Lily antics

Ever since xb passed away, Lily had been waking me in sometimes from 2am onwards. She does this by sniffing super loudly at my bedroom door gap.

in the midst, spewing her mucus on the bedroom door gap area, yucky.

Her antics worsened my insomnia issues.

2 days ago, a brilliant thought crossed my mind. i decided to spray my bedroom entrance with lemongrass fragrances.

this is a scent lily and xb hates. i used to spray it over areas the dogs peed accidentally.

started this trick on sunday night, wow, she really didnt do the sniffing. i repeated yesterday, and she also didnt do the sniffing.

though i woke up, but it was due to a full bladder rather than due to noise. i could get back to sleep shortly.

finally some use for my lemongrass fragrances.

braun buffel wallet

I bought myself a 135 red braun buffel wallet 

Initially was aiming for a 100 buck green wallet then i chanced upon the red small wallet. It was an online exclusive and it fit all my criteria.

Waited a few days and just took the plunge. Sept had been a spending mood.

Not sure why, but keep feeling time is running out...for me. Shall see if my hunch is correct.

Had this feeling when i tio the 100-day cough cos was coughing so bad, but miraculously recovered. Was so bad i wanted to get an xray but it went away b4 i could try to book one.

Been buying blindboxes almost every week, but everytime tried to rein in, ended up spending more.

I bought my LG a pink paper flower, made it on 24 sept, which was his birthday. He loved pink. I hope he feels happy with the gift.

xiaomi truclean 30

Shortly after i bought the vaccuum mop, i realised it drips droplets while mopping. Initially was v impulsive and wanted to throw it out but today, I thought about my past vaccuum mop.

The first one was 599, roidmi 30 and the circular mop head wheels came off but it still function as required. I had it for 4 years and it never gave me much prob.

2nd was xiaomi truclean 20, bought for 280. It lasted me 1 year plus and the reason i wanted the 30 was that it can lie down 180deg so i can clean under furnitures and bed. Also, it doesnt last long, plus the suction is weak so it does not pick up hair easily. It also cannot wipe stains effectively because the mop head does not have a downward suction.

Indeed, with 30, i no longer needed to sweep the floor first. It has a longer battery life, so i can just leave it on a stain and it could mop away the stains especially lily dried mucus.

It also has a drying function so the mop head does not smell. 20 smells badly.

But i gave my 20 to my mum because they do not mop the floor regularly so i go there every week to help them mop with 20, with new mop brush. It still does a decent job when u compare mopping vs no mopping :)

I am going to raze my 30 to the ground before changing. Dont be fickle minded.

awfully choc brunch buffet

Went to awfully choc brunch buffet with sis, G. Had funny conversations where we felt judged for being lok kok, wore crumpled tops and slippers to it.

Dont think it is worth the 45 bucks. The savory and desserts were not impressive... anyway G went with me to city hall after wards to walk off the fullness. I went for my erhu class while she went to suntec to jalan jalan.

Werent feeling good so drank 2 kopi. Got ourselves a phone skullpanda accessory and we got the same one. Duplicates. Anyway went home after buying tian ren bbt but with no bb.

Spent 100 bucks plus erhu 65 ha. Helped with the economy.

FI

Money cannot buy happiness, but it buys freedom. 

It pays for half of my monthly expenses while i work part time for other half.

I only work three days, this is such a luxury. Also, because I still suffer from insomnia, the two days allow me to catch up on my sleep when needed.

I got 4 rest days every week. Such a luxury. when I complain of being tired, my coll always joked back said I work 3 days, looks who is talking. A reminder I am blessed. I forget this on days when I suffer insomnia.

I still spend on a whim, didnt rein my expenses precisely becos I am FI.

owndays laohua specs

got my owndays specs. buyer remorse for spending 560 on a laohua specs.

have to wear it to make it worthwhile. see if can withstand 2 years

reddit sgfi

Had not been readinf the sgfi reddit then decided to check if there are any interesting topic. Shortly then came across a post about ppl earning 110k etc etc.

Reminded me why I decided to not read such stuff because there are numerous such posts of ppl flexing. 

Hate ppl flexing but i am also reminded of my own yt whether I am flexing also. Need be mindful.

