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I finally finished reading all the studies that I downloaded for literature review, it's quite a demotivating process as I learned that I knew shit about almost everything, but namely:

• statistical analysis...all the different methods & when they're appropriate to use, let alone how to actually implement them. Good thing I scheduled July to read through two textbooks and learn R/R-Studio & Python/Pandas. 
• experiment design...which I technically get a free pass on because I need to keep methodology consistent, but man I see so many flaws in what I'm doing. Too bad I can't just gloss over it with "practical limitations", however true it may be. But how do I even know how to critique the studies that I'm reading? Fine I know that I should read on the subject, but too lazy so I'll have to accept poorer critical thinking on literature review. 

vanilla

Still trying to finish all the lentils that I bought with another batch of french lentil salad and another batch of smoked mackerel and lentil kedgeree:

I've finally cracked the code to cooking lentils to the perfect texture! Start off by soaking the lentils until they obviously swell up, then cook with low heat only. Taste a large sample size often.

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Celebrating british strawberries with a no-bake fruit tart using whole egg pastry cream and oatmeal cookie crust:

doors

The best response to someone asking "how do you know" when you comfort them with "it'll be okay":

via the fantastic webtoon The Devil is a Handsome Man

Love Luc and Xo's bantering.

big shiny thing

^ wise words from Orthez in Tale of Felluah, another manga that will probably never be fully scanlated, what a loss.

Looking at expensive but not crazily unaffordable jewelry is more motivating than I expected. Hopefully this jolt is enough to finish a draft of literature review by the end of June. But then again I'm feeling worse than a sloth atm.

I honestly like pretty much every product from these two designers:

 Clara's Dream ring and Pleiades ring from Sofia Zakia (Canadian! :D )

Wisteria ring and Diamond tassel necklace from Kataoka

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The absolute best botanical pieces: Michael Michaud, I'm tempted to start a collection of the brooches and lapel pins.

rosewater

Two not-so-successful salads:

 funny coincidence that the photos turn out opposite in terms of color temperature and dominant color

The beets might have been better a little charred. Cucumbers are really not suitable for making-ahead salads. I've even salted and drained them beforehand "orz

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The british strawberry hype is so real. These are the strawberriest strawberry I've had.

monkfish

I am alive and well-is after Passivhaus. That exam was no fun tho, I was extra stupid and had to redraw the first floor floor plan 4 times.

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A food pic that escaped the previous round-up:

French lentil salad from David Lebovitz 

Definitely the best lentil salad out of the recipes I've made so far. Also the only dish that I didn't dislike the flavour of parsley in. Will remake.

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Saison sound like the dream seafood restaurant.

one breath leads to another

A fittingly motivating song: