I mean com’on

Throwback to beautiful yooki

We have been masterchefing with yooki

Caramelized peach in olive oil, sugar, a pinch of pink salt and lemon - with mint leaves to cool it down.


Turkish egg improv
-Boil egg
-In yoghurt add minced garlic, red chilli powder, salt, coriander and whisk
-In a pan take some good amount of butter, add chilli flakes- wait for it just get smoky (the one in pic got too Smokey)

Assemble :
Yoghurt base
Boiled eggs on top
And butter drizzle
Every bite should have all 3

Some wisdom

On being good:

"Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you."


On choosing enthusiasm:
A simple rule for life that rarely fails:

Optimize for enthusiasm. Make as many choices as you can that leave you feeling energetic and interested. Pay attention to when you have the urge to pursue or participate in something and do more of it."

"There is an enormous difference between working hard on something that is a grind and working hard on something that comes easily to you.

Exceptional results almost exclusively happen when you work hard on an area where you have some natural aptitude. Play to your strengths."

Also yooki and i went for a date and ate a croissant... Yooki has been packing for HK

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"'Whenever someone creates something with all of their heart, then that creation is given a soul.' "

Found the high res

Lost the original photo but Instagram to rescue

Genz Alice

Yooki at brew matcha launch

Can we talk about

How crazy u have become about matcha after attending the breee matcha launch

What’s on the back of your mind it’s important

Papa and nana's birthday 2025

Preggo with prithvi

Papa is off to Hk

And starting a new job 🥰

Last day of grade 3

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

I have been seeing videos of Juno this morning - esp from her first month. So full of life so full of wonder and then came across a write up on the author of above book.

I know it's hard. The world is on fire. Metaphorically, and figuratively. However, it has always been on fire. There has never been a single author that had the immense luxury of writing at a time of absolute peace.

And so, choosing this work, you are entering a lineage of despair. And it's up to you to turn the sentence into a medium from which we can understand each other and make something new out of this.

It's so much easier to market rage than care. Gentleness and openness are so squishy and squirmy! It reminds me of the cloying Pass It On ad campaign, whose aim is to "promote good values." This sort of shit makes me want to punch "good values" in the face, and with good reason. Everyone knows these ads are vacuous, ineffective shit. They only endure because billionaires have wild ideas about absolution. By contrast, you can tap into someone's insecurities with astonishing ease.  In his interview with the New York Times Magazine, Vuong points to the American obsession with dynamic stories of change, of heroes and anti-heroes, of happy endings and character evolution. But "American life is often very static," he says. "You drive the same car, people live in the same apartment, but it doesn't mean their lives are worthless." Most of our lives are that way, too. Apart from a few seismic events, we live our lives and live our lives and live our lives and keep living them, usually without the promise of glory or recognition. "I've been interested in this idea of kindness without hope"

Beach diaries

Happy First Birthday Prithivi

You Still Fit in My Hands

You still fit in my hands,
Like a seashell from the shore.
I can hold you,
Speak to you,
Hear all your adventures
When I put my ear to you.

You tell me all the gibberish that
I understand and don't understand at the same time.
Inside this big world is now a beautiful tiny world—
That is only ours.
Yours and mine.


I feel so happy that I got a baby boy doll.
Little girls all over the world don't know
How beautiful it is to have you.
They have been told that only little baby girls can be dolls—
You can make their hair and dress them up,
But how nice it would be if they could see that we can have them in
Baby Boy edition too.
If we can press his hands, his cheeks,
Hold and caress his chubby feet...
The mischief and the shyness are the same,
The instinct to hug me when you hear a loud voice—
That's the same.
The vulnerability and beauty are the same,
And I hope the boys grow up to be the same.
How nice it would be if our boys and girls knew
That as babies they were exactly the same—
So, so lovable, so fragile and adventurous, so full of hope and promise.


You are a few days away from being 1,
And your mama can still hug you tight and hold you close.
And you fit anywhere I try to fit you—
My lap, my palms, my chest, my pockets.

And as you turn one,
You laugh and show me—
"Mama, guess what? I can grow too."
And gradually you will grow bigger and bigger,
Like you have drunk the magic potion
From Alice in Wonderland—
'Cause this world is a wonderland for you too.

And I will let you grow,
But I will hold you tight too.
And even if you become a giant,
And I become very small, like an ant,
I will say, "Hey, guess what?
You still fit in my hand. You still fit in my lap."
Because I will have all of mine to always offer you.


One day, you will spread
All over the world.
You will go to many forests and fantasy lands,
You will unlock the world's mysteries,
And become so big that I might just become a speck.
Maybe you will end up in a galaxy many, many light years away.

There is a planet there—T12381...
Maybe you will visit that planet,
Either as a traveller, or as a warrior,
Or best still, as a writer.
Maybe you will be lost there for a few days.

Remember, even there,
You will find all of me—
Holding you, embracing you,
Protecting you and whispering,
"You still fit in my hands.
You still fit in my heart
You still fit in my forever!"

Yooki 💕

Who is becoming 1. Yr old

Commitment

Commitment is a portal inwards. Through commitment, we meet ourselves more deeply. The thing we are committing to—whether a place to live, a romantic relationship, a job, a big decision, or anything else that requires us to forego a set of intangible options for a singular tangible one—is nothing more than a canvas for us to create a deeper commitment to ourselves through.

the novelty of commitment

I've noticed that most people who struggle with commitment seem to think that it represents the death of novelty, optionality, and expansiveness. That when you commit, you stop trying new things—you cease to explore. But the secret about commitment is: it offers everything that optionality promises, but with more depth and dimension. When we commit to something, we allow ourselves to surrender and feel safe within our commitment. Through commitment, we expand deeper into our feelings, because we are given a container to relax into, to fill entirely, that lets us explore ourselves with more vigour and curiosity.

Commitment simply refines the spectrum of novelty we experience. When we refuse to commit to anything, our life ends up being a giant swirl of chaos, options, and loose ends. So much so that we hardly enjoy these new experiences, because we're not fully present for them. We're always preoccupied with the next one, with how we are going to land on our feet when we thrust ourselves from this moment into a new pocket of stimulation. The lack of stability bred through the constant pursuit of optionality ends up being a distraction from the 'benefits' we looked to novelty for in the first place. It's easy to think that through novelty, we get to know ourselves deeper. Which is true—to a point. There are only so many layers within ourselves that we can access by existing in a constantly changing, never stable internal world. Through novelty, we gain breadth. We notice how we react in different situations, what we are like when experiencing new people, places, things. But through commitment, we gain depth. We notice what happens when we need to sit with something, even when it's making us uncomfortable. We notice how we act when we want to escape ourselves, but remain tethered to our commitment. Or in other words, through commitment, we deepen inwards. This is the entire aim of commitment: to sink into something, to let yourself fully surrender. When we refuse to do this, we end up contracting our ability to be at ease within ourselves. By avoiding commitment, we end up in a state of self-avoidance.

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"'Whenever someone creates something with all of their heart, then that creation is given a soul.' "

The kids are alright

One way to stand out is to look for pockets of low competition. 

Wake up early—less traffic, fewer people. 

Go deeper or narrower in your field—less noise, more space.

People are drawn to where it is crowded. Look for the quiet spaces inside your areas of interest. Excellence often hides at the edges."