Tucked in a back alley, running parallel to the main road was where she worked. Here, she’d just graduated from Dishwasher to Deep Fryer. Into the fryer she dipped countless Snickers bars, the most popular item on the sticky, plastic-covered menus, sandwiched between the mustard and ketchup squeeze bottles. She hated the deep fryer. Despite…
green daze
It’ll be a green day, I told myself as I set out on a walk to Alfama, the oldest neighbourhood in Lisbon. William Burroughs apparently called this a “colour walk”. But I do it a little differently from what he recommended because I use a camera. Here’s how I go about it. After I step…
copenhagen coffee lab
I am by no means a coffee connoisseur, but I’m no coffee philistine either. Starbucks, not your cup of tea? Then, Copenhagen Coffee Lab might be. There are many, many things I dislike about Starbucks. From its too expensive cups of frothy, sweet-n-creamy, caramel-y drinks– because can we really call them coffee (?) to the…
scarlet fever
In the early morning hours, I become entangled in a dream. I try scrambling up and out of it but it keeps pulling me back in – this sticky, oleaginous dream. In it, I’m little. Maybe 6? And in this dream, I have scarlet fever. My skin has become so hot that it comes off…
the scent of green
Is this my room? I can’t remember now which one she’d shown me into when I first arrived. I tiptoe in as though I don’t belong here. Like a thief. My small suitcase stands against the wall – a silent sentry – so I suppose it’s mine, after all. The room itself glows a dull…
streetlight
If the streetlight stayed off, she decided, she’d go to the bar and sleep close to the doorway. If it came back on, she’d take her chances at the library. As she waited for her decision to be made, she forced herself to think only of the streetlight. She never dwelled on how she ended…
a beet walks into a bar…
Okay, so maybe you’ve heard that one before, but how about this one? How does a beet beat the heat? It strips down! (okay, okay….put the tomatoes down, please !) 😀 But sometimes, it’s fun to look at the same thing on different days and see how it presents itself to you in different ways.
the postcard project
On my list of favourite things, personal challenges rank high. I don’t like when people challenge me to do something because invariably, I become nervous, then overthink it and end up messing up. But challenging myself? Yes, please! Everyday YWA challenge? Absolutely! Setting a timer for seven minutes then seeing how fast I can unpack…
chewy dumpling soup
Every culture has a dish that is a careful blend of ingredients and / or a demonstration of technique or skill. Curries, paella, roti or machboos, bouillabaisse and sushi – all fit into these 2 categories. Some dishes even require a blend of different items to create a single ingredient which is then used to…
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