Home
Lifestyle
Travel
About me
Girl from the barrio
  • Home
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • About me
Browsing Category
Lifestyle
Lifestyle

My journey towards sustainable living

June 18, 2020 by dheza No Comments
I

was walking to the supermarket this morning when I started thinking about this article. If you follow me on Instagram, you might have seen several posts where I declared that I don’t frequent the supermarket anymore, but I still do my groceries there once in a while. After all, you can only buy so much from a farm or a specialized shop. Cooking oil, rice and such essentials are still easier to find in the supermarket. It’s pointless to burn fossil fuel while buying sustainable products from different locations.

Continue reading
Share:
Lifestyle

Sustainable living: Fish

April 6, 2020 by dheza No Comments
I

wanted salmon, seared in hot oil until the skin is crispy but still pink in the middle, drizzled with home-made teriyake sauce, served with steaming white rice and stir-fried vegetables, wash down with a glass of Vermentino di Sardegna.

Continue reading
Share:
Lifestyle

Recipe: Couscous with ground lamb and eggplant stew

March 29, 2020 by dheza No Comments

If I’m not following the recipes of my mother or Casa Veneracion, my cooking is basically just winging it. Unlike my husband who likes to involve complicated Japanese methods, my home-cooked meals are simple, easy and fast. And usually delicious, if not healthy all the time. With the help of the internet, winging your cooking is easier these days.

Continue reading
Share:
Lifestyle

Goal 2020: To be indistractable

January 3, 2020 by dheza No Comments

I’m one of those annoying people who still list down New Year’s goal. It’s a tradition of sorts that started when my father used to promise every new year that he’d stop drinking, ironically amidst the holiday’s (drunken) revelry. As for my part I would promised to understand him better, become a better student, better daughter blah, blah, blah. It’s been a while since my father and I had one of those “heart-to-heart” year-end talks. When I’ve matured into the daughter with own salary, own apartment, own life, and own money to buy my own alcohol, I realized that a promise to break up with bad habits is always easier than done. Unfortunately for my father, it took an episode of aneurysm before he finally made good with his promises. I, on the other hand, kept the tradition of listing down New Year’s goals.

Continue reading
Share:
Lifestyle

The story of my bloated belly

September 29, 2019 by dheza No Comments
T

hree weeks ago I noticed that my belly is somewhat bigger than normal. I dismissed it as bloating due to ovulation. But it didn’t go away after the egg dropped, so like any sane human being, I Googled my symptoms.

Continue reading
Share:
Page 2 of 15«1234»10...Last »

About me

I'm Dheza, raised in a barrio in the Philippines, immigrated to the Dutch polder and travelling through running. This blog documents my life, to which I would like to look back to with tears and smiles when I am old and unable. Drop me a line dhezakuijs@gmail.com.

Follow me @thisgirlfromthebarrio

[instagram-feed]

Categories

  • Expat Life
  • Home
  • Lifestyle
  • Motherhood
  • Running
  • Travel

Tags

Art Belgium Birthday Czech Republic Dagje weg Daytrip Detox diary Expat Life France Germany Hotel Review Italy Japan Learning a language Letters to my daughter Life update Luxembourg Mama Marathon Training Minimalism Morocco Musings Netherlands Norway Personal challenge Philippines Portugal Product review Published Race report Recipes Restaurant review Russia Snapshots St Petersburg Sustainable Living Tanzania the weekend traveller Torshavn Marathon 2016 Travel Stories Travel tips Ultramarathon training Weekendje weg Working mom Youtube

Lifestyle

Review: Carmina Shoemaker MTO women’s oxford shoes

Review: Carmina Shoemaker MTO women’s oxford shoes

Petrichor: Trying to buy happiness

Petrichor: Trying to buy happiness

36th: Aging, Apathy and Acceptance

36th: Aging, Apathy and Acceptance

© 2017 copyright PREMIUMCODING // All rights reserved
Designed by Premiumcoding