Wow! Don't you feel like February just flew by so fast? Maybe because it's the month with the least days, but it did feel like suddenly it's March already.

A lot of things happened though in this shortest month of the year. There were also a lot of things that I've been enjoying! Let's just get through all of them one by one 😁

MUSIC

This month I've been loving a lot of songs, one of the song that I really enjoy at the beginning of the month was Red Velvet's new single: Rookie. When I first listened to it, my first honest thought was: "What is this song? It's too strange for my taste!" But I decided to watch the music video all over again because it is so nice, the song just got stuck into my head, and I ended up loving it and keep playing it.


Another new song from my other favorite girl group, Twice! I was so eager to listen to their newest song called Knock Knock, and I just fell in love with it on my first listen.


Have you ever watched Pretty Little Liars? If you have, then you must have recognized Keegan Allen who played Toby on the series. Don't you know that he released this song called Million Miles Away and he actually has a nice soothing voice? Wow, I never knew it before! Just love this song because it's so soothing and calming. If you love that kind of song, then you should check it out!


Here's another new song by the one and only, Ed Sheeran! I do love Shape of You and Castle on the Hills, but I was just jumping with joy on the inside when I heard this song called How Would You Feel! It's just the old Sheeran right there!


Now, we're heading to Soundtrack town! This next song is just a new version of the song True Colors sang by Justin Timberlake & Anna Kendrick! I loved this song before, but after watching the film and saw how the lyrics got implemented into the story line, the song's meaning just got deeper and I fell in love with it again.


One more song that I love from this movie was this song called Get Back Up Again by Anna Kendrick. This song is just so positive  and funny at the same time. If you need some dose of positive energy then I recommend you to watch this clip below:

FILM AND TV SERIES

Alright, so the first film that I enjoyed so much this February was Trolls. It's an animated film by DreamWorks and it was such a fun film to watch! It also has a really great message that you don't need to find happiness anywhere else, because you already have it within you. If you're looking for a great animation film with great message and funny characters, then you're gonna enjoy this film :)



This month, I decided to have another Netflix subscription, and luckily I got a one-month free trial! I used to love watching Gilmore Girls so much! However, I only ever watched the first season, and now it has a new mini series called  Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life! That's why I've been re-watching this series again on Netflix, and so far I'm now on the second season. Gosh, I just love the mother-daughter relationships in this series.

FOOD & BEVERAGES

As you must have known, I always have another post for my food adventure. I will only give you preview of some of my favorite food in February:



This is it for now. Don't worry though, because more exciting posts are coming to you pretty soon!

See you on my next post! Happy last day of February!
CN.

Valentine's Day is already over and we're now approaching March. However, it doesn't mean that you need to stop showing your love to your girl.
Yes, I'm talking to you, boys!

I'm a firm believer that you don't need a special occasion to show how much you love your partner. However, sometimes boys can be so clueless about how to show his feelings to the girl he loves. Well, hopefully after reading this post, you'll get one or two clues about it.

Love is in the little things. So, yes, you don't always need a huge gesture to show your love. Here are some little things you can do to say you love her:

Surprise Her

Doing something for her when she least expect it is a really grand gesture. It can be a surprise gift, a surprise visit, or any kind of surprise that will make her happy. The point is to do something that you rarely do, but you know she'll be thrilled if you do it.

"What has gotten into him?! but whatever because it makes me happy."

Remember the Small Details

I know it's really hard. But, I gotta admit that girls love it when her partner remembers a small detail that she ever mentioned before, like the pretty shoes she chose to wear, the things that made her upset, etc. Not everyone was born with this talent though, so if you're having a really short-term memory, just keep on reading and find something else for you.

Ask Her Out

You asking her out on a date is already making her feels so happy. For her, it shows that you want to spend time together with her, and she's glad that you want to be together with her. Even when you ended up doing nothing, just being with you is quite enough for her.

Tell Her About Your Day

Most of the times, girls will always do the talk. She will really love it when you initiate to tell her about your day. Believe me, she wants to know about all those things that are happening in your life.

Ask About Her Day

Don't forget to ask about her day too, if she hasn't told you so. This will make her feel really special because you want to know what she's been up to. Just make sure that this won't happen:

Contact Her

Been busy the whole day or week? Just make sure you make some time to either call her or send her a chat. She will really appreciate it and feel so loved, because you're still looking for her even with all your hectic schedules.

Leave a Sweet Encouraging Message

Who doesn't like a sweet short message to cheer up the day. For all I know she'll feel stronger to face anything that comes in her way.

Praise Her

Do this, especially when she's really insecure about herself. You can tell her about how good she looks to you, or how strong she is, or basically anything that you admire about her. This will be a good reminder of how amazing she really is.

Say Good Night and Good Morning

Simply saying good night and good morning will make her feels special already. Do you know why? That's because she's glad that she's in your mind at night before you go to bed and in the morning when you wake up.

Brag About Her

This will totally put her over the moon. Especially when you brag about her to the people you're close with, like your parents, best friends, etc.

Create Something for Her

Something that you create especially for her is of course will be deeply appreciated. Whatever your talents are, whether it's cooking, music, writing, drawing, etc, your girl will totally feel so touched for a present that you make from scratch.

