20 minutes to 25. My 24th Year Summary.
Today (as I wrote this first paragraph) is 7th December 2018. In next 20 days I'll be a quarter century old cat lady. Life has been good to me, Alhamdulillah for that. Okay. In this post, I will summarize my 24th year of living.
1. I spent a lot on skin care. At least I tried. Lol.
This year, I felt a sudden urge to take care of my skin. This is because, there's a lot of pretty people around me suddenly this year; there's a new colleague named Cocopie with very presentable appearance, I got a new UIUX comrade, Keke with no skin issues, and a new pretty roommate with flawless glowing skin... Hmmm, tbh, I feel pretty pressured by this. Me too, want to at least smaller my pores and improve my tired-looking face. So I spent like RM600++ this year buying skin care stuff from Watson's and Hermo. I used to have a plan of going to see proper dermatologist, (I freaking already saved 1K for a mesotherapy treatment) but because of my low confidence-self, i just canceled the plan off. Hahahhaha. I also wear makeups twice this year. Hahahaha.
2. I cook a lot. Because making food is sexy.
What is sexier? A fit guy with sweaty white tshirt that make us easily see thru the abs, or a perfectly seasoned rare steak? Of course lah the second choice. I realized that I am addicted to explore more on tastes. I am into food-hunting more than hunting for my future spouse. Pffft.
I ate meat, chicken a lot this year rather than eating healthy fruits and veggies. Fuck off Atkins diet. Hahahaha. This year I really don't want to be slimmer.
Update 12/12/18: Someone bought a yoga mat and I died instantly. So I decided to do Atkins again.
Here's some of the foods I cooked throughout this year:
3. I made an ASNB-Financing investment. And more thrifty this year.
Investment sounds like a proper way of adulting. So yeah. This year is the first year i started to spend a lot of money on savings. I already have an insurance and a medical card as what I planned last year. My financial life is currently doing okay. But I still haven't buy my first house, because I don't want to mess up my brain yet. Overthinking might cause hair-loss and I love my hair so much. Next year. I will buy my first house before i reached 26. Bet on it.
This year, i am more kiamsiap then ever, i drink less Starbucks. Because drinking Starbucks is actually the same as muscle flexing but with money.
4. I love my career so much.
I fucking love my career as a UI/UX designer. I love the office where I work. I love my friends. I realized that friendship is built on mutual trust and honesty. When someone unintentionally made you angry or uncomfortable, it is okay to talk about it (w/o mentioning the name) on social media. But, you also need to talk directly to him, face to face and tell him on how you feel and how can he improve himself. I did that and now we're more transparent to each other, living a harmonious friendship. Hahahaha.
(If you're angry and talk about your angst indirectly to many people, some innocent/unrelated people will mistaken themselves because of their anxiety.)
Most importantly, i love my working station - a beautiful mess. I've shared my workstation on my instastories many times. Because, i'm obsessed with it.
I think, my decision of pursuing this UI/UX rather that continuing the industrial design is kinda worthy. This career felt like a roller-coster ride, sometime kancheong sometime sienz, but the workloads are tolerable for me physically and emotionally. This is the job that I don't mind working on weekends, overtime or until my heart beats fast because of exhaustion. This is the thing that I like, so I don't care. For the first time in my life, I feel like this job is an antidepressant.
Update 13/12/18: Yeayyyy. Company dinner again. Can't wait to play Grab Driver again. My dream part-time job.
Update 15/12/18: Skills that I think I learned this year: After Effect, Lottie and a bit of Invision Design System Manager (lol, still count). End of 2018, is a good year for the office because we are blessed with a pantry that is also a 'Syurga Makanan (Food Haven)'. Let me give you some sneak peak.
Consequently, my weight has been increased tremendously ever since the pantry upgrade. So, last week I've started dieting again. Pfff.
Update 17/12/18: Aw yeah. We are having new lead designer, can't wait to learn new stuff.
Update 21/12/18: I don't think I'm good enough here. I come late to office and I'm incompetent and also lacking in many ways. Hmmm... Idk. I feel bad but I don't know what this feeling is about. But this feeling is feeding my anxiety. If you know me well, you maybe know about my self-inflicted guilt. During my days at Behn Meyer, I was always been haunted by these voices inside my head; 'You're a burden.' 'You're slowing us down".
Upadate 22/12/18: Fuck working anxiety! Dear Aan, let's be the best version of yourself from now on. Let's improve and grow! Yeay
5. Pokemon is love. Pokemon is life.
Loneliness is a disease. And Pokemon Go is somewhat a cure for it. Hahahahha. At least, you can enjoy yourself playing and catching virtual pokemons while feeling alone. Like there's something to distract you from your #sadlife hahaha.
