Something for this day – Paramahansa Yogananda Quote
Reminder Bands from "The Mindful Company"
As a teacher, I do need a daily boost and reminders, isn’t it? 🙂
I found “The Mindful Company” which sells reminder bands. And of course, I was hooked onto some of its items and purchased them. They arrived 2 days ago and I just had time to take a closer look and take pictures…..Below are the pictures I have taken. Excuse the poor lighting as it was taken very early morning and I was struggling with the phone and lighting etc…
I purchased, “Gratitude”, “Trust” and “Breathe” – these 3 words plays a very important role in my life, each with a different purpose. Nevertheless, all of us need to be grateful on a daily basis, and to have trust on ourselves and in the Universe and remember that our breaths alters our emotions and feelings. We have all that we need and at times we forget in the midst of daily life happenings and events.
For more information and professional looking pictures of the items here are the links. Delivery within Singapore is free and they deliver to other countries too. All details can be found in their website. Packaging is great too. You can gift it to someone too….
For the pictures of my purchased items and how it looks on my wrist, here it is! It is easy to alter as my wrist is relatively small in size (though in the picture it can look big! 🙂 ). I am still “learning” how to toggle for the “Breathe” band braid. I am sure that I will get it eventually…. 🙂
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| The Mindful Company – Purchased Bands and Braids |
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| The Mindful Company – Closer look of the packaging |
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| The Mindful Company – Purchased Bands and Braids |
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| The Mindful Company – Purchased Bands & Braid |
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| The Mindful Company – Band “Gratitude” |
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| The Mindful Company – Braid “Breathe” |
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| The Mindful Company – Band “Trust” |
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| The Mindful Company – Packaging |
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| On my wrist, Bands “Trust”, “Gratitude” and Braid “Breathe” |
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| On my wrist, “Trust” and “Gratitude” |
Something for this day – Rumi Quote
Something for this day – Paramahansa Yogananda Quote
Delcies Desserts & Cakes
Delcies Desserts and Cakes comes to my mind each time I need a healthier option or purchase a vegan cake or cake suitable for diabetics. I came upon Delcies when I wanted to celebrate a birthday of my yoga friend who is a vegetarian from India – that was more than 5 years ago. Finding high and low and reading of many stores, I decided to place an order for a vegetarian cake for my yoga friend. The first cake I placed an order was Black Forest. My yoga friend enjoyed that cake very much…
And just very recently I purchased a diabetic friendly Mud Fudge cake for my birthday which was in January. Catering to the people who are health conscious and wants to care for their calories intake, this was sure a treat for them….
Not only that, I purchased Pineapple Ball (Eggless & Diabetic Friendly) and Melting White Almond Cookies (Dairy-Free, Eggless & Lower Sugar) for Chinese New Year this year. Both were healthy and very tasty too….
If you are also considering a healthy choice for birthdays or other occasions, consider Delcies Desserts and Cakes. Their outlet is located somewhere near Boon Keng MRT and other details can be found in the below weblinks…
Delcies Desserts and Cakes believes, “WHEN WE BAKE, IT BECOMES HEALTHY™”
And sure that is so, with many awards and recognition and hard work, they have come a long way….
Main Website
http://delcies.com/
About Delcies
http://delcies.com/about/
Nutritional Information
http://delcies.com/about/nutritional-information/
Awards and Certificates
http://delcies.com/awards-and-certificates/
Something for this day – Achilles (Troy) Quote
Chinese Folktale: The Ants
Ho Kwan of Kuang Nan was a kindhearted man and never killed any living thing. He had a jar containing one thousand pieces of silver which he kept in a casket. The white ants, of which there were so many in his district, invaded the casket and ate part of the silver. When his family found what had happened, they traced the ants to a hollow cave where millions of them were living. They thought if they put all of these ants in a crucible, perhaps they could recover a part of the lost silver. But Ho objected to the scheme, saying: “I cannot bear to see all these many creatures killed on account of a small sum of silver.”
So they let the matter drop. That night he dreamed that scores of soldiers in white armor came to him, asking him to enter a carriage which they had with them and to come to the palace of their king. Ho Kwan proceeded with the soldiers to a town where the people looked prosperous and the buildings were all magnificent. Numerous officers came to meet him and took him to a splendid palace.
