Hi everyone!! Good morning, hope you have a great weekdays. Weekend is just around the corner, yeppie!!
As a minimalist..or I shall say..towards to the minimalist of living…here are Friday routine. For me, Friday is always a special day, as I assume it as my pre-weekend day..hahaha!! 😄
I woke up today around 6.15a, and straight make my bed. Took a shower and do a prayer. Then, I opened the curtain to allow some fresh air in.
I will need some storage for my blankets..sigh
I switch on my fav soft music on my laptop and speaker swiched on, then I do my laundries. And then, later I make my breakfast “Keropok lekor goreng” and my americano ice..nyummy 😋. For those who don’t know what is “Keropok lekor goreng”, okay this is our tradisional food. It was made mixture of fishes, some flour and lil salt i guess. I bought online and it was my fav snack 🥰
When eastern meet western..Americano and “Keropok Lekor” 😋
Okay, before we start works, lets blogging…so today I gotta learn how to trade guys..I’ve working for a trading company, but never trade before. It wasn’t easy at all guys. But I try to learn using a demo account. Hahaha..it keep my heart beat faster…even with demo account.
Wanna know more bout the trading stuff…stay tune…coz I need to learn the basic stuff first..hahaha….to be continue…
HelloOooo!!! Hello!! HelloooOooooo everyone 😀 How is your Monday, Everyone?!! Hope it’s gone..smooothly…another 4 days to goo…wooHoooOoo!!!
Okay, everyone is getting busy to get back to the normal lifestyle, same goes to going back to the office. I found it’s kinda disturbing, after 2 years plus we’ve been working from home, right? Some will be effective when working from office, the other will be effective when working from home. But hey, do we get any choices now? Nope. 😄
Okay, so I’ve been looking into extra expenses that I need to bare when going back to the office such as transporation, food, safety essential (mask, sanitizer), dress etc. This is how, I try to manage my daily expenses low, as low as I can 😃
Going back to the office, What should I spend on?
1. Transportation
I believe this is the most expenses that we need to spend, including both fuel and season car parking. But, if you have public transport option, go with public transport. Well, it’s individual choice. For me, I preferred public transport because save a lot money, and traveling time can spend to do something. It cost me at least RM 160 for parking, and fuel about RM 200 per month. While using public transport (LRT), it cost me RM 50 per month 😃
2. Lunch
Well, this is kinda expensive too. It cost about at least RM20 per day, that makes it RM 100 per week and RM 400 per month. If you can prepare the lunch, it is advisable to do so. But hey, my current job kinda flexi, so I be going to office for half day, and going back to home for another half of the day. I save my lunch by making my own lunch at home 😃
3. Clothes
Okay, as a minimalist, I don’t buy any new clothes to go office. I just recycle what I have by mix & match my clothes. Pretty happy with this new approach, I can now control buying clothes 😄
4. Safety essential
You can’t avoid this. I spend lil bit on face mask, if you like the washable mask, you can use it. But, I do still comfortable wearing the disposable mask. Might be later, to start use the washable one, so I can save from buying disposable mask. Sanitizer, I got store in my bag, and 1 in workplace drawer just in case I forgot to bring. ☺
Okay guys, I think thats for now..try to reduce waste in future, I’m still trying my best…🙂😗
Hey guys!!! Its been awhile. How are u? Hope everything well and sounds. Well, its been a hectic weeks seems we celebrating Raya AidilFitri. If u were here in Malaysia, Malaysian people is really celebrating it for a month, but me..? A week is enough for me 😂 Guess what? I’m back to my normal routines 🥰
Okay, being a minimalist for 4 years, I can say, Im still kinda struggling, but there are some of the things that really works for me to keep clutters away in my room. (Yes, a room for now, coz Im still waiting for my new house to complete by 2025, Yay! 😉)
5 Simple routines that keep clutters away 😇
by Sofia Mustaffa
1. Wash, dry and fold your clothes at least each of 2-3 days.
Try to keep dirty clothes at least 2-3 days, then wash it. Keep 2-3 times laundy for a week. If I’m too busy for the entire week, I will keep it max 6 days, then wash. It will make the drying and folding effort less, if you make it as a routine 😃
2. Swipe your room/house everyday.
My room is very dusty. I do always swipe it on a daily routine. Then, over the weekend I will wipe the floor by hand 😃 I don’t like to step on dusty or greasy floor, and yeah!! I did wipe it with warm damp cloth by hand 🙂
3. Put things back to its place.
For me, this is a very crutial habits to follow. You don’t want clutter, so put things back to its origin place. If u are ready books, after reading put the book back to the rack where u took it from. It’s a simple rule, but very hard to follow on daily routine. Train urself, train ur mind to follow this one rule. To me, its very a good tips to keep my place tidy.
