Yet To Come

It's been such a hectic end of month fiasco as usual, and I'm just stopping by here to blog before I get back to work! Whew it's been crazy hectic. Lots of people meeting, and also we had the CNY flower delivery yesterday, and tomorrow we're going to continue again. Well it's been quite successful so yay.

Anyway I just wanna talk about the great music of January in this short post!

Great Music of January

- Heard It In A Past Life by Maggie Rogers (debut album!)

- Midnight Parade by The Day (album)

- Sweet Time by Raveena

- No Better by Raveena

- Knock Me Off My Feet by Soak

- Lihtsus by Mick Pedaja

Song of the month: Yet To Come by The Day

Alright the year started off well musically with my first anticipated album of 2019, Maggie Rogers' debut album! And it's such a wonderful album and I'm so happy for Maggie for releasing it to the world. Heard a few of the songs before release as they're singles but the rest of the album is amazing too. Some of my favourites include Burning, Retrograde and Light On! I wanna see her live :D

I am also obsessed with a new band that I recently discovered like... 2 weeks ago? It's The Day and also their debut album, Midnight Parade. I chanced upon them on my release radar playlist. The song discovered was Where The Wild Things Are. But I gave their album a listen from top to bottom and wow. I am blown away. I really love the album! It's such a wonderfully crafted album really.

Discovered two new artists this month: Raveena and Mick Pedaja. Discovered Raveena while my Spotify radio was playing. And wow she's such a chill artist! I love her songs and how chill they are. Been enjoying listening to them during my drives. And I discovered Lihtsus by Mick Pedaja from my release radar playlist as well. I'm not sure how an Estonian artist can land in that playlist but wow I'm glad I discovered him! I love that song, it gives me a very... Breezy feeling heh.

And also I'm excited for Soak's new album coming in April after listening to 2 of her singles! Knock Me Off My Feet is such an awesome tune. Just the kind of song you wanna bop on!

Alright that's all from me this time. I am quite excited for February, one because there's CNY and two, because there's a few album release I'm excited for! One of them is Men I Trust debut album, which I don't know when they'll release it. They just say February haha. Alright, I'll see you soon.

Spring Cleaning

Hello hello hello. Man it's been so long since I blogged and yes I can explain. I'm pretty annoyed cause for the past 4 days my internet died. And it truly died on the most perfect timing - when I'm finished with work and ready to just relax by using the internet haha. Well I called the technician yesterday and it turned out that there was something wrong with the router. He couldn't manage to find a replacement since it was almost evening time so he went to deliver it today.

And here I am now. Well I'm just annoyed cause err I was actually quite free last week and indeed I was planning to blog on some nights last week. But well, whatever it is, pretty sure things happened for a reason. And they did, cause I manage to do some spring cleaning! Well I did most of the work yesterday, but I did more tidying up on Friday and Saturday night. Pretty satisfied.

Anyway I am feeling satisfied that I am finished with my spring cleaning haha. I always do it before CNY, it's been a habit since when I was in Singapore. Actually I just learned about the habit of spring cleaning after I came to Singapore. I never heard about this tradition back when I was still in Indonesia. So I've been doing it since P6 I think. Back in Singapore I would always do it before I came back to Indonesia (if I was flying back). And it's always satisfying!

Also I'm quite proud of myself because well since 2016-ish, I've decided to adopt the minimalist lifestyle. Even though I'm far from being a "true" minimalist, I am proud that... I never really add anything into my room for the past few years! I was clearing out a lot of stuff and most of these stuffs were from the 2013/2014 era, or even stuff from Singapore. My cupboard is now emptier than before so yes. I'm proud. The only thing that increases in numbers is... My records haha.

As always, I will always stumble upon things from the past while spring cleaning. 

And now, presenting to you.... #thingsyoufindwhilespringcleaning!

Clockwise: Movie tickets (some dated to 2009), TSMB badge, 17th birthday cards from Brenda and Cheryl, the pen I used for O Levels, concert tickets (also some from 2009), my first Esplanade pass

Okay first of all there is one object that I am very surprised and happy to stumble across. It is this pouch that was given by my dearest 1A02 class in year one. I was given this pouch I think because I was class treasurer or something? So I was in charge of collecting money for class fund, to get birthday presents for our classmate and so on. And thus I was given this pouch to handle receipts, cash and so on. Well I did use it for that purpose, but after that, I used it for something else.

So I found that pouch again yesterday and to my surprise, there were "treasures" from my life in Singapore back 7-10 years ago. A stash of movie tickets, concert tickets, boarding passes and whatever tickets that I can keep. I was pretty surprised with this discover to be honest. Weirdly speaking, I have kinda forgotten about this (weird?) habit of mine. So to discover them again it feels... So weird. Like I'm happy to discover them, and I miss those days a lot!

