"그렇게 너무 밝히지 좀 마요 

세상은 원래 어두우니까"

How I feel when I feel the presence of a man slowly growing on me... 

Resistance. 

Beautiful

After 28 years, I'm finally starting to come to terms to be happy with myself. 

It's been a long struggle of dieting, trying to look more like what I thought beautiful is, exercising, then getting frustrated and pigging out, bouts of laziness and all that... 

I may not think I've reached my goal or my idea of perfection, but its only now that I realize that it doesn't matter.

What I need to keep in check is if I feel beautiful within which is more often than not affirmed when I feel God work within me. 

This is a beautiful quote which is very appropriate. 

There have been times that I have frowned upon people for complimenting me about being pretty because I did not believe them or because I thought they were pulling my leg. 

I'm choosing to let go. 

I won't have a fixed convention of beauty that's measurable by weight, how clear my skin is at the moment or how perfectly I've done my makeup. 

I will try to no longer be fooled by media and advertising that tries to convince me how physically imperfect I am.

I am and will always be beautiful as long as I love, as long as I am kind to others, as long as I am giving of myself, as long as I am not judgmental. 

Vegenaise

So yesterday, I was vegan condiment shopping which led me to Healthy Options. There... I saw this...

I've seen a lot of vegans online putting this in their food. At first, I wasn't excited coz I am not that much of a fan of mayonnaise. However, I saw this pesto variant and I succumbed.. 

I made breakfast moments ago and added it... 

I made some sort of breakfast wrap with veggies, boca vegan burger seasoned with liquid aminos and a sprinkle of nutritional yeast. 

This pesto vegenaise is sorcery. I kid you not. I want to eat it with everything now. Its so good that I wanna make a cold pasta salad with it next... It would probably taste amazing with some black olives and loads of garlic... Hmmmm. Salivating just thinking about it. Haha

Love this new discovery!

Vegan life made easy :)

Grateful day 2

Today I am grateful for...

1. The gift of life that Chloe is to me and to the rest of the family. She has grown so much in the past 7 years and I really believe that Chloe is bound for greatness. 

2. Today's message on motivation. I'm grateful that I read that today because it will guide me on how to handle people with love and with genuine care. 

3. I am happy that there are a lot of food options available for vegetarians ans vegans like me nowadays. I certainly see the progress despite what other people say. More and more people are health and wellbeing conscious which makes it so much easier for me to stick to my diet.  

4. I am grateful to God that He has blessed me with physical strength and endurance to last through 3 straight weeks of overtime and still being able to have regular cardio mornings. Being able to still think critically and creatively despite the lack of sleep and exhaustion is a miracle all in itself. 

Thank You! 

Redefined

Oh my... This is so true.  

Never realized it until now.  

It really does take courage to not dwell in having pity parties and realize that there's a beautiful world beyond our own selfish emotions. 

To be set free that the world does not revolve around us and realizing how blessed we are.... It really is a gift. 

Counting...

Reasons to be thankful today: 

1. Having a team of good hearted people that have the capacity to laugh despite the exhaustion. 

2. Being able to upload the final artwork for first proofing tomorrow and us, being seemingly on track. 

3. Having a pocket of time to spend with family just to catch up and have light conversation. 

4. Free coffee! I was able to claim my free beverage today. Yay to 2 add-ons! 

5. Smile! It's Chloe's 7th birthday today!