Happy day #11

Before you rush to eat that chocolate

I am always attracted to the beautiful packaging and wrapper of the chocolate boxes. I am not a great fan of chocolate therefore I can take my own sweet time to appreciate the packaging. And often I found some beautiful symbols and lately I found out that they are called Adinkra Symbols.

More than just pretty designs, Adinkra symbols are taken from traditional West African culture, each with its own special meaning. Their evocative symbols convey traditional wisdom, aspects of life or the environment. So look out for those interesting symbols before rushing to the chocolate. Here is a guide to the meaning behind some of the symbols.

 

Happy day #10

Believe the unbelievable

Even it was more than 3 years since I watch this Susan Boyle video but every time I get the same inspiration and the same strong emotional connection with the moment. I love the face on Simon starting from the doubtful face to the fabulous “oh my God” face. Everyone doubted Susan and think she is going to be the joke of the day but the minute she starts singing……oh my God…..she surprised everyone and turns up to be the talk of the town/world.

I felt that this moment teaches us a lot. Believe the unbelievable, don’t judge others by the look and most importantly we can be very happy when we see others being successful. It brings us a lot of joy to watch Susan conquer the “judgment” and win the battle.

So enjoy the video and you too can conquer the obstacle that you are facing. Be brave be strong be happy.

Happy day #9

Scarcity may not be a bad thing

We are consistently fighting for resources and complaining about it. Have we ever take a moment and think that scarcity may not be a bad thing. It focuses us to push ourselves to think out of the box and come out with innovative ideas and new ways of doing our day to day chores. It takes no special talent but your willingness to try out new ways. Everyone can do it. Don’t believe it?

 

Read the attached story on Chocolate chip cookies.

Before there were chocolate chip cookies, it was either sugar or complete chocolate. This all changed in the year 1930 when a woman by the name Ruth Graves Wakefield was baking. The story goes that she was attempting to make chocolate cookies, but was running low on baker’s chocolate so instead added broken pieces of semi-sweet chocolate from Nestlé, expecting the chocolate to mix in the batter.

To her surprise, and cookie lovers around the world’s joy, the chocolate did not mix and large chunks of semi-sweet chocolate were stuck in the baked cookies making the cookie we know today! Graves sold her recipe to Nestlé in exchange for a life time supply of chocolate chips, and if you look on the back of Nestlé’s chocolate chip cookie box the recipe is still there! (Source : www.omg-facts.com)