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ManiaRavings is a personal blog that focuses on events and happenings in Jaffer's life.
(We are currently undergoing a major renovation. So as soon as we are ready to re-open, we shall update this listing)
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Purple Saturday: Quality Street
I have loved these chocolates ever since I was a kid - especially the one in the purple wrapper. It used to have a single brazil nut in the centre but was later replaced with hazel. Boo ! What I remember most was that the tin featured a ‘Major&...
Mellow Yellow Monday: Yellow Label Tea
Still continuing on the theme of shopping at an Indian foods store from Saturday… “Jeez ! Have you even come out of that store, Jaffer ?” “Nope ! Still there.” This time, fortunately I have something that does not requir...
Purple Saturday: Exotic Herb
Last weekend I was at an Indian food store close to where I live. There used to be only one but several more have popped up in the last year. If you have ever stepped into one of these quaint stores, it’s quite an experience - the colours, the ...
Mellow Yellow Monday: Friday Sermon
The mosque I attend in downtown Hamilton, recently elected a new board of management. I guess one of the first tasks already on their agenda was to give the place a splash of colour. They opted for yellow: Enlarge picture The place already feels muc...
Purple Saturday: Doors
I was riding the bus this morning through downtown Hamilton when my eyes fell on a store, which was painted and furnished in all purple ! So I got down the bus and walked back. It was a Thai restaurant and it was adorned in purple - inside and out ! ...
Mellow Yellow Monday #4: Bedspread
Mom got us this bedspread during one of her trips here: It was used as the background in the previous Purple Saturday post....
Purple Saturday: Delftware
Kimberly of PurpleFrogCat has begun a meme where every Saturday you’d post a picture with a little or a lot of purple. Purple is the colour of Saturday according to a Thai Tradition. Last holiday season, I received a delightful package from Tra...
Mellow Yellow Monday #3
This was our dinner last Monday Lets see, the rice itself is called khichdi (khi-ch-di). You will find a million different variations, but the plain and simple recipe is common among us Gujaratis. The colour of the rice comes from boiling it with a p...
Mellow Yellow Monday #2
Always Fresh, Always Tim Hortons ! So the other day, I was waiting in line for my double-double and thinking about another Mellow Yellow Monday post. I think it was the very first time I noticed how much yellow there is in a Tim Hortons store - The p...
Mellow Yellow Monday #1
My friend Drowsey Monkey has begun a meme where each Monday, you post a photo with a little or a lot of yellow. Yellow - because that is her favourite colour. You can visit her new blog at Mellow Yellow Monday. Here is my first attempt at it: I know...
