tea and rambles ☕🍃

tiny bits of July 2021

By amanda - August 01, 2021

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having a clean canvas✨

By amanda - July 30, 2021

I'm gonna tell you the context. Bare with me.

I've been blogging since 10 years ago. I know, that was a looooong time ago. I first knew about blogging through a newspaper, then i decided to create one and i remember how excited i am back then. I literally wrote anything, from short stories to life updates. I also interacted with a lot of bloggers, mostly local bloggers, exchanging banners, tags, awards, etc etc.

But as i grew up, blogging doesn't feel the same anymore to me. It felt like i had a love-hate relationship with blogging. One time i update my blog, but then i leave it behind. Actually i was soooo busy with real life (uni, internship, relationship, social life, etc) and i think that was the main reason why i abandoned my blog hehe.

The blog that i created since 10 years ago is still airing until now, if you want to read it you can click here. I archived most of the posts because i want to have a clean start.

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Clean start? What do you mean?

Okay so we're still in pandemic situation going on right now. These days i am feeling like my days are so bland, mundane, and any synonyms of 'boring' you could think of. Since pandemic started, i barely do any hobbies that i used to do back then, even i barely do self care. My free time is often filled by netflix, youtube, social media, yeah basically i only play with my phone. Or read a book sometimes. One day i have this urge feeling of wanting to do my old hobby back, which is writing.

There are so many mediums to accommodate my writings, but i find that i really want to go back to blogging. Then i was like "okay, i want to write and update my blog (the old one)". I managed to finish one new post there.

BUT.......

I had this odd, tingly feeling that fazed me. I feel like i want to have a clean start aka create a NEW BLOG. But as a procrastinator myself i looked for shortcut then do it right away, so i archived most of my posts there so it feels like i'm having a clean canvas to start over. That is the reason why i archived my posts, mainly my old posts that i wrote several years ago.

YET i was still feeling odd. With that i realized right away that I. NEED. A. NEW. BLOG. THEN START A NEW LIFE THERE. So i forced my procastinating self to just create a new one. And folks, that is how 'tea and rambles' born.

Have you think of a niche?

Hmm.... the niche that i could think of is only lifestyle. However, i just don't really know what to write with lifestyle niche, in addition my life is pretty mundane lol so the niche just doesn't fit me. As a result i think i'm just gonna go with the flow. I'm gonna write whatever that came into mind, either it's a post of my opinion about some topic, movie review, skincare or makeup routine, and so on.

Honestly i am pretty excited where my newborn blog is going to go, where she headed to. As for now, like i said, i'm just gonna go with the flow. And i hope i am able to update this blog regularly though (because now i am working in a company and i'm kinda busy...).

Well, it's safe to say that the journey has begun!

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balancing fangirling & real life out

By amanda - July 29, 2021

Honestly tho, I don't balance out my life and my fangirl side. Well it may sounds weird but what i meant is i don't have any particular method to balance out those two opposite sides.

As every k-popers out there may know, fangirling is our escapism from the real world. Fangirling is our way to heal from any stresses caused by our real life activities. That applies the same to me as well.

I've been a k-pop stan since 2016 and the first group i stan was iKON. Long story short, 4 years later at September 2020 while i was in thesis period, i met this rookie group called ATEEZ then i decided to stan them. Like, literally stan them, joining the fandom (yes, i'm an atiny hehe). But when i first stan them i was so afraid that i'll become overwhelmed by thesis and stanning a group simultaneously since as you may know, kpop groups these days has TONS of content like....... catching those all up in short period of time sounds impossible lmao.

For context, being a fangirl of a k-pop group means that get prepared for your life to be more fun than before and 'busy'. You'll get countless amount of contents (such as comebacks, MVs, interviews, vlogs, reality or variety shows, etc etc), group or members' update on social media, and if you are considering yourself to be a 'serious' fan, than you'll be faced with voting and streaming agendas (this is the level i'm in. yep i am one of votiny & streamtiny). I know, it seems like a lot of work but trust me, it doesn't. (it actually depends on you, on how you perceive it).

But in the end, it worked. How the hell it worked at the first place? I am a person that has a mindset of separating real life and entertainment. It feels like i already have this giant wall that divides both of them perfectly which resulting in the ability of balancing both real life and fangirling. While i am doing my priorities it really feels like my brain shut down the other side which is the entertainment side (in this case: fangirl), but when i done everything that i prioritized, i am back to full entertainment mode (as all human would do hehe).

In my case, ATEEZ has became one of my mood-booster and support system. Some of their songs successfully calm me down and the member themselves are such inspirations even though on the average, the members are basically have the same age as me. so whenever i feel stressed out i'll just gonna remember motivational quotes they said and listen to their songs.

I feel like i'm successfully derived the positive side then implement it to my life. I admit that some of my mindsets are changed and grew since i take the positive energy from this group.

In conclusion, please do take the positive side on everything. Once you managed to implement the positive side to your life, it feels so good like your life works as planned.

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tea and rambles ☕🍃

tiny bits of July 2021

Memories (more like TMI)..

Beauty

Songs

Series

Youtube

having a clean canvas✨

Clean start? What do you mean?

BUT.......

Have you think of a niche?

balancing fangirling & real life out

glimpse of hello

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