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Weekend Stories: Easter long weekend |15

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It was the Easter long weekend.
I woke up at 8am on Friday and began the day with my usual morning routine.

Back by popular demand, made an easy egg sandwich for lunch.

Rolling around on a sunny Saturday morning after some chores.

Walks to the park with our masks on.

N made Turkish bread and we had a minced beef doner kebab spread! Delicious.

I was craving carrot cake during the day so I made it for dessert. We were so full.

We also had this for breakfast with tea and coffee. Very nutritious.

I need to step up my Japanese study plan. I go through Anki cards and read my manga book every morning but I will need to do more. Specifically, I need to receive more feedback on my progress. Dusted off some textbooks and signed up with iTalki.

This was Sunday dinner that I made. I am definitely gaining weight.

Weekend Stories: Walks in Fort Greene Park|13

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Comfort food on Saturday morning – boiled nurungji with a small splash of sesame oil and seaweed topping.

The new normal in our apartment elevator.
On our way to Fort Greene Park to take a walk. This week I’ve been taking more photos with my Ricoh GR II which I am enjoying! Here are some photos I took around the park.


On Sunday we made a quick dash to our local grocery store. Here we are in line, keeping our 6 ft distance.

A lazy and carb-filled Sunday dinner. I made kimbap with spam and some with tuna-mayo filling, accompanied by shin ramyun. Warm and comforting.

On the last weekend of February 2020

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Snippets of my week working from home and social distancing.

The usual breakfast of vegemite and avocado toast.

Time to work.

The left-hand side view from my desk. It was a gloomy, cloudy week.

Homemade pizza by N for dinner!

Finished this manga book. Onto my next Masuda Miri book. I like her contemplative simplicity in her drawings and writing. I try to read 4 pages every morning as my Japanese study routine. Any words I don’t know, I search on the Daum dictionary app and pencil it in.

Garlic clam pasta with white wine by N, of course. My favorite!

After a walk around Fort Greene Park to get some fresh air, N made cookies and we watched ‘Sweeney Todd’ to end our Friday.

The minute moments

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I once named my previous blog “The Minute Moments” as a reminder to see the beauty in our everyday, perhaps mundane, scenery.

The reason why I bring this up is because I saw this article on The Guardian showcasing an exhibition in London called “Everyday Delights”.

The idea of focusing on very small, everyday moments that can be easily missed is the very basis of photography – the gift of observation is as important as that of creation. While working on my other series that focus on memory, loss and grief, I also look out for images that show the world in more optimistic, colourful way.

Zaklina Anderson

Looking carefully and finding beauty in everyday observations, trusting in serendipity, elevating the mundane or the transient, is something I have cultivated ever since I first picked up a camera. For me the magic happens as images are linked together and underlying connections are forged.

Ingrid Newton

Myka Baum observes the most beautiful and unusual things in her everyday life, and the joy of this is that she recognises these moments and shares them with other people. It’s an insight into her creative mind – reacting to the pattern, colour and form, but also the gentle appreciation of the natural world. Her images often show the deeply rooted connection between the artist, the environmentalist, and the gardener within her.’

Karen Harvey

I’m really into tiny portions of reality that encapsulate a much bigger story. These images are all of little things that have made me stop and look twice, having sparked that upswell of delight that transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary.’

Janet Lees