Throwback - Little green corner

Somehow being at Habitat influenced me to start having something green at home. I never plant anything in my life. I never interested to try either. Mom on the other hand has her own kebun.

So I started with these two plants which according to the nursery easy to jaga. I like the green color leaves and the other plant produce oxygen. Good to put in door.

Then these... one of it is spider plant also for air circulation inside house.

The rest was history... hahaha..

Halia and cili

Daun pandan, serai and kunyit yg mcm nak mati

Plant became bigger

Kunyit decided to give it a try to live, mom bring money plant frm Johor

Limau kasturi.. survived in airasia flight and berbunga

Semangat.. so beli rak from china and pasang terus

Perfectly fit 

Dulu - Kanan. Now ada tiga pokok. I amazed how the plant adjust to fit new born. 

Today

I'm more selective on what to plant now.. coz I need to jaga. I have not been travelling like before. Now can only afford balik kampung je.. huhuhu. So maximum 3 or 4 days without water and they survived. No more pokok cili as its attract white ulat. Now only simple veggie like bayam, kangkung, belalai gajah, kacang, kunyit, limau purut, pandan and serai. Mom gave bendi and pucuk manis. I hope they survive.

Throwback - Move again.. became a Nomad

31 Dec 2016

After more than one year (since 24 Oct 2015), I moved again. My landlord decided not to renew and looking for more long term tenant. Im not here nor there, always extend last minutes for few months like no commitment.

Hmm.. 

I remembered that day was saturday. I start to pack my stuff on friday after work. I was really tired and stressed. I have to pack my stuff and carry few boxes to the office for temporary storage and carry the remaining in my car.

To carry from my unit to car park was easy coz I use cold storage trolley. Then from my car to the office, I have to carry one by one as there were stairs and the lif cannot go up to the office straight. That was painful and streessfull. Then from my car to the airbnb room was not so bad.

This was my first night at airbnb, near office with bathroom. The next day, on new year, I was sick. My body ache and my head spinning. I went to doctor, went breakfast, took medicine and slept all day. Flat. I slept from morning till night. Black out. Not even checked my phone. At night when I woke up around 7pm, the helper that clean up the house told me she was a bit worried coz I did not go out from the room at all. Yaaa.. i was so sick. The next day, I got MC and just stay in bed continue sleep. I cant do anything, i was soo weak. 

This is where my life as a nomad started.. I rent a room on weekdays and on sat/sun I went back to hometown or KL. It was difficult. Correction... very difficult living like a nomad. No place to call home. No proper table to do work after office, no kitchen and no place to properly eat with table and chair, sometime shared bathroom,  I move in move out. Stay few places depends on availability. Sometime when I felt burn out, I stayed one day at nicer place. I sent my clothes to laundry and the rest of my stuff was in the car. I have 2 troley bags to store my clothes.

Oh wow... what a moment to look back. I will never forget this phase of my life.. 

Go Green Run

17.12.17

I have been wanting to participate in run event since i was in KL. Procrastination has been my best friend since then. Since I required plenty of distraction, I decided to registered myself for 5km fun run. I cant remember if I had run 5km, maybe yes on the treadmill in KL. Here when I ran beside the beach.. I actually dont care.. Is just for me to have time off with the beach.

Start

End

Since I have trouble sleeping waking up 5.30 am was not a problem. Start my day with warm up and light breakfast and uber sent me to Padang Polo.

Surprisingly the 5km run was not as difficult as I imagine. I'm able to slowly run from the beginning until end. I speed up towards the finishing line.

My motivation... the plant.. bahahahaha

I can tick the box.. done!

Throwback - Sometimes..

30 Nov 2015

view at Penang Hill can be amazing...

Throwback - Weekend routine

I always love to be close to beach, since I was in Dungun. Its like having same environment when I was studying except that in Dungun I have keropok lekor :D. This is where I jog - Straits Quay. 

Always love mug shot coffee and its cream cheese bagel. Its makes my weekend morning perfect. Nothing less.

Throwback - Hiking up Penang Hill

15 Jan 17

Tak kerja penang hill laa if tak pernah hike the hill.. SO one fine day.. after baik from fever, I joined team to hike up via moon gate

 This is the starting point.. see how many people we have..

Still smiling

berpoluh dah

Half way

Almost there

not yet

 

see only me need tongkat.. the rest are young and healthy

Hurray... checked the box and I can feel settled now. Pancit tu of course. But as always mind over matter. I actually tell people that I must hike the hill before I return back to KL. Seems like everything change now..

Throwback - Everything seems New

Its like starting over, first day was 24 Oct 2015

New house..

On this day, view from my desk was amazing

Living area

one bedroom

View from bedroom window

It was one bedroom studio unit. Below is mall with coffee bean and cold storage. I chose this unit because of its location, security and size of the room, which do not require much time to clean.

New office..

Still using my old desktop

big window

i can see Penang bridge from here

I have amazing view at town office overlooking the sea and mountain and penang bridge. We rent small room and i share it with another colleague. Hmm.. only in Penang.

Another New 'Office'..

Entrance

Briefing Area

Trail

Trail

Wakaf 1

meeting point

Giant swing

I feel old when i look at this picture. This was one of the very early days

One of the milestone

The trail looks so much different now. No more flowers and plants from outside hill. We are now going for native species. We are not like Singapore Garden. We want to maintain the originality of the habitat.



New Colleagues..

Day One of Opening the Park - 8.1.16

The night before, they waited for me till late just because i unable to open the safe :D

Late night makan-makan at canteen

Georgetown Festival + Merdeka Party

CNY

162 Victoria

Deepa Birthday

 

The day before tree top walk open to public

Polaroid photo

Of course, plenty of differences working with Penangites. Love or hate, I cant survive here in Penang without them. They are part of my family - Habitat Family.

These are all old photos... The Beginning. I have a lot more actually. I just selected few. My pictures are everywhere. Hmm.. should have blog about the milestone.. when it happened. Not until after two years. Now to find and to sort photos properly will takes years...