How are you? Hope everyone is in good health and conditions.
Since 2018, I’ve started my journey as minimalist. Now, at the end of 2025, I’m heading to back to a basic lifestyle, reducing expenses and living an optimum lifestyle.
I try to make something useful from every container, box, bottle and reuse it for other purposes. One of it was eggs container which I feel is very useful and filled my needs.
Living in a small home in town, had opened my eyes to cut some expenses, and I started from my groceries.
Making a seedling pot from eggs container 🪴
1. Cut into 2 for the normal eggs container and put the cover under the eggs container as per in the photo.2. Make a little hole on each of the bottom for the eggs container as per in the photo above. You can cut a little bit with a scissor/blade and use pencil/chopstick to make a small round hole.3. Put 2/3 of mixed soil into the container like this and put each of the containers with seeds, onions, and ginger (whatever you want). I’m using chilli, tomato, ginger, and garlic as these are normally I use for cooking.4. Then, cover the rest of the container with the same mixed soil and water it.5. This photo is after 5 days I’m watering it. As for now, I can see garlic and tomato started sprouting from the seeds. Can’t wait to see the rest soon 🥰❤️
If you have a landed property, it will be awesome for this activity. Please pray for me to have landed property soon, so I can make more diy project to recycle things I have at my home. 😇
It has a variety of meanings for many people. But for me, money is just a tool to satisfy our needs and wants. My retirement goal is to stay away as far as I can from something that required money. You need to ask yourself, what money can satisfy your needs and wants? To me, my need is food. I don’t buy much clothes. I don’t buy much shoes, or bags. It’s foods, water bill, electricity bills, internet bills and a house I can call a home.
I want to retire earlier than compulsory age. I want to have a living where I don’t need to worry about bills, mortgages, and foods. my focus for retirement is to go back to basic life and needs. I want to be away from massive traffic jammed. I want to be away from toxic circle friends and families. I just want to be alive and enjoying each my day n seconds, glorifying life surrounding me. I had enough of this fake world and getting back to real purpose or living.
I set my target, to retire in the next 10 years, insya Allah.
Olaa!!! Como estás? How are you, guys? Hope you are in a good health!!
Last month I went for a short vacay to Hatyai, Thailand. It’s food heaven 😍 Thinking to repeat it again.
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So… I went alone to Hatyai. I booked a return ticket via online and just trust the flow 😂 Parked my car at TBS (Terminal Bus Station), I think around RM10 per day. The journey was about 7 hours, starts around 10pm, and arrived at the Malaysia border around 6am (KL 7pm)It was a long queue due to Malaysia public holiday, so a lot of Malaysian are going to Thailand for vacation. So, I passed and stamped twice, once at the Malaysia immigrant to check out from the country, and 2nd one was for Thailand immigrant for entrance. You really need to queue twice for the stamping purpose 😃So, I’m meeting my colleague at the Duty Free Zone building, which was located between the Malaysia and Thailand Immigrant station. So as I am done with the Malaysia Immigrant, I walked about 5-10 minutes to Duty Free Zone waiting for my other colleague and our transport Van)Duty Free Zone is located between Malaysia Immigrant station and Thailand Immigrant stationSo, our entrance is Songkla after done with all stamping 😀. Finally 🥰We had our breakfast at the nearby shop. It’s “Roti pisang”. Something like banana crepe with condensed milk. With Ice Tea“Roti Pisang” aka Banana Crepe!! Delicious, eat with condensed milk ❤️She is making the Banana Crepe. Just look around nearby building, I think it’s Fire Station.Not sure what is that, but look so cute. haha!! Banananaananana 🍌So the 1st place we went is Kaysorn Souvenir. To me, it’s not really that cheap. Just normal price. So I don’t buy much here, just few items n chill while drink the Thai Green Tea blended.hurrmmmm…not so nice. I think was about 60baht. not so cheap too. nahh 🙃Okay they have some other stall but I didnt try.The building is nice, I’m just chilling and enjoying the ambiance 😃
Halluuuuuu Everyone!!!! How ya doing?? Hope u are all in a good shape!!
SooOooo it’s our reward days!!! Me with my cousin sister went to an underrated Resort Spa, I guess..because so less people there..but hey…its good for our healing session. Muahahahhaha
Packing my stuff in 1 whole luggage, I actually having interview session, so I bring along my laptop in the luggage 😂
So, I book via travel website, but pay by cash during the check in time. It was smooth as very less people, compared to Bangi Resort Hotel and very professional staff.
