Planner 2026 (in progress) - 2nd Quarter

New bullet journal set-up & 1st Quarter spreads 

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[ 15th May'25 ]

April monthly spread inspired by Joan Miro, an artist whom i had introduced to my little orange ones long long ago with the Roll a Miro game...

[ 30 Oct ]

Dancer (1925) for T2W3

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[ 21st May'25 ]

inspired by Keith Haring... his movement lines made his characters look like they are dancing or glowing... my movement lines made my characters look as if they are wobbling from holding on to their positions... 😅😅😅

Giving Mega Thanks in October - my favourite month

28th Oct (Tue)

maintaining my ideal weight of between 52 and 54kg is getting harder & harder every year and i'm nowhere near this ideal since the June holiday + am getting sick of having to decide on what to eat on days when i dont meet any meal kakis + the idea of healthier eating was triggered from reading the 退休 @ 45 book...

surf surf surf, swipe swipe swipe and a new microwave & this bag of Yolofoods 陆陆续续 arrived @ home sweet home... happiness was finding out that all 14 mains are different and they all have 6 months expiry... 😍😍😍

had Peri Peri Chicken Breast with Roasted Potatoes and Broccoli for lunch today and i'm impressed... the meat was juicy & everything was yummy!!! 😋😋😋... gonna get my Frittata ready for tmr!!! 

26th Oct (Sun)

a Very Happy Alvin's hatchday lunch @ V Happy Crab, AMK... crabs so good that we ordered another 1 more on top of the 4 that we enjoyed just to try out all the flavours available!!! 

25th Oct (Sat) 

4th year @ The Purple Parade with residents and families

this year's duty is to 吹吹吹, 吹到苹果肌酸酸... 😂😂😂

24th Oct (Fri)

one hour shiok shiok massage at Yi Oasis, Holland Village  which came with a massage 后的姜茶和甜心 by a 'window' seat... the irony was Mich was the one who suggested the massage, booked the massage, ended up being the one who couldnt make it in time... 😅😅😅

the 3 who reached much earlier and got started on the starters while we waited... hatchday meal @ AirCCCC where every dish from starters to desserts were interesting, unique & yummy!!! 😍😍😍

luv this hilarious & efficient group of lovely ladies who initiated and confirmed a Korea trip next June to celebrate our 20th years of friendship over tonight's dinner... one had to seek boss's approval, one had to seek spouse's approval and Mich will be buying flight tics TONIGHT!!!... 😍😍😍

22nd Oct (Wed)

Sylvia hatchday lunch that came with a free ice-cream cone for each of us... =) 

20th Oct (Mon)

game kakis went for a yummilicious hatchday camp brunch @ Nomads Cafe.... ordered a babyccino just cos the pic on the menu looked cute with the mini marshmallows... didnt know it was just steamed milk with foams... i tot it was a small cute cup of cappuccino coffee... 😅😅😅 

2 rounds of mask-jong with lady luck shining on me today... thanks Mabe for this amazing Biodance collagen mask that made our faces glow and be bo-ing bo-ing.... 😍😍😍

all the essence kenna 吸干干 into my face in 4 hours... 

16th Oct (Thurs)

more hatchday tummy luv... 😍😍😍

this gift idea from huishan is so cute!!! redeemed one right away!!! 😍😍😍 

13th Oct (Mon)

on science 阿姨 duty!!! 

11th Oct (Sat)

hatchday dinner @ Golden Moment... the only main available was meh but luv luv the sides of fries, drumlets, calamari & all 3 ice-cream flavours; pistachio, coconut & mao shan wang... 

round 2 @ 永和豆浆 just cos we were in the area and had time to spare while we waited for Joyce to join us @ our favourite game after her work dinner.. 

10th Oct (Fri)

Alvin bought this super creamy cheesecake from Piccolo... so yummy i took one more slice home for breakfast the next morning.. =) 

9th Oct (Thur)

Happi Happi hatchday to me, to me, to me!!! woke up smiling silly cos i dreamt that i 追星成功 and got to talk & joke with my 小马土豆 not once but TWICE at some fans event / variety show!!! ... 😂😂😂

thanks Baidah, Sylvia, Miss Song and boss for these tummy luv luv... 

today was actually a bad bad work day... first it was a block out day so i couldnt apply for election off-in-lieu due to oral, then also because of oral, was deployed to class sitting, then was the target board to do a presentation and could only leave work after 4pm!!!  😭😭😭

sweet sweet luv delivered from mx... 😍😍😍

爱你哦 !!!

5th Oct (Sun)

lunch @ Tenderbest Makcik Tuckshop after 蔡妈咪's church service

and a happi happi hatchday !!! 😍😍😍

4th Oct (Sat)

shift 2 of our annual carnival with games, balloons, chicken pie & ice-cream for the residents, a gigantic stitch, a pretty jedi, a candid spiderman and many many good singers...

followed by volunteering 后的甜点 @ moin moin

2nd Oct (Thur)

hearty meaty korean bbq @ Wang Dae Bak Pocha...

 homework from this meet-up : search for skill future course to attend together... OKI!!! 

