My Mother The Traveller

My mother and I share the same interest when it come to travelling. She too used to travel a lot during her younger days. That is why she joined the airlines. Well not as the cabin crew but as an IT officer. She still gets the perks to travels same as any employee of the airlines. 

So when I was small I had the chance to travel around the would with my parents. Most of it I am not able to remember as I was still too young but there are a lot of photos we took and kept so I could be reminded on the journey. 

Now my mom especially still love to travel and most of the time I would bring her around travelling the world to new places which she never been before. She loves to travel with me as I am an excellent planner and she could take her own sweet time to move around. She is getting old so she can’t really walk that fast anymore. That is why she never liked to travel with tours. It is better to travel on our own and take our time and make our own plans. 

My dad, well he doesn’t share the same passion as me and my mother. However, I would still bring him around sometimes. They have cats and lots of cats so they have to alternate travelling with me all the time. 

Where to next?

A Good Time

Have you watched The Greatest Showman movie? If you haven’t do go and watch it. I know I like it. It’s a musical and the songs are fresh and ecstatic.

Two song in particular which I like the most - Rewrite the stars and This is me. The choreography is on point. 

Anyway, I am now in Chongqing, China. I don’t think I could pronounce it correctly if you hear me say it. It’s a beautiful city by the river and at night the buildings are lighted with beautiful colours. It is winter at the moment here but there is no snow. Just fog and rain. Just nice to sleep in.

I’ve been here in October 2017. The weather and temperature at that time are still tolerable for me. So I did all my sightseeing for the whole day. All by metro and taxi. It is convenient. Plus most of the attractions or museums are free to enter.

Time for me to go back to sleep after a good big breakfast. A good way to become fat. Hahaha...

Facebook, Instagram and Me

I am an addict. 

Addicted to Facebook and Instagram to be specific. I can’t seem to stop myself from constantly engaging to both. 

I believe the only solution to it would be to delete the app. However, I would die of boredom if I do that. I still am lazy to do any work if I were to keep the apps. 

I always wonder what would it be to be free from all these social networking. It is not really a gain to me as most of the time I ended up viewing other people life. I have few friends who manage to delete their profile all together. 

Maybe I just need to set a rules for myself. Maybe it could work if my will power is strong. 

Hahahaha. 

Me and my addiction. 

Let’s Go To UAE

Tonight would be my first official holiday for the year 2018 and I am bringing my mom along with me. 

Guess where I am heading. 

Dubai and Abu Dhabi of United Arab Emirates. 

Burj Khalifa Dubai

I think it has been ages since my last visit to UAE. Four years perhaps. This time I am going to visit their Miracle Garden. It is my mom wish and who am I to say no to my mother. She is all hype out now. 

We been to Dubai together before. I think it was in 2012 maybe. Since Dubai is such a familiar city to us, I decided to bring her to Abu Dhabi as well. I could show her a few places of interest which I visited before in 2010. 

Grand Mosque Abu Dhabi

Tonight we fly out. Flying with Emirates to Dubai and coming home with Etihad. Both which my mom have not flown yet. So it would be a first time experience for her as well. Our flight departs at 0110LT and expected to touchdown at 0430LT.

Alright then. Time to resume my packing. Pray for our safe journey and well being.

P/S: I will try my best to update my travel blog with beautiful pictures once I am back from UAE. 

I Want To Sleep

Sometime I wish I am able to wake up late in the morning. Unfortunately my body clock wouldn’t allow it. So I end up waking up early between 7-8am in the morning everyday.

There are times that I wanted to use medicine aide to help me sleep longer but if I do that I would end up feeling groggy once I actually woke up.

So I guess I just have to live with it. Darn it. 

New Year 2018

The last time I created the New Year Resolution was in 2013. Thus, I believe it is time again for me to set the new resolution based on things I wish to achieved in 2018 and also part of my new bucket list. I hope I am able to manage to get as much as possible done in the next 365 days of 2018. It's going to be a busy year for me. Wish me luck!