It was about 30min from Bangi/Kajang area, and I think around 45min drive from Damansara. I think, because the location is kinda far, and hardly to travel (you require transportation to get to here), probably that makes it less people eventhough its on public holiday. Good for me to heal my soul 😃
So, as I reached there, I don’t need to worry about parking as the parking is super spacious and I think there is place for busses as well. I parked next to the lobby area.
When we reached there, the staff will come to you with some refreshment tea, with soft wet small towel. I got no idea what the towel for, haha. I just took the tea, it was nice but towards the bottom got some spiciness from ginger I guess 😃Oh, if you wanna go breakfast, you can order the buggy car. But we don’t have patience to wait, so we just walk. it’s not that far from the room to the restaurant, probably the buggy car is convenience for those have kids and elderly people, I guess.This is the lobby, it’s traditional decor with nice smell , I think it’s jasmine smell 😋 We be given map for the whole resort too, see how huge the resort was 😃The main reason we book here, is to try their spa. Unfortunately it’s only by book.hahahaha and it’s fully booked. fine 🙂 So, after I checked in (No deposit required, which is good 😃), we bring our car to the room. It’s a huge hotel area with nice and spectacular landscape. So our room is kinda like in a villa building. Not sure, if this is the term people call resort, but I kinda like the concept tho 🥰We booked superior room, because just 2 ladies party. hahahahahaha 😝 The bed is superb comfort. love the mattress so much 🥰Okay, the coffee bar is soo unique. you can close it and open like this. Besides next to the pantry cupboard was a place where u can put ur shoes n jacket. The room has separate wet bathroom and dry bathroom. I love the concept as for ladies, we have a make up area. hahaha. so the right side is actually closet u can open for the both doors.This is the right side of wardrobe, so there is a safety box, that we don’t normally use. hahaha coz afraid we forgot our own password 🤪and also, there is an extra pillow, iron, hair dryer, insect spray, laundry bag and indoor slippers.The toiletries – toothbrush, comb, cap, sanity bag, cottonbud, cotton face, sew kit..I think that’s all.I love the sink, there is a space for soup and love the smart design. I’m in love with the bathroom, but don’t have much time to explore the tub. maybe I will return n exploring the tub. haha. It’s spa concept, totally in love ❤️The shower is absolutely awesome. the water pressure is superb, and it feels like showering in a heavy rain. Absolutely stunning for the washroom 🥰❤️🥰
After check-in, we relax for a while and jump into the pool. Hooyeahhh!!!! Check these out…🥳
This resort is fully landscape and I can see its the mixture of Japanese and Ballinese concept. Breathtaking view for relaxation 😌 There are 3 pools – this is for babies, below photo is for adult and the following photo for kids. It’s kinda deep for adult, up to 5ft. If u see the entrance to the landscape, there are people name. I’m not so sure who are these people 😃 probably someone famous either politician or artist, I guess 🙂There, got waterfall. Sooo relaxing. This is the adult pool 🥰❤️🥰and this is kids pool…so chilling ❤️I think this resort has 3 restaurants – Verandah is the main as the breakfast will be @Verandah restaurant. I’m not so sure this restaurant as it was closed when we came and there is another 1 bar opposite side. There are 2 hammock that u can chill on, but we just put our things on it. lolThis is different pond, no fish inside. kinda like Japanese garden concept. this area got various room for workshop or meeting rooms. Look!! nice landscape 🥰There is also traditional game you can play, just as the receptionist. Not sure tho if required any charges.
Once we done with the pool, we chill for awhile at the room and went out for dinner. Oh! btw the pool open at 8am to 7pm. and the room service available to order before 9.30pm.
So, we are about to go to Volcano Shabu Shabu, the steamboat and grill restaurant, unfortunately only by reservation. Dang!! so we ate next to the restaurant, which is TaeYang Island. Well, it’s not that bad. I ordered Soy Sauce Chicken with Tuna rice ball and my cousin ordered Fried rice Cheese with Chicken Cheese. My portion is small, but her portion is superbig..so we shared. hahahahaha 🤣
Chicken Cheezy..🍗Fried rice covered with Cheese…🧀Soy Sauce chicken, not spicy once. Not bad🍗and I really love this sooo much!!! ❤️ I think it’s mixed with Japenese mayonnaise, seaweed, tuna..taste so good and very filling ❤️🔥💯tadaaa!!!! for 2pax
After we had our dinner, we bought some coffee…Frappuccino Mocha for me and Cafe latte for her.
