Happy 2018!

Half a month in to the new year folks! Was pretty caught up with spending time with friends in the East, getting our hands green (yes, gardening!), and spending more time with Fen. It has been so wonderful.

End of 2017, BIL went to take our letters from our place, and told us we have a speed ticket. Was from way back in Oct, in the first week of our landing when we were using rental car, and were unfamiliar with the speed limits on the roads without a GPS. By GPS I mean those legit ones, not your phone maps. We only saw this letter late Dec, and due date was 1 Jan. So, I didnt have enough time to appeal, and just paid T_T Do not speed peeps, it's not worth the fine!

Spent the last day of the year with Keith and his family, picking blueberries in the morning, and dinner at his place at night. His house is so cozy! Fen and I agreed we should make more effort to hang out with his kid~ Rockclimbing next perhaps, hehee~

We headed home around 2300, and reached home just in time to welcome the new year. Didnt need the clock or TV shows to tell us. Every other random sky had mini fireworks going on, and we can hear people making donuts in the distance (tell me you know what is making donuts). We stood outside in the chilly dark, alongside our neighbours, quietly wishing one another happy 2018. Peaceful and lovely.

Fen had a break from work during the festive holidays, finally. We spent a couple of days plucking weeds from the backyard, and front side lane. And went to Bunnings to get seedlings and a mini greenhouse. Our 1st try was a disaster, either no germination or seedling wilted. We then found out from a gardener near our rental that greenhouse is for winter!! We basically cooked our seedlings T_T Having a 2nd go now, and bought vegetables (kale and brussel sprouts) seedlings! Whee! Seeing some very positive growth, although we might have mixed up the seeds a little, coz we thought the seeds from the 1st round had all died and so topped up with other seeds, and unsure/confused with the identity of the seedlings now, HAHAHA. Didnt know seeds/seedlings can resurrect?!

You'll probably hear me talking about these places where we frequent, because cheap/always got sale and Fen loves a good DIY:

• Bunnings
• The Good Guys
• KMart
• Big W
• Target
• Super Cheap Auto
• Coles/Woolies/Aldi

Many of these shops have competitive prices on the same item, so we're running up and down for deals every other week. Seriously, I didnt even care this much in SG *rolls eyes

Fen spent a good number of days working on our car. He's like an artist painting the car, delicate work. So much effort and muscle with the polishing, too. He totally needs a polisher soon. 

We also went to donate plasma. Wanted to donate blood actually, but the bank needs plasma more than blood, so yea, first time donating plasma. I'm not comfortable with the red blood cells being returned back to the body part. Sounds.. unsanitary, even though everything is sterile. Still. And the bank doesnt use numbing cream! The thick needle goes straight into the skin, mighty ouch. No colourful bandages after donating too, bummer. Lol~ Okay okay, the idea is to save lives.

The dry weathers here have Fen's skin kicking up rashes, and left me with really cracked heels. BodyShop to the rescue! Our hottest day experienced was 43℃, and we went to the mall to cool off during the hottest hour, and chanced upon some really good cream! Hard to miss, the leaf packaging looks like weed.. o.O"

That's Fen's. He's tried a couple of creams from other brands, but this one worked best.

 

That's mine! Love it!

If you didnt already know, we've been sleeping on our mattress without a bed frame. Not complaining, we've got a good mattress, blessed enough already. Because Fen's cousin is coming for a short stay, we had to get a bed for him. So we got a queen set for our guestroom, and decided to also get a king bed frame for ourselves! Finally sleeping on elevated ground. Hahaha. Furries can get more jumping activity too.

I wanted to sign up for some gym membership, saw this HIIT gym, and went to check it out. Lacks the aesthetics and equipment I've seem in SG gyms and studios, so... save the money, kekeke. I just need to stay motivated to workout/yoga at home! Argh.

Finally cooking steak again. Fen LOVES it. Such a quick meal too, no wonder it was on our menu during SG days, where only food that can be prepped in under 30minutes will make the list. Have also tried out bulk cooking, which is a little intimidating, watching how much soy sauce I'm spamming. I found egg noodles in the Asia supermarket that are really close to the wanton noodles in SG! So proud of myself ^^

Next happy news. Our shipment from SG is FINALLY going to be delivered. After 3 months. Within my forecast, but was promised it will be delivered before Xmas. Welp.

Done with random musings. A little hiccup to end off 2017, but so positive and thankful for 2018. Treasure every day, folks! Xoxo.