4. Clear your bin at least once a week.
My dustbin is very small. I need to empty it every 2-3 days. Trying to control buying stuff online, because most of the rubbish is the parcel packaging 😃
5. Make the bed, after you got up in every morning.
This is a “hello morning exercise 🙂” Just take 1-2 minutes of your day to make it smooth and tidy.
Okay, i think thats all to share for now..till then..to be continue..
To build a healthy lifestyle needs courage, mental strength, and continuous discipline. It’s not easy, but when u starts, u can go with the flow. Each person has different kind of courage, try to understand yourself what u need the most. For me, all I need is a healthy food intake. It works for me to have beautiful and quality tableware to be used in daily routine 🥰
My fav color for tableware. I just buy 1 complete set for myself. U don’t need much. Buy a beautiful and good quality one for urself, to gain ur interest in preparing ur dish. Make it a hobby to prepare ur dish, so that u will aware what kind of food to put onto the plate.
Well, for me sometimes, I don’t eat the prepared food straight coz of busy schedule. So, I do have separated container for my food 🥰
Its stainless steel container with lid. U can used any kind that suit yourself, as long as its separated container. This because, we need to take into consideration of category food we took. Its recommended to have half fiber (quarter fruit, quarter vegie), quarter protein (chicken/beef/fish/lamb), and quarter carbs (rice/noodle/pasta/bread).My container with lid
Okay, after I prepared my tableware, I need to get incharge and plan out my meals. Try to find some recipes that suit ur calorie intake. Im gonna try calorie counter apps, coz I dont need excess calories. Let’s starts!!!
I’m using LifeSum apps, to calculate necessary calories and gonna start on next Monday. So, there are 2 additional routine I’m gonna add-on, first is to trace my calorie intake, secondly is to add-in 30min exercise on my daily routine. If I can’t make it, I will reduce exercise time to 15min, as long as I can add-in exercise habits on my routine. ☺
I start with apps to count my calorie in and out. My body works this way. 🥰
U can use any free apps. I just use the free apps and didn’t subscribe any apps. I wanna keep my commitment low, so I don’t waste any cents 😃
Okay, till then…I will plan out my short term goal shortly to achieve by end of this year. Not much, but to ensure all achieve by end of this year 😘
Raya Aidilfitri is just around the corner. I bought these DIY mahendi online and thought wanna give it a try 😃
Do you know how much it will cost for 1 hand mahendi in 2015? RM 15 (3.44 USD) per hand. Yes, that price was in 2015, I believe it will be more now, in 2022. Do you know how much I bought all of these kit? RM 31.50 (7.23USD) and you can use the sticker template over and over again, and wherever you want 😄
I bought 3 varieties of the finger design, 1 overall hand design and of course the henna (chose natural henna). You can choose your own fav design, coz sometimes when I did mahendi outside, they make a different design from what I chose. Myb they simply don’t know how to draw it. Idk😶
So…..here we gOoOoooo…let’s start….😃🥰
How to DIY your own mahendi 😍
First thing first, you gotta choose which template you wanna try and where to put on your body 😅I prepare some tissue, and cotton bud to apply henna on it. As you can see here, the packet is the original henna, where you need to mix it with water. But I want things easier 😃, so I just bought readymade henna in the small cup. Of course it will be cheaper if you mix it yourself, i think the cup and packet, cup double price then the packet and a lot of quantity 😀Okay, then you put on the sticker template on your hand like this. Don’t put henna on those..HH290..its the sticker code ya 😁😅Alright, now we use the cotton bud to apply henna on top of the sticker…🥰Tadaa…make sure all template is well stick and apply on all sticker holes………..something like this….see..i dont put the HH290 henna, if not u gotta see it on your hand too..please ensure you alert on those 😅😅
Okay, after you apply the henna, you gotta wait for few hours…or some people will leave it overnight. But hey, Im not gonna wait that long, I just leave it for 30min 😂. The more longer you wait, the more thick the color will be…☺
Okay, done for the hand part…let’s go to the finger part….
