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Visiting Philippines? Try this dessert

  My #1 Philippine dessert is not traditionally filipino. The day I arrived was grey and wet, yet humid. The traffic was a cluttered mess going from the airport. But the start of an authentic Asian experience. It was in September. I am however not reminiscing about my stay, but the smell of caramalized sugar when I entered the kitchen that following morning. The Philippines have its traditional dessert like Halo-Halo and Buku salad that is both delectable, must try frozen desserts. But it is neither of the two that made an impression on me during my visit to the Philippines. I originally began writing this post to share a great delicacy of my first visit to the Philippines.  Being passed off as a filipino dessert, I soon realised that this is not a filipino dessert but, the filipino version rather. It is still the filipino version I prefer, since I had travelled to Mexico, France and South Africa. My finding is that the filipino version referred to as Leche Flan is tastier,...
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How you can change your future, by presently being courageous



Sometimes, I sit. I type into google…

-      God's message for me today –

Isaiah 41:10, Fear not.

 

Can a certain degree of fear for the future be a healthy source of motivation, to accomplish your goals. I fear sometimes. Some days more than others. But, I know myself.

Into a foreign land, I wandered. In this land, I thought that I have lost myself. I thought...I have lost myself, but just for a little while. Instead I realized that I didnt come here. I was placed here. To find myself. I know this can be deep -like the Mariana Trench, so deep, that it can become heavy. But awareness is needed. Awareness should be a part of who you are. Awarness can change the dynamics of what we do and how we do it. I will be honest, at times mindfulness is as much a curse as it is a gift. Being aware is a gift from the heavens towards self improvement. But, having mindfulness in a world where it doesn’t seem to exist, can be cold.
In a land where kindness is weakness and money is power.
But this world is an amazing world because, it turns. The world turns and the universe has power. An unfathomable indescribable power that you and I don’t understand, and should fear.

I have sat on an edge before, questioning things. Let me tell you this. What you are today is not what you will be tomorrow, as absurd as it may seem.

You might ask yourself...

"Where to start?"
"How to start?"

We have all received those qualities of survival. We were born with it. Even the mouse knows.  I know the greater the struggle, the more rewarding the outcome. We already have it, but little things like lazyness, criticsm and insecurity whispers in our ears, and before we know it we have forgotten that skill of survival, and slowly we will become lost little dear...just waiting to be the prey.

That is what mindfulness is, be aware. 

We live in a world where people think of kindness as weakness and money is power. Respect can be bought.

But trust your process. The heart only hurts until it can hurt no more. Tears dry up. So cry as much as you can, as soon as you can. 

"An aware little dear can outrun a hungry lion" - Conray Guallar Blignault

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