Hey!! It’s been ages I didn’t updates πŸ˜ƒ

Wollaa…what’s up, Everybody? It’s been ages I didn’t update my blog. Sorry guys, been really busy these days, weeks, months and about a year. haha!! πŸ˜ƒ

Well Well Well, it’s just around the corner, we are about to enter year of 2024!! Hoho!! Time flies so fast…and now the world is ending…hurmmmm.

Well everyone, I’ve successfully managed to live a minimalist lifestyle for about at least 5 years, to be honest, I really love the lifestyle and bring a lot of positive vibes. especially when I stopped buying junk stuff, and selling my junk stuff. Keep my environment clean n tidy.

As for now, I have a new things to unlock, where I’m looking forward a place to settle down and built my own sustainability and zero waste house. Yes!!! U heard it correctly and clearly. I wanna built a family with sustainability and zero waste home. Then, I wanna have my own farm and a run a restaurant. But before hand, it required a loooooooOoooot of research, the risk and impact to each item I wanna unlock moving forward 2024 and onward. WeehoooOooo!!

Babe, to be honest..the minimalist lifestyle makes me having some extras, where I can proceed my future goal on the next level..which is..sustainability and zero waste. Hihihi!!!

So guys, stay tuned! Looking forward for sustainability and zero waste residential and restaurant for the new achievements. Insya Allah πŸ₯°β€οΈπŸ₯°

Love, Sofia

Bangi Resort Hotel πŸ₯°β€πŸ₯°

HellooOoOooo Everyone!!! How are you??

Just to share my experience healing after ups & down working crazily. hahaha…

Check these out..

Tadaaa!!! This is the entrance to the Hotel’s Lobby. It was huge and smell soo good. I’m kinda love the ambience.

So I reached to this hotel quiet early, around 2pm. The check-in time is 3pm. Yay!! 1 hour early, I’m checking out the surrounding and found 1 nice outdoor restaurant. it’s called, “The Burgerlab”!!

The view is breathtaking from the BurgerLab restaurant..and it’s breezing. I had a good lunch here πŸ₯°β€πŸ₯°
The Hawaian burger and chicken nugget.
I bought 1 set..cost RM 30, the burger, side dish macaroni and bottomless soft drink.
The bridge from the lobby to the BurgerLab restaurant.
Breathtaking view for the ponds. Need to take the bridge to the BurgerLab.
the pond views…it has lot of fishes. You can buy fish pellet at the counter, cost RM 5.30/pack.
Tadaa!!! I bought 3packets!! πŸ˜ƒπŸ˜ƒπŸ˜ƒ
There is some info regarding the fish naming..I dont bother those..lol
The pool is soo huge and beautiful..max depth is 1.5m, not too deep, but at least better than most of hotels swimming pool. normally they have 1.2m depth. Nice pool.
The Loaf!! it’s cafe..a nice but pricey..hehhheh. once awhile, it’s good to have it. the bottle drinks cost RM 15.90. I forgot the bread..lol
So, I booked Deluxe Room, it looks something like this. When I check-in, they said my room is not ready and about 4pm plus, need to push until I get the key. I asked for late check-out, coz the check-out is 11am. So, im requesting check-out at 12pm. Not sure, maybe because of the peak hours the service is relatively slow. so, yea, if u go during peak hour, try to ask the staff several times until they give the key. yay!! LOL
Okay, so this is the elevators to the ground floor which lead to swimming pools and to hotels
rooms.
the hallway to the rooms..
Breakfast is…okay..not too fancy..but not too lousy. Okay for breakfast.
alright, the card u received for the rooms has this pamphlet. You can get free drinks and some discounts on their restaurant if not mistaken. but I dont use any of it. hahaahha..I went to “Farm in the City”. Will update on that u next post..something interesting ..hehehe 😁😁😁
Okay ,before went back..Im having my lunch at the BurgerLab..coz I think the food is really nice
I took Joe Burger..But I guess Hawaiians burger is nicer..a bit spicy than this. this burger taste similar to McChicken..normal burger.

Okay, till then..my experience staying at Bangi Resort Hotel. I will definitely come back and try out their spa n gym..