Last year, I was at level 32. This year upgraded to 34, my progress is a bit slow since i was pretty busy with my office projects. Okaylah. This year also, i managed to influence my youngest sibling to play Pokemon Go. Mwahahahha. I guest 2018 is really my Pokemon year when McDonalds released Pokemon Asia's happy meal sets, which I collected them all.
Update 24/12/18: I am now at level 35.
I also bought an Eevee plushie, lol just because i like Eevee the most. It's freaking cute.
6. This year I realized that I got Socks Fetish. (Is it the correct term to use?)
Thanks to Feifei for introducing me to the Birkenstock, I started to find a nice way to defend my virginity; wearing socks with sandals. Instantaneously, I felt that my virginity willpower consolidated, hardened like a diamond.
But overall, it is a fashion statement for me, I like to flex off my socks collection.
Are you someone that love cutie socks like me? But me up at aanhamdani12@gmail.com and we can be socks friends!
Update 26/12/18: I saw some cute socks at Mr. DIY. I want to buy it it but..... STAHP IT AAN.
7. This year in K-Dramaland.
Surprisingly, due to my busy career this year, I watched lesser Korean drama compared to last year. However, I've noticed my drama genre patterns have been narrowed down to these drama types: Crime, Horror, Investigation, Action, Revenge and Medical. This proved that I am slowly reaching my maturity. Maybe. Most of the dramas I watched is not overly funny, so I'm okay being judged as a boring person.
8. This year in Illustration.
It started out with me watching, Altered Carbon on the Netflix. So fucking inspired with the holograms and the neon glow, I vector-illustrate this and animate it with Photoshop. Ever since that, i've decided to uniform my vector illustration style - to use dotty eyes.
9. What I want for my 25th year of life?
1. I spent a lot on skin care. At least I tried. Lol.
This year, I felt a sudden urge to take care of my skin. This is because, there's a lot of pretty people around me suddenly this year; there's a new colleague named Cocopie with very presentable appearance, I got a new UIUX comrade, Keke with no skin issues, and a new pretty roommate with flawless glowing skin... Hmmm, tbh, I feel pretty pressured by this. Me too, want to at least smaller my pores and improve my tired-looking face. So I spent like RM600++ this year buying skin care stuff from Watson's and Hermo. I used to have a plan of going to see proper dermatologist, (I freaking already saved 1K for a mesotherapy treatment) but because of my low confidence-self, i just canceled the plan off. Hahahhaha. I also wear makeups twice this year. Hahahaha.
2. I cook a lot. Because making food is sexy.
What is sexier? A fit guy with sweaty white tshirt that make us easily see thru the abs, or a perfectly seasoned rare steak? Of course lah the second choice. I realized that I am addicted to explore more on tastes. I am into food-hunting more than hunting for my future spouse. Pffft.
I ate meat, chicken a lot this year rather than eating healthy fruits and veggies. Fuck off Atkins diet. Hahahaha. This year I really don't want to be slimmer.
Update 12/12/18: Someone bought a yoga mat and I died instantly. So I decided to do Atkins again.
Here's some of the foods I cooked throughout this year:
3. I made an ASNB-Financing investment. And more thrifty this year.
Investment sounds like a proper way of adulting. So yeah. This year is the first year i started to spend a lot of money on savings. I already have an insurance and a medical card as what I planned last year. My financial life is currently doing okay. But I still haven't buy my first house, because I don't want to mess up my brain yet. Overthinking might cause hair-loss and I love my hair so much. Next year. I will buy my first house before i reached 26. Bet on it.
This year, i am more kiamsiap then ever, i drink less Starbucks. Because drinking Starbucks is actually the same as muscle flexing but with money.
I fucking love my career as a UI/UX designer. I love the office where I work. I love my friends. I realized that friendship is built on mutual trust and honesty. When someone unintentionally made you angry or uncomfortable, it is okay to talk about it (w/o mentioning the name) on social media. But, you also need to talk directly to him, face to face and tell him on how you feel and how can he improve himself. I did that and now we're more transparent to each other, living a harmonious friendship. Hahahaha.
(If you're angry and talk about your angst indirectly to many people, some innocent/unrelated people will mistaken themselves because of their anxiety.)
Most importantly, i love my working station - a beautiful mess. I've shared my workstation on my instastories many times. Because, i'm obsessed with it.
I think, my decision of pursuing this UI/UX rather that continuing the industrial design is kinda worthy. This career felt like a roller-coster ride, sometime kancheong sometime sienz, but the workloads are tolerable for me physically and emotionally. This is the job that I don't mind working on weekends, overtime or until my heart beats fast because of exhaustion. This is the thing that I like, so I don't care. For the first time in my life, I feel like this job is an antidepressant.