1st Oct (Wed)

fruity ice @ 一碗甜品 to celebrate the first day of my favourite month, to celebrate the eve of the eve of children's day, to celebrate the eve of the eve of a long weekend...woohoo!!! 

Planner 2026 - 1st Quarter

[ 28th April ]

was doing excessive browsing and shopping on shopee for home sweet home 3.0 when i chanced upon this notebook that i think is very suitable to be used as my Planner 2026...

besides the comparative price tag, it has just the right number of pages @ 160 for the monthly & weekly spread + trackers, each page is @ 100 GSM and finally dotted pages that allow for more flexibility & freedom in designing all the pages in whichever and whatever way i want... 😍😍😍

getting ONLY this notebook came with abit of luck that deserves to be documented here... heee

original price of this notebook was at $5.50 but there was a minimum quantity of 3 items per purchase... decided to put in shopee cart first then think of what to do with the other 2 notebooks later on... 25.4 came, discounts, vouchers, rebates here, there, everywhere and the notebook now cost $4.72 each with free express to-door delivery...

the twist came when the two black notebooks came a size smaller, the peach notebook came with 3 stains... 一气之下, requested for return & refund but somehow i only keyed in to return one peach and one black notebook...

so end result, i am left with ONE black notebook, which was what i had wanted right from the beginning!!!

PERFECT!!!

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[ 1st May ]

decided that it shall be an Art theme planner for 2026 where every design is based on an art style / artist... starting with my name in graffiti, inspired by my exploration into pre-demolised Peace Centre with mx...

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[ 14 May ]

cover page in zentangle patterns... inspired by the art club session that vanessa conducted at the beginning of the year...

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[ 3rd May ]

Hatchday tracker inspired by Henri Matisse's cut-outs artworks; La perruche et la sirène (The Parakeet and the Mermaid) and L'escargot (The Snail)

the curly wurlies really tested my cutting, gluing skill and the power of my 老花眼 seh!!!

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[ 5th May ]

All monthly spread designs takes inspiration from an artist whose birthday is / was in the month.

January's theme is inspired by Jackson Pollock's drip painting technique... had fun dripping and splitter splattering paint to create the background for the headers and all the curly-wurly strips...

white & blue were chosen as AI 'tells' me white symbolises a fresh start to the New Year, coupled with blue to evoke snowfall and winter...

what an artistic mess i had created !!!

[ 1st June ]

"artifying" the weekly spreads for the first time since there's ample time and enthusiasm on my part... this 4 part layout; weekly work to-do list on the left, weekly sketch, weekly personal to-do list & a weekly habit tracker on the right, works wonderfully for me since Jan 2025 so i'm just gonna continue with this layout into 2026...

making use of the remaining of the splitter, splatter paper so no fanciful inspiration for its weekly spread

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[ 8th May ]

designed a parody of Grant Wood's American Gothic with my favourite gothic character and her brother for February... 😂😂😂

[ 29th May ]

abit 跑边主题... by right, the focus should be on Grant Wood's American Gothic but as i had added Addam's family gothic element into Feb's monthly spread, this T1W5 weekly spread focused on the gothic tree which i had so much fun sketching instead... 😂😂😂

made amend in T1W6 weekly spread with the Carpenter-Gothic house and pitchfork in Grant Wood's American Gothic but i just had to add Cousin Itt & Thing from Addam's family in too... 😁😁😁

[ 2nd June ]

took inspiration from another Grant Wood's masterpiece; Young Corn for T1W7 & T1W8 weekly spread...

[ 20th October ]

this spread is so gothically dark for a supposedly lovey dovely Feb seh.... 😅

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[ 11th May ]

this March spread inspired by Piet Mondrian took many many griding, re-griding, re-re-griding and re-re-re-griding so that there's a balance between it being Mondrian-ish enough yet structurally functionable enough for me....

[ 23rd Oct ]

[ 25th Oct ]

spot the error !

holiday 就是连 weekly layout 都不一样... gonna leave it looking like Piet Mondrian's Composition C (1935) till the week it is planned for use... gonna use the 'white' spaces as my 4 sections but dont wanna the headings for the sections to 'spoil' the look of it for now...

[ 26th Oct ]

i hope i will be able to use the left side as a weekly art - learnt page instead of a weekly work to - do page... 🙏🙏🙏... my approval please arrive soon ?!?!?!?  

[ 27th Oct ] 

inspiration from Piet Mandarin's New York City... had used pvc tape for this creation... the page before and after will be so bumpy to write on seh... 😅😅😅

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The evolution of my planners :

2025

2024