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Weekend Stories: Half way through 2020 | 21
Half-way through the year and what a start to the new decade.
Finished ‘When All is Said’ by Anne Griffin over the weekend and I took a moment to bid farewell to Maurice (the protagonist). I teared up a couple of times, a heart-breaking and sentimental novel.
We had helicopters and sirens blasting in the evening over the weekend.
The frustration and anger, the helplessness and desperation, is palpable.
Enough is enough.
Justice must be served.
There needs to be awareness and education of ongoing and generational institutional and systemic racism in this country.
November is critical to rid the incompetent demagogue residing in the White House right now.
お菓子作りとパン作り
ロックダウンしてからもう二ヶ月が過ごした。
以前はお菓子作りとパン作り全くにしてなかったけど、今は一周間に一度は新しいケーキとかパンを作っている。
人が苦しい時、お菓子作りとパン作りをしていると落ち着くし、今の複雑な状況をちょっとだけ忘れらるからお菓子作りとパン作りをし始めるのだというのをどこかで読んだ。
私もそのとおりだと思う。昨日に作ったバナナブレットをこれから食べようかな。
Weekend Stories: Cycling to Coney Island on the long weekend | 21
I took the Friday off and had a four-day long weekend with Monday being Memorial Day.
It was a much needed break and I felt recharged after the weekend.
It was the usual routine on Friday and Saturday. I filled the day with things I wanted to do.
On Sunday, we went cycling to Coney Island and back.
We stopped by N’s childhood home and got to see the highschool he attended.
Brooklyn is such a huge, segmented area. When you cycle through it, you feel like you just passed through some imaginary wall. That’s how apparent the contrast is demographically.
We ate Nathan’s hotdogs and walked along the pier. We then cycled back, took a break at Prospect Park and had two other friends join us for Korean dinner. Our first reunion since the lockdown measure. NYC now allows up to 10 people to gather.
It was a very, very good idea to go on a Sunday to have Monday as the recovery day.
I will plan another long weekend, at least once a month.
Food for the soul |料理の意味
Pajeon on a rainy day. Korean food for the soul
彼氏と私は交代で料理をしている。
彼氏は料理をするたびに色んな国の料理を作ってくれる。初めてにしては本当に美味しくて上手に出来上がる。
でも、私はほとんど韓国の料理を作る傾向がある。
多分、遠く離れた外国に住んでいる私なので、オーストラリアにいる母と家族が近くにいる気がするからかもしれない
みんなに会いたいな。
Weekend Stories: Cycling around lower Manhattan | 20
The longer you work from home, the more sacred the weekends become.
You’re still at home, in the same place, but the sheer fact that you don’t need to login and have 48 hours to do whatever in that same environment feels liberating, as dramatic as that may sound.
Cycling is becoming a weekend ritual now. We cycled across Brooklyn Bridge and around the empty streets of Lower Manhattan.
It did feel eerie seeing the once-buzzing, now-desolate streets of Chinatown and SoHo.
Our first stop was Levain Bakery as they were still open for takeout. I stocked up on my favourite oatmeal raisin cookies.
We cycled up to Union Square, took a break there (I ate a cookie), got pizza at Joe’s Pizza and I had my first bubble tea in months!
The whole day felt like a reminder that I do, indeed, still live in New York City.
Sometimes, not only do you lose track of time, you also lose sense of the city you live in at large as you are confined to your home and neighbouring areas.
It was such a nice weekend, the weather was perfect and I got to try a Turkish breakfast dish called çılbır for the first time, prepared by my favourite person.
Later we went for a walk to Fort Greene Park. While N went running, I sat on a bench, in the sun and read my book.
We went back home and I made egg nigiri sushi with Shin black ramyun.
I’m enjoying these relaxing weekends and being outside in the warmer weather.
Weekend Stories: Brooklyn Bridge Park | 19
I’ve gained 2kgs.
Help.
Based on the evidence above, should I even be surprised that I’ve gained weight?
I read an article that we shouldn’t worry about gaining weight during the coronavirus pandemic. It said that will only add more stress to our lives. That exercise doesn’t really do much (running 30minutes only burns 260 calories, which at that point you can cut down on a muesli bar). It focused on diet, health and portion control.
Maybe I need to start tracking my meals, eat no carbs for dinner and try to eat non-processed foods as much as possible.
Saturday was the usual – studying, reading, baking (banana bread again) and a trip to Trader Joe’s at night.
On Sunday we decided to go for a bike ride to DUMBO and have a picnic to catch some sun. We packed our blanket, books and snacks. It was chilly in the shade but warm in the sun. Our spot for the afternoon was at Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 3.
Oyakodon
先日夜ご飯に親子丼を作って食べた。
私のアメリカ人の上司に今日何食べるのって聞かれて親子丼という美味しい日本の料理を作ってみるつもりだと答えた。
で、親子丼という名前の由来は、丼の具として鶏の親と子が両方入っているからだと説明させていただいた。
上司がそれはちょっと怖いけど名前を付けた人は天才かもって笑いながら言った。
考えてみれば面白くてかわいそうだね。でも、夜ご飯は美味しかった！