 2018 for me: Sigrid, S Carey and Nick Mulvey

Great Albums of 2018
[] Ruins by First Aid Kit [] Blood by Rhye [] Hundred Acres by S Carey [] Littleton by Mesita []
[] Wake Up Now by Nick Mulvey [] Cold Fire + Line by Line EP by PREP [] EP III by Yumi Zouma [] 
[] Loves Is Dead by Chvrches [] Community by Favela [] Palo Santo by Years and Years [] 
[] Wilderness by Snow Patrol [] High As Hope by Florence and The Machine [] 
[] re:member by Olafur Arnalds [] Bloom by Troye Sivan [] Young Romance by Roosevelt [] 
[] Chris by Christine and The Queens [] Superclean Vol II by The Marias [] Birthplace by Novo Amor []
[] Infection of A Different Kind (part 1) by Aurora [] Mantra Mantra by Kunto Aji [] 
[] Roy Pablo by Boy Pablo [] Universalis by Hammock [] 

And here are my top ten albums of 2018. Some of them are tied!

1. re:member by Olafur Arnalds
2. Chris by Christine and The Queens (or Chris?)
3. High As Hope by Florence and The Machine
4. Hundred Acres by S Carey
4. Wilderness by Snow Patrol (tied!)
5. Palo Santo by Years and Years
6. Love is Dead by Chvrches
7. Bloom by Troye Sivan
8. Cold Fire & Line by Line EP by PREP

Favourite album of 2018: Community by Favela

Okay I might be biased here but I've been a fan of Favela since 2015 when I discovered him through "Easy Yoke". It is still one of my favourite songs till today. When he released Nevermore My Temples Leave last year, which is also one of my favourite songs ever, I was feeling really eager to more music from him! Well he didn't announce any new album/EP after English Letters. But he did say that more music is on the way, and eventually he did announce the arrival of his debut.

I think Community speaks for itself. Lyrically, musically and emotionally. Favela is truly a talented songwriter and musician. His songs gave me feelings I've never felt before. And I have to agree that he's great in melancholia haha. Songs like Nevermore, English Letters, Slowly, Patience and of course, Medals, they all made me feel warm and fuzzy inside. To me songs that made me feel both happy and sad at the same time are great songs haha. So far there are only a few songs in my life that are able to make me feel this way. Favela's songs are definitely inside the list.

I am looking forward to more music from him in 2019 and please do check him out guys!

Great songs of 2018:
[] Should Have Known and Fields by Still Parade [] Ojai by Young and Sick [] Hollow by Katz []
[] Fireworks and Rebel Heart by First Aid Kit [] Count To Five and Waste by Rhye []
[] Ayahuasca by Vancouver Sleep Clinic [] Loving Is Easy and Happiness by Rex O.C []
[] More I See, True North and Yellowstone by S Carey [] Wander and Future by Mesita [] 
[] New Year's Eve by Pale Waves [] Don't Kill My Vibe, Strangers and Sucker Punch by Sigrid []
[] Graffiti, Miracle and Graves by Chvrches [] Medals, Patience and Slowly by Favela []
[] Mountains To Move and Cucurucu by Nick Mulvey [] Empress and Life on Earth by Snow Patrol []
[] Helvegen by Wardruna [] No Place by Rufus du Sol [] Komorebi by Craft Spells [] Dew by Pynkie [] 
[] Hunger, South London Forever and Sky Full of Songs by FATM [] Bloom and My my my by Troye []
[] Hypnotised, Up In Flames and If You're Over me by Years and Years [] Missing U by Robyn []
[] re:member, saman, nyepi and unfold by Olafur Arnalds [] Time In A Tree by Raleigh Ritchie [] 
[] Damn, dis-moi, 5 Dollars and Le Mercheuse by Chris [] Queendom and Soft Universe by Aurora []
[] Clueless and Ruthless by The Marias [] Powder Blue and In Camera by Yumi Zouma [] 
[] Don't Bring Me Down, Line by Line and Leaning on You by PREP [] Rehat by Kunto Aji []
[] Sick Feeling by Boy Pablo [] Stone by Stone by Arnor Dan [] Light On by Maggie Rogers []
[] I'm Still Here by Sia [] Give Me Fire, Give Me Rain by The Paper Kites [] Lovers by AOTN []

Okay too lazy to write out everything, but there's definitely more to this! Here are my top 10:

1. More I See by S Carey
2. Don't Bring Me Down // Line By Line by PREP
3. Loving Is Easy by Rex Orange County
4. Hunger by Florence and The Machine
5. Empress by Snow Patrol
6. re:member by Olafur Arnalds
7. Queendom by Aurora
8. Damn, dis-moi by Chris
9. Powder Blue by Yumi Zouma

Favourite song of 2018: Medals by Favela

To me it is pretty rare for a song to click with my heart right away after I listened to it for the first time. Medals is definitely one of those songs. I remember when I first heard it on BBC Radio One (where it premiered in Phil Taggart show), I saved the link for the show and couldn't stop listening to it, till the album is finally released! It is such a melancholic song, and it truly speaks volume about the world that we're living in today. How we seem to be caught in a chase for money and wealth.

