"You're a woman now, when are you getting married?"

"You're so pretty, don't you have a boyfriend? Why?" -does it sound too unbelievable when I say no, I don't have a boyfriend? because they kept saying that I'm lying.

A typical grown-up lady who is still single like me would get a lot of questions on boyfriends and marriage around this time during Eid as we're meeting relatives who we rarely met. Another friend of mine also got hitched during Eid and I could see friends who were married earlier even brought along their children to the wedding. At this sight and stressful marriage questions, again and again, I started to ask myself, 'is marriage an achievement in life that people kept pushing me to do it?' which leads to the question, 'am I so not attractive that no boys wanted to approach me?'

My last relationship was when I was 18 years old and that was 7 years ago. Being a girl, obviously, I don't really have the upper hand in finding a partner. Men could start the move on a girl and considered cool even if the girl rejected him but a girl, on the other hand, might get a lifetime embarrassment if being rejected, or at least that's what I've felt -yeap, I once confessed to a boy and I was being humiliated by that a-hole. To be in love, to have a partner in life is a natural desire of a human being and not having that for 7 years then being asked "why don't you have a boyfriend yet" really pissed me off. Erm, because no boys wanted me? Duh.

No one would want to end up not being married, or maybe if he/she really doesn't want to get married, believe me, he/she still want to have a partner whom they could have a conversation with about the weather for a daily routine. So honestly, to a twenty-five years old single lady like me who'd like to get married and has so many friends that got married already, such questions are very sensitive.

Here's an honest thought; I might sometimes feel lonely having no boyfriend but actually, I have no problem being single. I'm currently enjoying myself to the fullest being single, having the freedom to wake up in the morning as whenever I want, doesn't have to do the cooking which I hate the most, to go anywhere I want and do whatever I want to do without someone monitoring and controlling my life. I also do have close friends who are still single so I still have someone to talk to at 2:00am -couldn't imagine what'd happen when even they got married, sobs.

Maybe it's because I don't have a boyfriend yet but to me, marriage would always, always be the last thing I wanted to do in my life and maybe in ten years time, I'll publish a post entitled, "Thirty-Five and Still Single"? Anyway, I hope people could stop asking me such questions. To some, maybe it's just a simple question but to me, it's annoyingly made me feel like I'm such a loser so I hate it.

Soz not soz for this post is getting nowhere and it's just me ranting about what I feel.

Till then,
Lya.

Adding another year celebrating Eid at Manjung, making it the fourth year but this time it's only my family alone. I thought it would be all gloomy and sad since it would be the first time we celebrate Eid with only the five of us but no, even when the bigger family was missing, 1st Syawal was still havoc and fun. 

This year's Eid was also so special since two of my favourite bands made their respective comeback, Blackpink with their mini album entitled Square Up and 5 Seconds of Summer with their full album, Youngblood. Check them out if you haven't yet because all the songs were so lit!

Selamat Hari Raya Maaf Zahir Batin everyone!

Till next Eid, Insha Allah,
Lya.

Alhamdulillah for another blessed day on Ramadhan. It's already the 17th day but I never had the chance to welcome the holy month in this blog so I'm writing this time hoping it's still not too late to wish you guys happy fasting and may our deed in this holy month be acceptable and filled with barakah, InsyaAllah.

Talking about Ramadhan, I think we all had to agree that the most awaited period would be when it's time to break-fasting or iftar. As a typical food lover, it's like a routine for me to try various food at restaurants I haven't tried yet or I craved for during iftar. A few days ago, my colleagues and I decided to try break-fasting at Labu Sayong Cafe which was located at Medan Gopeng, Ipoh, Perak.

I especially loved the traditional design of the building and the interior design which was pleased to the eye. The restaurant chose the yellow colour for their theme and somehow it symbolizes a royal feeling.

We had a difficult time deciding which restaurant for iftar at first because we wanted to try buffet-style and it seems like every restaurant that serves buffet-style meals was quite costly. Then we found out about Labu Sayong Cafe, a buffet-style restaurant with a very affordable price, RM26 per person. The restaurant served different iftar menus daily and it would be displayed on their Facebook page so it's convenience to the customers to know what the menus are for each day.


We had a blast having iftar in this restaurant as they served various food both Western and Malay Traditional cuisine with some snacks, dessert and light food too. I tried every food that was there and honestly everything was finger licking especially my favourite roasted beef. I totally would recommend Labu Sayong Cafe for you guys who are planning to break-fasting at an affordably priced buffet-style restaurant in Ipoh. You may contact them for a booking at 05-2375238.


Have you tried break-fasting at any buffet-style restaurant? Tell me your experience!

Till then,
Lya.