Japan House London visit Part1

My coping strategy is usually fill my days with adventure of some sort.
A few weeks ago I booked a coach day-trip to London. 

In the morning it rained and have traffic jams along the way.

Arriving late in London Tottenham Court Road near the Planet Organic.
I walked towards Goodge Station having walked passed places
 where I can see Japanese food .

Usually I would have spent at least half an hour in Muji and maybe longer in Planet Organic.



(screen captured from google map )


(need to use underground route map)

Oops!
I have forgotten to bring my Oyster card
(stored value card for London public transportation)

With the self-service ticketing machine,
after checking how much it is to get return ticket (almost GBP10)
and how much it is to get a new Oyster card (GBP5),
 I bought a new card,
with extra GBP5 to store in it. (enough for the journey I need)

Destination : the nearest station : High Street Kensington.
(Yeah , Kensington, but that is a big area)

Well, I picked up an underground route map ...
and still lost some time inside them maze!!

Need to be careful which way each time you find a platform and get on a train.

Anyway I got there.

Walked passed Marks & Spencer and it's easy to find.

Part 2
http://sn-uk.blogspot.com/2018/09/japan-house-london-visit-part-2.html

Part 3
http://sn-uk.blogspot.com/2018/09/japan-house-london-visit-part-3.html

Part 4
http://sn-uk.blogspot.com/2018/09/japan-centre-london-quick-shopping.html

Victorian explorers fantasy

This year, nearby steampunk festival- lovely weather... I like to see the Victorian explorer themed dress up cosplay. Of course, each fesrival come with stores, food, drink, ice-cream... 2018.09.08 &09 Saturday & Sunday.

This collage below is from www. 

Because I could only be there for 45 minutes. 

 I did not dress up. Only went there with the colour scheme  ...  and a classic nostalgic cardigan with beast tooth-shaped buttons. Maybe one day  when I met friends who like cosplay...

protein snack cocoa chia nut seeds vegetarian

Neat adaptation of cocoa protein balls.
No baking required.

I built upon a pack by Sarah Wilson.
Faster & easier.

I replaced the dessicated coconut coating with something else ...and not in ball form.

Instead of rice malt syrup,
I used unrefined cane sugar.
 I added other ingredients.

  

 

A few were not in the photo though.
What did I used?

A pack of no sugar no oil protein ball mix pack.

1, Instead of coconut oil,
I used coconut butter, 2/5 of a 200g pack.
Melt over very gentle heat.

2, Adding in light unrefined muscavado cane sugar.

3. Adding in 75% of the pack.

4. Adding in boiling water.
    Upto 1/2 pint ( 235ml).

5. Mixed well.  Off fire. Let it cool.

6. Mixed these nuts & seeds:
Almonds & peanuts(crushed)
roasted sesame seeds,
poppy seeds,
cocoa nibs.
😄Sprinkle on cupcake cases.

Optional: use cocoa powder .
(& then on top of mixture later)

7. Using spoon to place the mixture onto cupcake cases. 😉
( I do not want to form balls with my fingers or hands.
 You might opt for auto-release ice-cream scoop)

8. Dusting the outside with a mix of
organic cocoa powder &
light muscovado unrefined cane sugar.

9. Pressed/shaped with the back of tea-spoons.

😄

It is vegetarian.
 Wheat-free.
The pack said gluten-free.

 The pack I bought contained :
Oats,
coconut flour,
whey protein concentrate (powder) from milk,
Chia seeds,
raw cocoa powder.
The pack was 270g but I used 75%.

Inuyasha Kagome and Light

Not only an entertainment.

Watched the famous Japanese period drama time-travel fantasy saga
 "Inuyasha" (animation version & 4 movies)
 twice, many years apart.

Facing and overcoming the demon's evil cunning plots, temptations, illustions
which intended to cause doubts, fear, anger, hatre,
the leading female character Kagome,
 relies on her ability to distinguish what is right and wrong,
 sense of justice / righteousness,
the faith in victory for the justice & truth,
the love and faith/trust in family, friends, loved ones, 
her pure heart, her faith, hope, love.

(In that story, many parties tried to snatch the enchanted jewel,
which is the combination of various virtues or power of human souls:
love, family/friendship, bravery, wisdom )

It (and our heart)...
~ is powerful; can be whole and can be shattered.
~ might be tainted/polluted, it can be purified.

