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3 things that’s very important in our life 🙂

HeLLoooOoooo everyone!!! It’s weekend again!! I woke up today, suddenly I’ve been thinking bout this…

There are 3 things that very important in our life – Faith to God, Health and last but not least Education.

Why I said so? Okay let’s go to see each of it in details

1. Faith to God

Okay, this happened to me. I don’t believe in miracle before, until this is really happened to me. There is one day, I lost my car key. I find in everywhere, in my room, in living room, in dining room, in my car literally everywhere, but not found. After checking for a week, I started my prayers and asking my God for my key. After not more than 3minutes, I found it in my room. The thing is, I did look for it at the same place, but couldn’t find it before. You imagine I’m looking for over a week. Starting that day, I do believe that prayers can make a miracle.

So back to our story, yes we need to pray to God, coz above of our plans, there is a Greatest Planner to plan our life. If you find difficulties in this life, then repent to God coz only God can turn things into miracle. This life is a test, patience and prayers help us to overcome the stress. Insya Allah.

2. Health

One of the reason why health is very important is that, medicine supply is very low nowadays. There are fluctuate in medicine price over the years, very expensive these days. Recently, one of the doctor i visited told me, our medicine is running out, and we need to find different supplier to replace. Lot of patients lately, and clinics, hospitals are full.

Another reason is, when you sick, you just simply can’t do anything at all. You gonna lay down, do nothing. Eating medicine and not proactive. If you are wealthy, but not fit..you gonna spend a lot of your money for medicine. Wasn’t it waste of money? So, live a healthy lifestyle is very important. I’m not only talking bout physical health, mental health is very important too. Coz I’ve seen during pandemic and lockdown, a lot of people gone insane and some commit suicide. If you don’t have strong faith to God, you will definitely commit suicide when you face a lot of trouble in your life. Differently if you have faith in God, you will repent yourself to God and ask for forgiveness. Ask for miracle, believe me, miracle does happened with prayers 🥰

3. Education

Okay, this is very important. I do understand, some places they don’t have good education system in their countries. But hey, if you had some lessons from your mother, your father, your sister etc telling you do’s and don’ts, that is a part of education too. Not only books, advises are ki nd of education too.

So, why am I saying this is very important in our life? Okay, with educations and exposure, the level of thinking to solve one’s issue is different. The higher you learnt, the more you can see overall issue and know how to tackle the issue by finding the root cause. Comparing to those doesn’t have any education, they only see things from ‘front end’. With education, you be able to see from ‘front end to back end’ and ways how to tackle the issue. So, for those don’t have any opportunities to study in school, don’t worry. Talk to more people. Most of our educations are from people experiences. I did that, I did talk to people and listen to their experiences and advises. It somehow helps me to analyzing problem i faced 😃

If you are trying to find your life partner, try to find somehow who has same level of education with yours. This is very important to avoid conflicts or argument when you face some issues in your life.

Okay, I think these 3 things are crucial to have. When you have these 3, you can try to balance out your life. That’s all for today..

….to be continue….

Love, Sofia

Johnny Johnny…yes papa! Yummy yummy 🤤

Heyy!! Everybody! If you come to Malaysia and you love steamboat, do visit Johnny’s restaurant! And order for their Tomyam soup…slurrppp 🤤 It was my fav steamboat restaurant, so far..

Okay, the restaurant have different kind of food, they do serve steamboat with min of 2 pax steamboat and also they do serve ala carte like ‘Nasi goreng cendawan’ my fav 🤤. It doesn’t cost much, was around RM 40++ for 2pax and with Tomyam soup some extra RM 15. Total I ate was around RM66 (included drink-lime juice). This price was in June 2022 and might change over the months/years 😃

So, I just wanna chill alone that day, and ordered for 2pax steamboat. If you love spicy, I recommend the Tomyam soup, it’s damn nice if you mixed it with the ‘asam laksa’ sauce 😍🥰

What will you have, in the 2pax steamboat (June 2022): Prawn, Chicken fillet, homemade Fish ball, homemade seaweed ball, Japanese Tofu, Bee hoon, fresh egg, Golden mushroom, Chinese cabbage, Hong Kong Kailan, and Seafood Tofu.

