5: Durian Ice-cream

       

As you might have noticed, there're quite a bit of posts on food so far, and it's only been a few days....I guess food is an enjoyable part of my day. The houselord I'm currently renting a room from gave me some durian ice cream today. She gives me food every now and then. But this durian ice cream was definitely a hit for sure. I love durian by itself and I'm reluctant to try durian flavored "stuff". But this was heavenly although I was full from dinner. It was certainly a delight. I am grateful for durian. haha

4: Home Made Food

           

        

Isn't the colors of the food just eye catching? Green against orange against white. It's full of colors and taste; the taste of home, the taste of love. It's the taste that reminds me why I am doing what I am doing, the taste to keep me going when the world becomes hostile and meaningless. It's not the fancy food that gets to me. It's the simple food that means the world to me. 

3: Waffles

This is one of the more amusing things I'm grateful for. There is not much to say except that they were a delight to taste. The maple syrup is a perfect complementary to the buttery sweet crispy waffle pieces. I am grateful that waffles exists. I am quite tired and still have so much school work to do, so that will do for today. At least I am caught up with my blog right? haha. Good night world, and eat waffles when you have the chance. 

2: Love

Ok, it has been only the third day of my 365 project and I have already missed a day....Well, I'm going to make up for days I miss by double posting, triple posting and more if necessary...

Now onto today's positivity.

Love. Love gives me smiles, hugs, warmth, comfort, food (yes, really, food, I will explain) and so much more that I have left out. I believe love itself really only gives wonderful things. I am grateful for the existence of such concept and feeling. But sometimes, negative side effects happen. Anyhow, back to smiles and hugs. Love isn't just romantic love. It's also family love, friendship love, and much more. Love for a hobby, love for a place, love for a feeling, etc...

I am grateful for the love that my family gives me. I can feel my parents' love the most through their cooking. Because I can't and don't always feel their love by other means. And I think they have a hard time expressing their feelings. Food is the medium. I love the food that they make. They show me love by telling me to eat a lot. They are two of the best cooks I know. My mom cooks pots and pans of food every weekend since my sis and I go to college "far" from home. Love is not always perfect, but it sure does give worth to life. I am grateful for my sister who has been there all along through ups and downs. My ups and downs. And her ups and downs. The subtle presence is sometimes forgotten, but it's there. Despite her occasional grouchiness and un-talkativeness and self-absorption, to me, she is a strong, beautiful, courageous, and admirable person. I hope she meets a wonderful man who loves her for her and she loves him for him. 

Then there is my romantic love. As Shakespeare has said, "The course of true love never did run smooth". We had our ups and downs. We still have it. And I'm sure there's more to come. I would say that I'm not a believer of love at first sight or soul mates, but intuitively, I feel at peace with him and I feel that it's right to be with him. And most importantly to me and him, we can communicate. He spoils me in his own way. And I try to give it back as best as I could. I have a favorite quote, whose author I forgot at the moment, but it says something along the line, "If you press me to say why I love him, I can only say because he is he and I am I". Because sometimes, things, feelings, are not explainable. We are learning more every day. I still adore him after almost 10 months of officially going out, but I have known him for almost 3 years now.I honestly want to still feel that way until the end of time.  

1: Life

(logo from Life Magazine) First and foremost, I am grateful for life. My life, my family's life, the life of the people that I love and care for. Life is so dynamic. Too dynamic. I had a hard time coming up with a picture to capture life, thus I am just putting up the word (logo taken from Life Magazine) and let your experiences define what life is. I am grateful for still being able to breathe and feel my heart beat. Life is incomprehensibly complex and enables one to experience so much. And sometimes, all we can see is the pain. But the most wonderful thing about life is, also experiencing joy and happiness in pain, and see beauty in the seemingly harsh and ugly world. And you can spend your energy focusing on all the negative that you see or the wonder, the joy, and beauty of it. In the end, life is really how you perceive it. But I believe since we spend energy on seeing the bad or the good, might as well spend it on the good because I feel that it will give you some positive feedback. I think you win more that way J

Project Positive 365

    

Hello all, I am still on planet earth. I know I haven't written in...forever. Just kidding. But I have found something I can write about, everyday!

A few weeks ago, I came across an article about a lady who wrote something positive or something she is grateful for everyday for one year. I thought that is a fantastic idea! So here I am, wanting to do the same thing.

Often in time, I think we are bombarded with the everyday life duties. Despite of the many positives that surround us, we focus focus on the negatives, which get the best of us and let our optimism in this very busy, sometimes seemingly hostile life. But I think if we take just a little time out of everyday to appreciate the goods that we have starting from our life to adorable corgi videos, we will realize that we're richer than we think.  

I am excited to begin this positive journey starting today despite being an "odd" day but I think next year is too far away to wait to start on such a wonderful project.

And please do not mind too much of the bumble bee version of the Switzerland flag. I thought it has good contrast and a plus sign...so there!

Let's start!