My final week of 2016 (Hatyai and KL)

While I was still looking for things to do at home after my trip to Taiwan, suddenly everyone started to jio and I effortlessly made my last and final week of 2016 fruitful.

I was actually thinking of going three places non-stop, Thailand-KL-Singapore. 

Thailand for shopping, KL for Christmas and Singapore to visit my grandma and relatives over there. But why flight tix to Singapore so expensive, and train still so mafan, I gave up at last (thinking of spending a sweet few days at home to end my 2016)

Hello Thailand!

After checked in to out hotel we went out for lunch.

It has one hour time difference so when we were starving some of the shops are still closed =/

This is the typical kind of food in Thailand, please notice that thick rows of pork slices at the right, that's the main point of the meal!

After that we went shopping, since it's Christmas it's YearEnd, there's a lot of sales going on. 12 of us squeeze on a mini tuk-tuk and there was once we made a tuk-tuk tyre punture *oops*

Since my 90 y/o great grandmother joined us too this time, it's quite hard for her to go around so mostly she'll be on her wheelchair, all the tuk-tuk drivers we met are very good enough to send us to the entrance, or down the carpark, anywhere which is convenient! (This show how nice and kind the people there are =] )

That night we went for Thai massage! 

It's a must every time we are here, you can easily find massage shops by the road, and this is the one that we always go. If you have the chance to go, make sure you go for their Thai massage!

Checked out the next day, more shopping around, more food indulging. 

I know I had repeated lots of time but Malaysia currency is so bad everything becomes so expensive =/ Sometimes even on sale also feel not worth it ><

Do try out their coconut water or icecream

Also raise your head to check out those cables!

After coming back from Thailand, did my laundry, the next morning I was flying to KL!

One of my aunt is coming back from China for Christmas so this time is more to like meeting the family and spend time together.
We mostly spend our time shopping, chill at home, eat good food and we went to AN EXTREME INDOOR PARK!
It has a guts training section that is 4-storey high, with LOTSSS of trampoline and also I TRIED ROCK-CLIMBING!!! *ticking off one of the bucket list*
It's the largest trampoline extreme park in Asia, inside a huge factory, and I swear I used up all my energy there, especially guts training. Will definitely talk more about it in another post if I have the chance!

By then, I'm spending these last few days at my dad's shop as it's year end and it gets a bit busier. (struggling here coz my Malay kinda sucks =/ )
OMG CAN'T BELIEVE 2017 IS SO NEAR ALREADY!

FIVE things I want to do in Tokyo, Japan

As flying around becomes easier and any information can be easily gained from the internet, traveling becomes much more easier and the best way to travel is definitely live like a local for me!
As an anime lover and watching Japanese dramas for more than five years, a Japan lover and a Japanese speaker, Japan is the country that I'll definitely say if I'm asked to choose a one to travel. (100 times also not enough XD)
This time traveloka.com.my is giving out travel coupons to fulfill #MyTravelokaEscapade which I will definitely choose Tokyo to visit!!!

If you really want to travel as a local, experience the locals life, asking me for recommendation will never go wrong XD
Here’s a brief list of 5 things I want to do in Tokyo! Which I definitely recommend you to follow HAHA


Experience Tokyo metro
By saying experience, it's not only try to understand or figure out how to use the Tokyo metro which looks like tangled wires.
I want to be one of the people in that sardin-canned train during the morning peak hours, squeezing in the crowds who are rushing to work and school, let the train station staffs help squeeze and somehow manually close the train door. (Then I can proudly say those FB videos are true and I've experienced it)

worse than those tangled cables 

Yukata and hanami
I love how Japan practice their culture in their daily life, as said it's not hard to see people in Yukatas at the subway or on the road.
One of my biggest regret is not renting a Yukata for hanabitaikai (fireworks festival) when I went to Japan this summer. Wearing a yukata might be bothersome and somehow heavy and hot, so winter might be the best season to wear a yukata and go hanami (cherry blossom watching?) during #MyTravelokaEscapade. I want to feel the bulkiness on the waist as they described and also walking elegantly with those wooden crocs.
Owhhh, how much I can foresee it'll be a pain XD (must take lots of instagram-worthy pics for this*take notes*)


Visit cafes
Name one of the cafes that you'd like to visit in Tokyo.
“Ok! Maid cafe, owl cafe, Gundam cafe, AKB cafe, and …. what? You say one??? But… it's so hard to choose *sobs*”
NEVER ASK ME TO GO ONLY ONE CAFE. I'm already in Tokyo! It's not like it's easy and cheap to travel this far, or I'll have another #MyTravelokaEscapade!!!  EVERY CAFE COUNTS.
As an owl lover, an otaku, an engineer-to-be tech lover and also an old AKB fan, all of those cafes are listed in my MUST VISIT list… which I'm still continue listing (not to mention those limited season ones!!!)

dream destination. No?