Devil/demons often try to fight against God and try to oppress the Truth.

Whenever we get nearer to the  Truth,
devils often try to to destroy/undermine our lives.

In English, there is a saying "heart of gold".
Golden heart?
A kind considerate loving heart.

The beauty of real gold...
pure, true, precious, shinny.

Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but the LORD tests the heart.
Steel takes many many strokes to be refined and strenghtened.

When faced with adversities, many people easily cry out how poorly they are, even blaming God.

Maybe now we can try to see, life is like a do-jo, a place to practise a place for tests and examinations.


Light and darkness is often used as allegories for good and evil or truth and lie.

In Bible, we are told to shine and lit up the world.(Matthew 5:14-16)
There are simile and metaphor that "churches" are like well-lit lamp stands.
(and our bodies are temples)

There are crown of glory, crown of joy, crown of hope, crown of righteousness
Also we are told that we will get crown of glory.

Loving our God, following HIS teaching,
Loving our people,
let God and the Holy Spirit be with us,
facing and overcoming adversity/temptations/tests,
eventually we will get the crown of glory.
crown of light....
halo?

Getting it? How?

Given by God as reward?

Is it possible that
we eventually emit from ourselves from our heart the light?

In darkness, good to have light.

To find light?
The ability to see light?

Of course we can ask GOD to shine His light on us.
Yet, GOD also asked us to shine!

The light of hope,
The light of joy,
The light of love,
the light of truth,
the light of human souls,
the light of holyness...
 
The fruits of the Holy Spirit are:
 love,
joy (gladness),
peace,
patience (an even temper, forbearance),
kindness,
goodness(benevolence),
faithfulness,
gentleness (meekness, humility),
self-control (self-restraint, continence).
(ref: Galatians5:22-23)

When we bear the fruits of the Holy Spirit,
be near to God, be like God,
we will have crown of glory ,
we will have light...


(note: in the story of Inuyasha,
the author designed the leading female character
 to have the ability to sense/see the presence of the enchanted jewel,
and, the ability to purify it.
She also learned later in the story
how to merge tiny pieces of it into bigger ones. )
  When faced with
 temptations and trials,
will we become more like
heirs of GOD,
or,
puppets of devil?


AND, in the story, felt into a trap by the evil enemy,
Kagome was lost in a virtual reality typical daily life,
forgetting all about the stuff with Inuyasha,
the jewel and the friends, her mission and role.
She sensed vaguely something is not right.
She had to kept asking "who am I?"
Luckily with some help,
 she remembered and woke up to her identity.
YES.
amidst temptation and plots to distract us or fool us ...
let us remember / relearn / find out
our true identities.

BTW, 
Kagome's mother named her after 6 point star.
Kagome's previous life Kikyou means 5 point star.
And people know God's chosen people in Israel often show 6 point star - the star of David.


PS.
In our world,
there are people trying to share/teach/inspire us what and how-tos.
Not just the traditional ways of family teaching, textbooks or church sermons.
More likely , in stories, fictions, books, songs, TV, animations, movies, etc.
They might be under the cover of fantasy, sci-fi,
even magic or popular occult-like elements, etc.
For example,
"The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" by C.S. Lewis.
That one has Christianity in it.
Media and outward elements is just something to get people's notice and interest.
Animation can be used to teach serious history, philosophy and Bible.
BTW, even "Cardcaptor Sakura" has interesting things  in it.

lazy healthy fast food veg fruit smoothies

Not beer. Nutritious. Great for busy city life. Very fast. Quick to be prepared. Fat free. Help to slim.

Fast.
Just put in powerful blender
 for less than 30 to 40 seconds.

Seeded grapes🍇,
sweet bell pepper,
1 mixed leaves salad bowl (which has cherry tomato, onion rings)
 extra herbs,
 celery,
 lentil shoots,
filtered water.
Ginger is optional.

🍷enjoy slowly😄 Nutritious👍❤

Good for you & your loved ones.

Then, the water you use to
rinse the blender & glass ...
keep & use for your plant.
Nutritious.

⁉❓❔Why is it better?❔❓⁉

Usually people put in too many sauces, seasoning & oil in salad.
Juicing removed the dietary fibre.

Fruit veg smoothies make life simple & healthy😄