elusivek | Friday Five 10-March-2023

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1. Do you plan to watch the Oscars broadcast this Sunday?
Guess what, LOL ever since I graduated from high school, I had said "I'll watch the Oscars this year!" The Oscars are on a Sunday in local time, so where I am, it's Monday morning. I didn't get a gap year, I never took off, heck, I started working before I graduated from University, so, to date, I still haven't watched the Oscars from start to finish, only the news replays and maybe the more memorable ones (like last year Will Smith) that went viral.

2. Have you seen many of this year's Oscar-nominated films?
Nope. No wait, let me check the nominees.... Okay, I've watched a grand total of one Oscar nominated movie.... Everything Everywhere All at Once.

3. Which movie is your pick for Best Picture?
Dunno.

4. What are some of your other picks to win Oscars?
Not a movie buff so I have no comment.

5. What is your favorite movie of all time?
hm...... I suppose Departures おくりびと
I'm not all out vegan, but I sort of adapted the principles of the master Sasaki. Something along the lines of you have to respect life, and if you have to eat (kill), then you show your respect by preparing the food well, no wastage, and be grateful of what you have consumed. So while I try to eat vegan, if I do eat meat, there are never leftovers.

F.riday5.com | Looking like a snack

1. What do you usually reach for when you need just a little bite?
Depends on what is around. At home there's always a box of egg rolls, in the office currently I have a bag of Kit Kats, but I try not to eat chocolate every time, so if there's an apple I'l take it.

2. How frequently do you visit convenience stores?
Not frequently at all. I now carry a bottle around so I don't even need to go to convenience stores for a drink.

3. What’s your favorite chip?
I dunno, not much of a snacks snacker. But if a bag of chips fall into my hands you can be sure they'll be gone in a minute.

4. What’s your favorite candy bar?
Don't have a favourite. I keep thinking things like "A snickers would just about be sooooo gooooooood right now" and then when I have the snickers in hand and take a bite then it'll be like "uggghhhhh why is it soooo sweeeeettt yuck...."

5. What are some hard candies you especially like?
I have an answer for this! My favorite is the Muji Yuzu and Kinkan candy! Before, when there was no Muji in Macau, every trip to Hong Kong would include a detour to Muji to get this candy. Now finally there is a Muji in town, so I can skip this detour, LOL. Similarly, long long ago, when there was no M&S in Macau, only in Hong Kong, every trip woudl need a trip there to get a bag of Toffee Chocolate Eclairs. It's been so long ago, and packages have changed by now, but back then, it was a must to get a bag of the blue wrapping and a bag of the gold wrapping. I've sort of grown out of that though, so even though there's an M&S in town now, but I don't go there to get this candy anymore. Besides, after the package change I don't even know which is which :-)