I met up with Lijie to go for the Ray Chen recital yesterday. Haven’t met her since JC days which is like 18 years ago. We had dinner at Muji cafe before the concert.

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Turned out that my violin teacher, Mrs Masako White, also went for the concert. Mrs Masako was saying that Ray is very charismatic and carries himself very well as a performer. He is made for it. Lijie was saying his build is very good so she thinks he is good looking. Well, I already seem his photos before so I know he is already very good looking. Now that I workout on a regular basis, I can see the kind of muscles he has too. Hahaha. I’m very impressed and it’s no wonder the tickets are on a higher side given that it is only a recital and there’s no orchestra.

This is my first classical concert that I attended post-COVID and I was excited! Even more excited because I am not going alone too. Haha.

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’m recently very into Perfect Crown drama. I was chasing and finished the series the same time it ended. Byeon Woo Seok is really very handsome. So handsome that you will think is AI generated or undergone perfect plastic surgery.

I seriously doubt he went for plastic surgery because his dad looks similar to him, his older sister looks exactly like him but with long hair. It is really the case of superior physical looks genes. 1.9m in height is already considered very attractive. Smooth and silk like skin just shows good genes and efforts in maintaining it. Single eyelids is quite common among the Koreans and the entire vibe and aura he gives off has been consistent ever since his modelling days which was more than a decade ago. Now my standard for good looks have reached new heights and I am not sure how I will ever find any guy in Singapore good looking anymore. Hahaha. Not to forget the abs and also his arm muscles that he maintained and also build on in between 2025 and 2026. He definitely looks much more attractive at the muscle level in Perfect Crown than Lovely Runners…

God is fair though because based on the old videos he filmed during modelling days and the interviews he did for his drama promotions in the past 5 yrs, it does seems like he is the blur/noob kind. Brains is definitely not his forte lololol. He has the beauty but not the brains. He makes me realise 1 thing about myself. If the guy scores 100% in all aspects of looks, I think I might actually forgo the brains part. Hahaha. I have never thought I will ever say this because I am always attracted to brains more than beauty. But I think it is because I have never seen anyone who can score as high as Byeon Woo Seok in terms of looks.

I finished watching Lovely Runners while waiting for new episodes of Perfect Crown to be released. Then now I also finished watching Strong Girl Nam Soon and I have to say Byeon Woo Seok makes the bad guy/drug lord looks exceptionally good and delicious hahahaha. Cannot wait for his new drama Solo Levelling to be out where he will looks more like the bad guy on Strong Girl Nam Soon but is the good guy and main lead. My only complaint about Strong Girl Nam Soon is that there are not enough scenes of Byeon Woo Seok for me to enjoy. 😀 I will probably rewatch Lovely Runners before Netflix removes it on 31 May.

I realised what I need in life. It’s not a break or a vacation. I also don’t need an all-expenses shopping trip spree. What I truly need is a reset day. A day of doing nothing and just rest. Maybe I can use half a day staying at home doing admin stuff and the other half to chill at home. And I need to plan for it every week. It needs to be intentional and I need to learn how to protect that time and peace. I have the space now so I just need to make time for it. It’s not a housework day but a day I can truly rest – be it sleeping or just chilling at home doing what I love that can help me recharge mentally and emotionally. Traveling doesn’t help in recharging. In fact, it is physically draining. Red eye flights are the worst. Long flights are the next worst. 

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.