13.6.09

Reversing a trend {week 5}

Each week I post a compliment to myself and a compliment to a friend. The goal of this project is to help myself and all the amazing women I know to embrace our inner-beauty.

I am a great cook. My signature dishes range from Latino-delights like pastel de pollo and mole de guajalote to Asian-inspired meals like pad thai and mee krob. I think that my creativity and willingness to experiment, combined with my skill at separating out the flavors in the food I eat, are what make me a great cook. I know. This compliment to myself was kind of lame. I'm only on week five, and it's getting hard to find something nice to say about myself :(

Floreta at The Solitary Panda is one tough chick. In fact, she recently earned her 2'nd level white belt in poekoelan, a style of martial arts from Indonesia. Through her study and practice, Floreta has not only learned to kick ass but has achieved a level of self awareness that I completely respect and admire. She is among the most introspective people that I have ever meet in the blogging community, or in real life for that matter. She accepts and explores her sexuality and other primal urges. She writes poems wrought with emotion and explores her artistic side. She writes intelligently about her views on society and she openly shares her life experiences, past and present. To sum it up, Floreta is awesome. Read her blog!

8 comments:

  1. Mmmmmm....I could really go for some pad thai! Do you use meat or tofu in it? There is no lameness in being proud of cooking skills, it is a great skill...people bask in the comfort of good food made with love and passion. My mother in law is like that, and it is one of the traits I love best about her.

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  2. You say u r a great cook...and u know why u say so. I think that is it. And as of a lame compliment...well, that is exactly where u r reversing the trend :)

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  3. Your post is making me hungry! And your compliment isn't lame at all! There are a lot of people who either can't cook well/don't like to cook, or are afraid to try new things. Even though it's not lame I get you on how hard it is to compliment ourselves. I'm getting there which is sad.

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  4. That's a great point, Heather. You definitely just made me appreciate my cooking talent that much more.

    Garf, you also make a good point. I wouldn't need to do this weekly post if complimenting myself was an easy thing to do!

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  5. I do read Floerta, I really admire her poems and her being such a role model for ladies to be tough everywhere!

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  6. Aww, what a great post. It's a good compliment to yourself to know you're a great cook :)

    Floreta is awesome, I must admit ;)

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  7. thanks so much for the mention! what an honor.. :) i do have to say though that i have my 2nd stripe WHITE belt. lol.. i wish i were black belt ;) while i did take kenpo up to orange belt my current style is from indonesia and is called poekoelan.

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  8. i love these posts. you're so sweet to give a shout otu to different people and to find all the amazing qualities in yourself! love learning new things about you! and finding the great sites and blogs you know :)

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