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Waiting …

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This mode is called stingy. Or kedekut we call it in Malay. If I put it nicely it’s more like delayed gratification. I have yet to spend a dime for my 2016 planner. Still waiting for the official ministry planner to be handed out by the boss. Skali tak dapat.. ha ha ha.. I want to see how ugly functional it is before I decide on getting my own planner. I mean I loved my previous one, I don’t understand why they should gather bad taste in a year.

In the meantime, I’ll just doodle the remaining pages of my 2015 with resolutions. And wait for my parcel from Paperdorable. I just bought one of its Blind Faith Silver Bundle packages. Can’t wait to see what is inside.

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Often the advice is to limit your goals and to be precise. Make an outline. A deadline. You’re not doing a grocery list ‘experts say’. I don’t see any right or wrong way of doing it. You want to kick off a new habit everyday? Go ahead – call it ‘a new habit everyday resolution’. You want to produce an album in a year? Go ahead – sing your song.

I have not made weight loss a priority in 2016. Who knows I might unintentionally lose some when I don’t think too much about it. I wish..pffft. Plus – I have quite a lot on my little plate for next year. Things relating to personal growth, family ties, money, writing and feelings.

They say successful people wear the same outfit everyday. I think I shall start with that. It’s going to be Wednesday everyday people.

With a tinge of colour for the headscarf. HIhihihi..

Parcel ‘kasih sayang’ for the girls …

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The December/New Year edition of my personalised parcel ‘kasih sayang’.

EE sends his love to all his aunties..

.. because in the midst of being a wife and a mother, we sometimes forget that we are women of our own. We have our own ambitions, desires and needs. That sometimes you just need your girl-friends to tell you to hold on, or go for it, or hey.. whatever it is, I will always be here for you and your kids should they need me when you’re not around …

This activity of sending parcels to my girl-friends have been around since I was in medical school. I don’t do it that often – just at times if say, I saw a beautiful scarf or book and cookies. It’s my way of sharing my joy or the recent happenings in my life.

Of course, everytime I go to the post office the people at the counter would question me about Poslaju and what’s in the package – they keep thinking that I have an online business.  For God’s sake, I just want to send this beautiful package to my good friends. Have you guys forgotten how nice it is to receive goodies from a friend?

In my recent pack I have given them a shawl, a pair of hand socks from Kulsocs, some lollipops, a du’a card, an organ donation information card (lol), bookmark, my syok sendiri blog card and of course lots of invisible love and kisses floating in the envelope.

Now that I know the minimum postage to send a parcel via snail mail is MYR 4.00 I am considering making a New Year Surprise Package at say a flat price of RM15? Ha ha.. I wonder if anybody would be interested – especially from the local planner addicts society. Hmmm.. just let me sit on the idea for a minute.

My Recipe book – adorned with washi and stickers

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I tell my friends all the time – I CANNOT COOK. But they never seem to believe me. Only Mr Husband does. Ha ha ha. This is my personal recipe book – it is divided into 3 sections so far

  • Western
  • Asian
  • Drinks/diet/food thought

At the back cover, there’s a small envelope for me to store inserts or recipe sheets that I can’t quite paste on the pages. In this book, I keep recipes handed down by my mother, my colleagues at work or modified recipes I pick and mix online. For instance, if I could substitute fresh fish with canned ones – in the book it goes! 😛

Part of my resolution for 2016 is to learn more about Bento. And of course learn more simple recipes.

dah buat tapi tak jadi plak...

bread lasagna

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Its happening this weekend ; our Carboot sale

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Crossing my fingers that it would not rain, as my sister and I have been putting in quite an effort for the event this weekend.

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CARBOOT SALES BSP

 SUNDAY, 6th DECEMBER 2015

TIME : 7am – 12 noon

VENUE : PETRONAS BSP (bandar saujana putra)

I am selling my pre-loved clothes from zaman2 kurus and muda remaja – when K-POp was a craze. All those cute frilly T-shirt and dresses are to go for a flat price of RM5. My sister is also selling her kurus clothes and as for Father, he is also selling off his necktie at RM7 each.

On top of that, since I am a planner junkie despite a creativity level of ZERO – I am also selling all the cute stickers, stationaries and other kawaii stuff that I bought in bulk. Sometimes I only wanted a set but it was tempting to get more in bulk for cheaper shipping rates. so kita juallah ..

We are doing this to collect funds for personal purposes. My sister wants to buy a new breast pump. Father just wants extra pocket money since he is a pensioner already. As for myself, this would be a great try-out in the art of buying and selling on top of filling up my Tabung Minci for charitable purposes.

Here goes the pictures;

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A variety of rulers, stamps (camera print) & magic towel. The latter will be selling at 50 cents each.

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Bookmarks, Eraser and Clips

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Stickers for planners : Price range : RM5 – RM 10

 

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Washi : Price range RM5 – RM 7

 

Then comes the more beautiful things : Compact mirrors suitable for gifts.

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The ballerina

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Budget mirrors & oriental themed ones

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Bronze mirrors

 

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Laminated freebies – as a thank you note

None of these are available for online purchases. Why not spend sometime outside instead with the family and grab some deals at a good price. Its Carboot for goodness sake.

 

Picking up a hobby

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We pick up hobbies to fill a void. I am not an Art -streamed student to start with. I can’t even tell my left from my right in a split second. Often I make my referrals sound silly on paper as I could not properly describe the patient’s fracture is on his left or right.

Although I have the inability to draw a proper cat – I still find that I love collecting things for my so called scrapbooking and journalling. We will be celebrating 2016 in less than 8 weeks and I am psyched. Despite not using the more contemporary options of planners from Erin Condren or Filofax – I still adore them all the same. I am perhaps more keen in transforming the boring, less classy, bulky KKM journal into an eye candy. Gotta love makeovers.

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Now that Mr Husband is occupied with his studies – I am free to sepah2 kan the living room with my craft stuff, print miscellaneous items, laminate nonsense quotes and so on.

Recently I bought some stickers online and macam biasalah.. it gets cheaper if you buy it in bulk. Gosh I wish in Malacca they have a pretty stationary store with a cafe in it. Like.. heaven! Or let’s just open one? Investors? ha ha.. something along the lines of Stickerrific? Then we can be planner buddies… ngeeee..

I used to read as hobby – fiction stuff like magic, thrillers and occasionally chick-lit stories. Perhaps I shall reinforce on that especially as of yesterday I have just stumbled upon the FUNKO POP figurines. It would look good on my bookshelf you know. Whylah USD still mahal.. I have to now wait till it gets relatively cheaper to get one online. The exchange rate of RM to USD is simply horrendous right now.

Many years ago I was into Postcrossing – where you send postcards to random people around the world. That hobby did not last long as I was too lazy to walk to the post office and mail it. But I did manage to send and receive 4 postcards from Evora, Groningen, Friesland & Berlin respectively. I just had them laminated. :p

Anyway, my sister and I have found a common interest to pursue next month. Let’s hope the preparation is going well so I could spill the beans soon.