Exploring My Roots.

Hello there lovelies!

This past weekend a small revelation hit me and it was that I wasn't giving myself enough "me" time. I love to be social and spend time with my loved ones, but sometimes I forget that I need a breather and I kind of just crash and have to hide out for a little while for my own sanity's sake. I decided to do some things I love to do that relax me and make me happy. One of those activities is cooking because I love to be adventurous and try new things. There's also something about the physical act of cooking and knowing you are creating something for yourself and others to enjoy that I just love.

I spent a blissful Saturday cooking up a storm. I was in the mood for Asian food, which is complete comfort food for me, so I cooked up a few favorites from scratch. This is where Pinterest comes in. I love this site so much! It's just bursting with recipes, ideas, and creativity. I did a little digging and decided on a few recipes: crab rangoon, sushi, and siopao. Some of these you may be familiar with, while others not so much. All the recipes can be found on my Pinterest page linked above. :)

Out of all the recipes, the siopao, a steamed bun with meat filling (adobo chicken in this instance), was the one I was most eager to try. It was slightly more challenging because it involved making a dough, which I always seem to fail at, and also because this is one of favorite foods, and I didn't want to butcher it. Well, after a laborious afternoon, I get a fantastic final product! The dough was soft and fluffy and the filling was flavorful and a wonderful contrast. My mom would be proud because I've never really tried to make Filipino food. I'll be looking up new recipes to try, so if you have any suggestions, send them my way!

Seriously the best crab rangoon ever!

My delightfully delicious siopao with adobo chicken filling. :)

Cute little caterpillar sushi roll!

This little cooking deal also ties in to my latest video which you can get to riiiiiight here! When filming with my cousin, I spontaneously decided I wanted to learn Tagalog. The older I get, the more I want to know about and explore my past. Food and language are great mediums for doing so. Coming from a multi-cultural background, I often feel like I never fully fit in with either culture because I'm too this, or too that. Doing these small things is a way for me to feel closer to who I am and what my heritage is.

That's all for now folks, but have a wonderful day! I hope you take some time out to do things for yourself that you thoroughly enjoy too! Love ya, bye!

Busy Times Ahead.

Good morning lovelies!

I hope you're having a fantastic day today. I know I always say this, but life has just been so darn busy lately! I've been trying to stay on track but it's been hard. I've been trying to find a balance between documenting my life and living it and it's proven to be more difficult than anticipated. I kind of had to just take a step back for a while and reevaluate things and see what I really love to do and how I can get to my goals. I feel good and ready to work hard to get there now, which is good news for you! What do you have to look forward to!?!? New blogs, new YouTube videos, and all my social media goodness will stay current (I hope!).

Do you ever have those introspective moments where you just kind of panic over how much living there is to be done in a lifetime? It was one of those funky funks I was in where I just felt like I was doing everything and seeing no results. I needed to just clear my head, sit down and actually take a good look at things to figure out the next step in the process. I realized that at work, I need to stop slacking and work harder. I want to be more financially stable (boring I know!). I want to work on getting better at my social media project, from editing photos and videos, to staying updated on things, to posting interesting content. I want to get back into doing more community service projects. Whew! That's a lot, but I can do it!

Will be spending the weekend getting things together and creating lots of exciting new things that I hope both you and I love! Have a wonderful week! Love ya, bye!