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How to wrap a simple, easy, cheap and unique birthday present – chocolate style

Hello everybody!!! Good Friday morning, everyone 😘

Sorry, was busy with some deployments job. Just want to share with you a simple, easy and unique present wrap that I made for my niece. Haha, yes….you heard it right!! I love something which is easy, beautiful, unique and also cheap. 😂

So here u go, what you really need is…

1. Scissor

2. Glue

3. 2 plain color of paper

4. Cute ribbon or chocolate cover *optional

How to wrap a present – Cheap, Easy and Unique way (chocolate design)

1. Wrap the whole present like this, and put doible sided tape at the end of the paper. Make sure you fold it before put on the double sided tape.

2. Then, at both end of the present, just put in the glue inside, and keep it together like this..

3. Cut the edge of both side, with zig-zag design..

Cut it zig-zag, u can refer below picture

4. Cut off another color of paper square, and simply glue on top of the present like this..

Zig-zag cut at end of present. Cut off another color of paper, and simply glue on top of the present..then you done!! 🥰😘

Tadaaa!!! The end product will look something like this. You can put on the cover wrap chocolate paper, or ribbon for decoration ❤

That’s all for now, to be continue if i got any some other time..take care guys!!! 😘

Love, Sofia

Making a simple brownies 😘

Hi everyone!! It’s been awhile I’m not baking. I had bought these brownies and chocolate bar for quite some time, just that I don’t have time to bake it.

Cooking chocolate, Brownies Mix and Cupcake 😃

If you bought the ready made mix, it has the instruction at the back. I don’t want to buy any unwanted extra flour. So i bought this. Simple and easy. 😂

How to make a simple brownies, but tasty 🥰

1. Firstly, you pour all the mix into 1 BIG bowl like this. As u read the instruction, it need 85ml water, 50ml vegie oil and 1 egg. Just pour everything, then mix with spatula.

2. When u mix, make sure no lump. I don’t like any lump in my cakes/brownies, so I make it smooth possible. Not to use any electric machine, just use spatula and stir it with your hand. Simple and easy to clean 😃

3. Chunk the chocolate bar. I don’t like sweet brownies, so i bought Dark Chocolate. If you likr sweet brownies, you can use the normal Milk Chocolate according to your taste bud 😇

4. First layer, I pour the mix batter. Then I put the chocolate chunk like this on top. After that, I layer again with the mix batter.

5. So, it will looks something like this. Picture before heat it with 180 degree celsius, and about 23 minutes.

6. You will know your brownies are ready when the top is crack like this. The box instruction was to stick fork in it. If it’s not stick to the fork, so it’s ready. I just don’t, coz it will look hideous on my brownies 😂 when i feel light, and just nice plus top is crack and dry, I stopped it.

7. Tadaaaa~~ its yummy!! 🥰 Top and bottom dry, and moist in between ❤

Okay, that’s all for today

To be continue…

Love, Sofia

Recycling Straw for my bettas’ food feeder….yeah 😃

Hey everyone! What’s up? Hope you had a great weekend.

Today, I got a new plant for my mini-Aquarium. Yay!!! I bought 4 plants for my little bettas 🥰

So guys, I only kept my girls in the mini-Aquarium. Because the guys didn’t get along with the girls.

I’ve been thinking for quiet sometime, how to make the mini-Aquarium didn’t look so messy with the cutie’s food everywhere. Coz, I’m using the Oxygen pump, and it scattered the food everywhere.

So, I’ve looking at the thrown straw in the dustbin, then I’m thinking…shall I try to use it something similar to the floating pool noddle?

This has been thrown into the dustbin for few days…then suddenly the idea came..😇

Hey!!!!! I can use the straw do make it as floating pool noddle for my bettas!! 😃

DIY food feeder using straw 😃😁

1. You will need 2 straws. I’m using the small one, coz my aquarium is really small 😄

2. Then, you pinch the bottom of the straw like this.

3. At the pinched bottom, you do bent the end into 2 like this.

4. Then, you put the bent bottom end, into the upper one. Something like this..tadaaa!!! 😃

5. She’s curious about this floating pool…😅

Here you go!!! They all know now..”Hey!! Its food!!” Yummy 🥰

Okay guys, that’s all for today.

To be continue…

Love, Sofia

Pssstt…psttt..when A Traveller on Budget starts packing her things…😂

HelloOoooOooooo Everybody!!!!

Ni hao ma?? Its a holiday week!! Whoot whoot!!! 🥳🥳🥳

As you know, for Malaysian, we have yearly festival Chinese New Year on upcoming 1st and 2nd February. Then, following our replacement state holiday on 3rd February. So, it’s happened that…we…Malaysian who stayed in Kuala Lumpur going to have 3 days leave..straight from 1-3 February 2022. Whoot!! Whoot!! Wasn’t it awesome?? I love Malaysia coz we have a lot of festival and lots lots of leaaaveesss 😁

Soo, everyone. Since the pandemic still going on, and seems like will never go away, so we were mostly travelling within our states. On this weekend, we going to go “Sekinchan!!!”. So, I’m starting to pack light, coz we just going to stay for a night 😂

Just want to share some trick and tips for a light and budget packing. For those who using contact lens, I’m pretty sure you got a lot lot of these right???!! Contact lens casing. When you buy the saline, you will probably get one. I have a lot, so I try to multipurpose the use of it.