To be continued…

Love, Sofia

Have you ever think of your retirement plan?

Hey, what’s up everyone? Hope you are all well and in a peace of mind. Insya Allah ❀

It’s been frequently hit my mind lately to plan out my retirement plan. Well, it’s almost 20 years from now, and I think I need to start think about it.

As I walked daily to office, I had noticed that actually I’m forcing myself to go to the office. I was thinking, when my service is no longer required, am I gonna just sit at home, or shall I do something to earn?

Let’s say, from 55-80 years. Most of people are waiting for their employee fund or some pension. Well, I’ve been surrounded with elderly people who even had 1m of saving, however due to poor money management,, the guy need to live as poverty now coz the money is gone on all unnecessary things.

We really don’t know until when we gonna live. If you still alive until 90 yo, how will you manage your expenses during those days? What kind of expenses required? Are you gonna depend on your kids or will you do something to earn?

I think the major issue will be health and food, when we getting older. Food interm of food supplement and medicine. Most of famous diseases among Malaysian are high blood, diabetic melitus, cancer, heart attack and stroke. and another 1 more I was thinking was to make any will. Do I need to make a will, I’m still thinking on that as I had couple of property and funds to take care.

The other thing that trigger my mind. If we die, how about our social media. How do we deactivate all our social media accounts. I guess at least I need to list down how many are there? I need to set everything as preparation for the next life.

Well, I guess for me I will plan out to earn myself by the age of 50. Insya Allah.

Till then, to be continued.

Love, Sofia

A lil bit left….for the house…πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°

Hey hey heyy, hey everyone!! How are ya? Hope you are all good.

Just wanna share some idea on what I’d done to my 1st home. Just a lil bit touch up before its ready to view for the next tenant.

So basically, what only left is:

1. To receive another curtain as current curtain is actually shorts after the folding. LOL. So I bought another 2 blackout curtain for my living room.

2. To receive my TV, I bought a smart TV for the house.

3. To hang the kitchen curtain. I already have it, just that I forgot to bring plier and scissor for cutting and adjusting the wire.

4. To hang bathroom mirror and bathroom rack. I need to bring along the strong double sided tape, I guess I just use double sided tape for the rack. πŸ˜ƒ

5. To dismantle and install the water heater. I already bought 2units, just need plumber to install. I already book plumber to do such things πŸ˜€

So, check these out the differences before I took over and after I took over the house πŸ˜ƒπŸ₯°πŸ˜ƒ

This was before, when im viewing the house before my tenant move out.
This was after I clean the house and make lil changes.
This will be the final, only the Smart TV left to put on the TV cabinet.

Check out the kitchen…

This was before when I viewing the house when my tenant still living in.
After my tenant move out and I clean up the kitchen.
This was after I do a total cleanup and buy some carpet for kitchen.

Now, let’s see the dining area…πŸ₯°

This was before the tenant move out, when the tenant still living in the house.
This was after the clean up,, I rearranged n buy some stuff for the dining area.

Let’s check out rooms, the house has 3rooms and 2bathrooms.

The masterbedroom during the tenancy.
The master bedroom after clean up, painted furniture and bought mattress cover & curtains .
This was the middle room, where the tenant make it as store. A lot of clean up done for this room.
This was the current view. Perhaps it need some rearrange, but not sure yet. I just bought the mattress cover and curtain for this room.
This was the smallest room. Originally I made it as my wardrobe and clothes organization room. So, my tenant just continue it, kinda a lot of stuff.
So I do a clean up and bought curtain. nothing much I did for this room. Just a cleaning.

So, most of the thing I did was, a massive clean up, throwing unnecessary stuff and do a lot of painting. I did paint the furniture such as TV cabinet, coffee table, make up table, mirror frame, TV rack, the dryer outside as well πŸ˜ƒ

Some other things I snap photo before I went back home last Saturday πŸ˜ƒπŸ₯°πŸ˜ƒ

I still need 2 more curtains..lol
The shoe rack, I don’t buy expensive shoe rack. I just re-paint the original brown wooden color with black and light grey color. I just buy the spray paint, make my life easier..LOL
Tadaa ❀❀❀

Okay, I will snap the rest pending things and post in later…

see yaa!! To be continued..

