Blog by Jedde

Photo credits: https://www.rubios.com/sites/default/files/banners/Cooking-Techniques_Hero.jpg Interestingly, for someone who doesn't like cooking but loves to eat, I managed to make a decent meal out of bitter gourd, eggs, onions, garlic and tomato one evening. Not believing it myself, I've put up some courage to go to the kitchen and start rummaging through my food cabinet to see what I have. After buying some spices and random ingredients with Alex last weekend to make carbonara and ginataang monggo (posted on my previous blog article) which we randomly picked from his food app, there were a lot of them that we didn't use up so I had something to start with tonight. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/--making-bacon-kitchens.jpg As I was preparing everything, without looking at the recipe or a guide, I thought to myself: "Will this turn out okay?" or "I wonder how it'll taste like."  or even "Am I really cooking?!". Honestly

It’s quite a lovely day today, 3 rd August 2017. After getting off the train, I went straight home. The train station is usually a 3-minute walk away from my house but sometimes, it takes me 8 minutes to arrive. Why? Well, that’s because I often take my time in walking. Photo taken outside my building using my Asus Zenfone 5 Depth of Field effect. This afternoon however, took me more than 8 minutes. With the sudden urge to pause, look around, and admire my surroundings, I took out my 2-year old phone and switched the camera on. Taking a few photos of random things like leaves, a sleeping cat, and even a fire hydrant, I came to realize one thing: peace is innate, it starts within. Random hydrant taken with HDR effect. Highlighting the fact that there is actually a fire hydrant outside my building. How did I come to this realization? I believe it’s because of the many things that’s been on my mind lately. Not only have they been bugging me and making me anxious, the