Japan local food
As a person who watched anime and Jdramas for almost ten years, trust me I can name every food that appears (excuse me food lover here) but at the same time it's also a ‘shame’ not trying it before!
In case you don't know what to eat in Japan (too much choices), here's a list: Curry rice, Ichiran ramen, Kaiden sushi, zaru soba, takoyaki (octopus ball?), taiyaki, kakigori (shaved ice), crepe… you name it!!!
Owhh and not to forget to try out their McDonald's! They have so much choices that fused with their locals taste!

limited time sakura ones, matcha ones, choco fries <3

Studio Ghibli museum
Leaving this as the last of 5, it's hard to get tickets for it, even harder as a foreigner =\
I guess it's everyone’s dream to visit the museum as long as they watched one of their productions. It's even more attracting as it's not allowed to take pictures in the museum so everything inside is so s mysterious !!!
Tips: After visiting the museum, make sure to visit their cafe there (as everyone say so)
There’s also a place to visit nearby that not much people know which is Edo Tokyo Tatemo no En where you can find old Japanese buildings there in the middle of the Tokyo city (if you don't have a chance to visit Kansai this is the place for you to explore Japan’s old buildings!!!)

this is also the place that gave inspiration for the movie SenToChiharaNoKamikakushi

I've done a looooot of research for this, just to go to those places with 'high CP', so pleeeeease make #MyTravelokaEscpade trip to Tokyo come true!!!
There's stil a lot of things that I wanna do in Japan, such as walking the Shibuya crossing, go to a nastu-matsuri (summer festival), to a music festival or a concert in Japan, to the izakaya (beer stalls) drinking beer after a long day with the office workers, shop for anime and technologies at Akihabara!
(WILL NAME FIVE MORE IF I HAVE THE TIME FOR IT XD)

The living cost in Japan is 'scarily' expensive!! (I almost ate onigiri from the combini everytime last time I went Tokyo XD) It's almost impossible for me to visit my dream country these few years =\
Luckily I saw a light of hope when seeing traveloka.com.my is giving out travel coupons!!! (My God My angel My Kamisama My Megamisama!!!)

Looking forward to #MyTravelokaEscapade and visit Japan one day, as it's my dream country!!! Moreover language is no longer a problem as I speak Japanese (chehhh) self taught though XD

Exploring my allergic zone

You can definitely tell how I'm enjoying my holiday and feeling festival, having a Christmas decoration around my neck which I simply grab from Daiso from a random shopping this morning.

single eyelid so single LOL

Few days ago I went explore my allergic zone.
Saying myself allergic to seafood, I actually don't know how bad it is, as I was being a good kid keeping away from those food. (I even gave up my favorite Hokkien mee as it has prawns in it)

I used to enjoy seafood a lot when I was young, going out to the sea with Dad's friends, and enjoying a feast at night, having BBQ party at the backyard, shoving my face into the sea of seafood (gosh it rhymes! XD)
It'll usually ended up with my skin itchy that I scratch so much it'll end up bleeding with a kind of yellowish liquid (sry ewwwww). I used to attend ballet classes and I remember wearing those lace socks was a pain, as it'll usually scratch my skin and make the wound worse =/

Okay end of ewww-y story, so a restaurant nearby was having a new meal set with crabs and prawns, so my aunt jio-ed me for dinner to try out. It was satisfyingly good and goshhh I haven't been eating seafood for a couple years!

We finished it between three of us, and when I was halfway typing this blog, we went for the second time just now. Still nice.

Burppp. RIP.

Other than that, mostly time at home were spent with my loved ones. Reason that I think staying home is important.

trying out new recipes with mom

kacau at Dad's shop with grandpa

Bii is coming back from Japan tonight!!! Can't wait to see her and presents she bought for me!!!

Beside the safe line

My first year first semester's result's out.
Third time, still somewhere at another country, this time at an airport waiting for baggage check in.

