Happy New Year 2026

Finally last day of 2025.... To be honest, this year really flew. A blink and we're already at the end of it. 

It was an uneventful year for me. I'd wish for it to be more excited and fun like last year, but uneventful year means nothing really bad happened. A boring year means all was good and manageable. And for that I'm grateful.

Work was busy but not overly busy. I actually felt this year was the best balanced year I've had in years. Work was busy, but not crazy. Home was stressful at times especially at the beginning of the year, but somehow i detached better later this year i think, so i could still keep my cool and not stressed out. I slept better too. And made peace with my diet progress, at least I'm not overly chubby, but I'm still watching what i eat, exercise and try not to stress. 

I became lazier though. So many diy projects i started but didn't finish. I only just finished the Sakura train yesterday coz my friend gave me that for bday and i felt obligated to finish it. It was easy too. 3 days done. 

I kept on learning Japanese with Duolingo. Currently on 384 days streak. I'm sure i still can't converse with Japanese, but at least I'm learning more vocabs and hopefully can catch up bits n pieces when i go there again. 

I watched lots of series, Japanese, Chinese, Korean and anime. The only hobby i keep on doing coz I'm too lazy to do anything else lol. 

In terms of friendships, there was an old colleague who reached out to me again after years. We met few times, but then her life got busy and i was tired to chase again and again. I'll let her decide what to do with it. But at this stage of my life, i really can't be bothered to put effort on relationships, coz it usually ends up to be a waste of time. 

When my boss told me i could bring a plus one to Xmas party, doesn't have to be husband or boyfriend, can also be sister or friends, I had The Business Proposal moment "I HAVE NO CHINGGUUUU" moment lol but it wasn't in the pity party mode, it was more like romantic comedy moment. So i guess I'm really okay with my situation now. I really don't understand why people like to post "I'm going to restaurant alone for dinner. That's okay right? ", man of course it's ok, why do you even need to ask? 

Threads was probably the number 1 app i used this year. I've always been annoyed with reels and shorts where i have to watch the whole thing slowly to get what it is all about. I really prefer to just skim the caption and see if it's relevant to me, but most reels don't have that. So threads is perfect for me. Lots of stories and i can skim to see if it's relevant to me before concentrating on it. 

I went to Indonesia again, with 1 of my sis. Jakarta and Bali. It was fun, tho Bali one was a bit disrupted due to my bestfriend's hubby sudden gallbladder. But it ended alright and well i got to stay in quite a few of different hotels in Bali. I pretty much booked hotel every other day back then due to the uncertainty lol but lots of interesting memories this time. 

We also went on a cruise to Moreton Island with our whole family and cousin's family. It was awful. I hated every minute of it and don't wanna get on it again. Prob until I'm damn old and just want to relax. But even then I'm not sure, sounds like going to Japan and just stay in hotel and go out to konbini appeals to me more than cruise. It was so boring. I didn't get the internet plan, expensive and i thought there's plenty to do, but no, there wasn't. Food was just pub quality and not that great. True i didn't pay extra. But i mean it was so underwhelming for me to the point i didn't wanna spend another cent coz i didn't believe it was gonna change it. 

Dad had small surgery. It was 1 night stay only, thank god it was only 1 day. It was already stressing me out. I couldn't fall asleep that night coz i worried of getting a phone call from hospital in the middle of the night like 3 years ago. Hope there's nothing like that ever again. 

I took a week off from work a month after cruise. It was supposed to be the original cruise date, but my cousin forgot she was going back to work that week. I didn't cancel the leave but instead went all over Sydney eating meals i usually can't go coz of work, and trying cakes at cafes. I thought it was gonna be boring, but actually it was fun. A week went by so quickly and i actually didn't get to eat all from my list. 

On my birthday i took a day off. I planned to go to the zoo ($2 bday ticket) but the weather was awful so i didn't end up going. My sis and I went to a cafe I've tried during my leave and i ordered the cakes i wanted to eat. Then went window shopping, used my bday vouchers and had Japanese BBQ lunch and shokupan Japanese/Thai desserts. Oh my IT colleagues actually called me on my mobile and sang me happy birthday. It was really sweet of them 😊

Lots of not so good things happened to people around me, be it money loss, or relationships issue or just too hectic of life. So I'm grateful for my non eventful year. 

Hopefully next year I'll be braver to face all challenges in life, more diligent. And hopefully life will be easy, peaceful but fun and enjoyable in 2026.

Happy New Year 2026.