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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

Do it myself….Mahendi 😄

Hehe…hellooOooOooooOoooo…how are you?

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..LOL

Tadaaaaa….overall view..well..not bad…not bad at all

Its 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….

Love, Sofia

Sweet Escape to….a 5 star hotel….Pullman Hotel @KL 🥰

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 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 etc

Here 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 sugar

Available, 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.

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 detail

Shower-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 😅

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 🥰

Till then, to be continue…..

Love, Sofia

Goodbye Zurich Insurance..till we meet again…🥲

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 😂

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…😴😴😴

Love, Sofia

I’m debt free!!!!!!! Way to go…minimalism 😍

Hey!! You guys!!! I’m finally debt free with some extra 35% of my salary to save and invest on. Wow!! It’s a great achievement so far and the best thing happened to me. Alhamdulillah. 🥰

Minimalism somehow helping me a lot in my real life, in term of financial, relationship, space, happiness, spirit etc.

Minimalist to me means, you only do, what you think the best for yourself, and leave those unnecessary stress. Think wisely, before you act. Giving example, when you want to go shopping, you need to think if it’s really needed or just something you want? What your priority is?

In term of relationship, what you can do is to think what things that can give you happiness? Is this relationship trouble you, or makes you happy? You can measure it by how much you laugh and how much you cry. If you have been cried a lot, then you should move on from the toxic relationship. If it makes you laugh a lot, then you should stay and enjoy the relationship.

Same goes for financial. You gotta audit your credit. What things are your assets and what things are your liabilities? Minimizing your liabilities by limiting your commitment. Giving example, I had settled my car loan, and at same time, I had my raised 30%? You need to look forward your priority. Does your car giving you headache by repairing all the time, or your car just fine and running well? If it’s running just fine, then you shouldn’t think on spending your raised in that unnecesary commitment. Most people will simply upgrading their car when they had some raise/increment. This is really not necessary most of the times.

In term of groceries, is the best to have groceries checklist. But, I believe most of us just too busy with our daily routine and don’t have much time to make the list. Then, you should buy things which is your priority, the one you needed and left behind what you want. At times, it is very hard to decide. Well, my kind of minimalism is my happiness is my top priority. Giving you some example of my current situation. I’m living with my parents house and we have lots…of cusion. I love boho kind of cushion, I did bought but limitted to only 3 instead of 11 cushion that I put in my cart. So those what I want, I limit it and cut it..by buying only 3 and it perfectly suit my bed 🥰

So long, that’s all for now guys..

To be continue..

Love, Sofia

My ‘me time’ – fast furious diy basket’s lid 😂

Hello!!! HellOoooooOoo…hello!! Everybody! How are you? Today, I got a lil time for myself..so I made some diy items.

My room is super duper dusty lately. I’d bought dust mite vacuum, but unfortunately the parcel was lost during shipping. I bought it again, and hoping it won’t lost again.

Because of my room sooo dusty, so I was thinking to cover up all my baskets. You really can’t see with your eyes the dust on fabric, but its there 🥲

So I do some research on how to diy it by using recycle things I have now – boxes.

Things you need to make this lid are:

1. Scissor or cutter

2. Glue gun

3. Marker pen.

4. Ruler.

5. Big empty box.

6. Wrapper paper.

7. 10mm jute – optional

DIY basket’s lid 😃🥰

1. Make a measurement of the existing box. Well, u can measure using the ruler, but I prefer easier way. Just put the basket like this on the box, then line it 😂

2. Then, u make a straigh line with all points with thicker marker pen.

I make few points on the box, then straight it with ruler and thick marker pen.

3. Cut all the lines!! I cut it with blade first, then cut it with scissor because the box is soo thick 😀

4. After cut all the lines, I glue the lid with glue gun. U need to wait for quite some times before applying the glue, to ensure the glue is smooth, coz we want a smooth surface for the glue. Until, its liquid state, then only u apply it on the box. Or else, it will easily tearoff and not glue properly 🙂

Cut the lines, and glue all the edges, make a rectangle lid.

