Quarantine Entry 2

One of my biggest worries in the city's current condition is that I will spend my weekends drinking alcohol.. Well, wine specifically. I can definitely down a bottle (and a half) by myself knowing that my limit is probably only half a bottle. I am glad that is not the case lately. I had been drinking tea instead thanks to Sipsby. Sipsby is a monthly subscription box that contains different teas to sample. It is amazing because they would send me teas of different caffeine levels. I will dedicate a post to review my box in the future. If you like tea that is not limited to just milk tea (haha), I highly recommend it. My girlfriend from the Netherlands has been my tea supplier for many years and she definitely expanded my taste from a regular green tea to a lot of fruity ones. Tea also helps increase my daily fluid intake.

As of a few days ago, I had been officially living in NYC for 7 months. I plan to stop keeping track after my one year anniversary with the city (bare with me). Again, I cannot believe that a pandemic will be happening around the time when I am still adjusting living here or adjusting to my (new) job. I imagine the moment when the shelter in place order is finally lifted. I think I will be in tears, seriously. This pandemic has taken a mental toll on me as a healthcare worker and as someone who is new to the city. It affected everyone no matter what occupation. Regardless, I have no regrets in moving here and I still plan to survive. I have to.

Personal goals does not stop even in the midst of a pandemic. I have a list of things to do in the city and I plan to accomplish them. I've walked the Brooklyn Bridge numerous times, crave the walk, and I realized that I even miss it when a tourist would stop me on my walk to take a photo of them. I liked their reactions.

On my days off during the quarantine, I usually have no desire to do anything unless it involves a food delivery. That does not require a lot of movement. There has been a lot of moments when ordering a food delivery is the only option to cope (ha!) even if I should be saving money. With that in mind, I am grateful for restaurants that are open and the people who safely deliver the food. I was able to get my sushi and roast duck fix over the weekend, thankfully. I had been trying to keep active, gave up on the Splits Training on my last week, but continued with my twice a week exercise via the FitOn app. All my rice consumption is catching up in my belly, seriously. At the same time, I am perfectly fine with this.

I had been quite hooked on the show Money Heist. I also got another expansion for Sims 4 and bought their seasons expansion. It is interesting. I made all the characters from Sex and the City and pursuing the careers they had at the show. Fun game but I could also use a replay of the Mass Effect trilogy.

I attempted to cook the Filipino style chicken curry last week and I've put so much curry powder that made it bitter or maybe I did not put enough coconut milk (or the coconut milk itself is unsweetened).  I intend to try this again. I need to replenish the pantry for other recipes but it seems like we will be stuck with pork adobo, pork or beef mechado, and baked salmon this week. I moved to NYC with a fully stocked kitchen and my better half has an Instant Pot. That gadget is one of the most amazing things to have in the kitchen especially since I come home right at dinner hours. It simply cuts the cooking time in half.


There are more thoughts to add as the day goes by. I wish the best for everyone.