Personally, I've faced a lot of encounters in life where I'm... Speechless and disgusted knowing the things that some people do for money. Also how recently I feel that we live in a world where we can never feel enough. All of these confusion and feelings are beautifully summarised and expressed in this amazing song by Favela. The line "I don't want golden medals, I don't want golden medals" truly ring in my mind and my heart. And how in the chorus where he sang "Help me see through eyes that only focus on medals" is like a silent prayer that I tell myself whenever I listen to it.

I am still listening to Medals almost every day ever since I discovered it. It's such a great song. Thank you Favela for this incredible song, and a beautiful album. I look forward to more music from him in 2019 and also ultimately, I hope I can see him live one day! That'll be a dream come true.

Last but not least, here are some of the artists/bands that I am excited for in 2019! Maggie Rogers with her debut album in January eeep. IOADK part 2 by Aurora, Sucker Punch by Sigrid and a new album from Yumi Zouma! Potential new albums from: Soak, Lapsley, Shura, Rex Orange County, Phum Viphurit, Asgeir, PREP, Oh Wonder, Tycho, Mesita and many many more! Also here's to discovering more new artists/bands in the new year, as always.

Also I'm gonna write another blog post about Spotify! Coming soon.

That's all for the great music of 2018! Thank you for adding colours to my life and as always,

for keeping me sane.

Monday 24 December 2018

Of Wedding and Weekend

Congratulations Mel and Andry!
Unofficial photo taken with my phone haha

Hello! I just got back from Mel's Wedding reception yesterday! I only had like 1.5 hours of sleep before that so I got knocked out right away in the car. Then I had lots of work to do after I reached home so I couldn't blog about it. But anyway here I am! Anyway I just want to firstly congratulate the new couple on your wedding! May you both love each other more everyday and form a warm loving family <3

Anyway I left for Bandung at 7 AM on Sunday. Even though the reception only begins at 7 PM, I was told that the traffic to Bandung was really bad the day before on Saturday. So my cousin recommended me to leave earlier (was planning to leave on like 8-9 AM ish). Well yup there was a bit of jam here and there. Only reached Bandung at 1230 PM! That's like 5.5 hours whew.

My go to vegan place in Bandung!
Weird name I know but well veganism is very spiritual heh

Helped my brother to check in the hotel first and thankfully my sister (who booked the hotel) got the green light for early check in and yay we got 2 rooms before check in time mwahaha. One of the room was used for makeup first so some of the ladies decided to do their makeup first as my aunts have to attend the tea-ceremony at 2 PM. I went to get lunch first before heading back to my brother's hotel room to doze off for a good 2 hours! Went to see the tea ceremony after that.

Congratulations Mel and Andry!

We went earlier into the ballroom for family photos and then the reception started! Quite touched to see my cousin walked inside on the ballroom. We grew up together during my younger days until she left for university in Bandung. Also it also means that all of my late aunt's children are now married. She must be happy over there :') congratulations to the new couple once again! Then more photo sessions followed and yup, it was just a great Sunday spent in Bandung with my family! :)

With the cousins and some of their other-halfs :P

After that I went back home, while most of my relatives spent another night in Bandung. I got knocked out right away in the car, only waking up when I was near my hometown haha.

Alrighty that's all for yesterday's gathering with my family! It's Christmas eve now and it's a pretty silent night indeed right here in my hometown. Gonna spend the night reflecting and do some journaling. I will see you again tomorrow hopefully haha. Hope you have a good Christmas eve too! :)

Friday 21 December 2018

Lamun Ombak

Rajakelana

Currently blogging while spinning the wonderful album from Mondo Gascaro, "Rajakelana"! Even though the album was released back in 2016, it is released on vinyl for Japan Record Store Day last month and thankfully Om Mondo brought some back for sale in Indonesia. Actually I asked him if there's plans to release the album in vinyl a year ago and he said yes! So I was very excited and I've been anticipating the vinyl release. Here it is now, and it's sounding real good.

