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Golden Rule believer and follower. Jill of some trades. A walking backpack of nonsense. Inhale problems, Exhale solutions.

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Today marks 1 month since I’ve gotten a 💇🏻‍♀️ and it has been…colder and “weirder”. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cky_d-4vpJa/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Bibingka Creme Brûlée Latte and Turon Cappuccino from Mostra, Sunset Cliffs, Lolita’s, and a lot of laughter in between. (at San Diego, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ckrcg1bPgGY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I have no picture of me in a costume, but here’s my last entry for #FAHM. I’ve been meaning to make this for a while, but I know a lot of you are probably sick of seeing butter boards. Unfortunately for you, you’re gonna have to look at this last minute decision 🤣 ▫️ Filipino Butter Board in Ube Keso (ube flavored butter with grated Eden cheese and sugar), Langka’t Kasoy (jackfruit flavored butter with chopped cashews), and Buko Pandan (buko pandan flavored butter with toasted coconut flakes) accompanied by pieces of pandesal, puto (steamed rice cake), Sky Flakes, M.Y. San graham crackers, Sunflower crackers, and YanYan biscuits. https://www.instagram.com/p/CkZlqUPJrBy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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𝚄𝚋𝚎 𝙲𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚎 𝙲𝚊𝚔𝚎 - Burnout is real and I’m slacking on my #FAHM entries 😅 Inspired by the classic ube macapuno flavor, I took an old-fashioned recipe (LAUSD style; IYKYK) and put a Filipino twist to it by using ube flavoring and halaya, crumbled uraro (arrowroot cookies), and chopped pili nuts (Filipino native type of nuts) in the crumble topping for extra texture + coconut flavored glaze https://www.instagram.com/p/CkMweDnLlej/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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𝙋𝙪𝙩𝙤 𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚 𝘽𝙧û𝙡é𝙚 - It’s definitely no American fusion for my #FAHM entry, but I’ve been waiting for this month to come and I’ve had this on my mind for months. Also, this is my first try and the flan isn’t as smooth as I want it to be! 😅 || Inverted steamed rice cake or ‘puto’ in 3 different flavors - plain/regular, ube, and buko pandan with a creamy leche flan/custard bottom, sprinkled with sugar and torched finish. https://www.instagram.com/p/CjjeAYlp-vm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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𝐔𝐩𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞-𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐤𝐞 - It’s #FAHM or Filipino American History Month and if you’ve been following me for a while, this is the time when my creativity gets tested by incorporating Filipino flavors with ‘American’ desserts/food. I’ve noticed the regular banana version has been a bit of a trend lately (which my mom has been doing for years already 😎) and I thought I’d put a Filipino twist to it by using turon (fried banana fritters) flavors. ▫️ Light, sweet, and moist banana cake based with inverted sliced bananas and chopped langka/jackfruit in brown butter topping. https://www.instagram.com/p/CjPCjBaL6eG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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How I’ve been dealing with the weather and oh yeah, welcome to my garden 🥵🫠 https://www.instagram.com/p/CilhLbovUG9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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No Crumbl cookies here! Just chocolate chips, Heath bits, oven roasted walnuts sandwiching a hefty scoop of vanilla bean ice cream. • • • It sucks when you only want one or something, but you don’t know how to make just that amount or I can’t find a place that makes the kind of cookie that I exactly want. https://www.instagram.com/p/CieBcxSrePE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Aaaaaaaand they’re 1 month old now! They eat kibble, can run, fight each other, escape from their potty training area…yeah, they can pretty much make you break a sweat 🫠😩 https://www.instagram.com/p/ChiVsBqvlDV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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(T)here, mentally; Physically? Melting. (at Laguna Beach, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChYVBEYv40y/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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It’s so hot, my ice couldn’t wait for me to put this Mangga Con Yelo together, the way I wanted it to look like 🫠 Champagne mangoes + crushed ice + evaporated and condensed milk + homemade ube leche flan + Magnolia mango popsicle (not pictured: ube Stikko and pinipig) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChQbe3GPbqz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Maynila sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag’ (Lino Brocka, 1975)

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I can’t remember the last time I’ve had a chocolate flan cake, but I guess that doesn’t matter now that I’ve made one 😅 My only problem is who else is gonna eat the rest of this?! https://www.instagram.com/p/Cfxk0VbLhIH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Happy Fo—- Today marks 2 months since she followed Loki home during a walk with my cousin and we couldn’t help but get attached during the weeks of waiting and advertising for someone to claim her. Some of you who watch my stories and have expressed interest in her know what she goes by, so for the rest, we named her IV (read as Ivy/eye-vee). We met her on May 4th and she’s the fourth addition to our lineup of dogs and because 05/04 is Star Wars Day, my fellow nerds know that you start the series with Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 😅 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cfm2YWtvyrA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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A Sun-day trip at SD with friends to see some friends ☀️💝 (at San Diego, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfX0pHgrhxg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐔𝐓𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐒 - classic (double) chocolate fudgy Crinkle cookies with Milo flavored pastillas (Filipino milk candy/confection) in the middle…basically chocolate overload! https://www.instagram.com/p/CctaXQ-PF_8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=