The next morning, we had breakfast as early as 7am. hahahaha both are morning person. So the breakfast here starts at 7am until 10am @Verandah Restaurant.
The entrance, you just give the receptionist the voucher. Voucher will be given upon check in if you pay with breakfast. I recommend to buy with their breakfast, cozy place for chilling 😎 It’s variety for food, I’m not be able to taste all. So there are fruits, cereal, croissants, cakes & cupcakes, pancake, bread, Malaysian favorite Nasi Lemak, Chicken curry, rendang beef and more. I cant eat all. hahaha Omelette..but no ice cream. it will be better with ice cream, coz I love to eat pancake with ice cream 😃The restaurant ambience 🥰Our breakfast, so there are teh tarik, white coffee , hot chocolate, mocha n black coffee..I took Malay traditional breakfast and she took American breakfast 😃😃😃Juice, pastry and coffee
I think that’s all, after we had breakfast, I had an interview took place in the resort room. hahaha then we just chill, and check out 1 hr early. coz she got something to do. Eventhough we are busy, we try to find time to spend for soul healing. Enjoying ourselves 🥰
It’s just the beginning of Year, but I felt 🤪😵💫 already.
This year, I’m gonna have ZERO expectation and 100% of mind enjoyment, soul therapy and soul healing.
I’m truly exhausted with coming back to office, and trying to find company which gimme some sort peace of mind.
My Aim Target this year is…….to celebrate my own birthday with my ownself!!!! Book a 5 Star hotel room, sending myself whole cake, bouquet of flowers and Floating balloon!!! Who cares!! Nobody did that for me, and I had stopped expecting anyone doing such for me. Well!!!! I will do it myself and celebrating myself. I deserved a princess treat and I will treating myself like a princess on my birthday!!!! HeLLLLL YEAAAAHH!!!
WOMAN out there, stopped expecting if u don’t get a romantic partner. We celebrate ourself like how we want it to be. To those woman who treated them like this, Don’t expose your man as there will be a lot of eyes watching.
HELLLL YEAAHHH! I officially stop expecting from anyone else.
What’s up, uolss? Just wanna throw back last week hi-tea with my family. It was superb, unfortunately I’m unable to try all the food. Ayee ayee!! 🤪 It’s okay, I’m gonna repeat it, but maybe to try on the BBQ dinner, yummy 🤤
Check these out, some photos I managed capture before the crowd 😂🥰
Jingle Jingle Hi-Tea..muahahaha..I just give it a nickname..lol. So, it was slightly higher price then the normal hi-tea at the Icity Hotel. For senior citizen, was charged as per adult coz its kinda promo stuff. 🤪
Here are some photos..I just took dessert table, the main course I forgot to snap..hahahahaha..so for the main dish they have lamb, salmon, calamari, prawn, BBQ chicken..and a lot more..I didn’t manage to taste all..too many options 🤪🤪
the jingle Jingle dessert 🌲☃️Ginger bread man So cute 🥰FruitsDessert..I didn’t manage to taste this, as I’m full already..ayeeDessert HeavenTurkey..I didn’t get a chance as I’m totally full for this 🫠BreadIce cream…also didn’t manage to eat 🥲 too full with lamb n calamariDrinks sectionI took lamb, calamari, salmon…so sad, I’m too full coz of the early breakfast I had. The hotel breakfast has varieties options, too. My desserts..super delicious 🥰This is the most delicious. orange taste with apple crumble. super delicious, the problem with me is I’m still full coz of earlier breakfast I had..the hotel breakfast buffet. If u come here, make sure ur tummy is empty, if not gonna waste that cant taste all the food. ayeeLovely, I’m gonna repeat again, but definitely this time with totally empty tummy. 😝Ice cream..not mine..
aiyoo aiyooo….Im gonna repeat but maybe to try their BBQ dinner.