Rajakelana is one of my top albums of 2016. And definitely one of my favourite Indonesian albums. It's rare to find a songwriter like Mondo these days here in Indonesia. The lyrics from this album is so eloquent, poetic and beautiful. Especially Lamun Ombak and Sanubari!

It's... 10 more days to the end of 2018. Couldn't have asked for a better album to chill to during this time of the year. Well not sure why I haven't gone into that "reflective" mood of the year. Perhaps I've been really busy with work the past week. Always have stuff to do at night.

And I'm going to have quite an exciting weekend too cause I'll be going to Bandung on Sunday for Mel's wedding! We're also going to have a long ass weekend heh. Monday is officially a public holiday and Tuesday is Christmas. Then next week will be New Year's day. Damn, time flies.

Well I've got a couple of posts to do so yes I will write again tomorrow night I guess.

See you soon, gonna go and enjoy some music now.

Sunday 16 December 2018

Broken Promise

At Mt Kinabalu, December 2011

I was at Mt Kinabalu with the awesome KK LEAP team seven years ago, when I decided to make a promise to myself that I will (at least) try to travel to a place I've never been before every year. And it was the view above that made me decide to start this personal project I called "Project Wanderlust" (cheesy name, I know). I was just so mesemerised by that view, that made me come to a realisation that there is so much more to this planet that I've never seen, and have to see.

This photo was taken the day after our summit (the day of descent). Most of us were caught in a rain during via ferrata so our equipment and shirts were drenched. The next day was a clear and sunny day, and we went out of our hostel to dry our stuff. Shirts, shoes and so on. We were chatting about our climb, about random things and were just having a good time. With that view in front of us.

Climbing a mountain was never in my agenda at that point of my life. I've never expected to do it either. But we did, and it was an amazing and life-changing experience. Kinabalu has opened up my eyes to the beauty of the world and it made me crave for more. I'm not an active and adventurous person but I'd love to climb another mountain one day! And return to Kinabalu for sure.

So yes, I decided to start that personal project. I went to the US in 2012 (this wasn't planned but I took it anyway), Bali in 2013, Iceland in 2014, Australia in 2015, Tibet in 2016, Cambodia in 2017, and nowhere in 2018. Yup, I broke that promise I made to myself but it's okay!

As I've written last year, I was having a "traveler mindblock" last year. And the same happened to me this year. Also time wasn't really on my side this year, even though I fully understand why time has to not be on my side this year. And I'm fine with it. Hopefully time will be on my side next year :P

Also I used to be a wanderlust, who tells myself that I have to travel, and I can't live without traveling. Err it's still true, but I'll definitely still live without a year of traveling haha. And I came up with this last year: travel not because you have to, but because you can.

I've decided that I don't want to rely on anything to make me happy. And yes, this includes traveling.

There's a reason why I broke the promise I made to myself on this year.

And I am very sure there's also a reason why I won't break that promise again. Be it next year, next next year or whenever. Well... I'll try to not break this promise again next year :)

Saturday 15 December 2018

Happy Wedding Mel!

Congratulations to the newlyweds!

Hello! Just got back yesterday from Cipanas to attend the wedding ceremony of my cousin Mel and her husband Andry! Congratulations to you both on your marriage, may you love each other more everyday and all the best for the big day... Which is next Sunday aha. Man, she's one of the closest cousins that grew up together with me! We went to the same primary school so we always went to school together every morning. And now she's married! Time where did you go to.

Bless the bakmi gods for this veggie bakmi

Anyway I went to Cipanas with Nanan and Febi (thank you Nanan for driving!). My brother went too but he's going straight to Jakarta with his family so I gotta take another car. My aunt went ahead first with my cousins too. Reached Cipanas early so we went to get lunch first at the famous Kalimantan restaurant. I think I've eaten there when I was really really young, can't remember. So thankful that they had vegetarian bakmi AKA noodles. Just noodles with oil and soy sauce but it's so damn good!

After that we went to the temple at the ceremony started at 3 PM ish. The temple (Vihara Nagasena) is such a beautiful temple! It has a wonderful interior, even though I am surprised to see paintings of Vishnu, Krishna, Ganesha, Hanuman and other Hindu Gods/Goddesses on the ceiling. 