Well, I’m seating next to the window, and the last table at the corner. A nice spot to have little privacy 🥰

Tadaaa!!!! It was a nice spot to have some privacy 🥰

Okay, I went to the Melawati Mall branch, they served customer with cute robots 😃

This is the fav sauce..it taste lil bit like ‘asam pedas’ or ‘asam laksa’ sauce…it mixed well with the Tomyam soup 🤤🥰

I think its homemade fish ball, its different taste than the normal round fish ball. It taste ‘rich’ in fishes🤤

The golden mushroom..where is the golden? 🙈

Hong Kong Kailan…my fav too..it taste sweet..not like a normal vegie 😃

The homemade seaweed ball..this taste soo nyummy 🤤🥰😍

Prawn…quite big..but not one of my fav. I ate it the very last…🥴

Normal chicken fillet..nothing special bout this..lol

The Chinese cabbage, I don’t really like the taste. It tastes bitter 🙈

Then…after the nice selfdate, ….i went to cinema…alone…lol 🧐

I booked a horror movie…then…it end up…im alone in the cinema…hahaha…..🥴

Okay, I have so much fun…dating with my own soul…a lot of things running thru my mind…decision has been made. Haha..cheers!!

To be continue…

Love, Sofia

Hey Coffee Lover!!! 😘

Hello friends!!! How are you today? Happy weekend!!! WoOooooHoooo!!! It’s finally weekend.

Okay guys, I used to have Dolce Gusto Piccolo XS on my workspace desk in office, however due to shifting workplace, I don’t have a place for my Piccolo anymore. 😢 Staying with your parents, meaning your space is very limited to your room only. Living with maximalist, means “Sorry, no space for you!”. Hahaha..so, I have to keep all my Piccolo and ‘his’ babies in my small pantry (small wardrobe).

So, what I did, I kept all my coffee capsules in container to preserve the aroma (I hope so). Next month, I need to do an appropriate setup for my Piccolo in my room 🙂

Till then…see u in next post…

To be continue…

Love, Sofia

What will you do when you feel down?

Hey everyone…how are you, mentally and physically? Are you all really okay?

For me, both mental and physical health are very important. There is no point if you have a lot of cash, but your inner health is not happy/sad. If your mental was tired with your chaotic life, then you need to stop and follow your own pace.

Well, recently something had happened. I snapped and do my own checking for my mental and physical health. I had noticed, recently I had not exercising and easily tired. Insomnia is one of the sign that I’m having a mental disturbed.

What you need to do if your mental is disturbed?

1. You need to find a backup plan, if your current plan didn’t work out.

It is very important to have some extra 2 or 3 backup plans on anything, so whenever things didn’t go right, at least you will have some other plans to do.

2. Find and create your own happiness.

Yes, this is very important. No one will make you happy. Your happiness is your own responsibility. You rule your own happiness. Do things that make you happy, as long as it didn’t against the law. Be yourself, be real and don’t be fake. Coz once you’d been noticed fake, it’s just…disgusted.

3. Let it go, everyone is not perfect.

Everyone has his/her own strength and has his/her own weakness. Nobody have right to pull down anyone, because himself/herself has their own weakness. Human is created by God such way, and to complete each other. I really don’t believe if someone told me, that they are perfect. Coz nobody does and only God is perfect in multiple ways.

4. Catch memories of the happiness and spread the positive vibes

It wasn’t easy to be happy on this earth, so catch some photos or videos of these memories if you have a chance. Your inner happiness will create a positive vibes around the society and spread the positivities.

5. Pray to God

Last, but not least is to pray to God. We are the planner, but on top of our plans, there is a Big Planner which is..God’s plan. Doesn’t matter what religion you are, pray to your God and asked from God. Those who don’t have faith in any God, I pray someday you will have some faith to God. For muslims, perform some extra prayers other than 5mandatory prayers, and recite Quran. Insya Allah, Allah will ease everything for us. Amin 🤲

Till then, to be continue…adios…

Love, Sofia

How Minimalist staying with Maximalist under 1 roof 😃

Hi everyone!! Today’s topic is a bit bizarre to discuss, but yet most of times happening and is an issue for minimalist out there, including me 😄

So, we all know how minimalist characters, we love simple things, and keep things that only really means to us. But hey, how bout if you got no choice to live with those who are maximalist? Well…well…well…you are not alone! I’m living with my parents and my mom is maximalist…😀

I should say, it’s kinda depress to see a lot of unwanted stuffs everywhere in the kitchen, in the living room, in the garden, but yet you just can’t throw it out coz it’s not yours and its your mom’s stuff, plus you are staying in their house. You are not…alone…😂 🤪

Well, you actually really can’t do much, but for me, I will take some my little space, in each of corner in the kitchen especially for my own stuff. My mom, not allow for me to have my whole 1 cupboard, but she just allow me put my things in 1 container at the places. You heard me right, its plural ‘places’. She gave me, one corner in the fridge, 1 corner in the spices, at the other corner for my dry ingredients like my takoyaki flour, bonito flakes and other dry stuff, and another corner for my sauces like honey mustard. To be honest with you, it gimme a lot of headache to find my stuff, so I keep some in my own cupboard, in my room. Like a small cupboard pantry 😃

My Small Cupboard Pantry for dry food packets 😃

This is one of the cupboard or some call wardrobe. But, I have 2 wardrobe, well..I’m living in a family whom all members are maximalist, except my dad and me. So yeah, I have 1 big wardrobe, and 1 small wardrobe. So the big one, as you can find in my other post, is solely only for my clothes, handbag, duvet cover and bedsheets, towel and scarf. And another 1 small cupboard, I keep the sort of unwanted stuff that need to sort, like cables, candles, essential oils that Im barely use, projector, gun glue and sort of stuff. So, I keep one rack for my dry food stuff, like coffee, sauces in packet, jelly packet…etc..

Tadaaa…one of the rack is for my dry food stuff

Haha…well, when you got no choice, built choices on your own 😂 so, another thing I have is, a small minifridge under my desk 😂 Yes, you heard it right..under my desk coz I got very limited space in my room. But soon, when my house completed, I will make it as my serum storage 🙂

My Micro Fridge for some drinks and small treats 🥰

Its very tiny fridge, obviously not for meat or vegie 😂 but for a small can or drinks, or some small treats.. should be okay 😊

Okay guys, thats all for today..oh yea..by the way, today is Eid-Adha, wishing all Muslims Happy Eid-Adha ❤

Till then, to be continue. I will show you how to make Homemade Takoyaki at home tomorrow..Wee!!! I love takoyaki, I believe most people love it. See u tomorrow!!

Love, Sofia

Let’s pickup the dumbell, again!!!!! 😅

Hi everyone!! Hope you doing good. Today remarks 1 year since I left gym and exercises. It is just recently, I notice that I need to start pickup up back my dumbell. Yawww!!!😄

Im afraid, if I reach 40 and then been dignosed with diabetes or hypertension. No way!!! Health is treasure! I want it back. 😀Well, when I’m an auditor before, I frequently having migrain and hypertension. So, I left the job coz I don’t feel its worth it coz impacting my health. Yes, Im a health conscious its just a matter of time to exercise and time to prepare food that I’m struggling with now.

Today, I started squeeze in some time, afterwork before the night shower..to pick up my fav dumbell, switch on the utube video and do 20 minutes (no jump, no lunges, no squad exercise-my body is just not ready yet for those, lets start something simple) 😂 To be honest with you, it only last for 15 minutes. But its okay, lets have a 15 minutes consistency rather than nothing, guys!!! 😃😃😃

Well, after being ‘scam’ with the gym trainer , as a minimalist I think the best is to keep motivated and discipline. To start with, you can guy a pair of fav dumbell (as the weight u comfortable with), and yoga mat.Its not that expensive too, medicine was 😉 my fav dumbell was 4lb (~1.8kg) each. I bought a pair 4lbx2dumbell= 8lb (~3.6kg) 🥰

Switch on utube channel, then there u go. Just slot some 1 hour time in your schedule for exercise. I think the best for me is between 6-7pm. I’ll be off at 6pm, then shower at 7pm.

Guys!! Let’s go on healthy way, being healthy is lifestyle, not sometimes but all the times. Let’s start a long healthy lifestyle and maintain our health. The medicine is very expensive nowadays, we shall take care of our health!! 😇

Till then…to be continue….

Love, Sofia

Friyay morning rountine and Learn Trading….😀

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…

Love, Sofia

5 simple routines that you can start to keep clutters away 🥰

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..

Love, Sofia

First step to build a healthy lifestyle ☺

Good morning, everyone!!! 😃

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).

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 😘

Till then, to be continue…

Love, Sofia

How to fold your towel and blanket, neatly

Hey Everyone! Happy Sunday! I wish I’m too late to wish for that. Haha!!

It’s been for over a week, I didn’t post anything here. Because I’m trying to split my page from Minimalist stuff and other stuff. Seems, it’s kind of stuffy here and mix up. I want to declutter my site 😁. So, yeah, feel free to visit my new site – sofiamustaffa.com 🥰

I’m still struggling for my wardrobe, up until today. I should say, it is not fully 100% organize, and I’m still having issue on how to store my towel, blanket, linen sets and also my prayer clothes in a proper and neat way. So, I was googling and found this method, which I found works for the rest of clothes. 1 easy way/method, which works for the rest of clothess..Weeee Yeppie!!~

Check this out, guys!!