Milky popcorn





As I went up the flight of stairs at the hotel after a long tiring day, all I wanted was to hit the bed and wake up the next day to face the homeward journey. The aroma of freshly popped corn filled the stair way and I somewhat followed my ‘nose’. ‘’We have a mini cinema here, and it’s on the second floor’’ was the response from the concierge when I enquired.

Right there beside the cinema entrance was the popcorn machine popping out popcorn. All the cinemas I have visited have ‘popcorn corners’ and I once heard someone say nothing beats the smell of freshly-popped popcorn when you're settling in for a movie... whoever christened popcorn as the official snack during movies. Story for another day. I ordered a small pack and went in to watch the movie which was ending in fifteen minutes’ time. One after the other I threw the popcorn into my mouth in the dark cinema hall. It tasted nice but a bit off from norm. Then my fingers felt powdery and eventually sticky. Also my tongue. After the movie, I asked and the attendant with a sparkle in his eyes said ‘’we added powdered milk ma. It makes it yummy and our customers love it’’. Indeed we learn every day. Salt, sugar and butter yes! Recently I learned some people add spices and herbs to popcorn and today it's powdered  milk. Tomorrow it could be cheese or chocolate or carrot! Innovation. But tell you what? The tongue gets accustomed to anything after a while so never say never.
Its some few days into 2017:
  • Be connected to your Source~ GOD.
  • Be innovative ~ Try out something new. It either comes out good or bad but you would never know until you try it out.
  • Be productive. Multiply what you have and be a blessing.
  • Become friends with young dynamic people. They sure have buzzwords that will keep you ‘trending’.
  • Be open minded and dust off staleness.
  • Be consistent in what is good and noble.















Comments

  1. Unknown12 January 2017 at 06:20

    who knows what pop corn and dry fish will taste like..looool

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  2. Unknown15 January 2017 at 22:56

    there is no end to new combinations. lol

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