Well the Siddhartha was a Hindu Prince after all, so no surprise! :P

Team Baros United

After the ceremony we went back to the hotel first to wait for my cousins and aunt to change before we head out again to have dinner before we go back! I had so much food the whole of yesterday so I decided to just eat the food without rice for dinner. Then after that my cousins and I went back to my hometown, while the rest went back to the hotel and my aunt to Jakarta. We're gonna rendezvous again next Sunday mwahaha. Can't wait for the wedding reception!

I only had 3 hours of sleep on Thursday night so I got knocked out in the car right away. Felt so embarrassed last night when I was talking rubbish with my cousin Febi in a convo because I was drifting away haha. Then I got knocked out once I reached home. And had a fabulous sleep last night.

Alright that's all for that short but fun trip to Cipanas yesterday! Sometimes I can't believe that my cousins and I are all grown ups now. One by one we're getting married, some of us have kids already and soon we'll be like... Uncles and aunties. Well technically we are all now haha. Well, time moves on! I wish it can slow down a little bit but nahh, it always goes on right. Alrighty I will see you again soon. 

Saturday 8 December 2018

Open For Business

Well I was really busy the past three days, so I wasn't able to write about what happened on Wednesday :P Anyway we... Opened a new shop! Haha. So beside the current shop where we're selling farming goods and pesticides etc, we also opened a shop selling household goods mwahaha. From pots and pans, to glasses and plates and so on. It was a random idea we came up with earlier this year and it's finally come to a fruition now heh. So yes, exciting times ahead!

Business so far is doing good since Wednesday, where we opened the shop. It's not as much as the farming shop cause come to think of it, it's not everyday where people would break a plate, spoil a pot/pan and so on haha. Whereas people always need fertilisers, pesticides, fungicides etc once their products are finished. But it's okay, I'm not really into the "money". Just wanna help the locals there!

You know come to think of it, making money was never my main intention of opening the farming shop. I just thought it was a strategic place, because we're surrounded by farming lands. And thus I thought it would be great to have a shop here, as farmers won't have to go to town to get the stuff they need. Cause before the shop opened, even us (the farm) have to go to town to buy the stuff we need. The town is about 10 KM away so yeah, I reckon it helps a lot to have a shop there.

So similarly for this new shop, I just hope that my existence there would help the locals to get their household needs. Also come to think of it, there isn't a household shop nearby our area! :O 

I've always believed that the universe will help you as long as your intention is good. It may not give you an excess, but enough to take care of you I guess? Also when it comes to money, we won't have enough right heh. Think about it, we always want more and crave more isn't it haha.

Anyway I hope the new shop will run smoothly. And may it benefit a lot of people around us. 

I'm going to try my best to blog more entries before this year ends. Been busy the past week, but I guess I can breathe easier now. I hope you had a great beginning of December.

May we end this year beautifully! I'll see you soon.

Sunday 2 December 2018

Breather

Whew, as you can read from my post on Friday, it's been a crazy hectic last week of November for me. Been doing work non stop and only finishing at 5 AM. And this is made worst with the fact that I was waiting for the water tanks at my house to fill up, yup till 5 AM. I was lucky enough to be able to take some time off last night and tonight. Currently blogging to the new Novo Amor album spinning on the record player! And moving on to Olafur Arnalds' re:member next. Life is good indeed.

Feels good to just take some time off and not doing work after an intense week. Well yup, the last few days of the month has always been a busy period for me. Lots of reports and this and that. I think most companies are always busy at the end of each month heh. Anyway, December is here now. Last month of the year, and a new one is coming soon in about 28 more days eeep! Time just seems to fly faster and faster as we grow older isn't it. As Jon Koenig terms it, zenosyne. 

Alright, talking about time flying faster and faster, it did come to my attention that I'll probably just reach about a hundred posts for this year. It's okay, it is sill inside my goal of writing 100 posts in one year eh. But well, I do have plans to write more! As usual, the year end reflection, the music reflection and so on. I do have a few events for this month and I hope I can accomplish them well. 

Well, I've hit my goal of blogging for 10 years now. Even though I will always continue to blog, I'm not sure if I can blog consistently as compared to these ten years. I do also have a journal, and similar to this blog, I am also planning to fill up my journal before the year ends! I think journaling and blogging are one of the two hobbies that I still do up till today. Photography is another. I really miss playing music though, I am thinking of getting another keyboard to be put in my sis' room next year.

Okay that's all for me in this short update. Things are gonna exciting leading up to Wednesday! Shall talk about it when the day arrives hehe. Here's to a Delightful December for all of us. Time to end off this year beautifully! Also PS you have 28 more days to finish you resolutions!!!

Thankfully I have none :P