What’s Up & Adventures – July 2022

Adventures – July 2022

Motherhood and Recovery

If you were here for last month’s update, you know that I am now in the adventures of motherhood with my 1.5 months old newborn who as this post goes up is in his 6 weeks and the supposed peak of the fussy and crying phase and that’s a true adventure as we put on talent shows and silliness to try to keep him entertained as he refuses to sleep. However, we did get a few fun things especially since I am now basically feeling much better and mostly recovered. I did have a C-section so the wound feels mostly recovered but nothing too exciting to happen yet. However, we did start getting back to going out for little strolls and slowly lengthening them as my energy gets better.

Gardening Update

What’s our summer without a little gardening update. Our little container gardening isn’t really going too hot at the moment. The crazy swing in weather with the heat and the torrential rains aren’t exactly helping the situation. We did harvest 2 cucumbers and a little bucket of tomatoes and 4 strawberries. While the actual vegetable patch looks like an out of control nightmare which is going to be fun to fix up next year or even in the fall hopefully, the little bee garden is still surviving. The season of lavenders are here so its been lovely and I’ve been cutting some to put in the house.

That’s really it for adventures so let’s move on…

What’s Up – July 2022

Books – No time to do any reading this month…

Movies

• It’s A Boy Girl Thing (2006)
• Girl In The Picture (2022)
• Banana Split (2018, Review)
• Persuasion (2022)
• Untraceable (2008)
• Ma (2019)
• Fifty Shades of Grey ( 2015)

Slowly picking up on some movie watching. Most of it were movies leaving Netflix in August. I do have to say that they were decent watches. Nothing spectacular but rather entertaining. Even Fifty Shades Of Grey was acceptable but in comparison to the novel, which I read quite a few years ago and my opinion has changed gradually over the years, it lacks some good bits of the novel but the film still highlights the essence of the story in general. Although my recommendation this month goes to Banana Split which was feel good and charming as a teen comedy. As for Persuasion, while its had a lot of grief from the general ratings, I felt it wasn’t all that bad. My review for it is coming out so I won’t dwell too much on it but its a rather lackluster adaptation mostly due to Captain Wentworth having a rather wooden performance and the chemistry just didn’t deliver. I mean, the movie did make me want to re-read Persuasion which is pretty much in the same level of love as Pride and Prejudice in terms of Jane Austen.

With that said, my fave watches of the months went to Netflix documentary Girl In The Picture which was a fascinating mystery and investigation to say that very least, which made me dig into the original exposure on Unsolved Mysteries. I also recommend teen comedy Banana Split which was my Friday Film Club pick. It looks at an unlikely friendship but still has some really fun feel-good vibes.

TV

• Stranger Things (Season 4, Review)
• Infinity and Beyond 聲生不息
• Resident Evil (Season 1, Review)
• Court Lady 驪歌行
• Mom, Don’t Do That! 媽,別閙了!
• The Chef Show (Volume 1)
• Never Have I Ever (Season 2, rewatch)

Currently watching: Great Escape Season 4 密室大逃脫第四季, The Rap Of China中國説唱巔峰對決, Twinkle Love Season 2怦然心動20嵗第二季

TV has been an interesting month with a lot of new releases that I was able to catch up on while still trying to make my way through some new Chinese variety/reality shows and dramas. Stranger Things Season 4’s final episode came out and it was quite the season finale, unlike Resident Evil series that was fairly disappointing even if it had the right idea. The surprise series of the month had to go to Netflix Taiwanese series Mom, Don’t Do That, which I literally finished a few days before this post so the review is still in the works. That series was a ton of fun which takes a good look at mother-daughter relationships as they seek out out their own relationships.

Games

• Lost Words: Beyond The Page (Review)

Currently playing: As Dusk Falls

Its been a decent month considering I still find some little moments to game. Lost Words: Beyond The Page is a fun little platformer which is mostly straightforward and linear. Its a word puzzle game and does a decent job at implementing it. The story itself is pretty good as it does a parallel of fantasy and reality. I’m currently playing As Dusk Falls which I literally just started for about 30 minutes. Its narrative heavy and choice-based so 30 minutes is basically just a set-up of the beginning right now. So far, its rather decent and I can’t wait to find more time to get back into it. This one is pretty good since it can have up to 7 players to join in via app on cellphone.

That’s it for this month’s What’s Up!
What have you been up to lately?

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