Travel 

Travel with Five Different Airlines

Travel to Five New Cities (Excluding Home Country) Around the World

Travel and Stay at 10 New Cities Around My Home Country - Malaysia 

Travel to South America

Travel on a Cruise Ship

Finance + Luxury

Be a Self-Made Millionaire

Charter a Yacht

Create a Passive Income

Earn 6 Figures Per Year

Flip a House

Fly in a Private Jet

Get Paid to Travel

Have 3 Months of Bills in Savings

Have a Housecleaner

Have a Positive Net Worth

Have No Credit Card Debt

Hire a Personal Shopper

Investment Top Up 6 Figures in Cash.

Make a Will

Order Room Service

Own Tiffany Jewelry

Own Investment Real Estate

Play the Stock Market

Sleep on Satin Sheets

Stay at an All-Inclusive Resort

Start A Business

Sell Something on the Internet

Stay in a 5-Star Resort

Friends

Give Out 10 Birthday Present to Close Friend and Family.

Hangout With My Best Friends at Least Twice This Year.

Plan a Holiday with Friends

Entertainment + Adventure

Attend an Orchestra Symphony

Complete a 1000-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle

Feed a Deer

Ride a Zip Line

Skydiving

See a Broadway Show

See Cirque du Soleil Show

Personal Growth

Attend a Random Free Seminar

Do 24-Hours of Silence

Do a Charity Walk

Do a Random Act of Kindness

Donate 100,000 Grains of Rice

Donate Books

Donate Clothing

Donate Toys at the Holidays

Entertain the Elderly at a Nursing Home

Feed a Homeless Person

Get a College Degree

Give Someone a Hug

Give Up Your Seat to Someone

Help an Endangered/Injured Animal

Help Someone Who is Lost

Help Someone With a Check on Their Bucket List

Learn a New Software Program

Learn Conversational Foreign Language

Learn the Alphabet in Sign Language

Learn the Heimlich Manuever

Learn to Say “Hello” in 10 Languages

List 10 Things I am Grateful For Each Day

Make a Significant Change in Someones Life

Master a New Language

Meditate

Pay the Bridge Toll for the Person Behind Me

Plant a Tree

Put Change into Someones Expired Meter

Read a Banned Book

Read a Classic Novel

Read a Story to a Child

Read a Trilogy

Say “Thank You” in 10 Languages

Serve Food at a Soup Kitchen

Send Flowers to Myself

Spend a Day Helping at a Children’s Hospital

Spend the Entire Day By Myself

Spend a Week at a Silent Retreat

Sponsor a Child’s Wish through the Make-a-Wish Foundation

Start a Charity

Teach a Class

Unplug for a Week

Volunteer at a Pet Shelter

Volunteer at an Orphanage

Food + Drink

Bake a Cake for Someone Special

Bake a Loaf of Bread

Boil a Live Lobster

Bottle a Recipe & Sell it

Catch, Cook & Eat a Fish

Cook a Traditional Dish from a Different Culture

Cook Every Dish in One Cookbook

Cook With my Partner

Create a New Ice Cream Flavor

Create Food Art

Create Latte Art

Create my Own Cocktail

Create my Own Recipe

Create my Signature Dish

Eat an Insect

Eat Caviar

Eat Fondue

Partake in Afternoon Tea

Order One of Everything on a Menu

Start a Herb Garden

Host a Dinner Party

Write a Cookbook

Health

Achieve my Ideal Weight

Bowl a Strike

Bowl a Turkey (3 Strikes in a Row)

Climb an Indoor Rock Wall

Complete a Ropes Course

Dive Off the High Diving Board

Do a Color Run

Do a Handstand

Do a Themed Run

Drink only Water for a Week

Fly a Kite

Get Admitted to Hospital Less or None

Limit to Two Fast Food Meal Per Month

Participate in a 5k Race

Work

Less Sick Day Leave

My Bucket List - Revision 2017

• Travels to different countries around the world. Total 45 of 196 countries.

• Travel to continent of Asia.

• Travel to continent of Oceania.

• Travel to continent of Europe.

• Travel to continent of North America. 

• Travel to continent of South America. 

• Travel to continent of Africa.

• Travels with different airlines.

• Visit Chichen Itza.

• Visit Taj Mahal.

• Visit Christ the Redeemer.

• Visit Colosseum.

• Visit Great Wall of China.

• Visit Machu Piccu.

• Visit Petra.

