2025 BINGO CARD

 

This year, i decided to ditch the usual New Year’s resolutions because let's be honest, it's been years and i never stick to any of them. Every year i wrote a long list of goals, and yeah, just like that - no achievement, no nothing. Huhu.

So for 2025, i’m trying something different; a Bingo card! Instead of one big overwhelming list, i filled it with a mix of activities, personal goals, and little challenges i actually want and hope to do. I think the best part of this Bingo card is i get to check off boxes as i go, which makes it feel more like a game than a new year resolutions.

Here’s to making 2025 a year of small wins, new experiences, and happy memories - one Bingo square at a time! Let’s make this bingo a success from start to finish. May every box be checked!

SO LONG, 2024!

My 2024 highlights:

Me & my best friend went to see Taylor Swift at Singapore

I went to my first International (ASEAN) meeting at Jakarta, Indonesia

I received my first Anugerah Perkhidmatan Cemerlang (APC)

Like any previous years, i approached this year with cautious optimism, ready to take whatever came my way but not particularly hopeful for anything extraordinary. Yet as i look back now, i realized how 2024 turned out to be one of the most fulfilling and bright years for me.

One thought shines brighter than all others; i met THE Taylor Swift. Sure, the year had its ups and downs, but this one moment was a dream come true that eclipsed everything else. In a year filled with twists and turns, this experience became my anchor of joy. I mean, whatever happened in 2024, at least i did met Taylor Swift this year haha. Fact! 

We celebrate not only the achievements but also the lessons learned that will guide us from time to time. Now, as we prepare to welcome 2025, it's time to set our sights on new horizons. We often feel as though we remain unchanged, stuck in the same routines, surrounded by the same people, and still at the same place. Yet the truth is, we are constantly growing, even if that growth isn't immediately visible. With each passing day, we accumulate new experiences, face different challenges, and learn lessons that shape who we are. 

Alhamdulillah for everything that happened this year. Al-Fatihah and heartfelt prayers to all my loved ones who also have passed away this year.  Their absence is deeply felt, but their memories remain. 2024 taught me that even when we least expect it, life can surprise us with beauty, meaning, and wonder. For that, I’ll always be grateful. 

MY FIRST INTERNATIONAL MEETING @ JAKARTA, INDONESIA

The 22nd Meeting of the Working Group on Data Sharing, Analysis, Dissemination, 

and Communication of ASEAN Statistics (WGDSA)

 

24-25 July 2024 at ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta, Indonesia

Honored to represent Malaysia at my first (and alone) International Meeting. Alhamdulillah and thank you to my Superior (Puan Romiati), my Division Director (Puan Ezatul Nisha), and to our Chief Statistician (Dato’ Sri Dr. Mohd Uzir) – also not to forget, my family for this opportunity. Looking forward to more International engagements in the future. InsyaAllah.

ANUGERAH PERKHIDMATAN CEMERLANG (APC) 2023

 

Alhamdulillah. After 5 years of sweat and tears, i finally received the Anugerah Perkhidmatan Cemerlang (APC) 2023. To those who not know, APC is an award given in Malaysia to recognize and honor government servants for their excellent service. You did not get this kind of award often. Generally, one will receive like once every 3-10 years depending on their performance at work. And yeah, 2023 was my year to finally be awarded with this. 

My profound gratitude goes to my family and my BKS, DOSM team. It will be a lie if i said that i never expect to receive this APC. APC is like one of my goals while being a government servant. This achievement wouldn’t have been possible without the tremendous support from my family and excellent efforts from everyone in my team. To many more APCs and other accomplishments of us in the future. 

Next goal: Hadiah Latihan Persekutuan (HLP). InsyaAllah. 

DUN SARAWAK BUILDING FROM EVERY ANGLE POSSIBLE (INCLUDING ME)

It's always an exciting time to see your friends especially the closed ones getting married. And for this time around, thanks to Muliani for inviting us to Kuching, Sarawak for her wedding. This was my first time going to Sarawak and i loved every bit of it. I don't often go out with colleagues from work, but i'm really glad we did this time.

