2013

1. We traveled:

• to Singapore with my parents and 2nd brother
• alone to Penang
• overseas together to come to Melb and Queenstown for our proper honeymoon (hopefully there's more travelling next year)
• to Great Ocean Road when the parents came for a visit. I don't mind going again but maybe with friends the next time round

2. Bought furniture's for our room

3. Our 7th year as a couple

4. Parents came for a visit but had to cut the trip short because my grandma passed away. But my dad came back a week after the funeral because he was supposed to stay longer than my mother

5. Developed a few of our favorite wedding photos to frame up in our room

6. Ate and traveled whenever we could to explore Melbourne (or rather Victoria) more

7. Experienced shopping really EARLY in the morning

Some of the malls were open for either 24 hours or 34 hours straight. So we went to Chadstone at 11 pm, getting into the parking area was a little bit crazy and that was when we decided that we didn't want to go to Chadstone on Boxing day. Even when we were leaving at 1.30 am, there were still people coming in. Some even brought their children who were asleep in their prams. It was definitely quite the experience because we don't get this in KL

8. Bought expensive Christmas presents for each other just cause we wanted to spend on each other

9. Celebrated Christmas for the first time here

This year's Christmas was a little bit weird because usually month's leading up to Christmas would've been insanely crazy, even on Christmas day but we had a quiet one this year. We would also usually have a huge family dinner

10. Went for Boxing day

We were the crazy ones who wanted to experience the crowd and queues but as mentioned in my previous post, the hubby had to work from 10 am - 4.30 pm. But thank God he had to work because we skipped all the crowds and queues and still managed to get what we wanted. If not, I think we would've fought a lot and gone home without buying anything because the both of us hates crowded areas

11. Tried to save money

We were blessed from the wedding with a generous amount to survive here in Melb (maybe one day I'll blog about it, just in case I forget in the future). We used up quite a huge sum from that and we've been trying to save money to reach the same amount that we started with. It was tough in the beginning because we wanted to travel, shop, and needed to buy some household items. But I think we're almost reaching the same amount that we've started with. We still shopped and ate out quite a fair bit, yet at the same time, we managed to save up quite a good sum of money. Imagine the amount of money we could have had now if we didn't shop or ate out as much