True blue baby I love you!

Haha. There goes my plan to start blogging religiously. Anyway, it's never to late to start :) 

The story starts here. My sister is 31 weeks pregnant and she's ready to pop out the little baby in about 6-8 weeks. And she's planning to stay in Shah Alam with us while going through her 'berpantang' or her confinement period which will last around 40 days or so. The whole family is really pumped about her moving back in and taking care of the baby with us. But the thing is, I took her old bedroom when she moved out with her husband. And my old bedroom is on the 2nd floor of the house so it'll be hard for her to take the stairs all the way up. So we decided that she will stay on the 1st floor near to my mom's room. BUT she will be taking my bed, a queen size MALM Ikea bed which I lovee. 

So now, I HAVE to buy a new bed since mine will be with my sister. Hahaha. So I started looking out for beds that will suit me. And since I'm changing the bed, might as well change the outlook of the room too :) So here are the things that I think it's pretty fun to share.

First thing that you must do before you start decorating is to think of the style of the room. And you must make sure that the room's style suits you, your personality and your lifestyle. My current room was my sister's old room so it is very her. Simple and Beige. Type of styles are like modern, classic, tropical, minimalist, rustic chic, contemporary and there's more but I can't think of any right now. Find out what's your lifestyle like. Do you read alot of books? If you do, you might need a reading area with standing lamp/bedside lamp and maybe a lazy chair or beanbag. Do you do a lot of work at home? You might need a study table or book shelves. Do you have a lot of clothes? Then you can determine the size of cabinets that you might need. Then you can pick your furnitures based on the styles that you choose. 

A minimalist bedroom. Free of clutter and clean cut furniture. Minimalism is not for everyone but I bet it'd be pretty zen sleeping here. (Source : Here ) 

A classical bedroom. Though this is quite rustic classic and it feels nice. There are some classic bedroom that looks so gaudy it hurts my eyes. (Source : Here )

 Room full of books. I love this. Just afraid if it will fall on top of me while i'm sleeping. (Source : Here)

This too! Such amazing colours. I love the burst of colours. But it looks a tad messy right? (Source : Here)

Then, the second thing is to think about the colour. My current room is Beige because my sister picked the colour. And I don't like beige that much. It's too colourless and too bright for me. But for the time being, I'm fine with it. And the room has this pretty gold wallpaper that my sister and her husband personally installed in the room so I will leave the wall paper as it is. So for me, I would want to choose a colour that can suit the gold wallpaper and the dark walnut built-in cabinets in the room. Since lately I've been into Blue colour, I was thinking of painting it Blue. I first go the inspiration when I saw Carrie Bradshaw of Sex and the City's bedroom in SATC the Movie. The room she decorated after Mr Big cancelled the wedding. 

  Carrie's Bedroom (Source : Here )

Since then, I always wanted a Blue bedroom. I've painted my room red and purple so both colours are out of the list. And the colour in Carrie's bedroom is perfect. But for my bedroom I'd want something on the greenish side of blue. Just to suit with the dark cabinets and the gold wallpapers. But I'd love the whole look of Carrie's bedroom. With the white skirting, white furnishes and the random photo frames. Maybe I'll do something like that. Putting random frames and random photos/postcards I took during my travels. And a plus point, blue is very calming. I kid you not. It helps to have a calming environment in your bedroom because that's the most important place for someone to unwind after a long day at work. 

After choosing the colour, you can choose the bed. Based on the style you have picked, now find the perfect bed! I think for me I like bold colours for my room so the best colour for my bed would be dark colours. If you have a light coloured bed, you can match them with white furnitures and get a more pastel-ish hue for your room. But lighter colours are harder to maintain because beds are not something you would buy frequently as normally you'd use the bed for 5years plus. So, it'll be better to get something that is easier to maintain. No fuss. 

Look so comfy!

(Source : Here )

In the end, you just gotta let your imagination go free and create the best space for no one but yourself. And make sure that you can fit all your knick knacks in your room. Oh and put a lot of your personality out there in your room. Be proud to put your favourite bantal busuk or teddy on your bed, put up your favourite pictures or painting or 'Legolas' poster, ANYTHING! Its your room and no one can tell you no :) 

How fun will this be! 

Random Act of Kindness

Was listening to HitzFM this morning and they were talking about Random Act of Kindness. It always feel so nice to be able to do something good for no reason and to be able to make someone's day. I used to do all that when I wasn't so 'involved' with myself. When I was in uni, I always took the time to donate to any charities, or pay the toll charges for the car behind me or pay for someone random's lunch. It makes me feel good to be able to help someone and not hoping for anything in return.

But now, since I have been earning  my own money, I noticed that I have been a little stingy (i prefer to call it 'more careful') with my money. Once i started earning, I finally understand how super hard it is to get money and not just ask from Mommy or Daddy anymore. So I became careful with where I spent my money. I'd buy something for myself every month. Pay the car. Fuel. Etc. And at the end of the month the cycle continues.