I don’t have any allergic to plastic and kinda rough and tough skin, so I can use this way. For those who have a very sensitive skin, it is not advisable to store your skin care like this 😅

Okay, that’s all for now..tonight I’m going to pack my cloths..and just using my laptop backpack!! Hahaha!! I’m not a lazy traveller..I’m just a minimalist on budget 😃😄😆😅

Till then….see you in next post…

To Be Continue…

Love, Sofia

Tadaa..Body Gel, Shampoo, Skin Care and Tooth paste 😄

I kept all inside a small plastic, sealed

My wardrobe cleanup 😘

Hi everyone! It’s weekend! Time to enjoy ourself and reward our soul.

I just wanna share some cool items that I bought, helped me in saving my electric consume for my wardrobe. I bought 4 sensor LED magnetic light for my wardrobe. It will turn on when detected movement, and off when no movement. It helps me in finding my things/cloths well, rechargeable and portable LED lights. 🥰

It comes with magnetic pad, which already have adhesive sticker at the back. I just need to peel it and stick anywhere I want. So easy installation 😃

At the back of the light has another magnetic pad that already been sticked. I think the magenetic pad is a good item to buy separately and experiment with other stuff, especially for kitchen storage. I will explore it with other things as well, to make room/house more sleek look 🥰

The DC port, and it has option auto-as for auto-on when it sense some movement, auto-off when no movement; and I can turn it on always or off. It has options what I need.

Tadaaa..yess..im bad in installing stuff. I just stick it for a practical practice without thinking its nice to look or not 😄

How it basically looks like….i still need a lot to declutter…idk how long it will goes..coz its been going for about 3years to declutter my wardrobe. I’m taking it out, slowly and follow my own timeframe 😂

Okay everyone…idk when I’m gonna install my RGB LED for my whole room. I’m still looking for a better idea on that.

Till then….to be continue….

Love, Sofia

Hey…Updates for my Aquascape 🥰

Hi Everyone!! I made an arch for my Aquascape. It’s a bit tricky to make it and need patience.

I’m just using materials I have-Aquascape glue and Lava Rocks.

So, I started glue the Lava Rocks together and make an arch, then I’m simply glue to the existing rock base. Enjoy the picture below!! 😃🥰

I tried to make an arch…with the Aquascape glue…

Close up!! I love the mini leave plants..gonna buy the big leave and love leave for 2nd box 🥰

Guys, I’m now rearranging my mini tank, coz this betta fish poo so much. So, I decided to rearrange the mini tank…stay tune for better aquascape..this is for trial only..☺

Till then, to be continue..

Love, Sofia

The New Hobby!! 🥰

Hi Everyone!! How are you? Hope everything goes well.

Recently, I got a new hobby..it’s Aquascape 😃

I managed to buy the equipments and tools for over a month. Yes!! You hear it right! Over a month ‘coz I’m collecting the daily free shipping. So, at least I save up on the shipping fee for the new hobby. Weee!! 🥳

So…here you go. Here are things that I bought online for my Basic Aquascape…

All what you need for a basic aquascape equipment and tools 😃

3. Small size sand. I’m using Montana sand.

6. Mini grass seed, Purple Reddish leaf seed and Mini leaf seed. I’m using this for the base of my Aquascape 😃

So…..mine was a simple Aquascape like this…we shall wait for a week for the seeds to sprout. It needs ton of patience. I keep it for at least a week…so it happened to be like this on the forth day….

Till then, I will show you the final product.

Stay tune…

Love, Sofia

Hey guys!! It’s finally here 🥳

Hi Everyone! It has been months I’m not updating my blog. I were busy with something, just today I got some times to update my blog. YabedabedoOoo!! 🥳

So, it’s been a month that I’m waiting for my RGB LED light. Finally its here!!

I bought 40m RGB led light for my room! I hope its enough 😃

Testing out some colors. It’s beautiful 😍

So, overall cost for these 40m RGB LED lights are RM 96.26 😚

I gotta off for 3 days and will be back soon for the installation. Stay tune!!

To be continue….for RGB LED installation at room…

Love, Sofia

Hey!! Re-use Your Fav Candles! 🙂🙃

Hi Everyone! It’s been awhile I’m not updating the blog. How are you doing? Is your mind and soul in a right place and right pace? Here, I’m gonna share with you treat or trick with your old favourite candles..🥰

So, when your favourite candle finished, done throw it away!! Re-use the candle and make a new one!! Yes, you heard it right..Re-Use!! 😃

Tips on How to Re-Use your Favourite Candles

1. Burn your old candles with the burner

I’m using this kind of burner to burn my old candles

2. Put 2 pencils like these..to hold the wick

3. I put the wick like this, you can put it in your very own way.

4. Leave it for half an hour..it will harden like this.

5. Cut the excess wick, and remove all the dirts from the candle jar. Tadaaa 😍

Till then, To be Continue….

Love, Sofia

Start-Up

Hello everybody! I hope today will be an awesome day for all of you!

I want to share some idea what we’ve been planning during Quarantine Time. Since, we were all cannot go anywhere and everywhere, so I end up plans to bring all the entertainment at home.

First, you got to ask yourself, what you love about? For me, I love cinema and hot bath spa. Wee 🥰

I will write in details on how to setup a budget cinema and budget hot tub at home ♥️

See you there…enjoy the below pictures taken from google, just to give you some ideas…i will share my photos in next post 🥰

See u there..till then…To Be Continue..

Love, Sofia