Journal Prompts for 2025

1. What are 10 great things that happened or that you accomplished in 2024?

  • 5D4N trip in Penang, Kedah & Perak, on bridesmaid duty
  • Disney On Ice with le housemates
  • Hanbok, live octopus experience
  • Attended University of Manchester Southeast Asia Bicentenary Celebration
  • Family Photoshoot & retake corporate photo (after a decade)
  • USS Family Day/ Sentosa/ Movie by the beach with jies
  • Being a Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS)
  • Tried new sports- tennis & pickleball
  • Kulnari golf & JB outing with colleagues
  • Been to Disneyland for the first time in my life (princess at heart)
  • Travelled to dream country- Switzerland with le bestie, experiencing snow
  • Had awesome connections with my Blackpink girls and SOCCOM folks ❤️

I have more to write actually, but let’s keep it to myself.

2. What do you want to celebrate?

  • Entering the third decade!

3. How do you want to approach 2025?

  • Trust the process, everything happens for a reason.

4. What qualities do you want to cultivate?

  • Emotional maturity, patience and compassion.

5. What good habits do you want to continue adopting?

  • Being assertive, continue thriving & never give up.

6. How will commit to yourself?

  • To remember how hard it gets, I will always trust & choose myself unapologetically.

7. Where will you pour your attention?

  • Myself and connections

8. What habits or practices nourish you?

  • Workouts, read books, writing journals & listening to music

9. What do you want more of in 2025?

  • More sports, more books and more travels (sound like a plan!)

10. One small thing you do everyday to be yourself?

  • I will continue to remain genuine to others, true to myself.

Wrapping Up 2024

I don’t hate you 2024, but you were a difficult year, full of challenges, changes and learning. You showed me that life can change in blink of an eye and taught me to always choose myself unapologetically.

Nonetheless, above all, you made me understand that my health, whether physical, emotional and mental, is what really matters.

There are things I can’t understand, but I believe that, with time, I will understand the reasons and purposes of everything that happened.

2025 will be the quietest era ever for me.

I just want to travel, get in shape, make money, manage it and enjoy solitude. I don’t wanna hear anyone’s issues and I won’t be sharing any of mine. I only have room for genuine love and I’m forever choosing who chooses me. ❤️

More sports, more books and more travels.

Coucou 2025!

How I Kickstart 2024

  • Got a new haircut (so refreshing)
  • Reviewed an account with 12 emails of supporting docs (little pat on the back!)
  • Fulfilled bridesmaid duty (knew 4 new friends)
  • Concurred 8 hours road trip (so much fun having karaoke in the car) (loving road trip cause I am not the one driving hehe)
  • Visited new states in Malaysia (learnt different cultures too)
  • Back to Penang after 5 years (gained little food baby hehe)
  • Appointed IBG-COO social committee FY’24 (exciting events to look forward)
  • Being offered Singapore Leadership Scholarship for EMBA (gonna turn down)
  • Got approached for new career opportunities on LinkedIn (hmm)
  • Tried Baba costume at Peranakan museum (so elegant)
  • Crashed bestie’s bridal shower (first time attending bridal shower)
  • Cheongsam experience (had Chun-Li hairdo for gate crash hehe)
  • Back to mural paintings after 9 years (Gosh! Time flies)
  • Had fried sago at the market (similar sauce as kangkong squid I feel)
  • Mini earthquake at work (gonna part ways with current team)(but I got what I wanted and my boss remains)
  • Went for Chicken Pao, Pan Fried Chicken Dumpling workshop (housemates said I should just continue working in the bank)(as if I hurt the paos lol)
  • Blood donation (wanted to donate in Dec’23, but barely had time in SG)

Knew 4 ladies during Penang trip. We are of the same age, that explains why we clicked well I guess. We literally spent 3D2N together. We talked about marriage, love, life & career. They are matured and independent. They prioritize themselves, and work hard to enjoy life to the fullest. I learn that despite growing up differently, some values cultivated were similar. It had been a while since I spent so much time with bestie (5D4N), we had very different values. I am an A; she is a T in MBTI.

Over the years, I learnt to be assertive and step up to communicate. I used to be afraid of rejections, but I guess organizing workshop last year shaped me into a better person. Had so many rejections in a month as compared to what I had over the years. Well, it was a good takeaway. I can do stuff without having regrets now. Still feel little proud of myself to be able to pull through the workshop, with much help from the seniors, of course.

Had rough weeks, work related- lots of rumors on new team arrangement. Knowing bits parts of news here and there, I really didn’t feel good about it, but I keep reminding myself to have an open mind. Everything happens for a reason right? In conclusion, I will be following current boss to form another team, together with 5 new teammates. Well, job scope remains which I favor, but the portfolios now are bigger. Good learning opportunities I guess, from reviewing SME to midcap, now large corp. I really can’t think of any cons for this arrangement. 🙂 Staying optimistic!