But I'm disappointed with myself for not doing more for sedekah. I can spend money to buy shoes, but I don't always spend money for charity. And the fact that i KNOW it will give me greater satisfaction to be able to do that compared to buying shoes that will feel great for 5 seconds and poof its gone!

I MUST DO ONE ACT OF KINDNESS, EVERYDAY.

Keep Calm, Keep Organize

Some time ago, I was really really bad at organizing my things. I always forgot where I put my keys/handphones/purse, I lost my handphone twice and I left my bank card at a costume shop because of my carelessness. Arrrrrrgggh! I'm mad at myself just thinking about what a scatterbrain I was. 

Though, I must add here. This trait must be hereditary! I swear my mom is just as bad as I was. Haha.  

But then a little incident sort of changed that. I have always known that I am a little careless. So there's this one time when I was on a holiday in London during winter 2009 with my family and also my boyfriend, Acap. We stayed in Croydon, London and we took a bus to go to Central London. So, when we were in the bus, there's this huge black guy, who looked pretty ghetto to me, and he stood behind me. And I don't know what the hell happened and how because it happened so fast (and yea, my handbag was open), but he managed to get my purse from my bag and hid it under his jacket! 

I was so glad that Acap saw what had happened and he shouted "That guys took her purse!" or something along that line. The huge guy immediately dropped my purse on the floor and ran out at the next stop. And before he went out he looked at my boyfriend and said "Fuck you!" but it sounded like "Fock ya!!". I was a little freaked out after that incident because that was the first time I was pick pocketed and my purse had a lotta cash and also my id. But after that, I started being really careful about the things I have. 

Even when I went travelling around Europe, I went there with my university and I don't have Acap there as my guardian angel, I locked ALL bags I have with me, even my small sling bag. I just became overly cautious and not just for my belongings but even my friends'. 

But the thing I notice about being careless is, it happens because you don't know where or what you have with you. I never noticed that my purse was pick pocketed because I couldn't remember if I had my purse with me or not on that particular day. 

So now, I started practising the habit of using a bag organizer. It was pretty hard at first because it is such a hassle to put things in compartments and making sure all the things are there. But now I cannot imagine not using one. My bag would be one super massive black hole without it! Every girl must've gone through and understand how hard it is to search for their hand phones in a bag that acts like the twin sister of Bermuda Triangle. But after I started using this, it is sooooo much easier. I always know what I have with me, where it is and it saves me a lot of time looking for things because I always know that small pocket on the right is for car keys and small pocket on the left is for gym locker and office keys. Simple! 

Bag organizer. Life changer. Cewahhh

I carry everything in my trusty bag organizer. 

(Clockwise from top: free reusable shopping bag, mini telekung, make up bag, MUJI bag organizer, Ted Baker purse, my phone, a notebook, name card holder)

Everything tucked in at their respective places! I love it like this. I'll take a minute everyday to keep it organized and clean. Hihi. I sound like a freak ;p

Bought this on Fashion Valet and excited to get it. Anything to help cut my time in half! 

London says Hello

London have always been a pretty special place for my family and I. The pictures were taken in 2010 during my Summer Euro Trip :) 

 Lloyd's of London by Richard Rogers

 Random graffiti near London Eye

 Favorite place in London. Tate Modern!  

 Took this in Barbican Centre

 Somewhere in Canary Wharf. Such a pretty sight!

 An old factory where they placed a super awesome installation and a cafe inside

 St Peter's Cathedral. The best time to come here is at night and hang around on the Millennium Bridge. Nice view too. One of my fondest memories of London 

 Brick Lane. This is taken from Idea Store. 

 One of the Architecture Exhibition at Bartlett, London during their Summer show

Cannon in D Major

Hello! Here's something. I'm an impulsive buyer. Let's say if I feel like my hair is to dry, I'd go on google there and then to find the best shampoo and conditioner that's good for dry hair and the next few minutes I'll be out the door and buy it. My bf hates it when I do this but he's nice enough not to say anything to me unless I'd go super crazy. Then he'll put me on a leash. Haha.


So on this nomal day, I was at the office listening to songs on my phone. And suddenly this song, Cannon in D Major by Pachelbel was playing. Its a really famous piece by Pachelbel composed around 17th century i think. Its one of most popular wedding songs in the world. I love this song. Every single version there is. I listen to it when I'm doing design, work, exercising, wanting to sleep and anything. And i WANT a piano at that moment thinking "Damn if I have a piano/keyboard, I can play this every night and be awesome at it and I can play this for my wedding day and I'll be called to perform for the King, compose my own scores etc" yup, my imagination went wild. 


So, first thing I had to do was, youtube 'How to play Cannon in D Major'. Youtube's amazing. You can learn everything there. And that evening, I bought a keyboard. Hahaha! I'm just so happy. I had it for almost two months and I'm still loving it. But still on my way through Cannon in D Major though. Wish me luck!