January was the month
I was trying to convince (deceive) myself
we gonna just take it slow
as things are gonna turn out fine
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and true enough
wrapped up the month with
a new low similar to January 2025
but more prepared for this
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having spent the whole year of 2025 at home
finally travelled in January
a 2-night trips to KL
meeting friends with
a sleepover at the birthday girl’s place
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followed by a 3-night trip again
meeting the same friend again for
a little shopping and bubble tea
which is sort of like an annual ritual for us
before the friend flying back to her city
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and also a longer trip southbound
to JB and Singapore
which was the first overseas trip since 2020
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it felt great to travel again
but at the same time weird
as I wasn’t working most of the time
while I was frantically working on something
during travel before Covid
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great to be going out again
yet can’t wait to be back
to get back to my everyday routine
and of course my cat ready to roll on her back
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and of course there was this transition from
this quiet year-end Christmas vibe to
all festive Lunar New Year mood
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but this time round
was more carefully with
holding back on spending
which gave me a “scream emoji” last year
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