It has been awhile since I gave you a little peek into my life so here it is. =)
My sister, cousin, and I decided that we would participate in the 100 days of happiness challenge. As of yesterday. You can find more about it at http://100happydays.com/. Basically, they’re challenging us to find one happy moment in life every single day for 100 days. You document those moments with a photo and #100happydays. In the end, you’ll have at least a hundred photos of the little things that make you happy. Are you up for the challenge?
The little things in life?
I’m excited for summer. I seriously cannot wait, as you probably noticed in my Iced Lychee Mint Green Tea with Strawberries post. Every time I go to the supermarket, I look to see what fruits are being sold. I see the first peaches. That’s why I’m waiting for.
But, in the meantime, here are a few exotic fruits that are in season, and I’m obsessed over.
Mini Mangoes. I snapped this photo while at the supermarket. The lighting is awful, I know. lol. But aren’t the mini mangoes so cute? They’re almost double the price of the larger mangoes. Isn’t that crazy?
Jack fruit. I love these, but it is such a pain to remove the fruit. It is extremely sticky. We had to wear disposable gloves and grease the gloves with vegetable oil to remove the fruit. Was it worth it? Yes! If you havent’t tried this fruit, and would like to, I’d recommend buying the frozen one first. It’s slightly cheaper and in smaller quantity.
Durian. It’s a love it or hate it kind of fruit. If you’ve been around this fruit, you know what I’m talking about. It’s infamous. Can you believe that these grow on trees?
I just wanted to share some little “happy” moments with you. Every single day is filled with its up and downs. But it’s up to us to see the bright side of things. My happy moments will probably revolve around food. I can already see it…
What did we learn about me today? I love exotic fruits. lol.
Until next post.
~ Andrea
What fun to live somewhere that has such groovy fruit! 🙂 I adore jackfruit, but have never worked with it. Hope I find a fresh one someday. Thanks for stopping by eve’s apple! ~Marisa (mcproco.wordpress.com)
I did the challenge this summer. I found out I really like nature, sunsets, interesting cafés, and books. Nothing I didn’t already know, but it made me realise I need to spend more time with those things. Hope your 100 Days were truly happy!
I did enjoy my 100 happy days. I loved looking for the little moments that made me happy. I felt it made the day brighter =)
Hey Andrea! Thanks for checking out my blog 🙂 I actually completed this challenge and really enjoyed doing it in the process. Good luck with your challenge!
http://bythesparklingsea.wordpress.com/2014/06/23/100happydays-day-100/
I completed the challenge too and thought it was a great experience =)
I am so glad I happened upon this post while I was exploring your blog. I’ve never heard of this challenge before but I just signed up 🙂 Thanks for sharing- I love your blog!
Thank you so much! It’s a really rewarding challenge. I found that I loved being able to find one thing in my day that made me happy. I felt like it makes life a little more fun. =)
I have always wanted to try jackfruit and durian, but was intimidated by them in the markets in San Francisco where we used to live…I did try the ice creams at Marco Polo in SF but need to try the real thing next!
If you can eat the ice creams at Marco Polo, I think you’ll be fine eating the real fruits. =)
beautiful! i’m so happy for you that you’re engaging in happiness 🙂 and I’m excited to see pictures of that luscious, almost unreal jack fruit I came to love so much when I lived in Mexico! And Lychee berries! yes please!!
I love tropical fruits and it’s so addictive!
Thank you for liking my little blog entries. Your Cooking with a Wallflower site is interesting, I especially like your “Life of a Wallflower” entries. It would be fun to see your daily “happy” photos for 100 days. I took a photo a day for a year – VERY tough.
Thank you so much! I actually post my “happy” pictures on Instagram. But I think once it’s over, I’ll compile it into a blog post. =)
I think they should be used as weapons, either hurled while still closed, or left in an enemy’s car (oooh, the stench!) But they make awesome popsicles from them at the local exotic food market (where I can’t read anything so I never know what I am buying, haha!)
I completely agree! But I don’t think it’ll be as effective on me. I grew up eating them. And they’re amazing as popsicles, smoothies, and a filling for cream puffs =)
Thank you for liking “Midsummer.” Nice post! 🙂 I enjoyed learning more about the exotic fruits in this post. I have not seen mini mangoes in my area, but I have seen jack fruit and durian at a local Asian supermarket. I was wondering about the appearance of their insides.
Good luck with the 100 days of happiness challenge! I am not sure if I could successfully complete it, but it is an interesting concept. 🙂
Thank you so much! I think the 100 days of happiness challenge is really fun to do. It encourages you to take more photos and to just find one moment in a day that makes you happy. If you ever try the exotic fruits, let me know what you think. =)
love love love the challenge! and dragon fruit !! 🙂 great blog!
Thanks!