I started writing when I was 8. My mom got me a journal where I could rant (prob so I won't be an annoying brat). I stopped writing for 8 years until the pen and then later on the keyboard called on me again. I blog because I like writing and that's just about it. Hope you get inspired though... Bite the apple!
I chanced upon a post asking "what's the oldest thing in your kitchen?". I immediately thought it was me, haha.
I remembered though I had scoured through my childhood home and found kitchen stuff I grew up with. I got rid of the appliances (including my Mom's long not working turbo broiler). Then I went through the pots, pans dishes, drinkware and utensils.
And I figured that the oldest item are my grandma's party plates. I asked my Mom once why she had so many of those plates and she said it was my Mama Lola's. They are intact and will be used one of these days for a get together.
Everyone who visited my childhood home for a party or get together would have experienced using these plates. They are older than me and probably priceless at this point. It's a great set and was really useful through the years.
I just had my second pulmo rehab session. There's almost no difference from doing it online, but I noticed it runs quicker than when we do it online.
I like doing the sessions better in-person. I get to interact with my therapists (there's usually an assistant). They are also able to correct my form if needed.
We did more this week and I was happy that leg exercises were included. I have to do the leg exercises thrice a week to regain my knee strength. It still hurts every so often.
I'll try to bake this weekend. I want to bring some goodies for my pulmo rehab team. Gotta save my lungs.
I only have one top cover for my piano and it's Christmas themed. I got distracted and wasn't able to make one last year.
My first project for the year would be a new cover for the top of my piano. I'm going to make it funnily redundant and use piano keys for the design, haha.
I've started making measurements and should start cutting fabric this week. I'm still deciding whether I'll just do the top like last time or make a bigger one to cover the sides and back.
It's that dilly dallying that's delaying the project, haha. I answer to myself and it will get going when I'm done with my other stuff.
One of my favorite things to do is grocery shopping. I still have memories of my Mom pushing the cart while I was on the seat. I eventually learned to point to things I like and when I started to walk and grab things, I lost grocery privileges until I was in my teens. By then, my Mom's favorite shopping place was Landmark, haha.
In Singapore though, grocery shopping is an expensive endeavor. Buying dinner at the hawker center was cheaper than cooking. I oftentimes brought some key Pinoy ingredients from Manila since they were expensive even at Lucky Plaza. Anyway, I learned a lot about grocery planning while I was there.
Since we're trying to eat more nutritious food, I try to plan what dishes I'll cook for the month. We used to drop by a nearby small grocery when needed. I realized though that's an expensive endeavor, so I'm doing the five P's*. Proper planning prevents poor performance which I learned from Ninang Janette.
January felt like a very long month. It was really different from the month of December that outpaced the whole year. I decided to continue capturing a second a day using the 1SE app. It pushes me to be productive everyday even on days that I just tend to my plants and play with our fur babies.
We just rested during the first week of the month. Then we proceeded with our regular routines. What made this month interesting was ticking off two things on my bucket list last year. We squeezed in time to go to Chef RV's cafe to get some cake and dine at Cochi.
It was also a very "social" month for me because I joined two get-togethers. One with former colleagues and our belated high school friends Christmas get-together. It all happened on one weekend, so I had to regain my energy for the rest of the month after that, haha.
One of my targets this year is to grow more veggies. I started the year by sowing seeds on a tray. They've grown and are growing steadily. We've been able to harvest bell peppers also weekly and that's what encouraged me to continue growing veggies (they're quite expensive now!). I hope by end of this month we can start harvesting some mustasa. Yay!
Here's my one second everyday for the month of January 2026:
I was busy doing garden work most of the month, so I just finished my last Christmas project. It's the quilt cover for our blender. I'll start again this week and have an idea what I want to make. It's going to be fun! We unfortunately all had stomach issues at the end of January. We think it's the water from the water refill station we shifted to when Aqua King closed. Sigh. We're recovering right now and looking for a new, clean and reliable water refill station.
It's been a month since I planted some seeds on a seed tray. I got Ramgo seeds for better chances and I'm happy I did. I was surprised some started sprouting in two days, some took a few more days.
One thing that takes time is transferring the seedlings to a bigger pot. That's what I've been working on the past ten days and I'm not done yet. I planted too many mustasa seeds and if it all grows I guess I can offer them to neighbors, haha.
Here's how it's going -
Cucumber
Mustasa
Cherry tomato
Carrots
I have to rest today and hope I could continue work in the next few days.
