hello 2024
January 4, 2024
Happy New Year! It’s been a rough start for us Japanese over here, but I’m safe and doing well. I hope 2024 will be a more peaceful and happy year for all of us. How’s everyone doing?
October 1 – October 8
October 9, 2023
october started rough.
i was hooked on an iv drip everyday last week for my sudden ear situation
(i’m so much better now thank goodness.).
also my toilet seat that had a crack for years finally gave in and broke. the management company is replacing it with a heated one. apparently they didn’t even know that my unit had never had a heated seat. i should’ve called them sooner. this winter my bum will be nice and warm like everybody else’s.
i noticed rust on the stainless steel temples of my not-at-all-old glass frame. this should’t have happened. the issue has been addressed, and the temples will be replaced and coated with glass fiber material…eventually.
i am very grateful for all the people who are helping me with these issues. what would i do without them.
i’ve been teeth-whitening and counter-balancing it with so much coffee as usual😂.
September 21 – September 29
October 7, 2023
手羽元と長ネギとしめじとご飯少々で参鶏湯的なものを作った。簡単で美味しかった。 
chestnut season♡ 
sashimi and avocado on rice
September 11 – September 20
October 7, 2023
wow, i did a good job here. slow-cooked pork was really great. 
September 1 – September 10
October 7, 2023
these are from the beginning of september. 
oatmeal pancakes with homemade apple jam 
some things i did during this period:
going on a date. i got carried away with my own curiosity. it’s gonna kill me one day.
one of us went to busan and got us some banana milk and a few other things. so we had a potluck as usual. 
iykyk♡ 
so i finally got me another pair of my favorite new balance model. they came in hairy pink this time.
August 16 – August 31
October 7, 2023
hello! how are you?
here are some photos from august. 
one of the things i absolutely detest is bell pepper seeds getting everywhere whenever i cut them. so now i just don’t cut them. i get more nutrients this way, too.
August 6 – August 10 2023
August 14, 2023
sunday snack: pretty wagashi 
sunday dinner: trying to roll kimbap tightly 
monday lunch: oatmeal curry
did you know you can polish plastic and get its shine back? i am talking about my glass frame (acetate). i noticed it had a tiny scratch on the bridge most likely from having been dropped on the floor (by yours truly). it annoyed me as i couldn’t unsee it, so i got a tube of polishing cream to see if i could polish it to smooth it out. the scratch was deeper than i’d thought, but it’s far less noticeable now. now i want to polish all my glass frames. 
monday dinner: udon with zucchini, purple cauliflower, pork, and natto 
tuesday lunch: natto rice with egg & tomato cucumber carrot salad 
wednesday lunch: kimchi pork udon & cucumber tomato salad 
thursday lunch: rice balls, pork kimchi stir-fry, & tomato
July 29 – August 5 2023
August 14, 2023
saturday lunch: wine & tteokbokki 
sunday dinner @ gyoza-no-osho
i hadn’t been to one in years. everything was pleasantly yummy. 
sunday dessert: almond jelly (but it’s made with apricot kernel milk.) & peach tarte 
monday lunch: maguro-don & pickled cabbage and cucumber 
monday dinner: kimbap
i must’ve been watching jinny’s kitchen but had no proper ingredients. 
tuesday lunch: curry rice (ratatouille, broccoli, and tuna) 
wednesday lunch: ratatouille, natto rice, & bang bang chicken 
wednesday snack: watermelon 
wednesday dinner: rice porridge, kimchi, chicken and chives, & bang bang chicken 
thursday lunch: curry rice & broccoli tomato salad 
friday lunch: chicken and chives, ratatouille, rice topped with natto and egg, & kimchi 
saturday lunch: this was good lunch.
July 23 – July 29 2023
July 31, 2023
this had been on my food list. it was just royally meh. ugh! 
good coffee 
sunday snack: baumkuchen 
monday lunch: i did not have time to meal-prep. so i had to wing it.
this is cooked broccoli, beans, salsa sauce (!), oatmeal with eggs. about 500kcal. 34g protein. 
tuesday lunch: pickled cabbage and cucumber & udon (chicken, chinese chives, and egg)
it’s definitely hotter this week. cicadas are less loud. 
wednesday lunch: stir-fried udon (chicken, chinese chives, and broccoli) & pickled cabbage and cucumber
today’s high is 38c 🫠 
thursday lunch: pickled cabbage and cucumber & udon with chicken chive and natto
another hot day. forecast says “extremely dangerous.” 
friday lunch: kimchi, pickled cabbage and cucumber, & miso ramen with eggs
i have nothing else left in the fridge. 
saturday breakfast: coffee & mini pain au chocolat
July 16 – July 22 2023
July 31, 2023
sunday snack: wagashi 
tuesday lunch: natto rice, pickled eggplant and cucumber, ratatouille, & shio koji chicken tender 
wednesday lunch: natto rice with egg, pickled cabbage and cucumber, ratatouille, & shio koji chicken tender 
thursday lunch: same as wednesday 
friday lunch: pork kimchi stir-fried rice & pickled cabbage and cucumber 
saturday lunch: curry rice
– i got myself a new coffee maker recently. this new one’s american (cuisinart) for a change.
– the rainy season is over. cicadas wake me up before my alarm goes off every morning.
– i am not unbusy. but i actually finished reading a book this week.
it will stop raining* 