Hahaha…if you go to outside..most of them just lazy to design your hand. But me, I put on different design to my finger. You see, 3 different design on my fingers 😃. Okay, you gotta put it lower like this, so that 1/3 of your finger will cover by the henna..Apply the henna on top of the sticker template like this…Tadaaa..you see, the color is not that bright coz I just leave it for 30min 😂 okay, I waited another 30min. I don’t have much time to wait..LOLTadaaaaa….overall view..well..not bad…not bad at allIts orange color. Henna got available in white, dark green, black, red…but I love orange color the most. Suit with my skin 🥰Jeng jeng….i just love it…different kind of design….🥰🥰🥰
Okay guys, thats all Im sharing on how to make your own mahendi. Your own design, your own satisfaction. Till then guys…to be continue….
Hey everyone….its the last week of Ramadhan that people gone crazy for shopping. But, Im done all shopping in the 1st Ramadhan itself 😂😅
So, I went to energize myself by staying at a 5 star hotel for a night 🥰
I chose Pullman Hotel, located at the Golden Triangle KL. I planned to have iftar at the hotel’s restaurant too, unfortunately it was fully booked. I called earlier before, and they took my phone number, but no one is calling me back. So, I decided to call again for booking, unfortunately is fully booked now. Well, everything is good, except for the receptionist for the restaurant who pick up calls. I even wants to order for in-room service, but after couple of trials, no one is pickup up the call. Pretty lousy for the restaurant ordering. So, I just order grabfood. The grabfood services always the best for me, everywhere I go. Too bad. After check out and review the hotel, then only the receptionist of the restaurant called me. Too late for you 😒
Okay for Pullman Hotel, what you need to do, first thing first you can park your vehicle at the entrance for check-in. After check-in you will be given 2 key cards, which you can enter the parking using same key cards. I love the concept, so you will be holding only 1 card, to enter hotel and also to enter parking. The wifi is very strong and you will be given your own ID and password to sign in the hotel wifi. I think its brilliant concept.
Okay, after you park your car, you will need to go to the lobby first by elevator. Then, there are separate elevator to the hotel floors. My room was at level 20. You will need to access the floor by touching your card key room, then press your room floor. So, mine should be Queen room, but they upgraded it to King room, good service by this 5 star hotel ❤
Okay…when I entered the room, it will look something like this….
The entire roomThe couch…love the design. Very comfortable at right level of height. 🥰The bed is very thick. Not soo fluffy, but still okay. Its feather fill pillow. They put on bed topper, but I think I will love the original mattress more coz the texture was like a bit latex feelings. The bed topper was like a normal foam to me. But still okay, not bad.It got side table, plenty of switch and lights, service phone, minibar fridge, coffee machine, mineral etcHere got only coffee and tea, if you need chocolate, u need to order in-room service..or simply bring your own..or..you can order Grabfood 😃Coffee and tea available..with creamer and sugarAvailable, hair dryer, rechargable torch light, iron and board. Its very thoughtful to have the torch light, in case if there is an emergency blackout happen.Nice..
I love the bathroom. Its very huge and well organized. It got both shower and bathtub. Got 3 sizes of towels-body, hand and face. Got comprehensive toiletries as well🥰
Well organize, the tissue is very soft as well..very detailShower-shampoo, body gel and hair conditioner available
My fav part is the side table and smart alarm clock beside my bed side. 🥰 I survey, the alarm was around RM 600 😅
My fav part…The most fav part 😁🤩
Okay, after check out the hotel, I went to the opposite Pavillion mall. Actually, you can just simply walk. Its 4 minutes walk, but well..I just stay for a night and don’t wanna waste any minutes, enjoying the hotel. So, after checkout, I went to the mall and bought a parfum. 🥰
Not bad…testing a new parfum. Most of my fav have discontinued 🥲
Okay guys, thats all my minitour about my short stay in a 5star hotel, located at the center of KL’s heart 🥰
Hi everyone! Its midnight now and its public holiday in our country. I just finished wrapping my farewell gift to my supervisor. Its a habit for me to give away farewell gift to my supervisor or my colleagues as an appreciation for their leadership and sharing knowledges with me.
Okay, so what I bought is….a flatware set, small notebook, pen, and stationery pin set..
Well, i don’t have box to put all things together. So I decided to just wrap it. It turn out..holding it, felt like holding a kebab. So I wrap the gift to be look like a kebab 😂
Tada!!! A farewell kebab from me 😅
To be honest with you, it’s really tiring to wrap uneven present shape. I just follow my heart and it turn out it looks like a kebab. Haha..till then guys…to be continue…time to sleep…😴😴😴
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