The king, clad in royal fashion, descended from the throne, and, cordially saluting Ho Kwan, said: “By your benevolent acts we have been saved from our enemy. While not forgetting your kindness, the lack of strict discipline among my people caused you some trouble recently, but by your mercy they have again been saved from calamity. How could I let your kindness go unrequited this time? There is a certain tree near your residence readily identified, under which in olden times a certain person buried a jar full of silver. Just dig that out and keep it for yourself. You are the unicorn of mankind (the emblem of perfect goodness) that will never hurt any living soul. It is a pity that you are now too old to enjoy the fruits of your kindness yourself, but your descendents will reap what you have sown.”
After this Ho Kwan was escorted back to his own house as before, by armed soldiers. When he awoke he meditated on the dream and found it to be the work of the ants. So he dug up the place as told by their king and recovered a jar buried therein these many years. His son became an eminent scholar.
Sacred Texts T’ai-Shang Kan-Ying P’ien Translated from the Chinese by Teitaro Suzuki and Dr. Paul Carus [1906]
Tofu
Tofu is one of the popular dishes among vegetarians and health conscious people. In fact, tofu is one of my favourite dish too. Having said that, ever wonder what exactly is tofu, how is it made and benefits. Found a website, Unicurd, which is one of the brands of Tofu sold here in Singapore. I have provided the various links. Enjoy reading!
About Tofu
http://www.unicurd.com.sg/about-tofu
History of Tofu
http://www.unicurd.com.sg/history-of-tofu
Health Benefits of Tofu
http://www.unicurd.com.sg/health-benefits
Storing and Selecting Tofu
http://www.unicurd.com.sg/tofu-selection
Morning Wish!
Dark Chocolate – Pros and Cons
If you are a lover of chocolates, especially dark chocolates, there are pros and cons. I am especially lover of dark chocolates with nuts. There are a lot of information online on the benefits and the disadvantages. Below are links to various articles.
In any food, as we already know, it is best to consume in limitation and according to our body needs and health. Enjoy reading!
From Telegraph
From Chopra Centre
From Harvard Health Publications
Introducing Global Pen Friends
Apart from IPF (International Pen Friends), there is another platform where one can get snail mail friends and / or email friends.
I managed to get quite a number of snail mail friends from Global Pen Friends. Unlike some other sites, Global Pen Friends gives some credits to new profiles created. Or if you wish to make use of the Premium Members Benefits, there are some fees involved.
If you are keen, explore their website and begin your search for international friends via email or snail mail. All the best!
https://www.globalpenfriends.com/index.php?page=index
Write up: Zodiac Flower Signs and Flower Astrology Meanings
Another article by Avia Venefica. If you are keen to find out on the flowers in relation to a respective zodiac sign, this might provide you with some interesting information.
http://www.whats-your-sign.com/zodiac-flower-signs.html
Write up: Rose Meaning and Rose Symbolism
Many of us would have known or read of roses and its meaning and symbolism. I happen to come across this article by Avia Venefica, which I thought of sharing with you all….
My PostCrossing Pages
As a member, each of us will have a member page in the PostCrossing website to show the sent and received postcards. Below are my pages, where you can take a look at the profile, sent postcards and received postcards.
Explore aspects of postcrossing here….
PostCrossing Information
https://estherneela.wordpress.com/category/postcrossing-information/
My PostCrossing Received Cards
(My Pinterest has the latest updates of this: https://www.pinterest.com/estherneela/postcrossing-received/)
My PostCrossing Sent Cards
(My Pinterest has the latest updates of this: https://www.pinterest.com/estherneela/postcrossing-sent/)
Beautiful Letter Writing Stationery
If you are looking for beautiful paper to write a letter or send a short note to your friend via postal mail, you can consider Peter Pauper Press Stationery Sets and Note Cards. They are not only beautiful and made of high quality paper, those are affordable too.
If you are residing in a country where they do not ship their items, you can also consider Amazon to purchase their items.
I usually purchase from Amazon their items. I love their papers, books, bookmarks and note cards. Check out their website below.
http://www.peterpauper.com/sub_cat.php?cPath=22_120
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