5. Once u can see the lid shape, wrap all way with wrapping paper. I prefer use whatever I have now. U can do ur own creativity to decor your box.

Glue all the wrapping paper using glue gun 😁

6. I glue it all the way. At the both ends of the box, there are some extra paper. So I fold it and glue nicely.

And…fold like this…i glue the end and glue it all the way…hahaha. Im glue here…glue there..glue here..glue there and glue all the way…haha..gluing while singing the song!! 😂

7. Tadaa!!! My box’s lid is DONE!!! Just a finish touch up to make it a smooth finished product, I glued jute rope at the edge of the box.

Tadaaa!! Okay, u need a lot of patience when gluing this. U can’t do it fast, because it will smear or glue wont stick longer. U need to do it, slow and steady..then u will have a smooth nicely glued jute rope 🥰

8. ALL DONE!!! 😍 My basket is a flexi material. I can bend it to fit the lid 😂😂 Doesn’t fit? Just make it fit right there by force 😆

Jeng jeng!!! The finished product is here. Now dust can’t easily go into my things in that basket..hahahaha. Problem solved 😆

Till then…..to be continue…

Love, Sofia

Valentine’s Day?! 🤔

Hello Everyone..How are you? Hope you doing well. So, what’s ur plan for Valentine’s day?

I don’t have much plan for my Valentine’s..just spending sometime with my Bettas and my dead aquascape. Sigh!

I’ve been looking at my mini-aquarium, and found all my female bettas in this position. Idk what is wrong with them. I guess they were feel bored, so I try to change their home again, back to the original place.

Look at that!! They act so weird..but they seem so close to each other. I guess, Female Felo Betta goes well with other Bettas. Candy Betta (Centre) kinda wild compared to Felo Betta. Well, I shall say my Felo Betta is kinda tame, but very sensitive towards water condition.

I put them back into their original home. The Redish and Blusih guys were in separate container.

My Aquascape gone…after I’m adding more aqua plants. I guess, the light is too little for them. So, I re-do my aquascape, by putting 3 different seeds. 😃

Bought some snacks for Netflix day….half day gone for netflix and snacks 😆

A simple dinner…instand noodle, eggs, sausage and chilli flakes. Happy Valentine’s day for myself😃

Till then, see you next time..

Love, Sofia

Hey…..psstt…pssttt ☺

Hey everyone…it’s been awhile not updating my blog. Apologize for that, coz busy helping my project manager in some deployment.

So hey, how are you guys? Hope everyone safe from Covid-19. How’s the cases in your country? It’s getting higher here in Malaysia, for the trend of new Covid-19 cases, Omicron. So, we just have to “Kita jaga kita”. Its a slogan been used in Malaysia as translated in english “We took care ourself”. So, everyone, stay safe and don’t forget to wash hands, sanitize accordingly and stay healthy ok? 😉

I’d experiment something today. I’d slept so early last night, and woke up so early today. Im feeling so fresh! I think I just want to change slightly of my routine habits, to sleep early and wake up early. I slept at 9.30pm, and woke up at 5.00am. I think it’s a perfect sleeping time for me. So, you got to explore and experiment yourself, which is works for your own body.

I try to change little by little towards minimalist lifestyle. I don’t go for drastic, my body and my mind just can’t accept drastic impact. I need to move slow. Starts by, arranging my wardrobe and now..chanhing my sleeping time. Normally, i will sleep at 11,12 sometimes 1am, wokeup at 6 something in morning and i feel exhausted. I try something new today..sleep at 9.30pm and wake up at 5.00am. It looks okay, lets see for several months if there is any improvement in my living quality.

Just a lil planning, to have some morning walk over the weekend. Let’s start next week or perhaps tomorrow…just to maintain the energy level 😃

Okay guys, thats all for today. Will post what I’ve done for past few weeks to minimize my wardrobe and keep it minimalized.

Till then…to be continue…

Love, Sofia