Happy Valentines Day ♥

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! ~ ♥ So even though this is commercialized so bad to be a lovers day with chocolate for him or her it's bullshit ok, b to duh s; 

1) You shouldn't need a specific day (date, etc) like Valentine's to confess/show/appreciate/love other people, there's birthdays/weekdays/weekends/364 other days that works perfectly fine as well yo. And giving someone else something nice even if it's not a 'special day' still feels fucking special so fuck that.

 2) The whole "Officially Foreveralone day everyone!" single people that say this, sorry to say, but really? Might as well announce it out loud every single day during the other 364 days in the year until you find yourself a partner, Valentine's day isn't a excuse to put your hate on other's, you might as well send your mother a rose or your daddy a box of liquor chocolate, perhaps give your friends and family some chocolate. CAUSE YOURE NOT ALONE + You'll find your nemo just keep swimming

 With that finally outta the way..Sorry it had been on my mind for like 3 days people slamming up their "Foreveralone" slogan as if it was a public holiday to be sad about yourself and to hate on others. You most likely do that every day anyway Mr.Sorry-for-myself-fancy-pants. + You could just enjoy a day of pampering YOURSELF, ALONE - Cause that's pretty good too. Or with friends, you don't exactly need a lover for this certain day, just saying..again

The chocolate I gave to hubby this morning

Actually I also got him some Kit Kat, dark chocolate and Reesee-something I dunno those American peanut butter-peanut-bars (that just taste like Snickers to me) though I just got those cause Hubby got sick and thought more = comfort food Poor baby just stuck in bed :C Then again just passing time with playing with his new Instagram account~ Which is @eric8983 if anyone wants to look at a cute Korean boy.

Tea n Honey

#Motd

More vibrant in real with pink-orange under tones, a bit spring with some romance :DD 

For a little sweet and cheerful 'pop' I went with a orange liptint from Etude House

We were originally going to go on a date ofcourse that changed when he got sick but nevertheless I LOVE homemade meals, basically cooking is fun time for me. I went around to buy ingredients for what I had planned was going to be chicken soup/stew but, changed it to curry (Korean curry his mother sent us) over all it was a cozy day. Also my first Valentine's day where I'm not alone! I never thought this day would come, LOLOL so grateful

 Hope you had a nice day! Thanks for reading!

   

Bibimbab In A Rice Cooker

Hey there! So a few days ago all the street vendors were closed. Literally all of them around our area and up all the way to the closest mall, even at that point we could only eat food at the mall or just go much further to find 'cheaper' food; I didn't even know why..But without knowing ended up cooking at home! (After eating our breakfast there). Hubby said he would make me bibimbam (cause I have a love for that stuff srsly) after some grocery shopping and just lazing it at home, watching movies all day and playing games (phone games)

We began the cooking later on, since we had a lot of different vegetables for our bibimbab the proper preparations had to be made, like; cooking everything in order etc takes a while with just one pot..

Disclaimer; yes, I know we are cooking on the floor - "Omg, that's so gross!" Technically, yeahhh..but in the this matter use your eyes, nothing edible is actually touching the floor + we clean the floor 2 times a day cause we shred hair like mad feral cats LOL. Also we clean up in-between each ingredient cause if not it would make a mess and not taste good either ._. OVERALL - Our apartment doesn't have much table space nor space in general + no kitchen so our cooking pot basically can't be else where but on the floor and cooking out on the balcony is way more unhygienic and literally gross af because of pigeons. Hate them. ugh 

That blue cloth in the back is actually our bathroom mat so please no 'messy' comments LOL

1. Green bell pepper - lightly cooked on the pan, just in a few slices (Hubby doesn't like them, I do)    
2. Shitake mushroom - stir fried till brown (more brown lol) should be done with butter but, whatever~
3. Japanese roasted pumpkin - precooked from the store, just reheat on the pan.
4. Cucumber - just slice it up like on the picture, you can stir fry them if you want. 
   
   
5. Spinach - boiled, rinsed 3 times in cold water then squish all the water out of them, mix soy sauce and garlic along with the spinach in a bowl.
6. Carrot - stir fry for a few minutes, nothing special.
7. Bean sprouts - these fuckers takes forever and probably the one that takes the longest to prepare. Clean them, take of the head (less of a hassle to cook later on) rinse 3 times after sorting good from the bad and cleaning them - again. Then proceed to soak them in water for 10 minutes, to then boiled them on low heat for 20 minutes, rinse in cold water, mix with sesame oil and garlic + they smell.
8. Onion + Garlic - Slide up the onion and mince the garlic, we used 2 onions and 4 gloves of garlic.

Delicious, fresh yummy minced beef from Australia! So bad good, wish I could eat it all the time, for bibimbab, god I love bibimbab.. Too bad we didn't buy any kimchi but, it's a little pricey and we eat it hella fast. I just love that stuff. I love foods, healthy-hearty-homecooked-foods actually <3

• Add the beef along with the sauteed onions and garlic, till brown, add a teaspoon of sugar (brown sugar in our case, any sugar can do) and a tablespoon of soy sauce. Depending on your preferred taste, add more sugar and/or soy sauce for a stronger flavor (not necessary, but test it out).  

