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A walk in the park, some time ago This morning, I decided to take a trip down memory lane by looking through my photos. The initial intent was to clear some storage from the photos that I have been taking since some years back. But as it went, I didn't achieve much of that because I got distracted. How easy it is for us to get distracted sometimes. I had something in mind that I wanted to do and I ended up doing something else instead. The mind wanders and I forgot the…
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Life isn't like a box of chocolate, is it? I can still remember the famous line from the 1994 movie, *Forrest Gump*, when the lead character (played by Tom Hanks) says “*My mom always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.*” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_Gump https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Hanks In a box of chocolates (I am guessing in this case, is the kind that comes with a variety of flavours), I would probably be able to…
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Silky, creamy, smooth Avocado drink Is avocado a fruit or a vegetable? Apparently, a popular question or debate topic. I had the same question too. It wasn't really a burning question, but nonetheless, I did my little internet search and voila, most, if not all hits said it is a fruit but it is nutritionally like a vegetable (*source 1**,* *source 2*). https://loveonetoday.com/nutrition/avocado-fruit-or-vegetable/…
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Of Expectations and Disappointments During my younger years, I used to get disappointed with myself quite a bit, the kind of disappointment that can sometimes be heart aching and wrenching. It was not easy to control the feeling of disappointment, it comes without warning, and overtake the hopeless mind, which in turn makes it hard to move on. If we are not careful, we could get stuck in the disappointment. Sometimes, it was not an expectation of my own but from others,…
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Boredom? Why do we allow ourselves to go there? How is it that we can feel bored when there are so many things in the world for us to do? And for us who are always doing something, never a moment to rest, when there is an opportunity to not do anything, it is quite a bliss. When I was younger, I did allow myself to go there, staring at blank spaces, wondering what I was doing, not knowing what to do with all the time that I have and feeling naturally bored. Or the times that…
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O' Potato... It took a long while for these babies to sprout. I followed @gertu13 's suggestion to place the potato in the fridge. At room temperature, the potatoes go bad due to the humidity but in the fridge, they last quite long and if it works out, they would sprout too. We love potatoes and we have a grand wish to be able to harvest loads of potatoes but with the limited space that we have, a small harvest will do :) I think we bought the Russett potato variety and left…