Something new to try.

Just do it?

AIYO.

You see, I was supposed to take baby steps to once again be "healthy & fit" and also to simply keep myself in check. And by keeping myself in check, I meant to actually do the 30-toilet-squats-daily and on-the-bed-leg-lifts but I haven't been doing so! Not forgetting the fact that I have been skipping religiously massaging coconut oil on my legs to help keep it moisturized as well as help with those annoying scars that I seem to perpetually have. -_-

Okay okay part 2 of Vietnam in Mui Ne coming soon!

Day 1 in Ho Chi Minh City

#1 reason why I'm writing these post down is because I miss traveling so much. I would totally have gone somewhere if I actually had nothing to care about but with the recent things happening at home, I'm left with no choice but to prioritize. Not that I'm feeling sore about it but I choose and have to believe that "God have better plans". Though.. I kinda keep asking god whyyyyy la he keeps testing me in this way. Like hello, just let my solo travel plan happen can anot ah? Give me your blessings lei. Hahahahaha. Okay okay, enough of these talks. Pictures and some captions, if I'm not lazy to further elaborate on my itinerary etc. Ahhh this is like a refresher of Day 1 in Ho Chi Minh City...

Because it's close to the end of the year, I can't remember what time exactly we reached but what I do remember is that the minute we touched down, we got into a metered cab and went straight to our first night's accommodation - Kaiteki Capsule Hotel. It was our first time experiencing in such a stay and was pretty "fascinated" at how everything worked in there. We were each given a capsule to sleep in, a password key for our lock which we store our haversack, clean towel and a small bucket for us to put our toiletries that was never used. I'll explain that later... But you guys need to know that I would stay again in this hotel should this be a one night stay in because it's very clean and the whole process was simple, staff tried their best and the people in there are all very easy going. 

It was already past lunch time and we were both very very very hungry and tryna looks for halal food when you're at a non-halal district was not thatttt easy. On second thoughts, it's not that difficult. We were just picky hahahahhaa. But I'm glad we were picky because this restaurant - Baba's Kitchen, that we settled for, was AWESOME. I love it!! And the fact that I'm typing these down, makes me stomach grumble. Or maybe it's close to myyyy lunch time at work la hahahaha.

  Yes it's non other than Indian food and NO REGRETS. I'd give a 10 out of 10 for the Fish Malabar and the service rendered was even better. Heck, I'd give 100/100 for all the food what we chose on the menu. The second photo you see is some kind of a dessert and it was given out for free because they simply wanted us to give it a try. Verdict: Not bad at all! Sweet yet savoury at the same time. I forgot what it's called but the taste was nutty and significant. It was served hot as well! We were lucky that the owner was in and he kindly explained that the spices they got are all from India. Ahhh anything authentic are always a hit.

Thereafter, we went to the The Sinh Tourist which was recommended by Tripadvisor (of course righttt) Ps: Please just get your bookings done there and not online. You'll save a hell lot of money. Back to the story, we thought we were at the wrong street but damnn it was just in front of us and we couldn't see it! Even got "scolded" when we asked an auntie on the streets to direct us to the sop number hahahahaa. Anyway started to book the things we would like to experience while in Vietnam. Because we had no time for the Mekong River, we settled for Cu Ci Tunnel and learnt a lotttt about what happened during the Vietnam war. Our guide spoke good English, our van was clean but the only thing we didn't enjoy was how loud the American boys were. Eg: They could talk for hours in the mini van with almost no break in between. Merepek dan memekak. Ikotkan hati, nak suroh diam aje but too bad, they are so strong in numbers. -_- 

We are actually exhausted because omgggg the 100m crawl, slide and climb plus the additional 3m deep down in the tunnel sure as hell turn our legs to jelly. But it was nice when we got to eat the ubi (pardon me, but I can't recall what it is in English!!) and we dip it in this sugar peanuts thingy for some flavour. It was nice. I mean.. If you're hungry, everything's nice right? HAHA.

