It’s almost been six months since quarantine began. This month was the first time we dared to visit my brother for his birthday. My niece gave me a big hug the moment she saw me. I suppose this is how it’s going to be for a while, huh? Been busy in the kitchen, learning new recipes, too. My new favorite this month: pizza!
Music Monday
After Brandy released her latest record (which is awesome, btw), I ended up on her Artist Radio and started listening to my high school faves. Love me some Tamia, TLC, SWV, Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige, and pretty much everyone on this playlist. Grl pwr! What have you been listening to lately?
Tasty Tuesday
And my favorite part of this monthly round-up lately: all the food I’ve been making and consuming 😛
My very first try at cheese danish and I got layers! 
Shoppersville Taisan cupcakes were bomb 
My only bake day day for Macy’s Fields this month—and my cookie samplers were a iht! 
Finally got to try Anghelica’s Tres Marias (her take on tres leches with kasuy and coconut!) 
Ordered a Tetsuo Chicken platter to celebrate finally getting paid haha 
Turned it into a chicken sandwich with homemade sweet potato buns 
First time to try Spread Goodies Samgyup Bake (thank you, Car and Ninna!) 
Ordered syrups for coffee again! I now have white chocolate for my fave White Americano 
We didn’t have miso, but tried to sub with patis for the salmon I got on sale. 
I probably bake pandesal every month now. 
I ordered a rolling pin but it still hasn’t arrived, so my flour tortillas are still wonky. 
Made puff pastry for chicken pot pie (without a rolling pin again, lol) 
Treated myself to some of my fave kakanin from Minatamis. So good! 
Baked my milky cheese doughnuts instead of frying them 
Nior treated me to Shake Shack for lunch, yay! 
We’re back to banana bread… 
Attempted Strawberry Millionaire Shortbread for Kuya Mong’s birthday 
Not sure what it’s supposed to taste like but we tried Vietnamese Caramelized Pork and I kinda love it (sweet and salty) 
Gave pizza a go (barbecue chicken and longganisa for our first round) 
Made everything from scratch. My burger patties need improvement, though. 
Been wanting to try making Porto’s cheese rolls. I need better pastry! 
White Pizza! My staple order at Sbarro and now I can make it at home. 
What to do with leftover adobo? Turn it into pizza topping!
It’s pretty crazy how I’ve gone from baking once every couple of weeks to *counts* 18 days out of 31! I’m self-soothing.
Wishful Wednesday
Really hoping all the challenges this month will ease up in September. I’m hoping to bake again soon, so keep an eye out for stocks to be available again on the site. I also hope to be able to pick up my plates from the studio, so I can sell them! Feeling kilig how strangers have messaged to ask if they can buy some of the platitas. Yes, yes, of course you can!
Thoughtful Thursday
I used to pull tarot cards more frequently when I first got my deck. But lately, I’ve only done full moon and new moon spreads. This month though, I joined Practial Magic’s #PMPalaisipan daily tarot challenge on Instagram. I also wrote down my insights in my PM Journal and it’s been a good exercise of reviewing what happens every day and how my card resonates with me. This particular card popped up three times this month, all meaning completely different things based on the day’s prompt. What I love about tarot is not only do I learn so much about them each time I pull a card, but also how I’m getting to know myself a lot better as I do. If you’ve ever wondered about it, I highly suggest you head over to Chinggay’s site to know more. Love her approach to tarot and all things woowoo!
Fashion Friday
So I’ve been living in the same shorts and cropped pants since the start quarantine. I would wear my outside clothes, but it’s just been so hot lately and jeans are hardly comfortable to wear all day. Plus, let’s be honest, they’re all feeling a little snug these days. Huhu. So I went ahead and picked up a couple sets of these comfy shorts! Can’t believe they actually fit me honestly but I’m ready to put them on pambahay rotation. Lol.
Tomorrow, it’s already officially into -ber months territory. Should we put up our tree?