I think I find it really weird that we seem to go through moment by moment, day by day, year by year, without knowing how we will look back upon these days in the future. Perhaps we'll see sadness, we'll see joy, and so on. We don't really know man. But I hope that we can all live our days fully so that we can always look back on the past with a smile. And of course hopefully we can all move forward with a more positive outlook in life, that as time goes by, we'll fill our life with days we can smile back upon.

But we can never live a life without the down sides. So hey, let us all just smile because we have made it this far! Through the pain and tears and sorrow that have made us who we are today.

Man yesterday was such a sentimental day for me. It was fun looking back. And I'm kind of eager to know how I will feel when the future me looks back on this Sunday that I'm living in.

Love Your Butt

Sorry for the awkward title but last week has been quite painful for me and my butt. I had a huge ass boil on my butt and it was pretty excruciating haha. Well it actually burst last Saturday and thanks to my mum for helping me drain the abscess and puss. But after Saturday, the boil hasn't really healed properly so it was painful here and there. I had to slowly move to find a comfortable position to sit, and sometimes when the boil brushed against my underwear, it stings!

Well like they say, you never know what you have till its gone. Like how comfy your butt is hahaha.

Thankfully the boil has subsided a lot now and it's no longer painful. Sometimes it stings here and there but most of the time it's not. It was quite annoying cause last week, meditating felt like a chore to me heh. Meditating is always something I look forward to every day but last week it was ouch.

Anyway that's a very random update of my life. We've already went through 2/3rd of January now. Man, 19 days of 2019 has passed can you believe it! Well apart from me feeling shitty last week, we have quite a subtle start to the year. Things are going to get pretty exciting soon, with CNY coming. Which means my family is gathering soon and also we have the flower harvest coming.

Well, I'm still making my way to get myself out of these blue days. And I will. I guess.

Born To Go Extinct

The Rare Earth channel is one of my favourite channels on YouTube that I discovered last year. The way they tell stories, the cinematography, and everything combined, is so eloquent and beautiful. I remember chancing upon them through the video about Easter Island. And I become a fan since then.

This is another beautiful and interesting video about the beginning of this planet. As someone who's always intrigued with the whole universe and this planet we call home, this video strikes a chord with my heart. And not only that, they also manage to talk about life in general, I love this passage:

"For the last few hundred thousands of years, we've been king. Our species has blossomed to corners of the earth. We're the most complex life that has ever existed. Shifts in climate, biology and atmosphere have brought us to these heights and no doubt, shifts in the same will destroy us. There is no meaning to life, at least none that will satisfy us. Our purpose here is not to know the meaning but to live, to thrive and eventually to go extinct."

I don't know why but this brought me comfort in a whole new level.

Low

This week has been a harsh week. I feel like I've hit rock bottom. I don't think I can write and tell you what it's all about, it's just I wasn't being myself. Or maybe I was being myself, a part of myself that nobody knows, and a part of myself I don't want the world to know. Just weird.

Been feeling moodless to do things throughout the week. And I'm just trying to slowly get up and be "normal" again. But along the way things felt difficult somehow. 

Also I need to make a new plan to keep up with my 100 posts a year. Come back soon.

Happy New Year 2019!

Alright I know I'm like 5 days late but nevertheless,

Wishing you a Happy New Year 2019! May this year be a better year for all of us :D

I've been wanting to blog since the first day of the new year but well, I've been busy with stuff these past 5 days! On the first I was preparing for work as we reopen on the 2nd. On the 2nd I had delivery to do and some work at night, on the 3rd I was doing stocks, and last night I was doing work as well! So yes, I didn't have much free time the past 4 nights. Thankfully it's Saturday now and I'm free whew.

Well apart from being busy with work, I was also experimenting on something new actually... More on this on a separate new post haha. I think it should be dedicated on a special post on its own.

Anyway another new year is here! Hmm well it's been like 3 years I think since I don't feel excited for the new year. Not because I'm dreading it, but because I kinda have accepted that time just goes on and on. Especially when you are in the working world. A new year may come, but you are still going to carry on whatever you are doing the year before, in hope that you will do it better in the new year.

So year is just a concept of time. Like a checkpoint or something. I don't really feel excited for every new year because I know we are all just moving forward. Neither am I dreading it. I think in every new year, the right word for me to use is... Hoping? Anticipating? Hoping for better and brighter days ahead. Hoping for more wisdom and more guidance as we move forward. I'm also anticipating because we're all going to experience something new. Every new day coming is a mystery.

For instance my country is going to have a presidential election this year. Brexit seems to be coming too for the UK (which will definitely have an impact on the world), and so on and forth. Well I think we're all just hoping for the best in the coming new year. No one can predict the future really.

Alright that's all for now I guess. As usual I don't have any resolutions. And I'm just going to simply add them along the way. But I'm still going to definitely blog at least a 100 posts here! See you soon.