These days have been passing by so fast. I don’t know if I am busy with work or personal life more. I’m not getting enough sleep either and I am clearing my personal admin work slower than usual.

I’m still able to keep up to my workout routine of 3 to 4 times of exercise but I am spending a lot more alone time. Even at work, I am talking to AI agents more than talking to humans. 😐 Oh well, I guess the human connection time has been decreasing.

I guess all these are part of adulting. I am also taking care of 15 pots of plants and the 16th pot is coming. It has arrived tonight. I have 11 pots of orchids (7 of them are Taiwanese varieties, the rest are probably from Singapore), 1 emperor plum blossom bonsai (imported from Japan), 2 rose plants (not sure imported from where but one of them is likely from Vietnam but is Italian breed), 1 maple tree (which I recently found out is likely from China). The 16th pot is imported from China and is a Juniperus Procumbens Nana (Dwarf Japanese Garden).

Update: One of my miki sunshine orchid plant did not survive root rot and one of its stem is rotting. Too much of its roots are affected so I had to throw it away. So now I am back to 15 pots of plants.

I’m definitely slowly becoming a plant mama.

I got my new home speaker from Bang & Olufsen (B&O) in March 2026 and have been spoilt by awesome sound and music quality ever since. I found myself always want to stay at home to enjoy the music because my headphones (Bose NC700) just does not do my music justice anymore.

So I got myself a new headphones – Bowers & Wilkins (B&W) Px8 S2. Sound quality is really good which is a given since it is B&W. At least B&W is of a lower price tag (S$999 – I paid lower since there are some discounts) than B&O equivalents (S$2500).

My home speaker – Beolab 8 is priced at S$5475 but I got a bit of discount so I paid lower.

Overall, I paid $5201.25 for my Beolab 8 and S$869 for Px8 S2. After I got my Px8 S2, I went to get my bubble tea and I got the queue number 88. That’s when I realised both my home speaker and my main headphone have “8” in their model number. Hahaha. 88 is also an angel number which means financial abundance, material success and karmic rewards. In addition, I also have Bose in my audio equipment brands so that’s like 3 Bs in the brands that I use. B looks like 8 too. Hahaha. I wasn’t planning for all these coincidences. It’s just that I have been using Bose and B&O ever since I started work and started earning my own money. Obviously I am quite loyal to brands that work well consistently.

I might be slightly over 6k poorer in my wallet but I am definitely way happier than 6k. The cost per use are pretty high since I use them daily. 😀

I have been spying my plants while I am away from home from my cctv and wow, one of my jiaho candy (taiwanese orchid variant; white and orange) has bloom. One of the first mini dendrobium orchids in my flower garden has also rebloom. New stem and stalk and 2 of the flowers have rebloom. I am seeing the second stem from the same plant too. I also spotted a new rose bud from my pink rose plant. That’s like round 4 of blooms for the plant now. I’m glad that my plants are doing well with my automatic watering setup this time round and they seems to be growing well. I think I also spotted my third dendrobium orchid might have started to growing the flower stem after growing so well in its new plant stem. In fact the new stem is like thicker than the original one when I first purchased it. It just keeps growing taller and I got worried because I do not have the space for it to grow vertically. I also need to repot it and that means I need to buy charcoal.

I have 10 pots of plants now. My chinese pine wilted and I couldn’t save it so I got a new replacement – emperor plum bonsai. I got a scare when the flowers started to wilt after 2 days at my balcony but luckily it is still doing ok as I went to check with the seller and she taught me how to check the dryness and the need to water more frequently. Like everyday instead of twice a week. The bonsai is from Japan.

I also have 6 orchids now – 5 are dendrobium variants (1 pinkish purple, 2 purple, 1 whiteish with purple, 1 white with orange) and 1 of it is a mixed dendrobium with phalaenopsis (striped purple). 4 are the normal/typical dendrobium you can find in Singapore while 2 of them are special Taiwanese variants.

I also have a Japanese maple mini tree which I had hoped it to be reddish-orange leaves but it turns out mostly green leaves to my dismay. 

