{"id":4232,"date":"2015-05-29T09:34:50","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T23:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sasmonroe.net\/?p=4232"},"modified":"2015-05-29T21:32:13","modified_gmt":"2015-05-29T11:32:13","slug":"im-a-century-gothic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sasmonroe.net\/?p=4232","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m a Century Gothic."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve changed fonts. I&#8217;m reaffirming my commitment to blogging. Soon you&#8217;ll be seeing pictures, 6 second videos, double rainbows and flying pigs! Holla if you see me in Century Gothic. I&#8217;m a fan. Although, some people would take me for a Comic sans Script. I understand its essence, but the presentation is the tackiest of all fonts. <\/p>\n<p>Century Gothic is probably a font that resembles my handwriting the closest. It also gives the impression of a neat and organised author, who comes across as serious tapi sebenarnya, inda.  Like a shift dress, its versatility can take your look from day to night #banaitahtew  lol. I like to think I\u2019m every inch of a Century Gothic, but unfortunately, I\u2019m only half neat, never organized and half the fun that I used to be, which really would make me HALF A CENTURY GOAT CHICK. <\/p>\n<p>Since moving to Brussels, I\u2019ve only started getting into a routine again. The last three months were a challenge, everyone talks about how wonderful it is to get posted but no one ever mentions the harshness of trying to adapt to a new environment, especially  in the first few months &#8211; which I have now coined &#8220;posting blues&#8221;. I left Brunei on a high only to be dragged down by the European winter. I think I\u2019ve touched on the challenges of transportation in my last post. Aside from weather, mobility, the language barrier, loneliness has a way of creeping in. <\/p>\n<p>Fortunately with time, things have gotten a little better around here. I&#8217;ve started Bikram again and have been dragging myself to go every day after work. I&#8217;m in my fifth day and I\u2019m already feeling alot better about myself. Between hot yoga and running, honestly I\u2019d stick to running, but this tropical gal is not used to running against chilly winds. <\/p>\n<p>Then I\u2019ll drive home, make myself dinner, shower and fall asleep with whatever random Netflix movie playing in the background. Thank god for Netflix. I love Netflix. I love it. Love it love it. I think I\u2019d die without it. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m looking forward to June just so that I\u2019d have a new selection of things to watch. I&#8217;ve been staying home to watch TV so much that I\u2019ve covered most of Netflix from A-to-Z including the Kids section. I finally saw the Prince of Egypt the other night. Following this, I\u2019ve seen all the documentaries related to the book of exodus, bible, Egyptian Pharaohs the works of Aristotle and alexander the great (don\u2019t worry, aku masih Islam, Alhamdulillah). Haha. But yeah that&#8217;s what happens when you put me  in front of streaming media, once I start, I cannot stop. It\u2019s like a sickness. It&#8217;s the same on YouTube, I know when I\u2019ve reached the dark side when I can tell you the story of how Ayah Pin (the cult leader) was brought down by the Malaysian government. Hahahaha. I should really channel this obsessive compulsive behaviour to something that is more meaningful..macam&#8230;. macam&#8230;..*garu garu kepala*.. If I knew I won\u2019t be spending so much time on YouTube and Netflix. <\/p>\n<p>Oh. ya ah. Aside from that I\u2019ve also been keeping myself busy in the kitchen. A craving for a Zinger was ultra-strong today.  Belgium does not have KFC by the way, but they do have something similar called Hector and it&#8217;s just as delicious. Hector has been my psychiatrist since I arrived, prescribing me with daily painkillers of crusted fried chicken with a side of fries and drink. Comfort eating has never been this easy. Though it has been almost a week since I  ditched him for a new therapist by the name of Bikram. <\/p>\n<p>Anyway, going back on a diet isn&#8217;t as easy when you&#8217;ve spent three months of drowning your sorrows in fried chicken. So naturally today, I was craving for it. But I turned to my trusty air-fryer instead and made a healthier version of a fried chicken sandwich. <\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8884\/18186246946_0444cacac7_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Airfried chicken sandwich\"\/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Didn&#8217;t really have an exact recipe for it. but I sourced inspiration from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bonappetit.com\/recipe\/fried-chicken-sandwiches-with-slaw-and-spicy-mayo\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>One thing I love about living in Europe is the abundance of good butter and the wide variety of fresh bread. For this recipe, I used golden brioche buns, chicken was rested on a bed of spinach and cherry tomatoes topped with a dollop of peppered Kewpie. One thing I\u2019ll do differently next time is to brush the battered chicken lightly with olive oil instead of coconut oil before popping it into the fryer. <\/p>\n<p>I also took the liberty of brining the chicken breasts first. I&#8217;m always careful when frying chicken breasts in the air fryer as  the end-product could come out  dry, tasteless and FOWL. <\/p>\n<p>Hahahaahahah this is why I\u2019m COMIC SANS SCRIPT. Urghh. <\/p>\n<p>Anyway, goodnight. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve changed fonts. I&#8217;m reaffirming my commitment to blogging. Soon you&#8217;ll be seeing pictures, 6 second videos, double rainbows and flying pigs! Holla if you see me in Century Gothic. I&#8217;m a fan. Although, some people would take me for a Comic sans Script. 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