Year: 2020

Friday Favourites 10

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things to be happy for this week MacBook Pro transparent case In my last Friday Favourites, I mentioned getting a pink case for my laptop. However, a few weeks ago, the bottom corner of the case broke so I ordered a new one and this time I got the clear transparent case. It’s beautiful! CASESBYWF Selfa PROTECH phone case Not a recent purchase but hey, I’ve been using it since August which is saying something because I change phone cases all the time. I got the CASESBYWF Protech case and I think the design is super pretty! Besides, the Protech case provides extra protection for my phone instead of the thin plastic ones. Kayman Beauty Rosa Glow Treatment Essence I’ve never been a big fan of essence as I’ve never seen results with it but the Rosa Glow Treatment Essence by Kayman Beauty is amazing! It contains alpha arbutin so my skin is glowy and my pimples are not showing mark as much. Sometimes I’d only use this essence and moisturiser if I want to …

30 blog post ideas that are quick and easy to write

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If you’re looking for something quick to write on your blog, – do not worry – I got you, boo. I’m always, always, always running out of ideas and if I do have something in mind, it’s either a. too long to write, and b. need specific images that I need to take photos of. Sometimes I don’t wanna take my own photos and sometimes I don’t wanna write a heck of a long post so here’s 30 blog posts that you can write quickly and work with stock photos. Blog post ideas My guilty pleasure wish list My top ________ favourite blogs ________ things I’m grateful for ________ things I cannot live without My blogging goals Small things that make me happy Reverse bucket list (things you’ve accomplished so far) My favourite playlist Things I regret not doing in life My morning/night routine Biggest purchase regret ________ things you’d change about blogging Music/movies/books I’m obsessed with right now ________ things you always need in your bag My blog writing process My favourite place to …

How I use Notion as blog planner

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I am so excited for today’s post because I’m going to show you how I use Notion as my blog planner. If you’ve been following me on Twitter, you’d see how much I rave about this app every single day since I started using it for my blog. It’s seriously life changing and I urge you to try it and see if you like it. Notion is an all-in-one place to write, plan, and get organised and it’s perfect for my blog. I can pre-write my blog posts here and copy paste it to WordPress, plan my blog posts and store all my blog post ideas, and also organised every single thing pertaining to my blog. How amazing is that?! Before resorting to digital planner, I have tried planning my blog with a paper planner but unfortunately it did not work out. Blogging is something that you do online be it with a laptop, desktop, or even a smartphone so paper planning is definitely not the way to go for me. Why Notion? I have …

Why I stopped bullet journalling

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I’m writing this post with a heavy heart because not even once did I imagine myself ever writing about it because you knew how obsessed I was with bullet journalling and I had been for years. But all good things must come to an end. I stopped bullet journalling about a year ago and though I miss it once in a while, I don’t think I’m going back to it again. My last proper bullet journal spread was for November 2019 where I planned a bunch of things for my wedding. And then I got married, went for a honeymoon, fell pregnant, miscarried, and got pregnant again in the span of two months. At that time with my new role as a wife, I had no time to properly sit down and make time for doing spreads. I simply had lost interest in it and because it was too time-consuming, I didn’t even bother trying. I bought a very colourful and muslim-friendly 2020 planner on Shopee and another 2020 planner from Instagram that I ended …

So I made a few changes

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I’m so tired of going into my dashboard wanting to write a post and couldn’t because they are not planned out enough, not cohesive enough, and not substantial enough for my blog aesthetic. That’s the thing with having a magazine-like layout – if what I wanna write is a little bit unusual than my blog niche, then I deem it unsuitable for my blog and I end up putting only one or two posts a month – at most – and that’s on my good blogging month. Blogging used to be fun for me. And then I found Etsy and discovered many theme developers which resulted in my having more than 10 WordPress themes to date. Let’s see; I have one theme from Kotryna Bass Design, three themes from Pipdig, four themes from Underline Designs, one theme from Station Seven, one theme from Luxi Bee Design, and one theme from 17th Avenue. Look at all the money spent that could’ve been put towards an Airpods Pro or a new mirrorless camera. Yikes. I customised my …

The Birth Story of Ezra Yusuf

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Oh hello there! It has been a minute since my last post here and that is because I have just (OK, about a month and a half ago whoops!) given birth to a baby boy on the 2nd of September. I can’t believe I’m a mom now! It still feels surreal that the baby I carried for 9 months is now in my arms. I am so so excited for the birth of my son and please read along for the full birth experience! August 18th, 2020 (36 weeks 3 days pregnant) At about 3 am, I had a false labour. I woke up and felt wet under there thinking that my water broke so I woke my husband up, we both took a shower, and went to the hospital where I was brought to the labour room. All in all, I did not give birth that day and the wetness I felt under there might be false alarm. The labour nurse did give me a vaginal examination (in Malay we’d call it seluk lol) and I …