Like The Tomato
Nothing here but my musings about daily life, books, anime, and food.
Another lazy day for moi! Why is it? Because depression is a bitch and I really just find myself not wanting to do anything. Not because I have nothing to do. I do. I just find myself not having the motivation to do anything. Don’t get me wrong, I still do function, I still do the daily chores and all that. I just don’t have the motivation to do what I need to do. I mean, my morale is just shot right now. The only thing that I can do right now is read. And watch anime. Anything. Escapism and all that. But I really need to do something with my life now. This is the third week.
I started reading Heaven Official’s Blessing Book 3. I am still a few pages in. So nothing happening yet. Except that I am back in the world three years after Xie Lian ascended. I’m glad that I get to be back in this world this soon. And I get to be with them again. I really like Feng Xin. And how pure Xie Lian is.
My hun and I watched some anime today.
Horimiya. Why I’m loving this anime? The anime was too real. I mean it was about young love and the anime did a good depicting that. The awkwardness. The insecurities. The confusion. Without having them be over the top. They also made the characters so hard to hate. Sure, I do not care about Remi at all but I don’t hate her. I might not care too much about her, but I do not hate her whatsoever. Well, my favorite of course is Izumi Miyamura. But Tooru Ishikawa is definitely up there. He is such a trooper. Such a character. I love him.
Naruto. AHHHH Jiraiya!!!! I was so happy to see him. I cried a little bit at the conclusion of the Rock Lee fight. It was just so heartbreaking. I was expecting the outcome of the Choji fight. He was not ready for something like this yet. He needed a catalyst, and I was pretty sure that his loss would push him to actually train more. Anyway, my hun really likes Kabuto. I mean, what not to like? He was mysterious and he seemed like to be as strong as Kakashi. I am excited to see more of Naruto’s training with Jiraiya.
Inuyasha. For the most part, I do enjoy the anime. The only sad part is the fact that I get bored with the main storyline. It was just the fact that the conflict gets so repetitive. Was Naraku not creative enough to actually plot something else to get someone to kill Inuyasha? Will it always be the frame Inuyasha and get this character to kill him? Really? The side stories were nice. Those were enjoyable. I love them.
No big plans tonight. I might read a little bit more. But we shall see.
Because the weather has been cold-ish here, well it has been fluctuating, so I decided to just cook arroz caldo. This is a Filipino chicken porridge dish. I don’t remember my mom ever cooking this for me when I was young, but we had a neighbor who sold this in the neighborhood in the afternoons. This dish was definitely perfect for chilly weather, but I also love having this when I am feeling under the weather.
I make mine pretty simple. I used chicken thighs for the protein, but you can also add some hard-boiled eggs. Then, of course, the staples → onion, garlic, and ginger. I also used some roasted chicken base for added chicken flavor. I added some fish sauce to taste. And the star of the show – jasmine rice.
I sauteed the onions, garlic, and ginger first. Then I added the chicken thighs and let them brown for a little bit. After that, I added about maybe 6 to 7 cups of water. I waited for it to boil then I added about 7 teaspoons of the roasted chicken base. I also added the washed jasmine rice at this time too. Then it was just a waiting game at this point until the rice was cooked. I added some fish sauce of course to lift it up a little bit. And then it was done!
It was satisfying. It was definitely something that I needed at this time since I was not feeling my best as of late. Definitely comforting.