Long Time No See 🤗

It's you! Hi everyone, it's Carmen and I'm back on YouTube. For the past eight years, oh my god now I feel super old, I have been traveling around the world eating delicious foods and living that glamorous life. Just kidding. I moved to Great White North, worked as a production manager, traveled a bunch, but I've always missed you guys. With everything that's happened in 2020 and 2021 hasn't been much better yet, I wanted to touch base with all of you and want to know that you're okay. Right now, with all the masks and social distancing, it's more important than ever to have human connection and be in touch with your inner self. With lockdowns getting more and more serious, when you cannot go outside, go inside. Personally, I've meditated more, spent more time reading, reflecting, untying some knots in my heart and figuring out what was important to me. My reflection often leads me back to you, the people I've made a connection with in the past. In Chinese, there's a word called yuan fen, in Cantonese that's yun fan, which translates to predestined relationships. It is not a coincidence that we've connected. I've always been touched, even after all these years, when someone tells me how much this channel has impacted them. I'm baffled and humbled that people would say that. For me, this channel was an important part of my growth during some of the formative years of my life, and being able to connect with people like you have basically been life-changing to me. And now that I'm more mature, that's subjective, but I do think a bit more than before now, I want to come back here again. I want to reconnect with you all. I want to know how you are doing, what you're up to, how you're coping with the many stressful things that happened last year and recently. Basically, I want to hear your stories and thoughts, how you have evolved through the years, while sharing some of mine. I haven't decided exactly what format to take on or how often I should post videos. I would love to hear suggestions, so please let me know in the comments down below. And of course, share your stories as well. Meanwhile, my husband and I have created a channel on a passion we both have. Food! It is called Kind of Cooking. We have fun experimenting, recreating restaurant dishes at home, and sharing the recipes. If that's something you'd like, you're welcome to check us out over there as well. So until our next episode here, or over at Kind of Cooking, take care!