Still having trouble trying to decide what to buy for Stay as 见面礼… I intend to get the same Mer Mer Merlion plush for him, and then I also got a bookmark (which I got for 小黑）for him too. But that doesn’t seem quite enough! What else can I buy…
*tears hair
Maybe I can get him a Singlish handbook? That’d be quite fun. Or maybe I should head to the National Museum again to see what I can grab from the souvenir shop there…
Let me check if I can browse anything online first…
I really should ought to start writing more often.
Let’s do a recap. This year thus far:
Feb-26
飞叔, an online friend whom I befriended over Simple flew over to Singapore from China specially to meet up with me, 拨片儿 and Leno for the weekend. I took leave and went to the airport to 接机 and brought him around SG on Friday and Saturday, before leaving him in 拨片儿’s hands on Sunday, and again accompany him on Monday before sending him off to the airport. How should I put it… I met all 3 of them for the first time, and it was a rather nice experience. I don’t like meeting new people, but I’m happy befriending them. I paid for his hotel accommodation, and for most of his expenses in Singapore too, even lending him a credit card for him to use in the event he encountered any shops here that doesn’t accept WeChat Pay or Alipay. Let’s just say he’s a trustworthy person. This time my gut instinct is right!
He was very grateful for all the things I did, and he kept nagging me to let him know when I’m visiting China so that he can be the host this round. I told him sure thing.. but honestly I don’t think I’ll trouble him when I do. :x
After CNY this year, I went to Yokohama specially just for EVA 30th Anniversary, LOL. I’m actually not a fan (still not a fan even after attending the event), but Wayne is a huge fan, and it’s an excuse for me to go Japan (again), so I said hey, I’ll accompany you – let’s go together. So we went to Japan over the weekend just to attend the anniversary event lol. Took a lot of photos – but I’m not too sure if I’d ever update my travel website… maybe I will. Will see. Recently it seems like I’m back into writing/sharing mode.
Apr-26
浩宇(Stay) realised that I watch Dota2 tournaments, and was so excited because he loved watching Dota2 esports too and couldn’t find anyone to watch together. So we ended up in Simple’s 语音房 and conversed/discussed about the games there while watching the live games on our own devices. It was quite fun – he’s a veteran player so he would be there telling me what’s happening in the game, what the players were doing, how’s the game going etc. We then said let’s go to TI together, since this year’s TI is in Shanghai.
Jun-26
I got the TI tickets. Stay didn’t. Ahhhhhhh!!!!! LOL
Like dammmmnnnn. Sigh. Oh well. I’ll still fly to Shanghai and attend the TI on my own. 4 days alone in the stadium… it’s fine. I’m perfectly comfortable being along anyway, and there are the games there to accompany me. Just hope the crowd won’t be too rowdy or smelly, and I can enjoy my games!
Jul-26
Yay, Fyro finally released their Citta backpack, and I got the 18L one! It looks exactly like Fyro Levo (which I have the 30L version), so it’s like having the same series bags! I like it… can self stand like a champ, is comfortable when having it on my shoulders. It aligns with my torso/frame very well, so it doesn’t rub against my back and thus didn’t cause any pilling on my tees. Absolutely happy with it!
Gonna purchase Panasonic Lumix TZ300 from Taobao as well end of this month (will get it delivered to Stay, who will then pass it to me in Shanghai). Yes, I’m finally going back to compact cameras… I’m sick and tired of Apple’s 5x zoom. I want my ultrazoom pics, dammit!
Upcoming plans:
Aug-26: To fly to Shanghai and attend TI. Stay says he will fly to Shanghai from Xi’An to meet me and bring me around Shanghai before TI starts on Thursday. Let’s hope this does happen! I also have to meet up with 彬仔 (also from Simple) to pass him the Fyro backpack that he sends to me first, for me to bring over to Shanghai for him.
Oct-26: To purchase the new iPhone 18 Pro and pass my iPhone 16 Pro Max to my mom. I need to swap telco for her, and also to get esim for her too, so that when she travels to China next Feb, I can install a travel esim for her.
Nov-26: My Japan trip! This time I’m going with Bruno – he finally saved some money for the trip lol.
I’m still deciding where to go next year end. Should I head to Prague? Or back to Japan? Or should I start travelling to China?
I guess I’m holding back most of the planning because I want to see if I like China or not. If the experience isn’t too bad, I guess I may be inclined to visit other Chinese cities… and if I click well with Stay (and if he’s still single), we could meet up in China’s other cities to travel together too. Well, we’ll see how the August TI trip goes. I don’t think he’ll stay single for long though. :)
For the first time in my life, I’m gonna highlight my hair! In red!