Defend Her

Girls love to feel protected once in a while, especially by her man. When you know someone has wronged her, it will make her feel better if you can defend her honor. Preferably without involving any violence acts, of course.

Hold Her Hands

One of the simplest thing you can do to make her feel your love is just by reaching to her hand and hold it tight.

Just Say the Words

And of course, your girl will totally feel your love when you say the words sincerely. You don't need to keep saying it, because the words will lose their meaning if you said it too often. Saying it once in a while and do some of the things above will surely show your love to her.



I hope these tips would be helpful to all the boys out there. Just remember that everyday should be a Valentine's Day to your girl 😂😉



See you on my next post!
CN.

Hello everyone!
It's been more than a week since my last post. So, here I am, back with my January Food Travel stories!

As you might have known, I started off the year in Bali, where I enjoyed this delicious noodles from Mie Jazz:


If you want to read the complete story of my end-of-the-year trip to Bali, you can check out my Travel Diary posts on these links: Part 1  |  Part 2  |  Part 3

After coming back from Bali, my mother and few of my other family members were also just coming back from Singapore! They brought lots and lots of tasty snacks that I just couldn't resist. Here are some of my favorites that I would recommend you to try:


Just a few weeks later, my mom went to Jakarta again, because my little sister needed to compete in a competition at BSD City. Guess what she brought home, more food for us to enjoy! These are my favorites:


At the beginning of this year, I just really craved for Yammie from Top Noodle out of a sudden. Here I was with my boyfriend, enjoying the noodles with some veggies and dimsum to finally put an end to my craving.


At the same day, we also tried out this new cheese tart called Hokkaido Baby!


I've written a review about it that you can read here.

At the end of the month, I also got a chance to try out the chocolate flavor and it was just as good as the matcha one. Those two are my favorite flavors so far! 😋


In January, I also visited this cute new cafe/restaurant in town called Sumoboo!


You should have agreed that the design is just so cute, right? You can find out more about it here 😉

If you've been following my Food Travel journey, then you would've known about my obsession towards Starbucks. They just released new drinks in January again! And it's salted caramel with cookie crumble! How could they just combine my two most favorite ingredients together? It's insane! Of course, I had to try it!


The photos above are taken when I tried the drink for the first time with my family (my mom also had the new Rooster Year card, lol). While, the pictures below are the photos I took while I was working on a blog post with my boyfriend by my side, who's also working as well. I used the coupon I got from my Starbucks planner to buy these two delicious drinks. They're just really yummy. Like, really, really nice. Loved it!


This month, I also missed Marugame Udon so much. That's why, I ended up visiting this restaurant and had the Chicken Katsu Curry Udon. Yum! Just writing about it, making me drool again.


I was also finally able to do some karaoke with my friends! Because of the new rules at the karaoke place, we needed to order minimum 2 things from the menu, so we just ordered these yummy sinful fries.


You should know that I love wandering around supermarket, searching for all the food that I haven't tried. One day, I just stumbled across this green tea chocolate rice crispy bar. I was really confused though, like, is it counted as healthy food or is it just an ordinary chocolate with rice crispy on it?


Oh well, I just bought and ate it though. It was actually quite nice.

Yet this month I got another food as a souvenir, here is the onigiri that my friend brought from Japan:


If someone gave me this last year, I might cringe. However, since I've grown to love nori and sushi, I just enjoyed it freakin' much.

This month, I was lucky enough to try out all of these food for work and my most favorite of them all is the Salmon Dynamite. Well, honestly I love them all, but if I need to choose one, that one was really superbly nice.


Another food souvenir alert! This one is from Thailand (as you might have guessed from the writing on the packaging). I always love to eat chocolate balls with biscuit in it! 😋


Once again, I was visiting Patbingsoo this month. A close friend of mine was coming back from Taiwan, so we just gathered and had these really nice food.


My favorite? Of course it's the cheese tteokbokki and also the caramel bingsoo!

This January was all about Chinese New Year. Some friends of mine were asking me to join in a pre-CNY dinner at Shaburi.


It's an all-you-can-eat restaurant with lots of great food. You can find out more about it here 😃

After all the waiting, Chinese New Year was finally here! I must tell you that it was a day full of great food! Just check out these photos:


Seems tempting? Check out my complete story about my day here.

I want to give a shout out to these delicious cookies I bought at Pasar Atom. These two were my favorites! I kept on munching lots of it that day. Love it.


Remember my friend who just got back from Taiwan for holiday? She just went to Korea a few months ago, and she brought us even more food souvenirs from South Korea! Gosh, this month I really got a lot of food from many different places, huh?


If you're guessing that the bag was full with the food souvenir from Korea, then you just guessed it right!

These two are the snacks that  brought home.
I never knew they had choco cookie Pepero! Yes, it was really delicious and I really wish I could have some more right now! The other snack I had was the green tea cookie from Farm on the Road. I tried out the chocolate cookie once, and I enjoyed it just as much as this green tea one. I guess I just love snacks from Lotte so much.


So, that's all from January!
There were a lot of interesting stuff happening this February that I believe you would like to look forward to the upcoming Food Travel posts! 😆

See you on my next post! Have a great day!
CN.