• Visit Great Pyramid of Giza.

• Visit Acropolis of Athens.

• Visit Alhambra.

• Visit Angkor Wat.

• Visit Eiffel Tower.

• Visit Hagia Sophia.

• Visit Kiyomezu-dera.

• Visit Moai.

• Visit Neuschwanatein.

• Visit Red Square.

• Visit Statue of Liberty.

• Visit Stonehenge.

• Visit Sydney Opera House.

• Visit Timbuktu.

• Visit Antarctica.

• Visit Amazon river.

• Visit Vatican City.

• Visit African Safari.

• Visit Santorini.

• See Aurora Borealis (Norway).

• See Great Barrier Reef (Australia).

• See Uluru (Australia).

• See Carnival de Rio (Brazil).

• See Niagara Falls (Canada).

• See Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italy).

• See Grand Canyon (USA).

• See New Orleans's Mardi Gras (USA).

• See Tulips Festival (Netherlands).

• Fly in Economy Class.

• Fly in Business Class.

• Fly in First Class/Suite.

• Fly in a private jet.

• Fly in a helicopter.

• Fly in a jet fighter.

• Take a cruise.

• Cruise Nile River.

• Swim with Dolphins.

• Swim with Sharks.

• Swim in Dead Sea.

• Ride roller coaster.

• Do sky diving.

• Do bungee jumping.

• Do white water rafting.

• Do snow skiing.

• Climb a mountain.

• Go to Disney World Resort Florida.

• Go to Disneyland California.

• Go to Disneyland Tokyo.

• Go to Disneyland Hong Kong.

• Go to Disneyland Resort Paris.

• Go to Universal Orlando Resort.

• Go to Universal Studios Hollywood.

• Go to Universal Studios Japan.

• Go to Universal Studios Singapore.

• Write my will.

• Buy my dream house.

• Buy a shop.

• Buy a diamond.

• Buy my dream car.

• Buy an airplane.

• Own 5 properties.

• Own 10 properties.

• Own 20 properties.

• Own 30 properties.

• Own 40 properties.

• Own 50 properties.

• Hold RM100,000 saving cash.

• Hold RM250,000 saving cash.

• Hold RM500,000 saving cash.

• Hold RM1,000,000 saving cash.

• Hold RM2,500,000 saving cash.

• Hold RM5,000,000 saving cash.

• Start my own business.

• Hire people to work under me.

• Hire Personal Assistance.

• Make profit of RM5,000 in a year.

• Make profit of RM10,000 in a year.

• Make profit of RM25,000 in a year.

• Make profit of RM50,000 in a year.

• Make profit of RM100,000 in a year.

• Organize a charity event.

• Sponsor a child.

• Donate blood.

• Make a different in someone's life.

• Get a degree.

• Get a Master.

• Get a PhD.

• Get an MBA.

• Learn Mandarin.

• Learn French.

• Learn Japanese

Farewell 2017

As the year 2017 comes to an end, it is time for us to welcome the new year of 2018. 

Time flies just a tick like the clock moving constant. There are ups and downs but it only to make me stronger and wiser. They said you learn from you past so you can be better in your future. 

Just some highlights of my 2017 as far as my brain can recall.  

1. I got promoted to a new rank. 
2. I managed to travel to new places with my parents. Namely the city of Tawau, Ipoh and Taiping in Malaysia. 
3. I revisited some places such as New Zealand where I am able to explore new city and Cambodia where I revisit the ancient city of Angkor Wat in Siem Reap. 
4. I managed to clear off some of my debt. 
5. I recalculated and reorganised my lifestyle and started saving more money. 
6. I applied for investment loan for a greater financial security. 
7. I bought some new stuff for my house. I think it is a mess. My house that is. 
8. I reorganised my business. Temporarily suspend some of my sales due to change of work nature. 
9. I got sick occasionally but nothing serious. Oh! I did a minor surgery but again nothing serious. 
10. I tend to forgot stuff. I think that is due to my overthinking. 

I can say there are a lot or maybe not depending on how busy your life compare to mine. However I must say I am content with what I have achieved so far. 

Perhaps the year 2018 would be kinder to me. 

Farewell 2017! Thank you for the memory.