Can’t wait for next month’s appointment with Jason to be here ~
Everything seems smooth, very minimal hiccups. Gladys was hospitalised on the 1st, but she still managed to get all her work done. Kudos to her.
This year I’m being tasked with learning how to do consolidated FS. I’m apprehensive, but I understand that’s how Van wants to elevate me. I’m not looking forward to doing it, but I will still try my best to learn. I’m sure everything will be fine once I grasp the ropes.
I’ve been using Simple app for the past year, and to be honest I’m rather happy with it as a social app. Got to know a lot of young people from China there, and heard different dialects, listened to many of their struggles and stories… and I might even be meeting up with some of them later this year. Not too sure what to think about that… guess I’m a little excited, but at the same time I’m a little worried that they are expecting to see a well groomed professional… when I’m in fact just a regular 大妈 lol. Oh well…
The meet-ups might not turn out well, but… we’ll see.
Can’t believe I’ve neglected this blog for so long.
Many things have happened. There’s many things I wish to write, but now lazy to write. LOL.
But let’s hope I’ll be more active here in 2026!
Happy New Year!
Well.
Well, well, well.
First post in 2025, after Q1 is almost over, lol.
Ummmm, quite a lot of stuff happened.
First, I was diagnosed with extremely severe iron deficiency in end-Dec 2024. But hey, after 3 months of intaking Maltofer (2x100mg tablets a day), my iron and haemoglobin level shot back up to normal and GP told me to stop taking the supplements. I’m due for another blood test in 5 months’ time, so hopefully all’s still well by then.
I initially had created a travel journal specially for my Japan trips, but I realised it was very quickly busting my sanity-asylum bandwidth. So I migrated all of them into Google Docs, and deleted the entire sub-domain. Will I create another one under a new domain/WordPress site hosted somewhere else? Maybe… we’ll see how it goes. I’m also not a fan of inviting people to view that trip journal since it shares the same domain name as my blog, which I deemed to be very personal… hence that’s another factor why I removed the site.
Work-wise, I’m starting to feel a little detached… there’s some restructuring going on and honestly I’m not feeling too good about all that. But I’m happy that someone will be taking the lead pertaining to the changes for most part – at least I don’t need to feel too anxious about all the upcoming changes.
Still thinking about getting a separate trip journal up. Hmmm…
其实也没啥总结的。今年中旬感觉日子好漫长，但到了年末感觉一眨眼就要迈入新的一年了。
今年在工作上还算挺顺利，希望明年一样顺顺利利！
今年测出我严重低铁，红血球偏低，不过已经在吃铁片了，希望明年能稍微改善状况吧~ 真的要感谢12月初的高烧，不然没做blood test都不会发现我铁严重缺失呢~
妈妈年纪大了，但还是能自由活动，只是不像年轻时那么有活力。不过我妈现在身心还比以前健康呢！这是好事~ 希望妈妈明年也健健康康的！
旅游方面呢，今年去了两次日本，2月一次，12月一次。12月那次还去了很多新的地方，开心！Travel blog还没更新呢，这几天忙着关账。希望接下来有时间写吧~ 明年已经买了4月往返东京的票，11月往返大阪的票也买了！4月是自己去东京看花，11月是跟叶伟去关西玩。也不知道他买票了没… *扶额*
储蓄方面也慢慢在增长，毕竟我除了出国旅游以外，没什么大手大脚的花钱。明年希望能继续保持良好的储蓄习惯！
周深明年世巡呢！我是希望能抢到悉尼的票吧！然后去悉尼个4-5天… 看到时运气如何吧~
嗯，2024年就这样！希望2025年大家都更顺利! <3
🥲
Took leave today – well just for the sake of clearing leave. But I realised I’ve not been spending much time with my mom outside of our time spent at home, hence we decided to go out and lunch together.
I took her to Kai Garden, a restaurant which she had never tried before. I went there once with my colleagues, but I had never looked at the menu when I was there. I know it’s expensive, but damn I didn’t know it’s SO expensive. Hahaha I felt a bit bad hence I told her it’ll be my treat. I’m happy that she liked all the dimsum that I ordered though! It’s definitely worth the $101, since it’s damn hard to find food that she actually likes. :D
I honestly can’t say which is nicer – everything taste good!
又大一岁啦~
知道自己已经是大妈年龄了，但怎么有时还是觉得自己心态挺年轻的呢？哈哈哈哈哈哈哈！
没蜡烛吹，所以就没许愿望，就在这里祝自己每天都能开开心心吧~