How's Your Weekend?

I've gone through my old blogs from the past years, and I've come to realize that I miss the kind of blog entries wherein people would just write about how their days went; plain and simple.

I have to be honest that these days aren't so different from each other; I wake up, work from home, try to unwind after, sleep, and then repeat. We've had the long weekend though, due to the observance of Holy Week, and it truly is a great time to just rest and to reflect upon the finished work of Christ on the cross. While Holy Week comes each year, may it be every day that we remember Jesus, that we have been redeemed and this life we live, we live for the glory of God.

What makes the weekend different nowadays when we're staying at home? That's for us to decide and to make sense of. Whatever you do though, I'm sure it's time well-spent. Sharing a bit of how mine went~

Thursday

• I worked out with a friend, we followed along to Emi Wong's workout videos for the thighs and arms!

• Continued watching Itaewon Class. It's a fun watch with the many different characters making things work together.

• I had a virtual team lunch with my colleagues from the Japan office. It's our first time to have something like this, and it was truly nice to connect and talk about non-work topics. Despite it being a holiday for me, it was great that they respected this and invited me still nonetheless. 

• I joined in a virtual  bible study together with the young people in our church. It was a first for me, and it was nice to see everyone and share our insights and ask how everyone is. 

Friday

• Started off the morning with a dance exercise which got me sweating so hard; I didn't expect to! But I just kept moving around and not caring if I looked silly or not, what mattered was sweating and having my body sore after. I was laughing lots with my friend, as we were doing this over video call!

• Read up on how to invest through Investopedia : - P Saving is great, and it is the very first step, but then there comes a time when you'll have to start investing as well. I think I'm at that point.

• I took a glorious 2 hour nap in the afternoon, and it gave me the energy to power through the rest of the day with the things I want to do! 

• I ate corn and watermelon. I MISS eating corn, and I love how watermelon is refreshing especially on these hot summer days. 

Saturday

• I did some work on this day. I checked my emails, tagged them according to urgency so I'll know how I can manage the upcoming Monday, created trackers, templates, and basically just organizing everything in my work laptop. I don't have time to do this on weekdays, as my mind is programmed to just keep doing and doing, but I decided I needed to set aside time to just organize things. This is how I know I can be more efficient with work. : - ) #YoungProTips work can get pretty overwhelming, but we have to help ourselves.

• I listened to The Strokes' new album, The New Abnormal. Wow guys, it's great, please give it a listen when you have time.

• I did some laundry, because it's great to do laundry when the sun is out and about, and the sky is so blue!

• I exercised with a friend, we did Chloe Ting's booty workout, and this Tricep Isolation workout from Blogilates! It burns. If it's not hurting, it's not working.

• I finally finished watching Itaewon Class! I now want to open up my own restaurant together with friends. Now, I'm off to watching Steven Universe. Anyone who has watched it? 

Sunday

It's Sunday today, so I'm writing at the present moment, and it's lunch time. So far though, what I've done in the morning:

• Cooked pasta with mom.

• Listened to 92914 ; their songs are absolutely dreamy, perfect for when writing! If you ask me what my favorite song is.... I like them all, it's hard to choose.

• Listened in on the online Sunday service via FB stream.

There's still many things I'd like to do today, and I'll take it slow.

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The photos used for this blog entry came from one of my 7AM strolls within the vicinity of my garden. I'm grateful to have this space filled with greenery and a spot for me to watch the blue sky. Check out this tomato plant we're growing!

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In light of the season we are currently in, the simple question of how are you, how are you doing? takes on a different impact. Not everyone is the same in their level of openness when this question is asked, but it's okay, we should still reach out and ask anyway. We share what we can.

Do you guys remember what Blog Hops are? Back in the older blogging days, my fellow writers/bloggers would host Link Parties wherein we would just leave our links on the Host's Link Party, then we would scroll through the other links that were shared and we'd leave a comment or two. Perhaps follow along if we want to read each others' blogs. I want to bring that back (minus all the rules) and have a sense of community; and after all, we probably have already seen each other from time to time in others' spaces too.

I'll start with this post, by asking you guys to share a link to your latest blog post, or maybe a little something about your weekend? It can be anything you want to share. You can also share this Link Party to others as well, I would love for us to discover many new blogs to read.

How's Your Weekend? Blog Hop /closed/

I hope you're well and safe, dear reader, and I want you to know that I'm open to having conversations with you whenever and if ever you need it. : - )

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