Cafe East

Location: Surrey Quays

Meal: Pho Ga (Chicken Pho Noodle Soup Based) £7.50, Sam Bo Luong £3.

Price: £10.50

Cafe East is a Vietnamese Restaurant located in South East London. It was my first time eating Pho. I went with a group of old school friends who I hadn't seen in a while so that maybe have added to the experience. Good or bad, I couldn't say as I didn't expect to see one of them at all. Anyways, I enjoyed Pho but I couldn't quite tell what was different from other noodles. It was a good amount and I was full up by the end of it. The drink was recommend by my friend and it was a great choice too! It had lychees and some other random mix of fruits and something else I could not quite figure out but all in all, it was a very refreshing drink!

An overall rating 6/10.

Sam Bo Luong - A Refreshing Drink

Pho Ga

Eliminating Fear

Steps to eradicate fear.  

The vast majority of women (and men) have no idea how to control their minds. Your thoughts and perceptions of the world around you are the source of your imagined fear. When you allow yourself to focus on what other people think or things that are completely beyond your control you essentially feed your fear response. Begin to assert control over your mind by learning to consistently follow five steps -  

1) Acknowledge the fear.  
When you begin to feel that panic rise up and your thoughts start to spin around all the things you wish to avoid, you are experiencing a fear response. Determine whether the fear is real or imagined. Are you in danger of direct physical or emotional harm? If not, then your fear is imagined. Then try to determine which of the six types of fear yours falls into. 

 2) Identify the source of the fear.  
Take an assessment of your internal dialog, that little voice inside your head, and figure out what is causing the alarm. What challenge are you currently facing that is eliciting this reaction? Are you allowing any doubt or insecurity feed your fear? Being able to articulate your fear removes some of the emotions attached to it. 

3) Assess your reaction to the source.  
Is the intensity of your reaction reasonable, or have you allowed your runaway thoughts to blow things completely out of proportion? Think about how you can take a step back, set your emotions aside, and try to look at your reaction objectively. 

 4) Reestablish your power over the fear.  
Now it’s time to figure out a better way to respond to the situation. Always remember that fear originates in your mind. By breaking it down into bite-sized chunks, you diffuse it’s power over you. When you look imagined fear straight in the eye you will be able to see how transparent and unfounded it actually is. When your fear no longer has substance, it no longer controls your thoughts. 

5) Embrace the benefits of the fear.  
Once you realise that your fear is imagined, what the source is, why you reacted the way you did, and how you need to turn your thoughts around, it’s time to look for the benefit your fear has created. Stop and evaluate to what the fear reaction is diverting your attention. Is there something important that you’ve overlooked? Is there a valuable lesson to be learned? Is your life simply trying to push you out of your comfort zone to something better? If you are dwelling on the past or getting too far ahead of yourself in the future, do you need to get your mind present-centered? The proof is in process Just like you can’t train to run a marathon in one day, it will take some time before you can really learn to master your thoughts. Exercise patience and persistence with yourself and the process. Knowledge is power and the more you eliminate the unknowns, the less impact fear with have on your performance. 

Source: Information was taken from here.

Indi Go

Location: Westfield Stratford City

Meal: Chicken Makhani (£7.95), Butter Nan (£2.50), Coke (£2.50)

Price: £11.01 (With 15% Discount)

Indi Go is located with in the food court. It is India Street Food and the Chicken Makhani was one that satisfied! It is a smooth yoghurt-like consistency and with the butter nan it is a winner! The only thing is that there is a lot more curry which means you may need to get extra nan or rice! 

An overall rating of 9/10.

indi go - Street Food of India

Chicken Makhani & Butter Nan

Worse Pain Ever

So I was fine for the entire morning until about 11.40am. I was at work and my shift finishes at 12, I suddenly felt hot and cold and started to shake a little. At this point I just wanted time to hurry up, so I could go home and heal up. Next thing I felt like throwing up and needed the loo. I went to the toilet and came out feeling no change. I still felt ill. Time seemed to be going so slow and I still had 15 minutes to go, I felt really bad and was considering to ask my manager if I could leave early but I figured i might have well waited it out. But even within the last 10 minutes I couldn't pretend I was fine. I threw up and couldn't cope with this feeling inside of me. The last 5 minutes I decided to go to the toilet because I was shaking too much and I couldn't physically work. It felt bad. As it hit 12pm, I dashed out. I approached my bus stop and saw that there was a bus and that there was no way I could have made it. So I had to wait. It was a painful wait. I waited and waited whilst feeling what I can only described as death! I even considered dropping on the floor so someone could call an ambulance, I just wanted the pain to end. After a short but what felt like a lifetime wait, my bus came. I sat at the back and felt so ill but was just glad I was finally closer to home. The bus seemed to be slower than usual and every bus stop had passengers! I felt that there were people on the bus staring at me, because at this point i wasnt looking great and I really couldn't care less about how I looked. My eyes were revolving and I was telling myself I could make it home without causing a big scene. When I finally approached home, I could feel my legs getting weak, I couldn't walk with strength and was dragging my feet. I got to my door and knocked. My mum opened the door and asked why didn't I bring keys. I couldn't hide the fact I was feeling ill and usually would if it wasn't a big deal because she's a worrier. So as I stepped into the house, I ran to the toilet to throw up nothing but saliva and air. My stomach hurt along with the pain on my left side of the rib. I got changed and just jumped into bed. My hands and feet were pale and frozen. I was shaking quite violently and couldn't control it. My mum made me some ginger, egg and chicken soup. And I was under 3 duvets and still felt cold!! There was something seriously wrong and I felt like I was going to die. Afterwards, I fell asleep and my mum left for work. When I got up, I didn't feel so bad. In fact I only had a slight headache. I had no idea what the hell that episode was but I never want to experience that again!!

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I was told the most amazing news that lifted my spirits sky high. I am actually going to start working after two years of unemployment even if it is retail!!! ! I am so thankful and will definitely work my socks off. I am so grateful for this opportunity. I will not disappoint. 





Vicky another to add to my list of thank you's.