How was your first encounter with your favorite things in life?
I am writing this because my first encounter with some of my two favorite things in life, which are spicy food and durian, was not so pleasant. In fact, I was disliking both of them at first.
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I had difficulty in eating when I was young — up until I was in high school. I just didn’t feel like eating most of the time. I remeber I fell asleep while eating my lunch, only to wake up six hours later with my food still intact on my plate. Then one day (I didn’t remember how old I was), my late dad spoon-fed me a spoonful of sambal 😭. I think he did this so that I will be able to handle spicy food (more flavorful), and I will be more interested to eat. As horrible as it sounds, I think it kinda workout in the end, because I love eating now, just that it has to be spicy🫠.
The similar happened to how I came to love durian so much. I remember I didn’t like durian because of the smell. One day (when I was little and didn’t remember how old I was too), my dad smeared durian on my teeth. Again, as horrible as it sounds, I was actually kinda grateful of that moment, otherwise I would be missing out on the KING of fruit.
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