Love, Sofia

A lil bit left….for the house…πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°

Hey hey heyy, hey everyone!! How are ya? Hope you are all doing good.

Just wanna share some ideas on what I’d completed to my 1st home. A lil bit touch up before ready to open for viewing.

So basically, what only left are:

1. To receive another curtain as current curtain is actually shorts after the folding. LOL. So I bought another 2 blackout curtain for my living room.

2. To receive my TV, I bought a smart TV for the house.

3. To hang the kitchen’s curtain. I already have it, just that I forgot to bring plier and scissor for cutting and adjusting the wire.

4. To hang bathroom mirror and bathroom rack. I need to bring along the strong double sided tape, I guess I just use double sided tape for the rack. πŸ˜ƒ

5. To dismantle and install the water heater. I already bought 2units, just need plumber to install. I already book plumber to do such things πŸ˜€

So, check these out the differences before I took over and after I took over the house πŸ˜ƒπŸ₯°πŸ˜ƒ

When I’m viewing the house before my tenant move out.
This was after I cleaning up the house and make a lil changes.
This will be the final, only the Smart TV left to put on the TV cabinet.

Check out the kitchen…

This was before when I viewing the house and my tenant still living in.
After my tenant move out and I clean up the kitchen.
This was the final after I do a total cleanup in n out the kitchen cabinet and buy some carpets for kitchen.
I love as clean as this..πŸ₯°β€πŸ₯°

Now, let’s see the dining area…πŸ₯°

This was before the tenant move out.
This was after the cleaning up,, I rearranged n buy some stuff for the dining area.

Let’s check out rooms, the house has 3rooms and 2bathrooms.

The masterbedroom during the tenancy.
The master bedroom after cleaning up, painted furnitures and bought mattress cover & some matched curtains .
This was the middle room, where the tenant make it as a store room. A lot of clean up done for this room.
This was the current view. Perhaps it need some rearrange, but not sure yet. I just bought the mattress cover and curtain for this room.
This was the smallest room. Originally I made it as my wardrobe room and clothes organization room. So, my tenant just continue it, kinda have a lot of stuff during my visit that day.
So I do a clean up and bought curtain. nothing much I did for this room. Just a cleaning.

So, most of the thing I did was, a massive clean up, throwing unnecessary stuff and do a lot of painting. I did paint the furniture such as TV cabinet, coffee table, make up table, mirror frame, TV rack, the dryer outside as well πŸ˜ƒ

Some other things I snap photo before I went back home, last Saturday πŸ˜ƒπŸ₯°πŸ˜ƒ

I still need 2 more curtains..lol
The shoe rack, I don’t buy expensive shoe rack. I just re-paint the original brown wooden color with black and light grey color. I just buy the spray paint, make my life easier..LOL
Tadaa ❀❀❀

Okay, I will snap some photos later, after the rest pending things complete.

see yaa!! To be continued..

Love, Sofia

Pulse Grande Hotel Review πŸ₯°

Hey hey heylllOoww Everybody!!!! Hahaha…I feel soOooOooooOooo refreshing today. Happy Eid Adha to all my Muslim sisters and brothers.

Last Friday, I’m visiting the 5 star hotel at Putrajaya – Pulse Grande Hotel. I really need a good break, and having my own time there. Whenever I felt about to burn out from work, I will reward myself by locking down myself in a good hotel.

Let’s check this out..