Oh yes, earlier I mentioned that I'll explain to you why the bucket that was given to us to put our toiletries weren't use. This was why - NO WATER IN THE CAPSULE HOTEL. Yupp I kid you not. They said there was some kinda trouble trying to pump water up to the all the floors and there were some who left the hotel, asking for refunds and moved to a different hotel. Us? We thought the problem would be rectified when we came back at night, at about 10pm. But nooooo there was none. Imagine us sweaty, probably smelly and disgusted with ourselves. Like helloooo, Cu Ci Tunnel ain't exactly a breeze in the park okay. Sooooooooo, we ended up knocking at different massage and spa places asking if we could use their toilet to shower. HAHAHAHA. Thank god some kind soul allowed us to do so but as long as we took up their massage services. By the time we were done, it was close to 1am? Idk, it was just really quiet and pretty scary because by then there was almost no more tourists and we two girls had to walkkk back to the hotel.

But you know, doing something out of the ordinary is always f-u-n.

NEXT MORNING, WATER WAS AVAILABLE BUT WE DID NOT SHOWER BECAUSE WE DID NOT FACTOR TIME FOR IT. JUST BRUSHED TEETH, CLEANSE OUR FACES AND STRAIGHT TO MEETING POINT FOR OUR SLEEPER BUS. YES, IN OUR PJS. HEHEEHEHE SO NICEEE. #dontbejudgemental

Maybe I'm just extra sensitive.

Recently, I've kinda made a mental decision to simply slowly, avoid things or people that no longer serves a purpose in my life. It may sound a little harsh but it's just that I feel some efforts are not worth putting into when they don't reciprocate. For example, when the person comes to you when they are bored and have nobody to texts or when the person comes to you when they need something. But aside from that, they don't bother texting whatsoever. They talk about themselves and only themselves. They don't bother asking how you've been and etc. I do know that from the bottom of my heart that I'll do a rain check every now and then. But of course, everything will have to work both way but when it doesn't', that's when you know that you have to take a step back.

I have to admit though that I've haven't been very specific in my prayers and I shall do so when I'm done with this month's torturous week aka menses cramps. On top of that, besides being a self-proclaimed goal digger/high achiever.. I need to put in more effort in everything single thing that I do. First and foremost, it shall begin with doing my daily reading because I'm starting to get a lil nervous on handling two modules this trimester and there's no way I can afford to repeat module. Secondly, I will and must do 30 squats + 30 leg raise every other day. Squats in the shower and leg raise before bedtime. Let's see if I can stick to this for a month. Will update you loves!

Third trimester of 2016 (nope, not pregnant.. yet)

Oh yes, here I am, back to business, blogging business. HAHA. Anywayyyy I'm doing a module called Chinese Business this semester and omgggg as much as it was interesting, I almost died in the class because it was dry?

I don't know how to explain it but there was just so many things to learn and to read up on. Please note that I had zero knowledge about Chinese culture and history. The only thing I probably know is that they get red packets with losta 000s at the end of CNY, the PRCs speaks like as if they are shouting and some do not shower in the morning. Pffttt if you take the public transport like me, you'll totally understand. *fist bump*

The point is... I NEED TO START READING ON MARXISM, MAOISM AND omg another one I forgot what. Didn't write it down because I didn't bring a pen on my first class of the semester. Yeah, way to go Shiqin! That being said, I made use of technology. I simply type down whatever I thought was important. Like, to have Mutton Soup at Adam's Road, or settle for Beef Bak Ku Teh at Gombak because it's just a stone away from home. Of course, the latter wins. It was past 11pm mind you. Me no energy.

Update: OKAY, I REMEMBERED THE THIRD POINT. IT'S CALLED GUANXI.

So old. So so old...

Omg I cannot believe this place still exists. It's been way too long and I'm unsure if I should even continue writing but I can't keep on writing on Windows 10 notepad and delete them at the end of the day right? Some things, feelings or emotions, goals and whatnot, have to be written somewhere for erm.. Memories sake? Yeah.

I'm not too sure how long this whole writing or blogging, you may say, is gonna last. But I'll update when I update. Would be lying if I say I don't have the time because I kinda always do. It's quite a chill-out period at work because we justtt finished a huge ass Istana event which involves the UN Secretary General. And I'm almost done with my pathetic 2 weeks of school break. I mean really, I didn't even get to go to USS!! Ps: Zaki and I are officially season pass holders a few months back. I got the free passes from work and just had to top up $20+ for a 6months pass. Too good of a deal to say no.

Damnnn I really gotta drag my other half before we get busy. By busy, I meant, his school, my school and my never ending events. Bleahhh. Is this how a soon-to-be-26-year-old feels?