HabitRPG - Part 1

For the last month or so, we have been getting slowly addicted to HabitRPG, a site that lets you monitor your good and bad habits, daily tasks, and to-dos by gamifying your life. When you create an account, you get a little pixel person to customize and grow to love <3. You can create your own lists of habits, such as eating healthy food instead of junk food, dailies, such as drinking eight glasses of water, and to-dos, for example, finishing an essay. For every time you tick off a positive activity, you can earn pixel gold which can be spent on equipments and potions that help you recover health quickly or become stronger. You also gain experience, which makes you level up and gives you access to more features such as pets, quests, and mana power. The best part of HabitRPG is that you get to do it with a party of friends, which really helps because you can all motivate each other to get better together. 

It's basically like a self-improvement game that gives you immediate gratification for doing the things you should be doing. You can also use it to track and measure your progress, and make sure you're on track to living the life you want. Who knows, you might even end up craving pixel gold more than the satisfaction of completing your homework! There is always something more to achieve, and they are constantly uploading new content such as special seasonal equipment, new quests, and adorable pixel pets. We get so excited by the endless possibilities! >_<

Personally, we can testify that it really helps to be able to see everything that you need to do in one place, and it is such a satisfying feeling to be able to tick off a difficult task, and be rewarded with something that is visible and measurable. Our habits have definitely improved a lot since we started using the site, and we're really grateful that we stumbled upon it. For anyone who struggles with procrastination or building and sustaining any type of habit, we highly recommend for you to try this. Especially if you love games :3. Play now at www.habitrpg.com. No, this is not a sponsored post - we are genuinely addicted to this site and we want to share it with you!

There is way too much information to explain in one post, so there will be a part 2 coming soon where we'll get more in-depth with the features of gameplay. Stay tuned and stay awesome!

White Rabbit Gallery in Sydney

For the past week I've been suffering from HBS (holiday boredom syndrome) since Annette has been busy at uni so I thought why not drag another friend along to visit an intriguing art gallery I've always wanted to visit? Turned out to be an awesome decision. Situated right in the heart of Sydney only a few minutes walking distance away from Central Station, the White Rabbit Gallery displays contemporary Chinese art. It's current theme is "State of Play," and as you walk through the 4 levels of innovative and meaningful artworks, you can feel yourself going from the playful sense of childhood innocence into a crude, more complex adult world. Even the lightning got darker too. But I really liked the meaning behind some of the artworks, their messages really spoke to me and felt very relatable, especially as I come from a Chinese background myself. Although there were many artworks that stood out artistically, I think my favourite would have to be the cheesy music video based on Michaelangelo's statue "David." It was so hilariously cheesy and cringeworthy it made my day ;) I also really liked the artwork of buckets and the cigarette model made of paper cities.

On the ground floor of the gallery there's a gift shop and tea house. The tea house seemed to be extremely popular because it was pretty packed so my friend and I decided to try it out too - since we were already there anyway. The menu was full of exotic sounding teas but after contemplating for a while, we decided on the "Chrysanthemum and goji berry tea," as well as 2 scones. The tea was good, satisfying for a tea enthusiast like me but nothing too special. The scones on the other hand...they were amazing! I don't normally eat scones since they don't really appeal to me much but I'd totally go back just for the scones - they were actually that delicious :D

So that was basically my day at the White Rabbit Gallery. I'd definitely recommend it as a place to visit if you're in Sydney and you have some spare time to kill. The best part? Admission is free! So there's no reason not to go really. And if you're in that area, you could also visit the nearby Central Park which I reckon is a pretty cool area too. It's got a gallery as well as interesting little shops. That's all for now. Enjoy the rest of your day!