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Grateful for running 5k.over the weekend. Meeting up with friends and catching up

Could do better with my time. Waste it less... 

Saga Hill

 I am happy that I am finally back here after so many years! But things changed. The peak of Saga Hill and Apek Hill have been demolished/ bulldozed away for construction. There used to be a outdoor gym made by the local folks, hammocks to rest and relax, and places to sit down and chill with your friends at the peak. Now it is all gone. :(

Sad I am about the peak, I was pleased with the excitement I have hiking up. The feeling of the intense hiking up thrills me.

I am glad we did this.

Other note:

- not so glad how my stocks are moving (my futures)

- tmr going to talk to Celine about customisation

- do SOP payroll with Tracy

- go badminton after

- arrange time to do SOP with Irwin

things I could do better

Be more discipline

Help kammo abit more or treat her better 

Do more time management using your Monday to Friday whiteboard 

Play less and watch less

Eat healthier. 

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Grateful for

-chatting with tseyee abt how I felt

-meetup with Cady and siuching

-able to buy ticket to watch mamamoo's movie

-been discipline in following my reading effort 

Empathy. I can do more of empathy. 

Things I learn which is useful: humans tend to overestimate how negatively ppl think abt them and underestimate how positively ppl think abt them. We tend to over worry for nothing based on prompts that we internally feel... 

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Grateful another fruitful day at the market. 2k?

Spent time with nephew Brandon. He is not bad but just like every other kid in the world, of course he can be better. Even I can / should be better. 

Happy with my decision to go for a run before having my dinner and doing most of my tasks before sleeping. 

Going out with chui li today then tmr hiking with Yen. 

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 Been good. as always

1) Looks like i might be able to finally rent out my condo unit!

2) Watched MI7 Dead reckoning on Tuesday. was good movie! I am entertained

3) Caught up with peep (Bee Cheng, Nic & Nicole, Yen & Ayata)

4) Made money from trading. ^^

5) I am progressingly well in building my habits.

What i Could do better

 waste less time. lol

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 birthday - grateful for spending time with brandon for dinner. had the most expensive chap fan (he) - RM20 lol

grateful for fluffed with friends - kf ailin, dee ccw

grateful that i continue to earn some money on Wed from trading

grateful that i restarted my python and is continuing three days in a row, though my korean learning is slower these days.

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Grateful i earn back my fcpo losses

Now to aim for my us trading acc

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Grateful that recovered my lost in trading fcpo

Grateful that I listened to boy gor was willing to share his frustrations with me. 

Grateful that had a good badminton game and chitchat with the ppl

Grateful that the car lights are fixed. 

Grateful that I didn't order ramen. 

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Nope. Good luck and try again 

Grateful? Make some money in fkli

Happy made some work on trading 

Did some property work too by paying off bills

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Had a drink with ping Qin and raghul on Friday, followed by a korean dinner.

I also got my collector boosterbox LOTR mtg for the one ring. 

Saturday

See chair with big sis and Leng jie

Then Christine bakery for brunch, flowed by hwang for dessert 

Evening went gym with same ppl again. I did a lot of chest/arm workout. 

Dinner at menyai hanabi, with green bean soup for dessert 

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Watched movie the Flash with Brandon. Had korean dinner with him.

Har lunch with him too. I think this is nice 

Grateful: still manage to get some of my daily task done, although not all. 

That I've spent time with Brandon. 

Things I can do better. How I communicate with big sis. 

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 Things i did today:-

• settled Bun Wai's address
• housechores
• washed clothes, room, toilet
• had ramen with Brandon
• had biang2 noodles @ ss2

didn't do much work today

need to waste less time!

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Spent time with family. 

Went for breakfast, chit chat and drove around. Repeat again for tea time and dinner

Bought a t shirt.i like the design. Hehe

Happy I ran this morning too. Good decision as I know I don't have time later 

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Went hiking with carol. - good workout and spend time getting to know someone 

Accidentally walkedon angkor wat roots which is currently closed but I misread the path that is closed 

TseYee msged me today. Yay

Fcpo went up 

Did most of my things to do today. 

Small bits of tasks goes a long way 

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Badminton day

Grateful I manage to do most of the tasks on my list 

Exercised and tried to be  a bit social

Managed to play some diablo too

Same! Repeat! 

testing

 there is a conversion to the new google analytics. just testing it out to see how this works?

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Day 6

Drive back to Paro.

We stopped at Dochula pass and went for Lungchutse hike

Saw some Rhododendron along the way. Picked up juniper cone for xh.

We also saw many yaks at a flat area. They were wary of humans and moved away whenever we try to move closer to take photo. 

We spotted a beautiful bird on the wayup as well.  And a woodpecker 

Reached the top, had milk tea, taste like teh tarik. Slurrps! The Biskut was tasty too. Met malaysian here with her Belgian husband. Very interesting in the sense they got to spend time with the agency's owner home and bar and party till midnight.. 😅 So different from our experience. They also went for meditation course.

We went to the top and enjoyed the 360 view of the mountains around the temple. Unfortunately it wasnt a clear day. Couldn't see most of the high mountains.

After that we made our prayers, we hoisted our prayer flags which were a present from the travel agency. After that we continue our hike down.

We drove to Thimphu for a late lunch (ard 3pm) had pan mee and roasted veggies. Not particularly wow. But no complains. I was looking forward to dinner. 

Then head back to Paro town. Did some shopping there. Bought postcards and druk11000. Sis got her peach wine. I also bought yak cheese (but ended up feeding ants in TTDI because it was not tightly sealed) 

In the end, we end up having dinner at our lodge. 😩 I was hoping to visit a different restaurant to try diff stuff.

