The Royal Palace of Madrid is the official residence of the Spanish royal family at the city of Madrid, although now used only for state ceremonies. The palace has 135,000 mĀ² of floor space and contains 3,418 rooms. It is the largest royal palace in Europe.
A must-have whenever cold creeps in. I had to take AFK (Away From Keyboard/day-off) today as I started feeling some itchiness on my throat. Sure enough, my temperature hits 37.8Ā°C earlier today.
Honey citron is perfect not only when you are in need of citrus boost, but you can make it as cold beverage too. It tasted like orange marmalade (and yes, you can use it as toast spread.)
This brand, KMT, is pretty popular and available on most major K-supermarkets/asian groceries.
The drawing looks vector-ish (I found myself really liking clean and tight lineart) but itās actually using a pixel brush (the same as before: Sharp inker) and I use soft crayon brush for the skin and the background,
Iām so happy with the result! I learned how to not going overboard with the lines and keep it as minimum as possible. At first, I want to have the orange color as the background only, but Iām glad I keep the color on the skin and use white as the highlights.
Media: Adobe Fresco (Brush: Sharp inker 10px)
One of my biggest mistakes that I keep repeating again and again is installing Slack on my phone.
For those of you who are not familiar, Slack is an instant message service in which you can create multiple workspace and within each workspace you can create channels in it. Thinkā¦ Discord (if you are young, young at heart, or not have been living inside a cave like I am because when I first tried Discord I felt like Iām the coolest kid ever. Note: Iām not a kid. I guess.) Or, WhatsApp on steroid (as if that place is not weird enough with families WhatsApp groups and whatnots.)
Automattic is using Slack as its primary way to communicate/instant communication. For long-read format and announcements, we are using internal blogs (we called it āP2ā.) These P2 blogs can be followed using WordPressā Reader feature and emails.
I have WordPress app on my phone and on my iPad. With my phone, I even have two WordPress apps ā one is the stable version, another one is the beta version (for testing purposes.) I also have my work email inbox on my phone.
But nothing beats the stress when Slack is there. Nothing.
I can ignore emails and Readers. Slack? No. Itās like that dopamine rush in early mornings. Funny to call it ādopamineā because the whole thing starting to accumulate and caused stress on my end. Slack is like caffeine for my FOMO, and knowing me, it never ends well.
I used to have Slack on my phone, then I installed it again because I thought I need it, then I uninstall it again because I found the whole thing causing stress, then I installed it againā¦
I just uninstalled that app for the umpteenth times last night. I found myself getting irritated easily. I also noticed myself unable to focus, constantly feeling overwhelmed, and uninspired (āwhy on Earth I have to do this ughhhh.ā)
Iām also starting to make use of my iPad more. I have limited apps on my iPad because I use iPad mostly for drawing. The social media apps I have on this iPad are Youtube (not sure if Youtube a social media app or not,) and Pinterest. I do have work-related apps such as GitHub and and Zoom, but I rarely check them anyway.
Also, by using my iPad more, I can reduce my social media consumption. Facebook is too weird and Twitter is too angry. I havenāt got the opportunity to clean my other social media accounts too (Tumblr and the likes) so letās see. I kinda miss those āTumblr aestheticsā, you know? Iām not sure if it was ever a thing, but I remember āTumblr aestheticsā with rainbow gradients, sparkles, bokeh pictures, and cozy-feelings. I donāt know if itās still there. TikTok starting to consume my time in a really unhealthy and ridiculous manner so Iām planning to reduce that too.
These are the things Iām hoping to achieve with my iPad:
Another thing is, Iām āseparatingā myself from my phone in a physical sense. I used to put the phone next to me on my bedside table and itās the, yes, you guessed it, first thing I reached every goddamn morning. I want to change that.
This is my personal blog, so anything goes. This blog has been around since 2014, which means you would, and could, see my past writings with different perspectives and mindsets at that time. While I tried to tidy things up here, I personally feel that things should not be too “clean” or polished. You see me grow and learn in this blog. This blog is a record-keeping of what I was, what I am, and what I will be. What I wrote in the past might not reflect who I am right now, nor me revisiting the topic.
While things here are generally PG-13, I must remind you that I’m an adult, which means some topics might be too heavy for younger readers.
Next project: Intermediate Theme Developer
I want to develop themes that sing praises for the 2000s. I always feel we could have a bit more 2000s-era whimsy.
Nindya. Kapkap. she/her. Indonesian in Malaysia. Millennial. Lo-fi. Post-Rock. Gregorian. Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Murder mystery genre. “Love is Love“.
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