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  • 9/3/2021 – Before Sunrise

    I watched this really nice film today called “Before Sunrise”. First things first, it’s not on Netflix, but I found it online.

    It’s very profound and has some great points. I really can’t recommend it more. It will entertain you and start you thinking.

    I tried to do that game that they do in it where you have a partner & you, with your partner, question them & they have to answer 100% trufully without any embarrassment.

    I played on WhatsApp with someone who saw the film. We learnt a lot about each other. It is good to play online because if you’re embarrassed it’s easier to hide.

  • 6/3/2021 – Music #2

    Yesterday I heard some rap music which made me really appreciate rap. It really was poetry with music.

    The Balinese really do favour the creative jobs. The musicians & artists (of which I don’t even mention) are really praised. Their culture really revolves around religion.

    Still on the subject of music, but a very different type is that I watched a David Attenborough episode which is called “the Miracle of Bali” & the episode is “the Midday Sun”.

    Because they sit opposite each other they literally play it backwards.

    Very much different from our culture where money is at the centre of everything we do.

    Forgot the pun but watching this really made me see art in a different way.

    The monks are sitting opposite each other with the musical instruments like a xylophone

  • 5/3/2021 – A life in colour

    So I know that everyone is addicted to Netflix but this is what I’m watching now;

    “Attenborough’s Life in Colour”

    It’s very beautiful & a good wake up call for humanity. It is on BBC iplayer. It’s a good substitute for Netflix. It does remind us that, as humans, need to save our planet & take better care of biodiversity.

    It really does show how animals document colour which i didn’t even know about. Like ultraviolet light. I wrote some notes during watching it because it seemed like information I wouldn’t want to forget! No

  • Peppers

    The green pepper is highly inferior.

    I heard the green pepper ripens into a red or yellow if you leave them in sunlight, so you have half a bearable pepper.

    You get a lot of packages of red, yellow & green peppers. No one likes the green ones though. I have never met someone who’s favourite colour of pepper is green. I say this because I made sushi & the only vegetable in my fridge was a green pepper. So I masked it tasted with fish, rice & noti.

    This is me trying to carry on the “fruits & vegetables” theme.

  • Artichoke

    Maybe I should do a blog post titled “Leuty’s facts about fruit & vegetables” because I did one quite recently about the pineapple & now I’m about to do 1 about artichokes. It is related to the sunflower & is the only vulnerable to be entirely native to North America.

    The Jerusalem artichokes are sometimes called the “sunroot”. Jerusalem artichokes have edible leaves & tubers. The Jerusalem artichoke derived from the Italian word for “sunflower”. Jerusalem artichokes are part of the daisy family. & they’re rich in iron, providing energy.

    They also have lots of potassium & vitamin B1.

    They are quite sweet, but their fibre stops any spikes in blood sugar levels (good for diabetics)

    They have quite a low glycemic index (GI) score than potatoes.

  • The Isolated Cinema

    I got enlightened to the isolated cinema, & I hope my readers are as excited about it as I am.

    My experience of this festival was that I saw the film “One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest”. Unfortunately I don’t remember a lot about the experience but I do remember that all the staff were dressed like physiatric nurses.

    The place was themed like a mental hospital. The staff were actors, acting like they were staff in a psychiatric hostel.

    I can’t remember exactly what it was but there were snacks kind of like how popcorn is a normal cinema snack, but these have a film released twist.

    In the past the festival’s focus has been “Social Distances”; adventures, things that excite the senses. It relates to how the world is right now in the wake of the pandemic. It queries what films mean when we are isolated completely, in the festival we’re just completely focused on the film .

    The point of the festival is that the audience gives their full focus on the film. Also, the whole event is themed on the film so all the food & drink stands are themed around the film the staff are dressed in uniforms that match the theme.

  • 18/2/2921 – fear

    I am very reluctant to put any pictures or videos of me up because I am very scared. I worry when others will think of me. I have never been afraid of things but I really don’t want to put pictures of me because I have evolved a self consciencness. It’a the paradox of Facebook. I guess this quote is really relevant ; oh to see ourselves as others see us.

    On social media we do become hyper sensitive about how we look. I’m no exception. Got to remember that vanity is a sin. One which I am guilty where I am still my own worst enemy. It seems like a problem we all have.

  • Picture of me working

    So I was asked to take picture of me, doing some work in what is known as rehab. I’ve started my blog in rehab. It sounds like the name of a song.

  • 5/3/20121 – Exercises

    Now I find it next to impossible to walk so I have prioritised my exercises, so they are done several times a day. I had a physio to design the exercises for me, so I do them every day. I prioritise having a walk around the bed several times a day too, & cause I can actually do it, feels fantastic! I should say “well done, Leuty” because I just did it.

    I guess it’s “first you must walk, then you can run”

  • 17/2/2021 – Thankfulness

    Today was pretty normal until it was exciting. I sent a message, individually, to most of the people in my phone book & some actually responded! I am so thankful to those who took the time to respond. & getting some responses inspired some memories, & a lot of those who I told about my blog I assume had no idea that my memory is pretty dire. So thanks to all the people who checked out my blog or even sent me a message! It really helped me when people told me a little bit of information about how I knew them. Even though I’ve got a severely damaged memory, I hope my efforts will inspire others to have a little reminisce, especially about me!