Barakallah Muliani & Hubby! May your wedding day be the start of a lifetime filled with love, joy, and countless blessings. Wishing you both a beautiful journey ahead together till Jannah. Congratulations on your special day! 

MY FAVORITE LYRICS: THE ERAS TOUR SETLIST VERSION

In honour of THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT (TTPD) coming out tomorrow, here I compiled my favorite lyrics that are close to my heart from Taylor Swift songs: The Eras Tour Setlist version. I just had to do this before we move on to the black-and-white, break up album; TTPD :')

“If I was out flashing my dollars, I'd be a bitch not a baller. They paint me out to be bad, So it's okay that I'm mad” – The Man

“All's well that ends well to end up with you” – Lover 

“In this moment now capture it, remember it” – Fearless 

“I should've asked you questions. I should've asked you how to be. Asked you to write it down for me. Should've kept every grocery store receipt cause every scrap of you would be taken from me” – marjorie 

“But you'll find the real thing instead. She'll patch up your tapestry that I shred” – champagne problems

“I made you my temple, my mural, my sky. Now I'm begging for footnotes in the story of your life” – tolerate it 

“You must like me for me” – Delicate

“For you, I would cross the line. I would waste my time” – Don’t Blame Me

“But I got smarter, I got harder in the nick of time. Honey, I rose up from the dead, I do it all the time” – Look What You Made Me Do

“Long live all the mountains we moved. I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you” – Long Live

“And did the twin flame bruise paint you blue? Just between us, did the love affair maim you too? Cause in this city's barren cold. I still remember the first fall of snow and how it glistened as it fell. I remember it all too well” – All Too Well

“I persist and resist the temptation to ask you. If one thing had been different would everything be different today?” – the 1

“Who knows, if I never showed up, what could've been. There goes the loudest woman this town has ever seen. I had a marvelous time ruining everything” - the last great american dynasty 

“Back when we were still changing for the better. Wanting was enough. For me, it was enough. To live for the hope of it all. Cancel plans just in case you'd call” – august 

“And you know damn well. For you, I would ruin myself. A million little times” – illicit affairs

“I didn't have it in myself to go with grace. Cause when I'd fight, you used to tell me I was brave” – my tears ricochet 

“And when we go crashing down, we come back every time” – Style 

“Cause darling, I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream” – Blank Space

“Someday when you leave me. I bet these memories follow you around” – Wildest Dream

“And time can heal, but this won't. So if you come in my way, just don't” – Bad Blood

“And by morning, gone was any trace of you, I think I am finally clean” - Clean

“I don't start it, but I can tell you how it ends. Don't get sad, get even” – Vigilante Shit

“Baby boy, I think I've been too good of a girl. Did all the extra credit, then got graded on a curve. I think it's time to teach some lessons” – Bejeweled 

“And the touch of a hand lit the fuse. Of a chain reaction of countermoves. To assess the equation of you. Checkmate, I couldn't lose” – Mastermind 

“Karma's gonna track you down. Step by step, from town to town. Sweet like justice, karma is a queen. Karma takes all my friends to the summit” – Karma 

MY MOST FAVORITE RAYA PHOTOS SO FAR

I've always wanted an intimate, adorable and full of happiness photo of me and my daughter to be captured. And to be honest, i already pictured a lot of poses in my mind but it never yet to become reality. But this year, Aqisya started to learn and love to ride on our back/ shoulder (piggyback) whenever we were sitting while she was standing on the bed. And i realized that every time she's on a piggyback ride, she will smile from ear to ear and laughing her heart out because she's just so happy about it. 

So this Raya, i asked my husband to take a photo of me with my baby while she's on my piggyback ride. And yeah, the results were just as good as i hope it to be. Aqisya was smiling so bright though she was actually does not even cooperate during the whole Raya photoshoot with the family. Haha. 

I already set this photo as the wallpaper of my phone and Aqisya's iPad. I might even frame this so i can see it on the wall everyday. To many more cute and lovely photos of us until the end of the time, Aqisya. Love, your Mommy who loves you so much.