light and easy
Summer has been feeling light these past few weeks. Maybe it's due to the weather. It's only hot for a few days and the rest are just normal weather. It's actually really nice. I hate really hot weather, I get cranky. Anyways, lately I've been baking more than usual. I guess it's due to my mommy being obsessed with my baking. She keeps asking me when and what I'll be baking. Apparently all her coworkers love my baking too! It's not hard... just follow the recipes, but I don't follow them entirely... sometimes I think they add too much sugar or butter so I tend to reduce that. Also, instead of putting entirely all purpose flour, I would half it with whole wheat flour instead. SOMEWHAT healthy, right?! LOL!
I do love baking, it's another one of those stress relievers for me. Some people bake just to eat it and not really care about presentation, others care more about presentation and lack the taste of the baked goods, while others care about the whole package. I'm the later. I like to eat something pretty, I think it makes everyone happy to look at something they're about to eat with awe and delight and when they take a bite... it's like heaven.
I don't think I would make this sort of baking obsession as a career, it's just for mere enjoyment. I think if I would have to make hundreds of the same thing over and over again, I wouldn't enjoy it anymore.
I thought this summer would be more of a relaxing and focusing on myself, but I guess not. Plans do change, at first I did want to do everything with my friends, but it started to look more difficult due to different schedules. Now, the plans seem to be in check again. I'm glad, so far it's been fun and nice. I do get my "me" time and my "friends" time. A good equal balance.
Lately, a lot of the guys I am acquainted with or ones I just see at the mall or whatever annoy the shit out of me. I hear them complain about how ugly or fat or whatever the girl looks like thinking they're the shit and whatever. It made me think and observe about society. Why do men care so much about how a woman should or shouldn't look like? Why should they have to have a nice ass body while the men look fat and ugly? The men gets to say so much, but I don't think I've ever heard a girl complaining about how ugly guys are...ok sometimes! I mean, majority of them are dating fat, ugly, hairy, and/or bald men. I mean, they wouldn't even look at a girls way unless they have a gorgeous body or face, what makes the guys think they even have a chance?! It makes me wonder if girls are just too nice and just date them thinking they would be nice guys, even then... the ugly mofos don't even treat their girl right! Maybe I'm just biased cuz I'm a female, but hey... I call it like I see it.
I've been looking at a lot of interior designs as enjoyment and inspiration. As promised from my last entry, I said I would post pictures of what I was talking about.
I love the feeling and the color scheme. When I move out again (whenever that'll be!), I will use these pictures as a reference. Looking at them makes me feel at ease, I want that kind of feeling as well when I create the interior of my next (small) home.
Lately, I've been inspired by things that have a light, airy, calm, pastel-like, worldly feeling to them. Whether it's from music, a home, an image, or clothing. I'm highly inspired by them and I feel so at peace. It's weird. I've also been obsessing with stories & mangas that are fantasy-like that takes you to another place and time like for instance "the twelve kingdoms" and "bride of the water god", the list is quite endless. As for music, I've been listening to Chrono Cross like crazy, the anime OST to "the twelve kingdoms" is really good and I recommend it to everyone, and lots of light Korean music... thus my mix pod playlist. Maybe it's another phase of mine. My wardrobe has changed again. I'm minimal on my make-up and my clothing style is a lot more... innocent girly. A lot of Korean girls dress that way, maybe since people keep saying I look Korean, I've been thinking like one when it comes to fashion! DDD= No, I'm jk. Please, no circle lenses. >____> But I haven't worn my bleu contacts in a long while, I guess it's due to me running out, but I'm starting to like my brown eyes...it's refreshing...for now. Or maybe I got over many many things. I don't know.
Summer has been nice, but nothing magical yet. Probably why I keep reading these fantastical stories.