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What I’m grateful for, week 42 of 52
1. Being able to cook. Work has been kicking my ass lately, and it feels like one thing right after another. There are a lot of things I cannot, and will not even try to control, but being home means access to the kitchen I’ve cooked in the most. I cooked a few things this week, and the thing that I love about cooking as a concept is that it’s fairly predictable and you know you’re getting something out of it. My audience though, fairly divided. But that’s another story. 2. Negronis. My last one being in a bar in Haight-Ashbury, having a double I made this week, almost has…
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What I‘m grateful for, week 41 of 52
1. Thoughtful friends that center their care around food. This week, I got a gift card for food, my friend’s signature dish sent over, and my favorite brownies sent over. In this pandemic, the Philippines really embraced care packages of food more than ever, and if anything, I’m grateful that we still get to show our affection this way. It’s still doesn’t compare to sharing a meal together, but it helps. 2. Supportive family members. I’ve been going insane readjusting to Philippine lockdown, and i’ve not been super helpful, but I’ve gotten so much support from the fam. It’s big because I know I’ve been spoiled with being able to…
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So I’ve been thinking about chemistry
And it’s not really about chemistry in the romantic sense, but mostly how my brain responds to things. I mean, I’ve made a ton of questionable decisions because my brain decided, “Dude, we want this.”. It floods my system with the chemicals to make my pulse quicken, my breath shorter, and even with the quietest voice in the back of my head trying to lead me into the path of self preservation, the chemicals keep winning. It’s the same ones that always lets the ID win. I am an impatient, short tempered, dickish person when I don’t get my way (outside of work), and when something I want won’t get…
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What I’m grateful for, week 40 of 52
1. A delicious bowl of ramen. It’s been a minute, and I keep forgetting how good we have it on ramen choices here in Manila, until I travel to places where it’s a lot less hyped up, and people are less likely to crave it more often. Got myself a Ramen Nagi Green King, and it was so good. Next time, hopefully, Mendokoro. 2. An insanely good cup of coffee. A friend said they would be near a Toby’s Estate. I went manic and bought myself a hella expensive bag of Woolloo Moolloo beans from my favorite coffee place in Manila. Totally worth it, but also prolly an extremely expensive…
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What I’m grateful for, week 39 of 52
1. Bunny time. After a while of not being with my bunnies, I finally got to hang out with them. Did I get majorly scratched because I was in their space too much and picked them up? Yes. Totally worth it. Now I get woken up at 4 am Pacific time for headrubs and sniffs, which, even at the inconvenient hour, makes my heart happy. 2. Sleeping in my own bed. It’s taking forever for it to smell as good as I want because of how long I was away, and the rainy weather when I was gone. Fresh sheets, all my pillows, and burrito-ing under the blankets, perfection. 3.…