Sis end up chatting with an American/Canadian girl and an Argentinian couple (whom are planning to travel for few months before heading back home. They are both teachers if I am not mistaken). The husband is very good with words as he chatted with my sister..

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We woke up around 5/530am. I went for a morning run turn walk. Spent about 40 to 50mins before returning. 

Took shower, had breakfast and we depart to Gangtey Monastery. 

This monastery is so beautiful,  with the intricate details and carving. Built since 15th century. Tandin also told us that there are four mythical creatures in Buddhist. Garuda, Snow Lion, Dragon and the Tiger. There are also 21 Taras, the most. Popular ones being the green  and white Taras. Inside e the monastery also kept the ashes of one of the old master inside a stupa. Tandin also shared some information on this 3 eyed God whom he was named after. 

There are four floors in this temple and it under the care of one special spiritual leader. 

We saw the future master of this temple and got blessed by him. We found out later that this future young master is actually a son of a monk and will become the master of the temple because of his lineage. 

We stopped by and tried some yak cheese after sis bought a shawl

Then we saw this view and took some photos. 

After that we headed to Punakha. 

Had lunch at Leki Farmhouse. It took a while to get there because it was located in the high up, had to drive all the way up. The food is amazing as usual! The Farmhouse also have variety of plants and flowers. Before we left, we saw they have lemon tree. The lemon tree flowers smell superb!

We then visited Punakha dzong. This is the only dzong that we visited during this trip. First of all, the size of the dzong/fortress is HUGE. 

It was built by Ngawang Namgyel, the unifier of Bhutan back in 16th century 

This dzong is Important for five reasons: use to be the capital of Bhutan, used as the first national state or assembly, used as the royal wedding and the royal coronation (that's all I can rmb) . 

Nowadays this dzong is used as a monastery and govt office. 

Once we entered, there is mural on the buddhist horoscope and astrology. There are the zodiac animals, the triagram and the seven star path. 

There is also a painting on the four animal friends, the elephant, the monkey, the rabbit and the bird. They worked together to get the fruit from the tree. 

One of the building inside kept Ngawang Namgyel ashes in a locked room that only the king, spiritual leader and caretaker can go in. We went into the temple and Tandin explained abit on the morning and evening gods that most Bhutanese pray to daily. Dorji Namjom (morning) and Dorji Dragmur (evening). Spelling could be wrong.. 😅 

We then did a meditation at the temple before leaving. I also noticed the poles inside the temple were either built with metal or it is covered with gold... 

After Punakha Dzong, we head for hiking to a temple called Khamsum Yulley Namgyal Choeten. Tandin heard that the Queen mother might be here so he brought his scarf/cloth just incase. 

The hike wasn't difficult. There were two dogs that hiked up together with us. 😅 The view was of greens, fields and farms within the valley, surrounded by mountains. 

Once we arrived at the top, there was a ritual ongoing. We went in and receive blessing by one of the four masters in bhutan (the next tier below Bhutan spiritual leader). We did prostration at each floor except the ground floor. We then head for the rooftop to have the scenic view around the temple. You can see some snow capped mountains far far away. 

I also saw biscuit hup seng tin can. 😂  

Because we had some time, they brought us to visit their local popular suspension bridge. It was long. Walking on it, you can feel it shake when there are many people or when the wind blows. 

After the bridge we head for our hotel. We drove pass Punakha town. It was big but our hotel is like 20mins away from the town. We stopped by at a mini town nearer to the hotel to exchange money. 

Hotel was ok. Dinner was awesome. The caramelized cauliflower 😋

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Day 4

Breakfast then we depart to Phobjikha at 830am. We dropped by at Dochula Pass. I forgot to bring out my phone so I relied on JA to take most of the photos. The story goes because there was a battle against the Indians' illegal immigrants in Bhutan, the former king's wife, built Dochula 108 stupa and put in precious relics and gunpowder to protect the army in their fight. 

There are also artificial caves built for meditation. I did one under the God of Wisdom. Here we also saw a beautiful green colored bird which I definitely do not know the name (But Tandin does!) 

It was also a foggy day. On a clear day we could see all the highest mountains in Bhutan, that forms part of the Himalayan range. 

We continued our journey to Phobjikha and stopped at Kuenphen for lunch. I tell you, this is the best lunch I had in Bhutan. The fried squash, the fried chicken, the eggplants were all fabulous! 

When we reached the Gangtey monastery, we went off for Gangteg nature trail. It was a beautiful hike down with amazing scenery. Feels very movie esque countryside view. With the pine trees setting the background. 

The place is surrounded by cypress and pine trees. We walked through it and reach a view point over looking the valley. Woah. I cannot imagine how it is like when in winter to see the bird migration (then again it will also be effing cold then.) 

We then visited the black necked crane information center to learn a bit more about the bird and manage to see two big ones that were injured and they were caring for them. The male crane was protecting the female crane from a playful dog outside the cage.

Tandin also gave us the local donut to try. It was bland.. 😅 Haha I wish there were more flavor/spice or sugar lol... 

We then head to our hotel in the village area. Sooooo scenic! We had some tea before adjourning to our room. The room is huge! JA got the queen bed. 

For dinner, we had a other delicious local meal. They have the oyster mushroom, snowpea cheese etc.. 😅 

Tandin and Mr Phub taught me Chae Namey Samey Jaring Du which means you are beautiful. I said that to the waitress and I think she got shocked 😂.