Recap

I'm grateful for 2025. 

Finance

I did slightly better than last year. I calculated and I did spent about $1,000 more than last year on my credit card, but I am able to constantly pay back my credit card debt accordingly. And also, I spent about $8,000 on company expenses, which was reimburse back. In Shaa' Allah, I will manage my finance better for next year since my priority is to go for Umrah next year.

Monthly Goals: I achieved all my monthly financial goals for 2025.

1.  January - Pay credit card debt. ✔️
2.  February - Pay credit card debt & set aside for Hari Raya. ✔️
3.  March - Pay credit card debt & set aside for Hari Raya. ✔️
4.  April - Buy Bangkok flight ticket & book hotel for December.  Pay credit card debt. ✔️
5.  May - Pay credit card debt. ✔️
6.  June - Buy Bangkok flight ticket & book hotel for December. Pay credit card debt. ✔️
7.  July - Pay credit card debt. Buy Bangkok flight ticket. ✔️
8.  August - Pay credit card debt. Book hotel for December. ✔️ 
9.  September - Pay credit card debt. ✔️ 
10.  October - Pay credit card debt. Book Bangkok activities. ✔️ 
11.  November - Pay credit card debt. ✔️ 
12.  December - Pay credit card debt. 1 week birthday trip to Bangkok. ✔️ 

Travel

I only went to Bangkok this year. 8 days and 7 nights in Bangkok is pretty much a trip well spent. Being realistic, I could only afford 1 trip this year, which I am really grateful for. As usual, I will always have fun in Bangkok, even though this is the 4th time going there. There are always new things and places for me to explore. And every time I came back to Singapore, I realised that they are certain things that I had missed out on when I was there. And I'm already looking at the dates, hotels and new activities for my next trip to Bangkok in 2026. In Shaa' Allah, I will get to go Bangkok again next year.

Career

Next year February will be 2 years working in this company. Do I love this job? Absolutely no. Do I like this job? Surprisingly yes. The things that I have been doing here, have allowed me to expand my portfolios and be more responsible in my decision-making skills. Am I annoyed by certain things? Yes, but it is out of my control so I just accept it as it is. I don't see the point in making things unnecessary complicated, which surprisingly happens quite a lot. It is mostly due to the different working styles of a German and a Singaporean. I am beginning to just let things be. As usual, I have set a deadline for myself, 5 years target, we shall see how in February 2029, if there is a future for me to stay. In Shaa' Allah, I will be fine and achieve my target in 3 years' time.

Hobbies

This is just getting from bad to worse. I have not drawn anything since May 2024. And to top it off, GMMTV have around 35 BL couples, which honestly excites me to draw all of them. The only issue is that I have not found the perfect pictures for all the couples. Hopefully it will be soon or I might just draw something else. We shall see. I just bought 7 more BL books so now I have 31 BL books to which I have only completed reading 1 book. I really need to start reading the books. I'm still too distracted from reading my online light novels and my manhua/manhwa/manga/webtoons. And I'm still watching at minimum 10 TV shows at any one time. Previously my go-to TV shows to watch was always 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' but now, I'm obsessed with 'Abbott Elementary'. Basically, I'm switching in between these 2 shows when I don't want to think.

On the plus side, I posted 3 plot outlines on archiveofourown, based off the BL and GL couples of GMMTV. And I have 7 more plots to be posted, with a lot of tweaking and rewriting. Let's hope I will come up with more plots. In Shaa' Allah, I will start back on all my hobbies again if possible.

Health

Started going to the gym again. And I am so happy to say that I have dropped from 76.6kg to 72kg. 4.6kg within a period of 6 months, and this is me just doing the bare minimum of 2 times to the gym and playing around. I need to focus so that I can hit my goal of losing 10kg. My health has been surprisingly great this year, for which I am grateful for. I have only taken MC twice and one of them was because I was feeling lazy to go to work. Other than that, I am doing my best to take care of my skin, with my 4-step morning skincare routine and my 6-step night skincare routine. In Shaa' Allah, I will in better health next year, I will lost the remaining 5.2kg and my skin will glow.

Birthday

I had a great time celebrating my 39th birthday. I went to Bangkok for 8 days and 7 nights. I went to a shooting range and went to the highest spot in Bangkok to celebrate. I got my trip, I got my books and I got my Prada bracelet. In Shaa' Allah, I will do a nice celebration for my 40th birthday next year.

In Shaa' Allah, I will make 2026 a much better year than 2025. I need to be more discipline and strict on myself. Alhamdulillah for 2025.