Thai Beverage

Bought 30k shares of Thai beverage. This is a sort of gamble - that that will be capital appreciation while i collect dividends.

Same category as my Genting purchase.

Shall see if they work out in the end.

In a spending mood lately so might as well buy some shares.

bags

Can ur bags feed u when u need money? No....so dont fall into the trap of buying a designer bag. 

They are not practical, do not age well and need care. Might as well not buy one to save the hassles.

I gave away my 477 marc jacob bag because it is v heavy. Damn, those people on youtube who said it is a forever bag. Nope, not for me. 

I am still keeping my canvas one but there were times I wanted to give it away but i stopped myself because I need a workbag.

learning keyboard

Had been getting free lessons from my sister G on keyboard. Hope i dun fizzle out

warchest

176k warchest but no stock low enough for me to buy

peacb garden peking duck

On 17 sept, as a family, we went to T2 peach garden for a lunch with Peking duck. I did not fly haha

Then we went jewel for blindbox hunting, i bought a tong mo head and a lulupig animal haha got a ugly meekcat wh got donated to my mum. Yenn got a bell unicorn lulupig wh she did not like and a froggy lulupig and a zhugeliang cat. G got her sausage lulupig.

The night b4, me and G went suntec and we bought all the 2D demon slayers badges and keychain. Got a few giyu one and insouke.

Well life is short, since we r  not travelling, nor shopping, nor eating. Blindboxing is our hobby.

I at least still have hobbies, swimming, erhu, guzheng and now keyboard.

jigsaw and ownday specs

i finished a 1000pcs jigsaw then i impulsively decided to buy an ownday specs for 560, money fly fly

Dream about ys

i dreamt tt me and my mum went to japan, like on a study trip.

then ys suddenly appeared. G then joined me when she heard ys was back. we met at a bookshop and bought a book.

then after we returned home, one of my classmate said tt ys and G argued over something.

i quickly went to find ys, i found him sleeping then i felt so relieved tt he is back and life back to normal. then i cried and tell him to look after his health and dont make me cry like i did the first 2 years. he also looked sad. then i woke up, ir was 4.15am

New Xiaomi vaccuum and one year anni in my job

I bought Xiaomi truclean w30 for $361...this had been staying rental free in my mind for probably 1-2 months and when I saw 9.9 discount, I just whacked it. Passed my old w20 to my mum and I planned to help them vaccuum mop every sat.

This sat, I did not because my sis was sick. Should start next week.

This month marked my 13th month at my stat board job as a temp staff. Maybe it is where I belong? I mean I always count myself very lucky because after doing the 4 jobs in 2025, I come to appreciate my old company.

Job is tough I mean, for a full time position. There were times my boss asked me whether I wish to consider to convert to a contract post but I turned her down because I think I could no longer go back to a 5-day work week after my considering my suboptimal health, the insomnia I had back as a full time AD, the amount of stress could worsen my health and I do not think it is worth it. 有钱没命花🌸 This had been my motto especially after this two month battle with cough and sore throat. I am earning an average 2400 (takehome) and 2000 from my investment. Enough already.

I also want to have time to spend with my family and to pursue my hobbies. Recently I heard one of my IT colleague has cancer. I do not want to live with regrets. Yesterday watched this new YouTuber who is a 52yo lady living in Bangkok and getting diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. She is a strong woman, no tears, nothing. It set me reflecting, but no amount of worrying is going to help. When is it my turn?

Already, I feel I am grateful for what I have already. 1 more million, while would make life so much better, is not my goal in life. It was in the past.

I just want to live a happy life and I think I am very blessed to be living it now. Think of the Nepal flood victims, those battling debilitating illnesses.

After I finished my Metophan cough mixture, I see whether I still have the cough. Will need to walk in.

Lily bill

The vet came to check on Lily last friday. I guessed the bill would be 1k and I was right.

poof money fly away but what to do. I do not want to have the same regrets as Xiaobai. 

Maybe she will still be around if I have let the vet check on her regularly. I didnt. 

Xiaobai, I am sorry u suffered in your last few months. I vowed not to let Lily suffer the same fate as u, not if I have the means to do it.