This is the entrance of the Pulse Grande Hotel entrance. As you can park your car at the near by parking lot with free of charge ❀
The original lobby at Level 3 was in progress of renovation. I should say the interior is quite old, and need to do some renovation. The temporary Lobby was at Level 2. Picture shows the view from the parking. Parking is a bit far, but don’t worry, there is a free buggy pickup and drop at the entrance of the Lobby. But, I don’t like waiting, so I just walked πŸ˜ƒ
From the temporary entrance, you can see the Receptionist on your left, and straight path to the room’s lift on your right. Drop by at the receptionist for check-in, they will ask your Identity Card for local visitor, and perhaps your passport for foreigner. The receptionist will brief you on which floor the hotel and restaurant, and what time the room service will be available. If you bring your car, they will ask your Plat Number for their records.
From the receptionist, there are 2 type of elevator. On the right side is transparent elevator, which you can see the garden and small river downstairs. The other elevator also can bring you to the rooms, however it’s not transparent and it’s a normal elevator. Well, I want to see the view, so I’m using this transparent elevator to my room. πŸ₯°
When I’m entering the room, there is huge foyer infront of the room. I think this is the biggest foyer so far I had experience for hotels πŸ˜ƒ. The left side is wardrobe and right side was the bathroom.
The bathroom is spacious compared normal hotel I went in KL. There is separate bathtub, shower and bowl. You can enter for 3 or 4 pax inside the bathroom!! hahahaha πŸ˜‚
So, the unique part for this hotel room is that, it has opened window for bathtub to the room!! I can see it’s very convenient for those who want to have honeymoon here..or just to bring kids for having fun in bathtub. It’s kinda a good idea for me.
So, this is the big and comfortable bedroom in the room. I think there is a decoration services as well if you want to celebrate your memories day with some extra charges. I don’t know how much, you may check out by calling the hotel πŸ˜ƒ
The overall view from one of the room corner.
There is a chair and table if you want to write or work with your laptop.
On top of the table, there is a pencil and note, just in case if you need to write and leave a note.
I’m kinda like the switches for the room. πŸ₯°
It has appropriate label on each of the switches.
The view from bedroom to the bathroom.
the view from the bathroom to the bedroom.
Separated shower, bowl and bathtub
I like the water pressure for the shower and love the built in rack.
The toiletries.
Shower gel and shampoo
The room has bathrobes and indoor shoes. I really love the bathrobes, it’s very much comfortable. πŸ₯°
The mirror.
Some refreshment…Coffee and Tea
I brought my fairy light each time I went to hotel. It gave me relaxing vibes and chill ambience πŸ₯°β€πŸ₯°

So, I just stay for a night, and I didn’t take their breakfast. Maybe once I got time, I will rebook again and try their breakfast. It’s just a day escape from a hectic life I had for past few months.

I really love the view, it was quiet and tranquil surrounding the hotel. This is the view from the balcony.

The next morning, I check out a bit early around 11am. You can check in after 3pm, and check out before 12pm at this hotel. When u check out, the receptionist will ask u if buggy required. I just feel too lazy to wait for the buggy, so I just walked to my car πŸ˜ƒπŸ˜ƒπŸ˜ƒ

On the way back, I just took some snap photo at their garden. Oh!! If you stay here, this place has a very nice lights garden that you can walk casually with your love one here.

That’s all. It was worth it to chill and relax, to get urself a refreshment after a tiring weeks/months from work.

Till then, to be continued..

Love, Sofia

Rejuvenated @Makcik Urut Spa πŸ₯°

Hello everyone!! How are you? Hahahaha..I’ve been drowning in workload for past 2months..It’s about to end soon, insya Allah ❀

Last Saturday I managed to make an appointment for body massage! Yeehaa!! It was really a hectic life for past few months, now only I can manage to have my “me time”. Insya Allah, in future..I want to do something so that I will have more time for me and my family. πŸ₯°

I booked with Makcik Urut – A body massage spa, and took Pakej Delima, where I got complimentary Foot Therapy, Body massage (u can choose either traditional massage or aromatherapy massage, and this package I took has Tungku (where they will put a hot river stone on ur body). I don’t recommend the traditional massage, it’s painful for me. haha. probably I will choose aromatherapy in my next visit.
The foot therapy, I think they put salt and some flowers..and leave it for 20minutes before the body massage. Hurmm..
They have variety ways, some on the table like this, other with chair, and lot of it, they have mattress on the floor for massage.
The rest of the spaces. The partition is curtain between one to another.
This is mine, They will give you the “Batik” clothes and towel to cover up. You will need to take of ur clothes, and put on the clothes. πŸ™ˆ For those who not used to it, you will feel awkward at first time πŸ™ˆπŸ™ˆπŸ™ˆ

Okay, after 1hour n 20min, they will provide green tea. To be honest, I will give 7/10 stars, because the therapist they gave me, she whack my veins..hahaha..next time I need to choose better Therapist who has more experience so that they can adjust to our body needs. Don’t forget to make a survey which therapist had good experience, it’s very important to make an appointment with them first and check their availability. Hahahaahaha…Till then…I think I need to have a looking treatment for myself…like a week holiday. Hahaha..till then..see u in my next post..Im gonna check out one 5star hotel soon.

