Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone! 💖💖💖 I’ve been waiting for this day. Finally, I could meet the Crown Prince of Piano, Maksim Mrvica, in person and watch his concert. Yaaaaay!!! 🥰🥰🥰 Last Valentine’s Day was like: Me: “Do you want to be my boyfriend?” Someone: “I have a girlfriend.” Me: “Okay.” I may sound like it was all good but actually, that stung a bit. However, I feel grateful to have a happy-go-lucky personality. And for past love experiences. After so many heartbreaks, I guess it’s now easier to move on #thisis30s Thank you, next! 💋 Alright, since I’m in a lovey-dovey mood, this week I wanna share some thoughts that…
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5 Things I Learned from My Summer Holiday
Hi! Bonjour! Hola! For more than a month, I’ve been sharing my summer holiday stories. I still have some but this week, I feel like sharing about the lessons I learned during the trip with you. Yes, behind those exciting travel photos and stories, I learned a lot of things. This blog isn’t a diary, so I won’t disclose any name or be detailed with what happened for privacy purposes. I’m writing this in hope that you get something, even if it’s just one thing. Either it’s a situation that resonates with you or something that could be useful in the future. Alright, so here they are: 1. Intelligence Takes…
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Should Expats Write a Will? Yes, Here’s Why
As someone who blogs about travel and personal finance, I read other people’s blogs too. One day, I found an interesting article about will writing. Thanks to that blog post, I realised the importance of having a will as an expat. Okay, this idea may sound strange to you. At first, I felt the same. I’m an expat who doesn’t own a car or a house. I don’t even have a fat savings account and investment portfolios. In addition, I’m very healthy. So, why should I write a will? The reason is very simple. Although I don’t own much, I don’t want my hard-earned money to go to waste. Every…
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Lessons and Highlights of 2021
Happy New Year! Finally, 2022 is here. Whatever happened last year, let us have new hopes and dreams this year. The blog post for this week will be about me looking back at the lessons and highlights of 2021. Last year was exciting because it felt as if I got my life back, although I decided to postpone my travel. But one thing for sure, I think I’m getting used to postponing my travel plan thanks to Omicron. Yeah, the variants will keep popping out, so we must get used to it. Else we won’t be travelling until the end of the world! I’m just afraid that suddenly the rules…
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The Love Lesson that Every Single Woman Should Know
Alright, this week’s blog post is gonna be short and sweet. Yes, it’s about something that I seldom share on my blog but I feel that I MUST share this love lesson to save women, especially those in their early twenties and who are single. One day, I had a great conversation with a highly intelligent man. We talked about many things and at one point we discussed relationships. Since I’m single, I playfully asked if he could introduce me to his friends who are single (or divorced). Alas, all of his friends are married. I guess once women reach their late twenties, some people will ask when they would…
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On Finance – Should You Prioritise Your Family or Parents?
As many are struggling because of the pandemic, I feel it’s time to write this article. For those who are struggling financially, especially the sandwich generation, I hope the post this week can ease your burden — even if it’s just a little. This blog post is inspired by two powerful women: my mother and Henny Kristianus, an Indonesian public figure. Thank you so much for the impactful speech… And now it’s my turn to share it with others. Sandwich generation A generation of people, typically in their thirties or forties, responsible both for bringing up their own children and for the care of their aging parents (Oxford Languages) If…
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4 Personal Growth Lessons That I Learned Last Week
Hola, everyone! I hope all of you are doing great. After all, last week was payday. Yaaaay!! The beginning of last week was relaxing for me (work-life). So, I spent my time consuming personal growth content from podcasts, videos and articles. Thankfully, they helped me to be more self-aware. Here are 4 personal growth lessons that I learned last week: There are 6 Human Needs A few years ago, I discovered that I’m an ENFJ. But thanks to Tony Robbins, last week I discovered the core human needs that drive every decision I make. According to the article, there are 6 human needs: Certainty — assurance that you can avoid…
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Why You Should Fear Regret More Than Rejection
Let me ask you a question: which one is scarier – being rejected or wasting months/years feeling regret? On paper, some of you may say, “of course wasting my time regretting something I didn’t do!”, but when it comes to reality, are you sure? Last week, I got the oomph, signs, feeling – whatever you call it – to finally ask my crush out for a drink. Like, just to get to know each other. But before that, I reached out to my no-nonsense guy friend for his opinion. In short, he encouraged me to go for it. “It’s 1-in-9-billion-people luck, you are the performer. Go for it!” After weeks…
