My Bitchy Resting Face

Today's porridge recipe I am sharing with you is nothing groundbreaking because let's face it if you eat porridge more than likely you know how to make it especially with there being a tonne of recipes online, on the other hand, this is more of a small reminder to myself (ourselves) particularly during this unsettling time to try and create routines throughout the day whether it's doing your fave online exercise, reading, reorganising, a facial, gardening, or even making your breakfast no matter how tiny or big it's those practices which will help give meaning and purpose for the day. I do also want to share in this post, if you are feeling tired, stressed, low, uneasy and you're in a position at home where you can take time out, then take a rest and don't feel any way guilty about it there is no right or wrong. On that note, I do hope you are all keeping well and safe, feel free to share in the comments below what routines you've made for yourselves and what's helping you get through the day.

Here is my Easy Peasy Porridge Recipe for 1, Enjoy!

⭐ Small Saucepan
⭐ Wooden spoon or spatula
⭐ Measuring Cup 1/2 size

Prep time: 5 mins mins
Cook Time: 10 mins
Serves: 1

Ingredients

⭐ 1/2 Cup Organic Rolled Oats
⭐ Sprinkle of Chia seeds
⭐ 1 Cup of Almond Milk or your milk of your choice

Topping

⭐ Fresh fruit topping of your choice
⭐ Ground Cinnamon to taste -  I use 1/2 tsp
⭐ 1 tsp of honey

Method

My Thoughts & Reflection....

Gratefulness 🌞

I'm not gonna lie, it has and still is difficult for me to maintain some sort of routine but 23 days in I'm learning not to be so harsh on myself if anything I am feeling nothing but gratitude, I currently still have my job (fingers crossed), a space we have made a home out of that's comfortable and most importantly safe, my lovely hubby, food on the table, my fur babies, a balcony to breath in the fresh air and listen to the birds, life is good.

Appreciation 👏

To the people on the front line, nurses, doctors, medical staff, supermarket workers, building maintenance, security, cleaners, restaurant staff, delivery drivers....these are some of the many people that are literally saving lives out here whilst also putting their own lives at risk, when all we need to do is #stayhome !

Connection 📱

Since moving away my communication skills have been lax, I've resorted to using Instagram and FB as my communication tool. You would think living far from my family and friends would be enough of a reminder to keep checking in on one another, not to say that I don't but a note to not take those relationships for granted, be that listening ear, ask how they're coping, send a funny meme, share ideas, photo's of your day no matter how mundane, with so many avenues of communication you can even do virtual group quizzes and workouts together, I guess the moral of the story is for us to try to keep each other uplifted and motivated especially during this unsettling time.

Some snippets of daily life.....

One of my precious adopted cats, Nayla. We have two cats and right now they are absolutely loving having us at home and as I have discovered each morning this is Nayla's morning spot right by our coffee table and it happens to be on the side of the apartment where the sun comes in, she's a sunbather. 

You can find more on our cats here instagram/naylaandninja

Our other little fur baby Ninja who is enjoying his afternoon nap here on fresh bedsheets. They have both been keeping me entertained with their high levels of cuteness.

We have hugely surprised ourselves by only ordering takeaway once in the whole 23 days. My hubby aka Chef Iza has been a wiz in the kitchen with the help of his cousin cooking up the boom Asian dishes! YASS.
Here we had BBQ'd red snapper, two types of sambal (chilli sauce), fried veg and Thai white rice.

Hey Loves I hope you are keeping well and safe in what I can only describe as unprecedented times. I won't go into it too much here as I am in the middle of putting together a photo diary of my week in partial lockdown and share with you my thoughts there, but this is certainly something I had to acknowledge as none of us has experienced anything like this before, very surreal! 

This is a light post to get me back in the blogging groove and a lil throwback to when I used to share my monthly Top 6 Instagram Pics. This time I decided to switch it up a bit and instead share with you my most Engaged posts over the last 3 month since Instagram changed its algorithm I felt going with "engagement" rather than "likes" it shows an overall interaction from your audience where not only have they liked your post, they have taken the time out to comment and maybe even share your post with their followers, so with that said here is My Top 6 Most Engaged Instagram Posts from Jan- Mar, Enjoy :)



I won't go into too much on this photo as I wrote a blog post on this place with these pink majestic creatures which you can check out here; Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary.



The model is my lovely sis who I visited in Dubai over December. She and her hubby took me to this cute cafe Boston Lane sat in a courtyard centred around arts and culture, it was a nice change to the plush lux malls of Dubai.

Me outside the Iranian Mosque, Bur Dubai. This was my second time coming to this part of town it's a great place if you want to get a feel for a more traditional side of Dubai especially if you're into the arts and culture so if you haven't already I would highly recommend you take a trip down to Creekside Old Dubai.