{"id":9035,"date":"2019-06-17T10:06:11","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T02:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/?p=9035"},"modified":"2019-06-16T22:18:41","modified_gmt":"2019-06-16T14:18:41","slug":"just-some-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/17\/just-some-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"Just some reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9036\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/17\/just-some-reading\/img20190612121315\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG20190612121315.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"768,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;OPPO R17&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1560341596&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.97&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3344&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.058823529411765&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Traitor&amp;#8217;s Kiss\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG20190612121315-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9036\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG20190612121315-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A book called Traitor's kiss by Erin Beaty\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG20190612121315.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG20190612121315-360x480.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The objective is to chill.<\/p>\n<p>Well, a balance of &#8216;chilling&#8217; and work. I have returned to reading my books at a pace where I can do it while things render.<\/p>\n<p>I probably could try knitting too but reading at least gives me some imagination budget too for my own stuff.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway Traitor&#8217;s Kiss by Erin Beaty is exciting, lots of misunderstandings, espionage and observation. In all, I enjoyed it. It reminds me of young adult fantasy books by Tamora Pierce and I do like those kinds of books.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9037\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/17\/just-some-reading\/img20190612133904\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG20190612133904.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;OPPO R17&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1560346745&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.97&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1632&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.03030303030303&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Nissin&amp;#8217;s Kyushu black instant noodles\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG20190612133904-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9037\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG20190612133904-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Instant ramen\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG20190612133904.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG20190612133904-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG20190612133904-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the midst of chilling, well.<\/p>\n<p>Because of Hari Raya some shops in the neighbourhood was closed during the work week so I went to the supermarket and bought instant noodles.<\/p>\n<p>The Nissin Kyushu Black ramen noodles really DID taste as if they were actual ramen at a restaurant. I added the &#8216;instant&#8217; egg and bought a can of Ayam Brand mackerel and some wasabi seaweed snacks.<\/p>\n<p>I could do without the instant egg because it was kind of sweet. Maybe I could add 7-11&#8217;s hanjuku eggs instead.<\/p>\n<p>Anywho, surprisingly the mackerel tasted fatty and rich even though it was canned?! I usually eat the tuna or even sardine. I didn&#8217;t know the mackerel would taste so good!<\/p>\n<p>In all my &#8216;set&#8217; meal tasted great in this combination.<\/p>\n<p>I might try make more of this instant noodle but make it fancy kind of lunch.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9038\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/17\/just-some-reading\/img20190615172649\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG20190615172649.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;OPPO R17&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1560619609&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.97&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;141&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.03030303030303&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Spider-man\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG20190615172649-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9038\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG20190615172649-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Spider-man cosplayers at the mall\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG20190615172649.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG20190615172649-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG20190615172649-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend I went or sword class and then to Nex cause I needed to collect a book from the library since I reserved it.<\/p>\n<p>These are just random Spider-men for the promo of the upcoming Spider-man movie. Just like HMMM, do I know them?<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9039\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/17\/just-some-reading\/img20190615173556\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG20190615173556.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;OPPO R17&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1560620155&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.97&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;126&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Traitor&amp;#8217;s Ruin\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG20190615173556-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9039\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG20190615173556-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Traitor's Ruin by Erin Beaty taken out of a library's reserve box\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG20190615173556.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG20190615173556-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG20190615173556-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This really is a post about nothing.<\/p>\n<p>Just the calm chillness of it.<\/p>\n<p>So yeah. I paid $1.55 to just reserve a book because it&#8217;s cheaper than buying a book and the other copies of book two in the trilogy were either on loan or at libraries far away from me that a bus ride would totally be more than $1.55.<\/p>\n<p>Consider it well spent and I FINISHED THE BOOK ON SUNDAY when I got it on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>ARRGH.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s so exciting and there&#8217;s swordplay and swooshing and ANGST and now I got to wait for July for the third book.<\/p>\n<p>DARN IIIT.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, that&#8217;s the weekend. This is really just to get back into the groove of writing things. How are you guys doing?<\/p>\n<p>Oh and have Dawn rubbing on shoes since you&#8217;ve read this far.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BywdeX8nJXu\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BywdeX8nJXu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hey these are guest shoes not yours. #catsofinstagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by <a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sarahcoldheart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Seriously Sarah<\/a> (@sarahcoldheart) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2019-06-16T04:27:18+00:00\">Jun 15, 2019 at 9:27pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The objective is to chill. Well, a balance of &#8216;chilling&#8217; and work. I have returned to reading my books at a pace where I can do it while things render. I probably could try knitting too but reading at least gives me some imagination budget too for my own stuff. Anyway Traitor&#8217;s Kiss by Erin &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/17\/just-some-reading\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Just some reading<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"SarahBot: Just some reading, eating and random Spider-man.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[226],"tags":[39,78,36],"class_list":["post-9035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-state-of-sarah","tag-book","tag-food","tag-singapore"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pf5tJ-2lJ","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9035"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9040,"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9035\/revisions\/9040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seriouslysarah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}