Random Life Updates

 I have been trying to stay social recently as my general mood and mental has been quite low... for no reason at all.  My life is going pretty darn well, so why does my brain not seem to agree?

Anyway, I haven't had the motivation for daily outfit snaps, but do try to document some outings so I can remember them anyway! 

 

Casual outfit selfie 

Last week I went for some Kura Sushi with friends!  It's been rainy due to a nearby typhoon, but it's not so bad that we got a Typhoon Day.

 

 

Salmon and egg gunkan 

 

Takoyaki! 

 

I forget what this was... some type of salmon! 

 

Dessert of banana brownie chocolate soft serve! 

 

I also FINALLY managed to make a trip to the grocery store on Friday.  As a little treat, I grabbed this Strawberry Snickers bar to try out!  I was thinking it'd be like a peanut butter jelly sandwich in a chocolate bar! 

As soon as I opened the package, there was a very strong artificial strawberry smell.  The flavor was also a bit strange.... didn't seem to hit "strawberry" but I'm not sure what it was? 

Overall, it was worth a try but I won't be spending money to buy one again.

I also bought milk so I could try out the package pasta my mom brought back from the USA!

 

Cheesy broccoli pasta from a package 

I added my own frozen broccoli to up the veggie content as the original package, though labeled as containing broccoli, only contained those little green specks you can see in the photo.  No actual florets.  It still tasted pretty good!

 My mom also brought waffle mix for me from the US!  The syrup is from my friend when he visited Canada, so it was real maple syrup!  It's much thinner than the packaged type you normally find elsewhere. 

 

I definitely made too many waffles here, but I ate them all in one go anyway 

Then yesterday (Monday) night I went to two night markets with a community member from my streaming who is visiting Taiwan now!  

I only took photos of the new stuff I tried.  This corn bread/biscuit/cake stall is new.  They were very filling! 

 

Top to bottom: burnt sugar, cheese, original 

At the second night market, we went to a little shop sort of like an izakaya, but not Japanese.  I got fish chins! And a little yuzu sake :3

 

This was so good!  Took about 25-30 minutes to grill, but it was worth the wait! 

Overall, I'm doing my best!  Hoping I've got the energy for the next couple days as I have plans on both Wednesday and Thursday, possibly Friday and Saturday, and also Sunday.  I might have to take either Friday or Saturday off (or both) to rest...

Do you have any Halloween plans?  My friend gave me an idea for a Halloween costume for this year (we're doing Halloween mahjong on Thursday) but I have no idea how I'm going to do my hair... and am still deciding the makeup as well O_O