Questionaire From Reni's Blog

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*I got this questionaire from Reni's blog @ Livewhatyoulove1.com. You all should check her out because she has great reads on her site! She has always been one of the few bloggers that has inspired me to continue writing regardless what it is about.

 

What has been your biggest loss in life?
I think my biggest loss in my life is not having the chance to get to know my dad's side. I guess it's not really a big loss, but I do feel as if I also could have made an effort to know that side of my family. I never regretted not knowing my dad, but I know nothing about my dad's side. I have nothing to show Ryu as he gets older which is somewhat unfortunate. People say, "you can't miss what you never" had which is true to a certain extent.  Though I want Ryu to be cultured and to know where I came from and our heritage. All he will know is my mother's side which honestly perfectly enough for me. I know Ryu might have questions one day that I won't be able to answer, but I guess that's part of life.

If you could go back in time, what would you change?

It would be having to be constantly passive. Since having to see my therapist and being on medication I've learned to suppress my emotions. Sometimes it's been for a good cause, but there are times when I just feel extremely angry and I can't do anything about it. I end up holding in everything I feel which makes it worst in the end. I let so many things slide and I'm losing myself in the mix. I have let people walk all over me so many times just so that I don't end up raising my voice or getting extremely agitated. I need to find a balance to control my anger

 

How do you take criticism and why?

Not fairly well. I still need to learn how to take it in a healthy and effective manner. I'm not going to lie I get butt hurt easily. I always feel like its a personal attack against me.

 

What separates you from every one else and makes you unique?

Probably just the fact that I'm super weird. I mean everyone is weird in their own way. I like things that people wouldn't think that I'd be interested in.

 

How did you get into blogging?

I got into blogging years ago, actually seems like a decade if  not more! I originally got into blogging due to the design aspect of it. I was twelve when I started and just slowly started tinkering with coding and Photoshop. I then started to read people's blogs and figured, "Hey someone might actually care about my life, haha". It's so true though! When you think that no one cares or is reading your shit, they actually are. Beware of what you write cause how you think and feel and what you write won't usually be interpreted the way you meant it through another's eye.

 

How did we meet/ become blog friends?

I was browsing online and ran through Reni's blog. A lot of the posts she writes about or the videos she puts online have tons of meaning to it. I then started to comment on her blog and slowly got to know her via comments and emails.

 

What’s your most treasured possession and why.

My most treasured possession would be Ryu. He's the love of my life and there's no one or anything in this world that could replace him.

 

If you could have any job in the world, what would it be?

I would love to be a professional make-up artist for special fx. I think that would be a fantastic experience and would be absolutely amazing.

 

If you were rich, what would you buy?

Well first thing I would buy is a house for my family. I never cared for a house before. Living in L.A it seems so unrealistic to buy a house because the market here is so high in price.

 

What’s one misconception people have about you?

That I hang out with a few ratchet people. Therefore, I MUST be the exact same way. Let's just say I've had my luck of choosing "friends" with flaws.

 

What’s one flaw about yourself that you dislike? what would you do to change it?

My attitude towards people. I have been disappointed time and time again. I always expect that people are going to disappoint me. I know that there are a few very good people in my life and I need to appreciate them much more.

Easy Pinterest Weekly Workout

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Check this out! I have always loved browsing through Pinterest. I also love to save pictures on my phone to check out later on, but this caught my eye for a weekly workout. It doesn't look like much and it's something you can do on your own time. I have always been a lover of home workouts and I think that's got to do with my experience with P90X. I guess I let myself go overtime, but I bet if I stayed true to the regimen I would have a bangin' body by now (hah, yea right). All I know is that it really works. In fact, I need to bug my sister about getting a copy from her.

I want to try this for a week and see how well I do. I'll keep a weekly update of what's going on with me regarding my fitness so I can keep track of everything I'm doing as well. I noticed that the only way I am able to truly stay motivated is if I actually write about my journey. Not sure why I need to write about it to stay motivated, but hey whatever works right?

Mama's Little Helper

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It amazes me how big Ryu is now. I see him throughout the week, but even then I feel as if every morning that I see him he's just a little bit different. A lot has happened in the past year and I'm extremely happy that he has progressed greatly with his speech problem. I can still remember the time when we started the process of getting him into a school program to help his speech and it's so crazy how he talks so much.

I was making Siopao today and decided to take pictures for my blog and he comes into the kitchen and asks me what I was doing. I responded that I was cooking. He insisted on helping me so I let him make a few pieces of bread with the remaining dough I had. He wanted to add cheese to it as if it was pizza. He enjoyed helping me roll out the dough and using a cookie cutter to get the shape he wanted. I was also quite surprised that he was getting down and dirty with me considering how he's against getting dirty. I also love how he allowed me to take a picture of him with his huge smile! I'm not only surprised, but thrilled that he's willing to help me out on his own. I learn something new about Ryu everyday and I'm so proud to be his mother.

Pending News of Moving

We had moved into our new place about a month ago. We still have a lot of furniture to purchase and decorative items to get before it can really feel like home. However, we have still managed to slowly put our personal touches up to the brand spanking new home that we have.

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Our kitchen now is not this bare, but looking back at this picture it was much cleaner (haha). When we first walked into this place the kitchen was the first room I fell in love with. It's not a super big kitchen, but it is a huge upgrade compared to our previous one. We seriously got lucky with this place because even if rent was a little bit above our budget, it was worth getting. We have seen another apartment prior to this one and even placed an application in, but we didn't snag it. I guess you can say that there was a real reason for not getting that other place.

I will add more pictures of our place once it slowly starts to come together. I also just started blogging again and I'm still trying to figure out and remember how to use Wordpress.
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These pictures were taken a good month ago before we got situated. I have to take pictures of how our place looks now. I want to take pictures of how our place will slowly evolve into what we call home. I also want to post the dining table that Sean made for our place. The table he made is absolutely awesome and we found a tutorial online. I'll post it all together once I get a picture of it so you can all see the process and the breakdown of what we spent. I am lucky that Sean is quite the handyman because the dining table that I originally wanted was $900.00 at World Market. He made me the same exact replica of the table and only cost us $120.00 in lumber and materials. I am in love with our dining table even though it's not 100% finished. The fact that I got my barn style dining table for a fraction of what it would have cost me to purchase it made makes me extremely happy. I'll post more about the DIY projects we do here at home once I get to it.

Thank You Charmaine

Thanks to Charmaine for helping me put together this theme for my blog! I absolutely appreciate it. She does great work and you all should check her out on http://plushdesign.org. Not only are her prices reasonable, but she's really easy to work with!