Half of these are used daily in the kitchen while the rest serve as backup.
I use the petite ones to hold chopped ingredients like garlic, chilli and ginger. Those with sufficient depth will hold dips. The medium-sized leaves serve small food portions or even cut fruits while the very large one, which I have a few is a dinner plate or sometimes I use it as a platter.
One of these was sold as a soap dish at the L’occitane shop but I do have food in mind since I use liquid soap.
Food laid out on leaves is just naturally different, well…sometimes.
Backup
And speaking of backup, I had a “crisis” yesterday afternoon while sending out a monthly newsletter to subscribers on my list.
As usual, I was using a software program to carry out the mailing to each email address on the list and after the process was completed, the next step was to filter off any email addresses that have bounced back. To my horror, after the second step was done, the program had actually deleted every subscriber’s email address on my list that were on a text file! There were more than a thousand addresses! Oh nooo!
My heart dropped for a moment! It has not happened in this manner before so I was caught by surprise and puzzled, all at the same time.
The good thing was my backup plan B helped saved half of what was gone and for the rest of Monday evening, I had a look at my backup plan C to retrieve an earlier list, dug up some records, and then one by one, I entered each new subscriber’s details manually to complete my list again. Then I could sleep.
Do you have backup plans for files that are important to you? An external hard disk drive and a USB flash drive are must haves.
I will buy 2 extra pairs of the same pair of heels that I wear most often. This is to avoid any frantic search when the current pair worns out.
I always use bullet points not just to make lists but also while writing articles. Dotting helps me process my thoughts.
I will sing the last line of the hymn “My Jesus I love Thee” (…If ever I loved Thee, My Jesus tis now) whenever I think of snacking late at night to remind myself not to because it’s not the best time to digest.
I run several websites but my first and oldest is the tips site and this baby of mine is 7 years old this year. 5 or 6 years ago, I incorporated small online shops for every topic. Example, when I wrote tips on constipation, then the shop will feature products that help relieve constipation. I had more than 30 ’shoppes’ and for each, I gave them a name, like these:
- Snorer’s silent aids (snoring)
- Antibacterial agency (natural antibiotics)
- Blackout survival shoppe (power failure)
- Clearance Aids (constipation)
- Veinglory shoppe (varicose veins)
Except for once when I topped the class for a maths test, I was almost always a straight F student for this subject. If it hadn’t been for a new teacher who came and invested extra time on the weak students, I wouldn’t have gotten through a major exam with a B+.
Several years later on my friend’s wedding day, I discovered that this teacher was (well, still is) the bride’s brother-in-law, ie, the bride’s sister’s husband. *Oh!*
And when I went on to engineering maths, it was yet another exceptional teacher who taught in such a relational and humorous manner that only made me appreciate maths even more. His efforts paid off. I got an A. I was overjoyed. Sooo happy! In his class, he would always reiterate that in mathematics, we need to know the laws very well because they are laws, and even if we were to be called out of bed in the middle of of the night, we must be able to recite the laws!
Hence, besides the joy, the impact I’ve received from this wonderful learning experience— don’t walk away from maths (or any unfamiliar learning subject).
This month is a birthday month for hub, me and at least 15 other people we know. How old you ask? Hmm…how about a maths question? 7×9-27.
I don’t like clutter and neither do I do like to contribute to it. The only time when clutter exists is when I’m unable to decide or think of a place to store the stuff.
The tagging rules are:
1 Link the person who has tagged you
2 Tell seven true things about yourself
3 Tag seven new people
4 Leave a message with the person you have tagged so they know about it
Oh no, please excuse me from rules #3 and 4 because everyone I know has already been tagged! Am I right?
And thank you very much for dropping by the shop yesterday. I wish I could stand at the ‘doorway’ to welcome you in!
