Sunday, November 15, 2020

Busy Weekends

21st Nov - Work & Younger Brother's wedding
28th Nov - Work & Dinner with NAFA friends
05th Dec - Dinner with Thai friends
12th Dec - Birthday shopping & dinner with close friends
19th Dec - Solo staycation
26th Dec - Christmas dinner with F1 friends

My weekends are busy. Surprisingly, I made the effort to make plans with different group of friends. I have no idea what I was thinking when I said yes to all these plans. And now I can feel myself getting tired just thinking about all these plans that I agreed to.

On the plus side, I'm trying to socialize more rather than being cooped in my house since I'm still working from home. Not looking forward but at the same time looking forward to catching up with all these familiar faces. I really need to sort out my state of emotions and take better care of myself.

Sunday, November 01, 2020

Birthday Plan

So I just got my leave approved and I immediately booked my staycation. 

I was honestly contemplating between buying a Grand Cabas LV Tote Bag or a Staycation. Almost all of my friends said that I should buy the LV bag for future investment which I know that I will definitely use the bag for the next 5 to 10 years. But that small part of it was still hoping for someone to tell me to go for a staycation. I truly like the tote bag a lot but I wasn't 100% sure of getting it. Then I realized that I like it but I don't love it and it's not worth it to spend $3,300 on something that I do not love. 

And by the time, I decided to book a staycation at the hotel that I wanted, it was too late. The Suite Artist room that I wanted at Hotel Nuve Heritage was already reserved. Decided to go for my 2nd option, which was The Big Sky Room at Lloyd's Inn but sadly it was already taken. My next option was the Deluxe Suite Executive, Junior Suite room at JW Marriott Hotel Singapore South Beach but that was already booked as well.

Since my first 3 choices are taken up, I know I was desperate to find myself the ideal bathroom with a gorgeous bathtub. Yes, it's very important for me to have a bathtub whenever I go for a vacation. After looking through several more gorgeous hotel rooms with beautiful bathtubs, I settled for the Club Deluxe Marina room at The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore. 

A 3 days, 2 nights solo staycation to pamper myself. It will just be me, bubble baths, facial masks, massages, non-stop Netflix and drawing random things. I might consider switching off my phone for the 3 days though. We shall see how...

2011 - Pedro Messenger Bag & Shoes
2012 - 'A Song of Ice & Fire' Series, 5 books
2013 - 'The History of Middle-Earth' Series, 12 books
2014 - 'Malazan Book of the Fallen' Series, 10 books
2015 - Adele Albums, 19, 21 & 25
2016 - IKEA Bookcase
2017 - Pedro Leather Backpack
2018 - Shopping Spree, spend more than $1,300
2019 - Shopping Spree, spend more than $3,000
2020 - Staycation at Ritz-Carlton, keeping my budget to $2,000