Compared to the last two semester, it's much more stressful.
Reason1, I have a goal to reach, and if I fail to score higher than that, I'll be saying buhhbye to my current scholarship.
Reason2, I'm not focusing a lot at studies this semester, compared to the last two. I used to read more than I should as I'm interested, this semester I'm just trying to score those marks but not really learning =/

Gladly, luckily, I'm beside the safe line, in a good way.
Thank God I secured my scholarship for one more semester, which also means one more semester to be much more stressful as I've come such a long way, promise will study well and focus more.

I don't know who I should thank, as I was skipping class and was being blurred all time (don't learn guys, not good, serious) Maybe I should thank the papers for being not that hard this time (?) as I was expecting something harder (based on past year papers) and Lady Luck was seriously by my side as I know everything on the paper.

The worst part, probably that assignment-based unit. Screw it.
It's so hard to score and even following all those rules and doing my best, going for lots of consulting and doing everything I can to score higher, It's still much more lower than others unit.
Ironically, the unit that I put most time and effort turns out having the lowest marks. #reasonimnotstudyingcommerceorbusiness #isuckatassignments

Anyway, small pat on head for well done, huge punch on face for not giving all out.
I am still very grateful that the results left a happy ending for my trip and not ruining it. #thirdtime

At the same time, Zoe is having her sembreak and is going around Europe for a few weeks.
Bii just finished her performance as a cellist at Kyoto, now travelling around Osaka for a few days, fulfilling two dreams at the same time. Her PT3 result will be out tomorrow (I guess?) and she's now oversea with her principle, not sure how she'll check her result, I'm much more gamjiong than she is HAHA #travelledbacktostudywithher #moretokacauthantolong #butstill #wheretofindsislikethis
Hard work pays off, the backstage blood-sweat-tears part is never shown, I'm very proud of them being able to reach where they are right now, and did not give up! #proudsis

Ok, results out=drama mood. Kdramas for learning Korean I swear XD
I'm trying to do something new everyday, so far I still find my holiday fruitful and still a list of challenge, let's see when I'll get bored.

#travelwithmum Taiwan'16

After collecting my delayed baggage from the airport after doing my laundries, I can officially say that my trip with mum around Taiwan have officially comes to an end.
Tbh, I'm torn, tired, dying, but feeling... alive.
Until today I still can't feel my whole body (yes THAT tired) so sorry for the lack of update for more than half a month, I did make an effort to bring my laptop around with me, but it ended up adding those kilos I have to carry everyday.

We spent 11 days travelling (13 to be exact, including flying from AS to KL) starting from the north Taipei, following the west coastline down to the south KenDing, then going up to the north along the east coastline, making a round anticlockwise.

It all started when I promised mum saying that if I got a scholarship I'll spend that money bringing her to Japan (as that's my favorite country and I don't mind going lots of timesss)
I can't really recall why it ended up Taiwan, probably on one of my busy days I saw a promotion on flight tix to Taiwan, it probably lasted only two days and tickets were selling out very fast. I called my mum during her work asking whether is it okay, and the next moment I was already clicking that BUY button (rushing somewhere I guess).

I can't really put my time and effort in planning the trip, busy with finals and alls. If you tried planning out everything before, it is time consuming brain killing XD
I tried my best to at least book somewhere to stay, just not to find ourselves sleeping by the side of the road in the middle of the night. Other than that, I left it to fate (such irresponsible).

I really have to thank someone who helped me so much that my trip will be incomplete and not perfect without him. I depend on him literally every single day every hour every minute, yes YOU, Mr.GOOGLE !!!

I literally planned the next day's schedule the night before, no sleep and brainstorming every single night after the long day. If you're reading this, DO NOT DO THIS, its dangerous! Literally!!!

Sorry for the overflow ugliness of me and my nerdy specs ._.
I guess this is the truth behind those nice vacation pics, although its stressing myself out but for me this is also the fun part of it!

I've met a lot of people during this trips that made my trip much more interesting, listening stories and knowing every different people's thought of life. This might be what I gained most throughout.

Going travelling alone might no longer be a challenge for me, as I'm just okay enjoying all those hardships. Bringing my mum travelling definitely is, she'll of course babble about this and that, and making me stressful to make sure everything goes perfect.
Thanks to her I did not come back like a girl walking out from the forest, and huge thanks to mum that bear with every mistakes I did.
As I always believe that in a relationship one must always be giving, doing something, and not take for granted. I hope this small effort I did do successfully bring us closer, and I somehow feel it really did.

After all these BTS hope you guys still feel like going on a travel, if no, here's a video that might help. Enjoy.