Author: Tippi

Kitchen Tips: Alternative Teas

Before anything else, I’d like to say that I amΒ a beginner in the kitchen, so any tips that I am sharing are very easy to do and are things I recently learned during quarantine πŸ™‚ Early on in the quarantine,Β I quickly found out that drinking multiple daily espressos was not a good idea because it heightened whatever jittersΒ I was feelingΒ (on top of leaving me with excess energy that had nowhere to go).Β I needed to find drinks that were soothing instead of stimulating, and hopefully something that would be good for ourΒ health too. Like most people,Β we have a malunggay (moringa)...

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Sowing the Seeds

I have to admit, before this year, Ito and I were neverΒ much of homebodies. We always loved traveling, exploring other countries or visiting different local islands, butΒ these days spending more time at home really forced a change of pace for us. And it isn’t just us. For the majority, the quarantine brought about a slowing down, not only of the freneticΒ way we livedΒ our life, but also of the instant gratification we had all gotten used to. At the start of lockdownΒ (click here to read my first blog post, “When Time Stood Still”), our help and IΒ began a small vegetable...

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Chaos and Creativity

Ahhhh, 2020. The year thatΒ putΒ the most insane, terrifying roller coasters ever created to shame…and we’re only two-thirds of the way in! This is the year that showed all of us how naive we were to even think that we had any control over anything. It wasΒ early into the Manila quarantineΒ whenΒ I randomly came across this quote: “When everything is uncertain, anything is possible”. Even in the midst of all the turmoil I was feeling, a light went on in my head. What a brilliantΒ thought! (I can’t find the author of this quote, so please comment if you know who it...

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Waking Up (to a Different Time)

Five months ago, whenΒ Manila was initially put underΒ quarantine, I found myself waking up earlier than usual–around 5:30 amΒ toΒ 6 am–and being unable to go back to sleep (to read our first lockdown story, click here “When Time Stood Still”). IΒ wouldΒ start doing yoga in the quiet of the morning only to be brought out of my meditation by noisyΒ chirping, intermittent squawks, or someΒ loud birdcall. AsΒ IΒ lookedΒ for the sources of the sounds, IΒ discovered that the quarantine had offered newfoundΒ peace and quietΒ to wandering birds, and they were making themselves at home in the trees in and behind our house.Β With everyone kept at home, everythingΒ closed,Β and...

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When Time Stood Still

It’s been a yearΒ like no other, it’s safe to say. Β When 2020 began, no one knew what a loop we would all be thrown for. I haven’t written a blog postΒ since the start of the yearΒ becauseΒ soon after my first fashion post,Β the world–and time as we knew it–was broughtΒ to an abrupt stand still. It’s not often that the entire world has a shared experience, but this is the year that Covid-19 unified us in an extremelyΒ strange way.Β Life in quarantine began (for those of us in Manila anyway) in mid March…and since then, at least for me, time has seemingly ceased...

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