If you came to the hotel and slept over, u will be entitled complimentary to their 20% discount. I think the price is reasonable compared to other hotels. and soooo many varieties of food and mouth watering 🤤
Alhamdulillah, we had passed throughout all the rough years.
In 2023, none of my goals had achieved, my wish for 2024 is to achieve at least 5 of my previous goals 😃😃
I still remember the day when I went through this, and Alhamdulillah, all my prayers were answered. 🤲
My New Resolutions:
Since my previous year had “successfully” failed to fulfill the goals, this year I listed fewer goals and hope can achieve it. insya Allah.
I started my 2024 goals by aiming max 5 points for this year 😃:
1. Having A Healthy Lifestyle
It’s been very busy years back in 2022 and 2023. This year, I wanna be healthier in terms of physical and mental health. I’m trying to prioritize my own health, the most crucial and important thing is to do. I’d signed up for a gym membership and about to start on 15 January.
My wish is to be committed to going to the gym and control on food intake. Let’s hope this to be happened and keep it consistent throughout this year.
2. Pick Up My Golds from Bank
Last year, I’ve spending some money to buy gold jewelry and put it in the bank. This year, I’m gonna stop buying and just take my jewelry from the bank. Our gov had raised tax % by 2% and gonna implement taxes on gold jewelry. Thus, I bought most in last year, and this year, I will be more focused on taking back all the jewelries. I wanna thank this for my fiancé, as he is the only person who supports me to buy and collect gold after my trauma from my previous relationship. 🥰
3. Take BA Foundation cert
This cert has been pending quite a long period. I wanna pursue this for this year and take the exam. I always feel nervous about taking an exam. I hope I will find strength to take the exam and pass with flying colors. insya Allah ❤️
4. Cut Off more Debt
This year, I wanna cut off credit card debt. It’s been years paying for credit cards, and I hope I can zerorise the credit card.
5. Declutters Wardrobe
I already started this yesterday and am feeling kinda happy with the outcomes. I think I might need another 1 round of cleanup, and then I will be good about it. I love empty spaces, and it makes me feel relaxed 😃
Hi everyone and Salam Maulidur Rasul to all Muslims. How are you today? Hope you are well and blessed.
Just want to share one of my addiction now, which is a factor on how do I shift from negative cashflow to positive cashflow.
Previously, I’ve been so demotivated on workload etc of my surroundings. I try to find something that I love to do, which is valuable for future.
So, it happened from my sister and my mom influence on buying golds. The main support comes from my dearest person who always gimme moral supports and motivation to make gold collection.
I found adorable Pandora beads online, Starbucks 916 gold which is my fav one. 🥰
I think I’m gonna start coffee and food collection since I love coffee and Im foodie… hahaha!! 😃😂
This month, I managed to buy 2 sizes starbuck beads- Venti & Grande. I’ve seen Coffee Grinder Gold Beads before, and I wanna find it for my next month budget. Just to add-on to my Coffee & Food collection. Other than those, I managed to buy necklace with Hermes Beads. Yeaahhh!!! ❤🌹🔥
Can’t wait for my next adventure…looking forward for more cute 916 gold Pandora beads for future..weee!!! 🥰
Look how cute the box is!!! It’s original boxes when I bought it. So, presentable and lovely. ❤Zoom in 🧐My 2nd necklace..hehehe..I love to stack my necklace, bangle and bracelet with different designs. 🥰Yay!!! Managed to get it during Maulidur Rasul promotion today. Soo lovely ❤Previously I got Hermes beads , 999. This time I bought 916. To be honest, favorable for me is 916, coz 999 is too soft and can bend easily.Tadaaaa!!!!
Heheheehe..thats all for this month…lets see what we will have for next month. I hope I can find the coffee grinder ❤🥰❤
Just to share my experience healing after ups & down working crazily. hahaha…
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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 🥰❤🥰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!! 😃😃😃There is some info regarding the fish naming..I dont bother those..lolThe 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..lolSo, 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!! LOLOkay, 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 niceI 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..
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. 😃
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 😀
So, check these out the differences before I took over and after I took over the house 😃🥰😃
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..🥰❤🥰
Now, let’s see the dining area…🥰
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 😃
Some other things I snap photo before I went back home, last Saturday 😃🥰😃
I still need 2 more curtains..lolThe 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..LOLTadaa ❤❤❤
Okay, I will snap some photos later, after the rest pending things complete.
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