Late night days

My sleeping pattern has been screwed to the point I don't know how I can sleep and wake up at normal hours anymore.

So what is normal sleeping hours? My ideal would be waking up between 7-9 AM, then going to sleep around 12AM.

For the past week I have been up until morning (around 5 or 6 AM) and then waking up around 3PM. Seriously, not good.

So today, I decided to not sleep for over 24 hours so I can fall asleep at night and not morning.

It's almost 6AM here now.

I will give my self 1hr at most for nap during the day. I hope this will work.

Anyways, I tried to eat healthy for one day and then I went back to eating bad again.

I've cooked something with vegetable in it the other day.

Yesterday, I didn't eat any vegetables at all. I don't even remember what I ate.

Ah, maybe I should sleep. 

My brain probably needs some sleep because it can't remember things. 

No, I can't sleep.

 I must get back my normal sleeping pattern.

Crunch 'n Munch

I often struggle to find late night snacks.

And I happen to have difficulty falling asleep when I'm feeling hungry.

I grabbed this "Crunch 'n Munch" from the store the other day thinking I will eat this when I have a snack attack.

The name isn't so appetizing to me. But I like the idea of caramel and popcorn.

So it's around 3AM now, and I decided to eat this.

It's pretty good, but I'm not sure if it's good as a late night snack. It's a little too sweet. But it will do for now...


By the way, I didn't eat that great lately. Today wasn't the most nutritious day.

For breakfast, I ate a croissant & coffee, egg fried rice with Indian spices, Whopper Jr., and then the Crunch 'n Munch.

I think I should start cooking more...

Home made naan and Indian curry from paste!

I went to the world market the other day to buy some nice coffee beans, and while I was there, I also picked up a packet of Indian curry paste.

Along with the curry, I decided to make naan... from scratch!!

I saw couple of youtube videos about making home made naan, and made a little twist on the recipe from one of the videos.

I even used my brand new rolling pin (yeeeeea!).

Originally, I was planning to use the oven to bake these, but at the end decided to use the grill instead.

There's grill marks on them, and they also had some grill flavor. 

Turned out not bad, but next time I would keep in mind to not make it too thin. Fluffy naan tastes much better then crispy naan.

So the tip I got from youtube videos is to have soft dough, bake at high temperature, and butter it at the end.

I love naan, and I want to make these again whenever we have Indian curry for dinner!

Jasmine tea

I always have a big pitcher of jasmine tea in the refrigerator, so I basically drink it instead of water. I was wondering if jasmine tea has some benefits or negatives.

From my googling of "jasmine tea," I found out that it is a form of green tea. It does have caffeine, but not as much compared to other teas.


One website lists 5 reasons why it is a healthy drink:

1. Powerful antioxidants
2. Promotes weight loss
3. Reduces fat, cholesterol absorption
4. Helps prevent cancer
5. Calms your nerves.

It definitely reduces fat absorption. After a big fatty meal, I like to drink hot jasmine tea because it almost feels like it melts the fat inside your stomach. I always feel refreshed after drinking it even after a heavy meal.

With that said, I think it's not great to drink it on an empty stomach.

I remember drinking iced sweet tea made with jasmine tea from a vendor type place that served chinese food. It was so good especially because it was such a hot day outside.

Next time when I make a big pot of jasmine tea, I'm considering putting sugar to make sweet tea for my pitcher in my refrigerator. I need to figure out how much sugar I need to put. I don't know if I really want to know this because it probably will require hundreds of pounds of sugar to taste as good as the sweet tea that are served at restaurants.

Some things are probably better not known.