#refreshing sweet

[datcravat]

DANDADAN

[bedroombear]

Refreshing Sweet and Spicy Jicama Salad Vegan This crisp and colorful salad is spicy with Thai chile and jalapeno peppers. Fresh oranges and a bit of lemon juice add a delightful zing. 2 small sweet orange peppers sliced, ground black pepper to taste, 3 small sweet yellow peppers sliced, 3 Thai chile peppers minced, 2 navel oranges peeled and cut into chunks, 1 lemon juiced, 1 large jicama peeled and julienned, 4 radishes thinly sliced, 1/2 jalapeno pepper diced, 1/2 bunch cilantro chopped, 1/2 hothouse cucumber diced, 1 large red bell pepper cut into bite-size pieces

[carl-ggrimes]

Refreshing Sweet and Spicy Jicama Salad Vegan This crisp and colorful salad is spicy with Thai chile and jalapeno peppers. Fresh oranges and a bit of lemon juice add a delightful zing.

[egophiliac]

I think Grim should also get a shirt

[buffetlicious]

Brought mum to the nearby Bukit Canberra Hawker Centre (武吉坎贝拉小贩中心) for an early dinner. Mum was complaining about the hot and humid weather so we walked over to Sun Plaza shopping mall a stone throw away to enjoy the air conditioning and do some light grocery shopping. On the way out, we stopped at Nine Fresh (九鲜) to get takeaway Taiwanese desserts. Got for mum the S$2.90 Grass Jelly Special (黑糖芦荟仙草冻) and S$3.80 Fruity Ai-Yu Jelly (水果晶球爱玉冻) for myself. Topped up S$0.70 each to add sweetened red beans to the desserts.

During payment, the staff informed me that I will be receiving a complimentary set of Paper Lantern with LED Light (LED 灯笼) as I had spent S$8 or above. Even though I am too old to be playing with lantern, it is just a nice feeling to be getting something for Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节).

Selected image courtesy of Nine Fresh.

[yo-yo-yoshiko]

Anytime characters swap bodies I always think about which of our silly little guys gets a break from their usual trash bod/brain.

[bamsara]

Hey chief you've been sitting on the new chapter for a while what's the current word count? (also crumb? little crumb for us perhaps?)

I have about 70k worth of draft written but thats DRAFT and incoherent rambling so not an actual idea of the chapter word count, but since I've been talking about SL Monty latley I think it's fair to throw these here

[xryptiid]

messy doodle :-) RUBY COME HOME I MISS YOU

[nbkdramathings]

Love Next Door, No Gain No Love, and Cinderella at 2AM. I’ve found my new line up!

[khaopybara]

FILM RACHANUM as GEE

episode 6 of LAST TWILIGHT

[lbulldesigns]

r/parentingadvice

How do I tell my adult children that they'll have a new little sister?

16th of December, 2023

I (45 M) have found myself in a position I didn't think I would find myself in at this point in my life.

It has been a while since I last posted on this site but the last time, I posted I was met with some really good advice, and even made a few friends, so I'm hoping I can get some really good advice now.

The title is self-explanatory. I have four children already, all adults now, and recently, a social worker contacted me to inform me that I possibly have a five-year-old daughter, now six as I write this. To say I was surprised was an understatement, I actually sat for hours racking my brain trying to remember who I slept with in the last six years, I'm not very active in the dating scene and can only remember having a one-night stand once which lines up with my new daughter's age.

There wasn't any actual confirmation that I was the father, and the worker was asking for a paternity test to locate this child's biological parent. I readily agreed to the test, and the results came back positive. It was then that I learned that my new daughter, who I'll call Kitty because she reminds me of one, had recently lost her mother (I wasn't given any details) and the man who had been raising her up until now had learned that Kitty wasn't his biological daughter and doesn't want anything to do with her, and neither does any of Kitty's maternal family after learning she was born both out of wedlock and is a result of her mother's infidelity.

I want to put out there, that I was under the belief that Kitty's mother was single at the time, I can't even remember her name (although the one given to me by the social worker didn't sound familiar in the slightest) and the number she gave me that night turned out to be for an 80-year-old woman who managed her social groups Tupperware "store", I think I was stuck on that phone call for two hours listening to this kind old lady go through her Tupperware sales speech, forget said speech and then rinse and repeat. And yes. I bought a lot of Tupperware that day. My daughter Pow (20) mocked me endlessly for doing so but had a blast baking to fill those containers.

It goes without saying, but I decided to get guardianship of Kitty, I've already met her. She's weary, which is fair she's going through a lot of changes at the moment and is silent which is a result of her being nonverbal (I've been told that she possibly has autism but hasn't been assessed yet) and strangely enough is already confirmed to be a Shifter; usually, people don't find out they're a Shifter until they become teenagers but she's an early bloomer.

Right now, she's in the hands of Janna's Temple until the transfer of custody can be finalized, I have set up appointments to go visit her so that she's used to my presence in her life and so that her transition into my home can go more smoothly.

My biggest worry at the moment is how my kids are going to react. They're all good kids, minus a few hiccups growing up, and I trust them to act accordingly with her but I also can't help but continuously imagine the worst-case scenario.

Has anyone else been in this situation? And if so, can you offer me any advice on how to navigate it in a way where I don't end up horrifically traumatizing my new daughter?

[lifeblogstory]

Tokyo Banana Cakes In Sakura Style🍌🌸

Popular banana cakes bought from Japan🍰. During Cherry Blossom, these Sakura style cakes are limited edition🌸. Banana cakes in Sakura flavour🍌. Taste sweet and soft. Great to consume after finishing a meal. Bought from Japan🇯🇵

[thatbuddie]

i know we’re (understandably and logically) concerned with other stuff at the moment but the amount of times buck has said eddie’s name this season is insane, like… yeah…

[egophiliac]

HELLOOOO HAVE YOU SEEN LILIA'S DORM CARD YETTTT

personally, what made me most gleeful about the update news is that the part 2 description implies that they forgot to invite Malleus to Lilia's farewell party. god yes rub that salt into the wound, Monday can't come soon enough

[golden-stag]

Not a favourable matchup I’m afraid

[k-kay4]

Is it just me or has there been a shift in the way romantic male leads are now portrayed in Kdramas?

Earlier, the male leads were poker-faced cool guys who insulted the girl, pretended not to care, rarely communicated how they honestly felt and often engaged in questionable actions; like wrist-grabbing, forceful pulling, throwing jealous fits or suddenly planting a kiss on the unsuspecting girl's lips. And then skulking off without any explanation. Which is just... bleh.

Meanwhile, the typical second male lead was kind, polite, respectful and sweetly considerate of the girl; often left quietly pining for her in an unrequited love. Always the best friend, never the endgame.

But in recent years, there seems to have been a marked difference; male leads nowadays are more emotionally attuned and expressive; even if they do initially seem immature or try to appear unaffected, they are more open about how vulnerable their burgeoning feelings make them feel.

They spiral and overthink, goof up and fret over it & fangirl over how adorable they find the heroine. And most importantly: they seek consent before doing anything. Which is sexy as all heck.

In short, the male leads I see nowadays seem to possess personalities that earlier were reserved only for the second leads.

The dramas I am referring to are: Lovely Runner, King the Land, and My Sweet Mobster.

All 3 of which have male leads who stole my heart with their unbearably cute, green-flag personalities. In other words, adorkable lovesick losers. And I mean that as a compliment of the highest order.

I would like to see more such characters, please and thank you.