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These are the days of…

…going to the gym during winter break and seeing how nice and empty it is inside:

…more photos of bringing JJ to work:

…learning new ways to score bread:

…fasting and then breaking my fast with an avocado egg toast, and Jacob breaking it with french toast:

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…going to California pizza kitchen for lunch during our first day of breaking our fast:

…making more focaccia bread ! I actually had to throw out a good chunk of the tomato side, because a lot of the dough hadn’t properly cooked:

…making 湯圓 by hand for the first time! Along with a yummy ginger syrup:

.. making red bean soup for the first time as well ! with a japanese clay pot similar to that of my mother’s (but smaller, since I’m the only one who eats soups in this house). I saved some of the tang yuan’s for my red bean soup !:

…deciding to buy the large kimchi jar since I eat kimchi so often:

…more silly photos of JJ the chicken dog:

…making a ponyo-inspired ramen. I bought all the seasoning for ramen, the next thing I want to try is making my own ramen noodles !:

…making my very first rectangular bread loaf ! It was dense but quite tasty:

…going hiking at El Corte de Madera Creek park to see a giant rock and also have somewhat of an ocean view while hiking (on the photo on the left you can see a tiny human for reference, to see how large the rock is):

… eating at a very delicious Mexican restaurant in downtown San Carlos after hiking (ft. the back of JJ):

Thanks for reading !