We used our rice cooker as a bowl, its really convenient; save dishes (do less kk), easier to deal with when you're 2/a couple that are going to share a meal + it's pretty hilarious when it just explodes with too much meat and veggies. That's what happens when you have a tiny rice cooker. 

• Arrange the vegetables side-by-side, or just toss it all in it's a matter of preference I suppose; you're going to have to mix it all together anyways. Top the beef on the top, adding an egg, fried egg or a soft boiled egg is perfect (we just accidentally made an omelet out of our soft boiled egg, didn't know 7-11 sold pre-cooked soft boiled eggs in pairs. Come on) as a topping on the top of the beef (see what I did there? No? Excuse my lameness.) Add some bibimbab hot/spicy sauce (made from gochujjang) and mix it all together ~ 

That's how you make bibimbab in a rice cooker. Practice clean and safe cooking! Thanks for reading!

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Long Awaited Reunion

Reunions can suck, like school reunions; mine always sucked hard. 

But, one among friends I’ve not been able to see since 2011-2012 last time I was in Thailand studying here I made a handful of good friends only sad part; scattered all over the world T__T USA to Japan to Thailand, freakishly far apart.

So we all came together during the holiday season, celebrated New Years, dining out and catching up. Funny to me how everyone had not changed a bit but, I had not only changed in appearance, mentally too. 

Yeah I might just be a 19 year old girl (turning 20 soon..) though my friends on the other hand are at a minimum 5 years older than me (and that is the youngest one of them) I actually felt older than them, I managed to stay extremely quiet and just look from the side lines..

I’m kind of like that among friends observing other’s fun times and just fill in, not in a bad way though!
I enjoy it too, seeing other people have fun.

Here’s some pictures of jolly friends and food C: 

Actually had nice when I left the apartment..died on the way ; w ; )9 Excuse long retarded fingers. lol

Having a blast after eating a yummy Thai Lunch at Central World! After that we went for Japanese dessert, After You where they specialize in Shibuya Honey Toast, delicious beverages like tea and coffee + awesome cakes! We all shared a Honey Toast My first time; pretty alright :DD and Chocolate Lava, I'm not a cake/dessert fan though I'm letting myself indulge on these rare creatures (rare to me) and have to admit these were pretty delicious and worth a cramping stomach ache.

Yumi and Pie went to pray at the shrines outside of the mall, both very famous; 1st one is for business, school etc "life" 2nd one is the "Single's Temple" where single people pray for luck in love and to get a partner, pretty funny knowing Yumi had been dating 8 guys in 1 year and still couldn't get a steady boyfriend. And really wants to start a family within 2014..

She went to the "gods"  ≧ヮ≦ 

The "business" / Life shrine

Pie and Yumi with their offerings

The "Love" Shrine

Done with the prayer = Happy Yumi

Thanks for reading!! 

Reflecting back on 2013

Hello there!
I thought I would take the time to look back on what I’ve learned, experienced and achieved over the past 12 months of 2013, so here it goes!

Honestly I think this is one of the best years I’ve had. I’ll definitely say I’m not the most positive person, based on a past me I was a hardcore slut-in, anti-social and at least VERY negative. I can really look back and feel really silly just by the thought of all the things I was throwing away, my health for them being one of the important ones, I was really just a silly confused girl when I was younger. A bit too bad that I was so negative to enjoy all the good and positive things my life, that were still offered me even though I had the worst of the worst times of my life until now.

I managed to overcome something that literally had been eating me for years, ruining myself and most chances of having a regular social life with my friends; without being paranoid to spill the secret. And that’s sorely to my boyfriend, he made me realize that I can overcome it if I truly wanted it, for someone or for yourself – I choose him over the thing eating me as hard as it was to let go he helped me and I am forever grateful for him saving me from it.

2013 have meant Love, love have come into my life. Never been this happy before finding someone that loves me regardless of my past or what I’ve done, I’ve never met someone like him in my life and I never want him to leave.. So I want to thank you 2013, for putting the most amazing guy into my life.

Guess I could say since I’ve tried to look more positively on my life, I’ve become more bold and I suppose that’s a good thing in my case, finally stop being a push-over and “too-nice” towards people taking advantage of me. In the terms of like, “I deserve to be happy too” kinda feel, I do want it and I am trying to earn it, working for it every day so I can be happy and make everyone else I care about happy if I can. It’s not that bad to want something that’s good for you, no?

Other than that, I’ve taken a lot of chances, accepted change and sacrificed tons of things to be where I am now, even if it isn’t ideal for most, I am to gladly repeat 2013 with all it’s bad and horrible sides along with the happiness I’ve been obtained as well as the love I’ve been given. So being spontaneous can be added to life qualities now I guess, haha.  

I think I’ll put body image in another post instead because that’s going to be looong one, I’ll spill all my secrets in that one, so I guess look forward to it? Hahaha.

I would say that pretty much sums it up, 2013 started out freakishly bad, who the hell have their storage room set on fire by kids on the 2^nd day of the new year. Sigh. Not just that but a lot of things uptil my 19^th birthday (the first 3 months of 2013) was terrible. Utter horror, I start cringing just thinking about it -_- ..

I’ll leave it at this, not as long as it could have been!