6.07.2025

After the chaos, a reset.


This year’s been wild. Brain’s a mess, heart’s a little tired.

And then the neighbor’s renovation started—relentless, unavoidable.
Escape mode is...: on.

But what do you do when your budget is tight, your spirit’s begging for freedom?
I’m just testing the art of low-cost peace and financial freedom, pretending. hehe. 

Stay tuned.


On turning 40 (and not freaking out about it)

I recently had rare, heart-deep conversations with two of my school friends.
One’s a globe-trotting free spirit, the other a forever-smiling "success" story.
We’re all in different places, but one question united us:

What does being a woman in her 40s really mean?

I’ve crossed that line. Sasha’s almost there.
And yet, whenever someone says “At this age…”, the rebel in me twitches.
Because honestly? If your mind and money are free, 40+ is just a number.

You can keep exercises in ways that suit you.
Love someone who makes your heart feel full.
Do a job that doesn’t crush your soul (or your wallet).

If I could talk to my 30-year-old self:
Don’t overwork. Sleep more. Try new things. Know your limits. Make better friends.
You’ll be okay, even if you’re not “there” yet.

40 is the new 20—just with more wisdom, better boundaries, and a lot more chill.
Stop letting old rules define you. They were never meant for you anyway.

Aging is natural. But confidence? That’s earned.
And I still believe: Living well > living long.


Chapter 1 of my broke-but-free adventures begins now.
Love you all. 💛

窮游,不窮活1:40 is a new 20

今年度過一個不可思議的忙亂上半年後,覺得該是時候來個腦袋大清掃,

鄰居的施工計畫熱熱鬧鬧的展開,我既無奈也閃躲無效...

不如來趟避世之旅?但,手頭拮据,如何能在拮据當下,依舊賺得精神自由,和偽財富自由呢?不妨對接下來的行程拭目以待!

再來想分享一下年過四十的姊妹淘聚會實況:我是躲避亂世劊子手的一個迷途小陪讀,好友一是浪跡天涯,住遍歐美亞三大洲的崇尚自由一族,好友二是功成名就的萬年微笑小姐;大家平常都在四海八方修道(哈哈),能聚的時間不多,這趟分別和兩位好友有長談的機會,實在非常過癮,但最值得分享的一點在於:我們對40代女性的想法為何?我已年過40,好友一正逼近中,但是聽她言談當中都不自覺的提及我們這個年紀,到了這個歲數等等。我心裡的叛逆因子又逐漸被醞釀出爐,其實只要你的心靈和財富夠自由,40+對你來說,也不過是個數字而已?你可以根據個人體質找出適合自己身體的運動習慣,也可以根據自己交友準則,找到一個讓自己心靈豐富而自由的伴侶,再根據自己的客觀能力與條件,尋找一個讓自己財富穩定成長的工作(不用喜歡,但起碼不要排斥它),有了前三項,我其實深深感受到我的40+不能再美好,更別提當初20+的辛苦迷惘,和30+的自我撞牆和催眠,如果早知道自己的人生道路可以這樣過,我絕對會留言給10年前的自己,工作不要太賣力,讀書不用熬夜,養好身體,培養多元興趣,以及探索自我和摸索自我的人際界線和多交朋友!

40絕對是一個New 20,你有著更豐富的人生閱歷,更多的生活經驗,以及更廣的交友圈和人脈,加上更接地氣的人生觀(我曾是戀愛腦中的不食人間煙火派),你更清楚自己能做甚麼,想做甚麼,跟擁有甚麼,你的決定和努力能影響的層面只會多,不會少,不要再腦波弱的被紅塵中滾滾襲來的刻板價值觀催眠,那是他們,不是你,容顏會老去,體力會衰退很自然,電腦用久了也要更新,但是這不應該讓你變得焦慮或沒自信,反而更應該擁抱自己的人生智慧和生命體悟。

我依然相信,活得長不如活得美,活得久不如活得有品質。

敬請期待我的窮游不窮活第一章!

愛大家




6.04.2025

Chiang Mai, Chiang Mine❤️

June, 4th, 2025

Finally, a break.



You can call it a vacation,

but really—it felt more like arriving at a place where your soul could breathe.


This time in Chiang Mai, I wasn’t here to chase temples or check off must-sees.

It just a tired soul wanted to see how life unfolds in a different place.


 Tha Phae Gate would be just another sightseeing stop?

But the moment I stood beneath those old red brick walls, something shifted.

A flock of pigeons took off into the sky,

and for a split second, it was like I slipped into a time tunnel—

back to some unnamed day,

just sitting in the sun, chatting with an old friend.


Some places are like that.

Just being there, holding a coffee by the gate,watching strangers walk past, I felt like I’d somehow lived an entire lifetime.


And, yes, finally made it to the outskirts of Chiang Mai—

a place wanted to visit last time but never got the chance.

The winding mountain roads felt like a conversation with myself,

looping and looping, quietly asking,

“How have you really been?”

Up on the hill, the air was clean.

The stupa stood there silently, like it knew everything,

but wasn’t going to say anything out loud.

I stayed a long time.

A soft mountain rain fell.

Inside the stupa, the statues gazed quietly at the city glowing with neon far below.

And just like that—nothing is really urgent.

