Life has a way to surprise you

Hellooo-oooo-oooo~ (echoes) readers, probably just one person hahahaha

I'm back in one piece, safe and sound.

As per my postings on my social medias recently, yes I went to South Korea!!!!!!!! A dream come true moment #2. I do planned to write a full story version of the travelling but it's not today okies. Today I want to share how did I got there in the first place (by plane duhhh, but like the thoughts behind it) ok let's get to it.

Initially, I was supposed to go to Singapore mid January, however the trip has to be cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. My friend had an emergency so we have to cancelled it for now. Thankfully no bookings were made yet, so close though! But I did went to get my first ever passport early January to prepare for the trip. I absolutely did not have any other trip in mind after the trip to Singapore was cancelled. 

Surprisingly, my primary school friend Wirtz-iz Danial (:p) decided to ask me to join his trip to South Korea two weeks before the trip happened. Together with his sister and his degree friend, off we gooooo! Yes, it was such a last minute decision but it all went so smoothly alhamdulillah. I'm still in awe that I get to have my first trip abroad. The preparation of the trip? Quite a rush but I actually enjoyed every moment of anticipation and the nervousness for the trip to happen. I mean, I don't want another cancelled trip xD But if He wills, He wills.

Which leads to why I started to write here again, my grateful journey. I don't know how to properly worded it but I feel so amused with His timings. It fell into places, one by one, I'm not even planning or thinking about it at the first place...but if that's what meant for me? will find me. MasyaAllah.

And I'm so in need of the comfort of fate because I'm still waiting for my interview results after months of interviewing. So afraid of how the results would turns out, yes. But like I said, what's meant for me will find me, and just like that I feel at ease again. 

Because either way, I still win. I will.

p/s: Ramadan Mubarak to all :) let this blessed month be the reason you want to keep going and finding meaning to be a better version of yourself. Above all else, take it slow. ok? :))

it's giving Salam Perantauan

who are you (2026) iykyk~

It has been ten days since my last entry. Time sure fliessss huh :0  I'm preparing for my cousin's wedding maybe that's why.

Have you watch K-drama titled Who Are You School (2015)? It's one of my all time favourite!! Even though my entry's title today is similar to the drama's but today's story is definitely not about my long lost twin or whatever. I'm just running out of ideas for the title so I figured this would do :3 anyways I'm team Lee Eun-bi & Gong Tae-kwang!!!!!!!!! #secondleadsyndrome

Actually I wanna talk about my nicknames today hahahaha hence the title. For quite a short name, for some reason I do have quite a number of nicknames lolll. Let me list them all (piya, fiya, sya, syaf, fiyy) I would say my friends fully utilize the name of Syafiya xD The nicknames depends on the group of friends, for example netball friends during primary, secondary school & STPM friends would call me piya. Degree friends call me fiya, some would also call me syaf. Alesya calls me fiyy (the only special one hehe) and at one point of life there's also a friend that called me sya during secondary school. 

I don't mind whichever any of you wants to call me hahaha. Howeverrrr, my favourite is actually Syafiya... which actually leads me to writing this story because I bumped into my primary school friend just now hahah. Well, as far as I remember, my primary school friends always addressed me as Syafiya before if I look back, even if after I met them yearsss later they would still call me Syafiya. I know I said netball friends from primary school would call me piya but it's because that's how I got the nickname hahahahaha. My netball coach actually started calling me piya, because Syafiya is obviously too long to be called while you're running across the court back and forth lol. So that's that.

So the point of this entry is, I bumped into a primary school friend just now while buying for some groceries, he was with his son and he was like "Eh, Syafiya!". It was such a short encounter but it just reminded me of my other name which is Syafiya that's barely used hahhahaha. I was like, oh right I'm Syafiya like???? dygwim.

Okay but then I'm reminded of this one nickname from primary school that has been buried hsjshadhdhjagdsh. Did you know I was once called Messi :) yes, that Lionel Messi lollllll. So the story was, some of my primary school classmates parent's used to teach at the same school with my Abah. Sometimes when there was a Family Day for the school, we'd bumped into each other (of course). And then there was once when I joined a game during the family day which requires me to dribble a ball and I won, and then the said classmate (I still remember who, his name started with A) HAHAHA I would not mention though, he started calling me Messi in class the next day -__- (classic primary school behaviour hsshshs). Basically I joined almost all the games (duhh my Abah was the pk-koku of course I live up to the name bhahaha) So that's that lol fun times.

p/s: ummm I prefer Cristiano Ronaldo :p

baking therapy? baking therapy.

Some of you might have seen enough postings of me sharing my baking therapy journey at this point :p Some might even had a taste of the freshly baked goods I have made (hope it tasted delicious and did not cause any of you guys diarrhea). Anyways, how did I even get to this point where I enjoyed baking? maybe because I simply love desserts and the intricacy of doing it. But it actually because I'm excited to see how it turns out. Will it be pretty or will it taste good or not?

If you think I am always good at baking, trust me I am not...lol

A quick history check, for the longest time, my Umi has always enjoyed baking. We had a small oven and a mixer at home ever since I was small. She would make us siblings chocolate cakes for occasions in school. Imagine this, three of us went to the same primary school, so of course we would celebrate Eid on the same day right? Yes, my Umi baked three chocolate cakes a day for us to bring to school potluck the next day! (thanks Umi <3) this is such a core memories growing up. My Umi has always been a great cook too (which I am not <yet> as interested in as baking hehe). I also went to a secondary school that my Abah teaches, and when I say during every teachers potluck his female colleagues even requested a certain dessert (triffle pudding) for my Umi to make, I am not lying hahahha (because I am the one who would bring it to the teachers' room lol).

The first time I attempted at making a dessert? I'd say during primary school when I tried making the OG Kek Batik. That weekend my whole family went back to my grandma's house in KB because my Abah had a meeting there. So to surprise him after coming back from the meeting, my sister and I tried making Kek Batik. I could recall my excitement vividly, from buying the ingredients at the nearby kedai runcit to sitting on the counter top while making it because I was not that tall yet hahaha. Fun times. 

Also, during ERT class in school when I was fifteen years old. (which was not a success lmaooo) I forgot who was my team during that time but I'm sorry for falling short T.T) Basically the theme was some kind of batter related, so my idea was to make a pancake with a chocolate syrup on top. What was my thought process during that time? (I swear I thought the batter would just be like lempeng so it will be easy HAHAHAHA) In some way it is kinda the same but not really. Anyways, I have always watched (keyword: watch) Umi made the chocolate ganache for the chocolate cake using double boil technique but I have never really tried doing it. When I tried it in class, the chocolate becomes so thick lolllll it was in fact not edible!!! Long story short it was a huge fail xD.

Then it was a burnt cheesecake using an airfryer. Tried making this after SPM days, the first KhairulAming recipe I tried (I deserve a spot at Rembayung for this fr). It tasted delicious but I did not check the center of the cake properly whether it was well cooked or not so I kinda distorted the shape hahshdhajhsahgh. I mean, I also only learned how to cook megi during this post-SPM era :3 

Overtime, I find this unexpected hobby of mine very therapeutic. Especially when I already planned which baking dish from Umi's collection I would use :p (is this the age talking.........) Anyways, the not-so-fun part would be the cleaning after, but I try to clean as I go so it will not be as overwhelming :))

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p/s: brownie white choc & classic soft cookies, buttercheese cake, kek batik indulgence, 

choc chip banana bread, matcha soft cookies & matcha burnt cheesecake.

p.s.s: cunha, bruno, cunha, bruno, cunha, bruno, luke shaw, cunha~~~~~~~~