My Story
Hello, hello, new friend!
I am so happy you are here. Welcome to my little home on the internet. (Untuk pembaca Malaysia: selamat datang. Halaman ini pengenalan ringkas tentang saya dan blog ini.)
You can call me Mawar Safiya (or just Kak Mawar or Safiya!). But when I'm on my big motorcycle, I'm Canon Rider! Hehehe, I guess I have many names for my many adventures.
This blog, Kembara Hati Mawar Safiya, is the home for my wandering heart. Kembara Hati means ‘The Heart’s Journey’ in my language, Malay. Because that is what life is, right? One big, beautiful, and sometimes messy journey.
Why did I start this blog? Because I have too many stories in my head and too many postcards in my box! If I don't write them down, I think my head might pop!
So, this blog is my storybook.
So, What's Inside My Storybook?
Oh, so many things! Here you will find:
Stories of a short, shy girl (that's me!) and her big, monster bike. Read them in My Adventures.
Little paper windows to far-away places through postcards from Postcrossing, and wonderful stories shared in letters from new friends across the globe on the Slowly app. See them in Postcards.
Happy (and sometimes silly!) stories from my home with my wonderful children, plus yummy recipes, some from my own kitchen and some secret recipes sent in letters from friends all over the world. Find them in My Happy Home.
My quiet adventures with thousands of sparkling little diamonds (it's called diamond painting!).
Little whispers about faith and love, to make our hearts feel warm, in Faith & Heart.
A memoir about scars, patience and healing, told chapter by chapter in Parut.
A Little More About Me
People say I am a mix of two things hmm some say a quiet soul who loves a loud engine and a homebody who loves to wander far, far away. I think they are right!
My Day Job: I have a day job working with technology near Malaysia's capital city. (But shhh, my dream is to have more time for riding, writing and travelling. A girl can dream, right?)
My Big Heart Job: My heart loves to help people! I am an active volunteer with NGOs. With ASAS, I have been on humanitarian missions to places like Acheh, the Philippines and Cambodia. With Kembara Kitchen, I help cook big meals for hungry people, side-by-side with amazing friends from all races and religions. Helping others makes my soul happy!
My Vroom Vroom Life: Since 2013, I have been a proud lady biker! Riding my Kawasaki gives me a feeling of freedom like nothing else. I love riding for therapy and for charity convoys with my biker family.
My Healthy Home Life: I am also passionate about health and wellness. I love sharing ways to feel beautiful and strong from the inside out. This is a big part of my journey too!
My First Steps
My journey as a writer did not start here. It began in an old house that I love very much, my very first digital diary. Even though I have lost the key to that house, the memories are always in my heart. If you want to see where my first steps were, you can visit my first blog, Mawarjelly.
Let's Be Friends!
This page is like the front cover of my book, so it doesn't have a comment box. But I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to say hello in the comments of my latest blog post. Tell me your story. Let's be friends and travel this life together.
With lots of love and a little bit of adrenaline | Mawar Safiya