I feel much better now, I mean like who likes to work under uncertainties right? Now that I know what’s the outcome, I can refocus on my work, to do handover when time comes.

Has been a rollercoaster ride for the past month, lots of events happening, still trying to cope. Not sure if I have more responsibilities now, or my work has been piling up during colleagues’ absence over holiday period. I have been working overtime for the past weeks, stay home and work. Ugh. People have been asking me to take things slow and watch my health. I mean like if my work is not cleared, my health will definitely get worse. I am almost there, no more overtime after this! Tsk.

Journal Prompts for 2024

  1. What are 10 great things that happened or that you accomplished in 2023?
  • Completed Business Mandarin for Banking Professionals
  • Appointed University of Manchester Alumni Association’s Board of Committee
  • Got Service Recognition Award/ Won Q3 CORE Star Award
  • Completed House Renovation (It turned out exactly what I wanted)
  • Organized A Workshop (Wrapped up with lots of compliments)
  • Attended 5 Good Friends’ Weddings (Feel like a proud mom)
  • Dressed Up during Dinner & Dance (Go Merida!)
  • Went for Disney Immersive Experience & Concert/ Yiruma’s Concert
  • Attended 2-Day ACAMS Conference (Met Interpol OMG)
  • Travelled to Taiwan & Sydney (Missing winter already)

2. What do you want to celebrate?

  • Everything! Little wins, great achievements, failures. It molds what I am today!

3. How do you want to approach 2024?

  • Slow down. “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”

4. What qualities do you want to cultivate?

  • Let things happen, trust the process, and enjoy the ride!

5. What good habits do you want to continue adopting?

  • Being assertive, not just confident

6. How will you commit to yourself?

  • To remember that no matter how hard it gets, I will continue to remain true to myself

7. Where will you pour your attention?

  • Family, Career, Education & Connections

8. What habits or practices nourish you?

  • Workouts, read books, writing journals & listening to music

9. What do you want more of in 2024?

  • To take a leap of faith, especially before turning 30!

10. One small thing you do everyday to be yourself?

  • I will give my very best everyday

New Year New Resolutions

Came across a post on social media the other day. It was “I can’t even remember the last time I ever had any new year’s resolutions because I was definitely one of those “why bothers? it’ll never happen” type of person” post. No offense. But, I am the kind who have new year resolutions. Just saying, I need something to focus on.

Glad to have long weekends during New Year, I managed to finalize new year goals to work on. I am quite satisfied on what I achieved in 2021, though few were affected due to Covid, but somehow I managed to accomplish majority of them. I monitored and realigned my goals along the way, to be more defined, adjusting to situations from time to time.

I am excited for what lies ahead, feeling hyped to work hard on what I have planned. I was having dinner with a long lost friend on Monday. He asked: who do you see yourself compare with? Myself, I said. Not being ignorant. Just saying, everyone has their own path and I don’t want to compare with anybody else, so long I am doing better than my old self.

It is quite subjective whether or not to have new year resolutions. To me, it would be good to jot down what’s in mind, plan out resources to achieve my goals. I started doing it few years back, and they are the reasons that keep me pushing. I feel accomplished whenever I achieved something and then struck them off from my list.

Can’t wait to see myself at a new high by end of the year. I am pretty busy recently at work, in life, with friends. But I am feeling good cause I find myself being efficient with limited time. Though it can be quite tiring at times, I managed to complete a lot of tasks. Guess my new bought planner really makes wonders. 🙂

How about you? What’s your new year resolutions?

Journal Prompts for 2022

1.     What are 10 great things that happened or that you accomplished in 2021?

  • Successful internal mobility
  • Passed ICA advanced certificate
  • Met someone who changed my perception of love  
  • Blood Donation
  • Candlelight concert
  • Ocean restaurant
  • Take good care of my mental health
  • Having good boss & considerate colleagues
  • Love what I do at work
  • Signed up 2 years gym membership- best investment of the year

2.      What do you want to celebrate?

  • I made promise in doing things even though I am not sure if it is right or it will succeed, at least I took that leap of faith. And I did it!

3.     How do you want to approach 2022?    

  • Remain fearless, to live with no regrets!

4.     What qualities do you want to cultivate?

  • Let things happen, trust the process, and enjoy the ride.

5.     What bad habits do you want to leave in the past?

  • Punctuality
  • Egoistic
  • Splurging

6.    How will you commit to yourself?

  • To remember that no matter how hard it gets, I will continue to remain true to myself

7.    Where will you pour your attention?

  • Physical & mental health. Body management. Career. Education. Relationships.

8.    What habits or practices nourish you?

  • Write journals. Read books.

9.    What do you want more of in 2022?

  • To allocate more time for relationships & myself, aside work.

10.    One small thing you do everyday to be your best self?

  • Reflect/ Pray