Feb 2025

Attempted some artsy stuff (washi tapes in my journal, origami boxes & bags), it turns out to be therapeutic.

This month we dine out a lot because I walk out of house a lot more 😅 The foodie in me don’t want to come home and cook. We also did some exploration on the restaurant in the neighborhood. Those are surprisingly fun! Fried avocado is the special one, and I’ll probably try grilling garlic with salt one day. In cooking, I successfully made 糯米饭 without 糯米。That’s probably the coolest achievement ever in culinary.

We kind of mess up our first valentine’s day in the marriage.  2 weeks ahead, he don’t let me make a wish on what I want as gift. So I just kept quiet and keep telling that I will not tell him what I want. He bought expensive chocolate and left in the fridge as surprised, while I gave him spreadsheet for tracking the learning syllabus . He doesn’t seems to like it because that means he need to study… A few days later, I bought myself a mocha pot to make him coffee, because that’s the gift I wanted. A week after that, he bought a 2nd hand expresso machine because it is a good deal. We should had just bought what we want for ourselves and declare as gift for each other. Done.

We drank less in February because there is less days in February 😎 Well, back to a little normal trend comparatively, the last 2 months was lots more festive. I kind of return the PS5 to him as he starts playing Elden rings with different role. It’s too much work to switch the disc.

While study was progressing fairly good, I found a sustainable way to journal: Emotion logging. Just identify them and associate with previous similar feelings. I can do that everyday. I think that’s a much living at the moment approach.