Stay cute and handsome, ciao~

Till then, to be continued

Love, Sofia

Throwback MNRB 50th and TIGB 20th Dinner – 21 May 2023

Hey Everybody!!! It’s been a very long time I didn’t update my blog!!! How are you, guys?? Missing me? hahaha..I hope everyone safe and sounds πŸ₯°

Well, it’s been for over a month that I’m really busy with project kick-off, just it now that I have some time to sort my life back to my norm life. Hahaha..So, here we go, posting some throwback for the company dinner.

The table setup
We sat randomly, idk who is next to us, just introducting each other πŸ˜€
The food is not that bad, the most nicest is the grilled lamb πŸ˜‹ *not in the picture*
so-so, a bit dry and bitter..with caramel sauce..not my fav
The gift that we received from the dinner….sustainable toiletries πŸ₯°
Tadaa!! when open the wrapping..
Other gift was flask and mug…❀
and last but not least….the Patchi Chocolate. It was awesome πŸ₯°β€πŸ₯°

I really had fun the night, tummy was happy. Thank you, MNRB and TIGB for the awesome dinner. They do have artist as MC and for performance, but Im more into food and gift πŸ˜ƒπŸ˜‚πŸ₯°πŸ˜‹

Till then, to be continued..

See you in next post!! ❀😘

Love, Sofia

Ramadhan Al-Kareem

Good morning, Everyone. How are you? It’s such a beautiful saturday morning. After early morning shower, sitting down on my comfy bed and listening to the soft music. This is the best morning for my soul.

Today, is the 3rd Ramadhan we were fasting in Malaysia. Adjusting time to be everything earlier than normal time. Waking up at 5.15am, preparing for Sahur and shower at 6.00am. I’m a morning person, so it is beautiful for my Ramadhan, Alhamdulillah ❀πŸ₯°

It’s been havoc for the last month, now finally I got some slot time to breathe and feel exist in this world. Syukran, Ya Allah.

It’s been a havoc politic issue in Malaysia currently, related to the new government. Pretty much, all expenses are spike up. I should say, this minimalist lifestyle somehow helps a lot for me to manage my things. I don’t much buy stuff, and focusing in buying gold. Pretty decent lifestyle, but Im kinda love it.

Just in my thought, to look into future and focus on my things. Insya Allah, we will get what we aim for.

till then, to be continue…

Love, Sofia

Rewards….for ourselves πŸ₯°

Hey Everybody!! How are you? Have u rewarded youself this month? Alhamdulillah, we managed to have some little money, to reward ourselves over the work hard. Don’t forget to value yourself and your love ones ❀

Yesterday, I went to one of the coffee shop in Bangi. It’s hipster Coffee Shop, just what I wanted to have since 2013 πŸ˜ƒ

It was renovated cabin and have smoking and non-smoking area. After few months struggling with job, I can finally relax lil bit and rewarding myself, and rewarding my partner as well.

The Entrance
So, I ordered Grilled Lamb with black pepper sauce. The salad is nice, the butter rice is good, and the grilled lamb is marvelous 🀀😍❀
Hot Mocha…bitter sweet…I ❀ it β˜•
and for dessert, I have Nutella Cheese cake..it taste like Ferrero Rocher cake πŸ˜‡
Enjoy the view, I will definitely go again next time..

They don’t have much menu, but each of it is nice and tasty. Overall, it costs us, RM 110 for 2 pax, 1 cake and some taxes. Not that bad, RM55/pax.

Till then, to be continue

Love, Sofia