Creamy Garlic Tuna Pasta

"I'm in a restaurant eating a creamy pasta that I can't see but I can taste garlic and tuna."

All of a sudden, nagising na ako. To my dismay, nananaginip lang pala ako. And suddenly, I am craving for a tuna pasta. The next thing I knew, I was already in the kitchen: boiling water in a big pot and preparing the pan for the pasta sauce.

Here are the ingredients that I found in my cupboard:

• approximately 300 grams of fusilli pasta

• can of tuna

• butter

• olive oil

• minced garlic

• shredded cheddar cheese

• ground black pepper

In the pot, I cooked the pasta until al dente. For the sauce, I melted the butter in a few tablespoons of olive oil, just to make sure na hindi masusunog ang olive oil. Once I noticed na melted na ang butter, I added the minced garlic. If you're into garlic, add to your heart content.

While waiting for an almost light brown garlic, I drained the oil of the tuna. Noong na-achieve na ang gusto kong kulay ng garlic, I added the tuna and continued stirring the sauce until the tuna turned brown. Hininaan ko ang apoy, just enough for my sauce to be heated until pwede nang ilagay ang pasta sa sauce.

I scooped a cup of pasta water before draining the rest and immediately added the pasta to the sauce and turned off the heat right away. I added pasta water to the mixture that I thought was enough to taste saltiness in the pasta. For an added flavor, I put some ground black pepper and a lot of shredded cheddar cheese.

Right away, I plated my pasta and enjoyed it with yellow mango smoothie while watching the new episodes of The Peacemaker on HBOgo.

My Own Sunday's Best

"Ever wonder what it's like to do the opposite of a thing that you love doing?"

Today, I'm taking a break from waking up early to go to my badminton game with some friends. I still woke up early though, but that's because I want to take my time to enjoy a slow-paced Sunday, savoring the moment as I write this post while having my mug of hot chocolate. I also have a Hibiscus tea that I'm currently steeping, which I'll probably drink after this hot chocolate.

As Shirley Bassey's This Is My Life:

Funny how I often seem, to think I'll never find a dream

In my life

Till I look around and see, this great big world is part of me

And my life

Yes, I'm a person who loves playing oldies songs on a Sunday morning and I'm currently listening to this song. But more than this fact is the realization that having a slow-paced life and just enjoying the moment has always been the dream that I want to achieve. And for now, it feels great to be able to do it at least once a month. While others find joy in going out and spending time in crowded places, I find the comfort and warmth of my place more enjoyable than that. I guess it's the introvert in me who just loves being on my own in a place where the possibility of any social interaction is very minimal to none.

Sunday slowdown is when I take my time to think about my life, cry and sing songs that remind me of the ups and downs that I had, dance to music as if there's no tomorrow, read books leisurely, and write random things, just whatever things that I wanna write about.