LIFE & CRAVINGS ✨

I took a few days leave from work to fully recover from the blisters which was caused by shingles, as it might still be contangious (but it had dried out now which is safe - not contangious). Those few days of leave, if I'm being honest, were full of sleepless nights not a happy days like on a vacation (I wish it is). Pain has always been there. Fear, I am scared now of too much light that have really shocks me, which makes me felt very bad and not normal. My right eye is currently very sensitive to the sunlight with excessive tearing and because of this, sunglasses has became my buddy wherever I go and oddly, I am quite fond of staying in the dark. Anxiety, the feeling that have let me feel down so many times for a lot of reasons for the past days.

_{3 weeks of recovery after I was discharge from hospital. No more blisters! Yay.}

All of these, took a lot of patience from me in holding back my self. From scratching my face that is giving me an extreme itcheness, which is the last stage of healing process (I just really hope so) and from giving up the hope that everythings going to be okay. That I will be fine soon. Those days, I hope I'm just dreaming but the last time I dreamed awake me in pain.

However, I'm not loosing hope and faith. My partner and I is fighting this battle together so that I can get back to my feet and feel normal again. As part of my recovery is never to forget what I love to do and not to lost my appetite in food which I'm glad I still has. Along with it is a tight prayers for good health and fast healing. 🙏❤️

_{Not the first time that I went out but this has been my usual get up every time I go outside. A full face covered from head to mouth.}

My apologies for a dramatic and emotional introduction hivers, but really, I also wanna like to share the foods I crave for while life is busy delaying my plans. But even though life is testing me right now, I promise to end this soon, and be okay again. ❤️💪🙏

Now, let's get hungry together!

I celebrated my 28th birthday last 20th of September. I've initially don't think of anything special on that day because we are in a very tight budget but my boyfriend insisted. So, I asked him to cook two of my favorite Filipino dish which are "Humba" and "Shanghai Lumpia".

Humba is made of pork, simmered with soysauce, laurel, pepper, onions and garlic. My boyfriend also add ginger and a little bit of sugar to balance the taste.

Shanghai Lumpia is wrap of vegetables with pork. Since we dont have enough time to make it at home, we just bought a ready to cook lumpia from grocery store and a this bts inspired cute cake from Goldilocks which made the dishes and my birthday colorful.

Pongko-pongko, a bisaya term of seating while eating but in a unique way because you will have to eat from the side of sidewalk or anywhere in the street. It will have a rectangular tupperware that displays full of various vians, mostly are fried dishes such as shanghai lumpia, longganisa, chicken, ginabot (large intestine), Ngoyong (long lumpia), crab meat and so many more. You may have eaten these dishes already but not in a style that we Filipinos had.

My favorite desert of all time; Mango Float. My sister buddy @explorewithsasha messaged me that she'll send me food since Im not yet back to work. She really made a mango float of her own for cravings too which I've also crave for a long time. Very delicious!

Fruit Salad is the second best desert for me. After processings my medical documents, me and my partner went to Robinsons Fuente on their grocery to buy fruit salads in their cups which only cost 35 pesos. Since we just had our lunch, we want to have some sweet.

Just recently, I suddenly missed cold coffee drinks like the Coffee Jelly and Carbonara. I asked my financer (partner) to spoil me one last time hihi. So he ordered them online from BO's Coffee via Food Panda, since the sunlight outside still traumatize me hence I don't want to go out. Only if its important and needed. Before, we always have our coffee session every last shift before rest day per week with Sasha and this drink suddenly thirst me from getting one. Since I also miss the jelly which was the first drink I tasted ever, I ordered one with the yummy Carbonara (which I wanted to cook soon to try). My tummy was so happy!! 🥰😍😋

Thank you all for reading this far. This is my first time posting in this community and I hope to post for more and engage actively. Have a great one!