Lastly I have 2 rose plants – bright orange and bright pink roses – both are typical in Singapore.

So yes, I have 2 Japanese, 2 Taiwanese and 6 Singaporean plants in my little flower garden. Technically my fengshui master told me to get flowering plants for that spot in my house. I went ahead and now I ended up with 9 flowering plants and 1 non-flowering plants. I’m a plant mama now haha. Cannot travel for too long away anymore. No more 1 month trips as I doubt my automatic watering system have so much water supply for it. Not very safe to have a huge water tank lest I end up breeding mosquitoes. I think I can only do at most 2 weeks away now… 

Orchids and roses are not my favourite flowers but based on my research, they can survive well in direct sunlight which is what my balcony is having throughout the year. Pretty good for drying clothes though. Oh and using charcoal as the “soil base” seems good because insects can’t really hide in the charcoal. It serves as a good deterrent too. Roses are pretty but it keeps attracting insects and for some reason, I always spot mushrooms sprouting on my pink rose pot. I have to keep removing it. Oh well.

So while I am away, my jiaho candy orchid bloom after having the bud since I purchased, my red rose grew with flower bud, my mini purple orchid grew more buds and bloom. Then I also discovered my striped purple orchids also grew new stem with new flower buds. Even my new emperor plum bonsai got new blooms and leaves too. However, my Japanese maple is not doing that well. I have shifted its position so hope it can do well soon.

I had my first Chinese New Year at my new house and it is really peaceful. No drama especially now I have a hiding spot (literally a house) to hide from all the unwanted drama. The downside? A shitload of housework and spring cleaning to do all by myself. I was considering hiring a part time helper with that but I ended up doing it all by myself.

My floor is also relatively quiet until the weekend when I have 2 neighbours having CNY parties on the same day. Luckily for me, it is on the other side of the lift so I am quite far away from it. 1 of my neighbours told me he had 35 guests, probably all his relatives, so he booked 2 function rooms for them. The other neighbour seems to be a smaller party and I think they booked the rooftop BBQ pit.

I’m finally flying back home after 1 month (30 days) in US. I went to 4 different states this time round.

I started my journey in Chicago, followed by New York City, San Francisco, Berkeley, Scottsdale, Tempe and Sedona. That’s like 7 cities in 4 states (Illinois, New York, California and Arizona). I am in east coast, west coast, midwest and southwest of US and experienced 2 different temperature ranges of winters. Definitely quite an experience and I think I brought enough clothing too. In fact, there are some jackets I ended up not wearing at all. There’s also 1 jeans that I didn’t wear at all because it was already quite big. I basically reduce size in my waist within the first week. Lol… I needed to buy 1 more belt soon if this continues. Sigh. 

I came back with 46kg of luggage. I already finished the full bottle of First Care serum and also threw it away too. I ate all the snacks and took out everything that I don’t need to bring back to Singapore and I am still exceeding the weight limit for both luggages. Luckily I am flying back so they seem ok to let me hit around 46kg. Otherwise I think it is 45 or 45.5kg for combined weight limit… well, I came with 39.6kg so I definitely shopped a bit. Haha. I even had to wear my boots to make space and reduce weight for one of my luggage and I still can burst the weight limit. It’s pretty uncomfortable to travel long hours with boots but it is what it is…

I don’t think I want to do this again – flying to 2 places with such a wide range of temperatures. I basically have to cater from -15 degree celsius (Chicago) all the way to 25 degree celsius (Scottsdale). It’s crazy but I have a feeling that when I get the opportunity again, I will do it once again. LOL. But at least now I have 2 new Canada Goose jackets that can handle such wide range without too much layering (aka no need to bring so many clothes anymore). Shrugs. 

Now I hope my house is ok because the internet connectivity went down when I am in San Francisco, which is like the midway of my entire trip. So I cannot see the CCTV for the last 2 weeks which sucks big time. I also cannot start my robot vacuum to clean my house just before I reach home. Lol.