I love creating dishes and this dip I created is loved by my family and they enjoy it as a salad dressing, dip or as a taco dressing. Prep time – 10mins Cooking Time – 2-3mins Serves – 2-3 Ingredients Fresh Parsley – 2/3 cup Garlic Cloves – 4 Honey – 1 Tbsp Mayo – 5 Tbsp Dijon Mustard – ¾ Tsp Fresh Corridor – 2/3 cup Fresh or Jared Jalapeños – 3-4 pieces (Depends on the spiciness that you mouth can handle) Salt & Pepper (If needed) Method Add all the ingredients together and put it into a food…
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The trip to Jaffna was planned to go by the train and it had to be booked a few weeks prior to the trip. However, the train we booked and the train we got was different from each other, well it wasn’t that bad, but it wasn\’t the most luxurious ride I would say. To book the train ticket visit http://www.railway.gov.lk/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61&Itemid=68&lang=en We stayed at Thalsevana Holiday Resort Kankesanthurai which is run by the Security Forces Headquarters – Jaffna. The rooms featured air conditioning, hot water, free wifi and many more facilities. The resort consists of a volleyball court, a pool…
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The compulsive urge to check social media every second could be a sign of an addiction. It is shown that social media addicts show brain patterns similar to drug addicts. However, unlike those of drug addicts, the part of the brain that is responsible for inhibiting such self-destructive behaviour seems to be functional among social media addicts. Which means getting out of such an addiction could be easier. Nir Eyal in his book “Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products” describes four elements in social media sites that glue people into them. The first is a trigger. Initially, the trigger is…
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Building a life that you can be proud of is not easy, as is it always easy to try to help others and solve their problems. Helping, loving ourselves is lot harder than we think. Feeding your body with health and tasty food, working out, educating your selves with resourceful information and surrounding yourself with good people is something that we should try working with. It requires immense discipline to do all those – to love ourselves. It would not be wrong if I say, self discipline is synonym for self love! To look at another person and to try…
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Anybody can have goals. However, what sets winners apart from losers is not goals. It is the process. What winners do differently is that they create a system and adhere to it. Sure, having goals is fun, but setting them alone won\’t get you anywhere. You need to create a system to achieve those goals and should be able to consistently follow it. If you don’t adhere to that system, the results won\’t show as well. For example, let’s say you need to loose 10 KG, simply having the goal and telling yourself that you are going to loose 10…
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Built by the Portuguese in the mid 17th century and was captured by the Dutch in March 1968. Dutch renamed the fort as Hammenhiel (Heel of the Ham) as it takes the shape of a smoked ham (shank bone). The Dutch rebuilt the fort in 1658 filling in the hollow ramparts, building a brick lined reservoir to the north of the fort, replacing the upper floor with a stone vault and constructing a stone breakwater. The prison has nine large dungeons to store gunpowder. The British used the fort as a high Security prison and later it was used as…
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Built by the Portuguese, later captured by the dutch in 1658 it was expanded and later on captured by the British and was controlling it till 1948. As the civil war started From 1985 to 1995 it was under the LTTE and they destroyed several of key features to stop the Army from taking control as the site could be used to stage attacks. The fort consists of the old prison, hospital, churches, barracks, dungeon, inner ramparts and the ancillary buildings. In the middle of the fort stands the hangman\’s tower and is still been to seen. The outer and…
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There are two types of Sustainable fabrics/fibres, natural fibres and futuristic & innovative fabrics. Below both types are analysed further. Natural Fibres Recycled Cotton Cotton is referred to as \’White Gold\’, because of how lucrative it is in developing nations, like Uzbekistan. Cotton is one of the commonly used fibres and is light and breathable. But unfortunately Growing conventional cotton has been problematic since it requires pesticides. Whereas Organic cotton is grown to minimise the environmental impact and has become an alternative to replace conventional cotton. Sad truth about the plant is that conventional cotton is the thirstiest crop in…
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As you enter it looks like an ordinary carpark but with different types of huge trucks. Well for me at least, it seemed like a junkyard. It is an Americana-inspired food truck station. You can either takeout or enjoy sitting outdoor as parking is available in addition to Drive Thru. Here you would find all types of Fast Food cuisine. They serve breakfast, lunch and dinner including vegetarian, vegan and halal options. This is designed in a way that your imagination runs wild . It is every boys’ childhood dream come true. It has a very chilled and a convenient…
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Just like eating and breathing, sleep is one of the main elements that our bodies need in order to have a positive impact on mental health. Sleeping gives our bodies time heal and to repair while letting our brains synthesise out memories and process information. Scientists have discovered that not sleeping enough affects brain and stress hormones. It disturbs thinking and emotional balance. Because of this, insomnia which is the inability to fall asleep worsens mental disorders. More than 400 years ago, William Shakespeare described the gift of sleep and the distress of insomnia: O sleep! O gentle sleep!Nature’s soft…