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| The lady in front of me actually not sitting there. It was Hon's place, but now replaced with Adri, a new guy that Kelsey said belongs to an Atas society. Atas according to Kelsey is someone that looks like Syed Sadiq. Ohhh. |
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| Aurat visually covered. |
Update 13/12/18: Yeayyyy. Company dinner again. Can't wait to play Grab Driver again. My dream part-time job.
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| Office comrades. |
Update 15/12/18: Skills that I think I learned this year: After Effect, Lottie and a bit of Invision Design System Manager (lol, still count). End of 2018, is a good year for the office because we are blessed with a pantry that is also a 'Syurga Makanan (Food Haven)'. Let me give you some sneak peak.
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| Candies and Apollo |
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| Variety of coffee so i don't need Starbucks |
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| And junkfoods. |
Consequently, my weight has been increased tremendously ever since the pantry upgrade. So, last week I've started dieting again. Pfff.
Update 17/12/18: Aw yeah. We are having new lead designer, can't wait to learn new stuff.
Update 21/12/18: I don't think I'm good enough here. I come late to office and I'm incompetent and also lacking in many ways. Hmmm... Idk. I feel bad but I don't know what this feeling is about. But this feeling is feeding my anxiety. If you know me well, you maybe know about my self-inflicted guilt. During my days at Behn Meyer, I was always been haunted by these voices inside my head; 'You're a burden.' 'You're slowing us down".
Upadate 22/12/18: Fuck working anxiety! Dear Aan, let's be the best version of yourself from now on. Let's improve and grow! Yeay
5. Pokemon is love. Pokemon is life.
Loneliness is a disease. And Pokemon Go is somewhat a cure for it. Hahahahha. At least, you can enjoy yourself playing and catching virtual pokemons while feeling alone. Like there's something to distract you from your #sadlife hahaha.
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| My progress so far, on Pokemon Go. |
Update 24/12/18: I am now at level 35.
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| All the figurines i collected from buying 2 happy meals every week consecutively for a month. |
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| I like Eevee because it's brown and furry and.. most importante, mi amigo, the mouth looks like Kim Yong Gwang's. |
6. This year I realized that I got Socks Fetish. (Is it the correct term to use?)
Thanks to Feifei for introducing me to the Birkenstock, I started to find a nice way to defend my virginity; wearing socks with sandals. Instantaneously, I felt that my virginity willpower consolidated, hardened like a diamond.
But overall, it is a fashion statement for me, I like to flex off my socks collection.
Update 26/12/18: I saw some cute socks at Mr. DIY. I want to buy it it but..... STAHP IT AAN.
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| I am a sucker for socks. |
7. This year in K-Dramaland.
Surprisingly, due to my busy career this year, I watched lesser Korean drama compared to last year. However, I've noticed my drama genre patterns have been narrowed down to these drama types: Crime, Horror, Investigation, Action, Revenge and Medical. This proved that I am slowly reaching my maturity. Maybe. Most of the dramas I watched is not overly funny, so I'm okay being judged as a boring person.
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| Life on Mars. |
- Life on Mars. Crime / Investigation. This is actually the Korean adaptation of the English series with the same name. This drama is about this cop that fell into a coma after having an accident while chasing the bad guy; a serial murderer. While in the comatose, he dreamt about being a police in 1980's and chasing a serial murder with the same m.o like the one he encountered before. Recommended.
- Come and Hug Me. Crime / Psychology / Romance (but seriously only 5% from the storyline). Imagine, your dad is a murderer that kill a lot of innocent lives and also a famous actress. How will you cope with that while growing up?, and the entire community hates your family. Like this guy even changed his family name and become a cop to atone for his father's sin. Ahh so goddamn tragic. Recommended.
- Cross. Crime / Revenge / Medical. I watched this drama out of curiosity BTW. Because the hero of the drama used to be a comedian, kinda sceptical at first but he really nailed it. This drama is about a guy that becomes a prison doctor to kill the guy that killed his dad, discreetly, medically. Recommended.
- The Guest. Horror / Investigation. Fucking scary SFX. Worth it. A taxi driver, a priest and and a police officer team up to catch the ghost boss that caused multiple homicide and suicide. Okaylah, but the ending is a bit like zombie apocalypse. Recommended.
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| Come and Hug Me. |
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| Cross. |
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| The Guest. |
8. This year in Illustration.
It started out with me watching, Altered Carbon on the Netflix. So fucking inspired with the holograms and the neon glow, I vector-illustrate this and animate it with Photoshop. Ever since that, i've decided to uniform my vector illustration style - to use dotty eyes.
- Healthy
- Grateful
- Sufficient Wealthiness
- Less Grumpy, less anxiety
- A House
- Do I need a boyfriend? Hmmm maybe not yet.
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| Okbye. See ya. |