Nothing needed to be fixed.

Even the parts of life I thought I’d lost felt like they came back to sit with me for a while. :)


Chiang Mai to me is not a destination.

It's a conversation—

one of those slow, honest ones you have with yourself when no one’s listening.


Kind of like a Stefanie Sun slow song,

the ones you only play on days meant for you.

Kind of like Norah Jones,

a little husky, a little lazy, but real.


Yes, Chiang Mai,

for giving the soul space to breathe again!


Stay 1 – the Old town (still my favorite).









Stay 2 – Around the corner













6.03.2025

清邁:慢下來的剛好

終於放假了。


說是來趟旅行,不如說是來到讓心靈可以呼吸的地方。這趟來清邁,不為朝聖,不為打卡,只想看看日子在別處可以怎麼過。


本以為塔佩門只是個景點,結果當站在紅磚牆下的時候,竟出神了。一片鴿子飛過去,我就被拐進時光隧道裡,好像一不小心就能穿越到哪個老日子,跟好友曬個太陽、聊個天。有些地方是這樣的,坐著不動也覺得心很滿,就像那天我只是路過城門邊,拿著杯咖啡,看人來人往,什麼也沒做,卻覺得自己好像過了一生。

終於來到清邁郊區(上次想來而沒機會來)。山路繞來繞去,像在跟自己對話,一圈一圈問:「妳過得如何?」

山上的風很乾淨,佛塔靜靜地站在那,好像什麼都知道,但什麼都不說破。

我在那裡待了好久,山上細雨濛濛,塔中神像只是靜靜看著城市在山腳下霓虹,突然一切都不重要了,都無所謂了,彷彿失去的人生體驗也找回來了。

清邁,真的不像個目的地,而是一場又一場充滿自我療癒的對話。

有點像孫燕姿的慢歌,唱給那些只適合自己聽的日子。也有點像Nora Jones, 微微沙啞卻慵懶的嗓音。

謝謝清邁,在我像精神苦力度過一整年後,找回輕鬆和自由。

住宿1 (我愛古城區)






住宿2  (城郊嫻雅處)





 Love in the present 




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5.26.2025

旅宿生活Chapter 1: 黃金海岸 Gold Coast

 說是旅宿,不如說是心靈之旅。封城後返回家鄉,肩膀上重了一些,也輕了一些,我彷彿又長出一點韌性和彈性,去直面這個紛亂人間。

好險有Gold Coast!!不是普吉島也不是清邁,是穩穩當當的黃金海岸,當我第一眼見到她時,我就深深愛上她了。


認識一個城市,有時候是從住處開始,我喜歡觀察生活中的一切小細節,就像我每次新住一家旅館就要開開關關她們所有的櫃子抽屜,找到她們所有精心準備的驚喜或驚訝。這次的住宿體驗,幾乎無雷,究竟是我和昆士蘭太合拍還是她們就是這麼完美?今年夏天又到了,希望能再次體驗!





Rhapsody Resort (渡假村狂想曲)

原本不在意住宿品質的我, 在去年決定好好的犒賞一下辛苦的自己, 挑了這間據說是有無敵海景的飯店, 也真是不負盛名, 當時在黃金海岸待了兩周, 真的很想兩周都住這裡! (可惜要再續住都間間客滿): 他的一臥室房, 應有盡有, 完全滿足我的度假狂想! 小從烤麵包機到戶外早餐桌, 她的無敵海景真的很無敵, 我的2025就是靠她續命來的...

(一臥室房: 一進門是廚房, 無敵海景大客廳, 臥室外還有一個大陽台可以吃室外早餐=)











Meriton Suites Surfer Paradise Hotel (衝浪者天堂 不衝浪吃可頌)

本飯店在我心中可以收為優質飯店名單, 她的泳池在飯店當中, 隱密性相當高, 往外可以看海, 往內還有桑拿, 不喜歡露天還有一間超溫水室內泳池, 完全符合各種需求和年紀的大住客,小住客, 當時只訂了這間一晚, 是很好奇她跟布里斯本的姊妹店差別, 果然, 渡假型飯店就是不同, 除了擺設更陽光海灘, 她的視野也是一流, 來到這裡讓你秒懂為何可以稱之"黃金海岸", 喜愛逐海灘而居的捧油們, 推薦一住!





推薦早午餐 (就在飯店前堂): Castaway Coffee Bar  IG 

我當時很早就到飯店, 還不到進房時間, 大堂讓我在門口喝咖啡等, 然後我就誤入這間有超好吃可頌的咖啡店了, 很迷你, 但是店員們超青春洋溢, 他們只怕你不跟他們聊天, 可惜我不擅長small talk, 不然應該會聊得很盡興! 這也是我初次見識到昆士蘭州的早起文化(五點就開門, 六到七點店裡滿滿人潮^^")然後中午準備打烊, 準備衝浪, 多美好的假期安排....!!? 




另一間咖啡推薦 Cafe.sanctum 


布里斯本住宿 Meriton Suites Herschel Street 


推薦1 Rhapsody Resort (渡假村狂想曲)
推薦2 Merton Hotel Surfer Paradise 
推薦3 Meriton Suites Herschel Street (我在布里斯本=)




                                        _____我是2024, 我是2024, 我是2024_________