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smittenbyuBeen enjoying doing these 365 questions! And also seeing others who are also partaking in it! :) Link to the questions. Going forward, I am going to keep these posts public, unless there are some deep dark secrets being shared! :P
February
1 – Serpent Day: How do you feel about snakes? Would you ever keep a snake as a pet? How do I feel about snakes? You leave them alone and you'd be fine. I would never keep one as a pet! Growing up in agricultural land, one gains a huge respect and healthy dose of fear of snakes. But that's being pragmatic. Folks would catch the ones close to the office buildings, houses, etc. and set them free further out in the fields. They would put them in a little cage for folks to see before they are let go. This was a huge attraction for us neighborhood kids, to go see what type of snake they caught that week/day. We saw such diversity of snakes and for a while I could name them and tell them apart. Not anymore though.
Snakes represent a symbol of birth, death and mortality for Hindus (and likely Jains, and Sikhs as well) - as snakes shed skin and are "reborn". But mostly it's the king cobra that is revered and is seen as a divine creature/serpent or nagas and is worshiped by many. You will not find anyone kill one intentionally. And if it is inadvertently, it's cremated like human beings are. There is a small community in Tamil Nadu that worships not a statue representation, but actual snakes - so the temple will have snakes swarming about. This is the community that moved/migrated to South East Asia and if you ever go to the Snake Temple in Penang, Malaysia - you will see a whole bunch of them! Of course, they are not cobras.
So, my feelings about it? Good for them! Not for me! ;) ha aha... I did go to that temple and held a few snakes! But they play a huge role in the ecosystem and well, are living beings that should be respected regardless of religion or whatever else.
2 – Optimist Day: Do you consider yourself to be an optimist or a pessimist?
3 – Take a Cruise Day: Have you ever been on a cruise? If not, would you want to? Cruise ships cause major environmental damage: a large cruise ship can have a carbon footprint greater than 12,000 cars, while passengers on an Antarctic cruise can produce as much CO2 emissions on a seven-day voyage as the average European in an entire year. The industry is a major producer of waste, with the total amount of rubbish produced by a large cruise ship exceeding a ton per day. And let us not forget that they are also essentially floating germ/virus labs (even before Covid). So do you still want to take a cruise?
4 – Ice cream For Breakfast Day: Have you ever eaten ice cream for breakfast (or for any other meal)?
5 – World Nutella Day: Do you like Nutella? How often to you eat Nutella?
6 – Chopsticks Day: Can you eat with chopsticks? If yes, how often do you use them?
7 – World Ballet Day: Have you ever been to a ballet performance? If not, is this something that might interest you? Have you ever had ballet lessons?
8 – World Opera Day: Are you an opera buff?
9 – Read in the Bathtub Day: Do you read in the bath? Have you ever been reading in the bath and dropped your book into the water?
10 – Umbrella Day: Umbrella or raincoat? Do you carry an umbrella or raincoat “just in case” if the weather looks doubtful, or do you take your chances? What types of umbrellas do you like? Do you keep umbrellas in different places, e.g. one at work, one in your car (if you have a car), to avoid being caught by unexpected rain?
11 – Make a Friend Day: How easy is it for you to make friends? Do you have many casual friends, or just one or two close friends?
12 – World Marriage Day: In your opinion, is marriage an outdated institution or has it stood the test of time? Should we seek to preserve it, or might there be a better alternative for committed couples?
13 – Clean Out Your Computer Day: When was the last time you cleaned out your fans and dusted off your motherboard? Have you looked at your graphics card to see if its cooling fan and fins are clean? For that matter, when did you last clean out or even opened the case? Or have you ever cleaned out your computer or had someone clean it out for you?
14 – Organ Donor Day: Are you signed up/registered to be an organ donor? Do you regularly or occasionally donate blood?
15 – World Hippo Day: How much do you know about hippos? Have you seen one outside a zoo?
16 – Innovation Day: Are you the creative sort who can easily come up with new innovations, or are you better at following-up with developing other people's ideas?
17 – My Way Day: the day where you are encouraged to do whatever you want, however you want. Have you ever treated yourself to a day like this? What did you do?
18 – Battery Day: How many things in your house are unusable without batteries? (If they don't run on mains power.)
19 – World Whale Day: Have you ever been whale watching? Tell us about it.
20 – Love Your Pet Day: Do you have pets? Tell us about them – cats, dogs, other species? How many?
21 – International Mother Language Day: What is your native language? How many languages do you speak fluently or near-fluently? How many languages besides your native language have you studied?
22 – World Yoga Day: Do you do yoga? How do you benefit from it?
23 – Digital Learning Day: What are the benefits of digital learning compared to other methods of learning? What are the disadvantages?
24 – International I Hate Coriander Day: Do you love or hate coriander? If you don't like it, what don't you like about it?
25 – Real Bread Week: Real bread refers to any type of bread that has been made without the use of processing aids or any other additives and includes any type of additive-free bread (e.g. pita, paratha, tortilla, oatcakes, roti, bagels, etc.). Do you, or have you ever, made bread? Do you use a bread maker? If you always buy rather than make bread, do you look for bread that at least claims to be additive-free, made from organic flour, etc.?
26 – Carpe Diem Day: Are you good at seizing the day? If not, what holds you back?
27 – Pokemon Day: Are you or is anybody in your family a Pokemon fanatic?
28 – Tooth Fairy Day: Did the tooth fairy visit you whenever one of your baby teeth fell out? If you have children, did/do you have the tooth fairy visit them when they lose teeth? Why or why not?
February
1 – Serpent Day: How do you feel about snakes? Would you ever keep a snake as a pet? How do I feel about snakes? You leave them alone and you'd be fine. I would never keep one as a pet! Growing up in agricultural land, one gains a huge respect and healthy dose of fear of snakes. But that's being pragmatic. Folks would catch the ones close to the office buildings, houses, etc. and set them free further out in the fields. They would put them in a little cage for folks to see before they are let go. This was a huge attraction for us neighborhood kids, to go see what type of snake they caught that week/day. We saw such diversity of snakes and for a while I could name them and tell them apart. Not anymore though.
Snakes represent a symbol of birth, death and mortality for Hindus (and likely Jains, and Sikhs as well) - as snakes shed skin and are "reborn". But mostly it's the king cobra that is revered and is seen as a divine creature/serpent or nagas and is worshiped by many. You will not find anyone kill one intentionally. And if it is inadvertently, it's cremated like human beings are. There is a small community in Tamil Nadu that worships not a statue representation, but actual snakes - so the temple will have snakes swarming about. This is the community that moved/migrated to South East Asia and if you ever go to the Snake Temple in Penang, Malaysia - you will see a whole bunch of them! Of course, they are not cobras.
So, my feelings about it? Good for them! Not for me! ;) ha aha... I did go to that temple and held a few snakes! But they play a huge role in the ecosystem and well, are living beings that should be respected regardless of religion or whatever else.
2 – Optimist Day: Do you consider yourself to be an optimist or a pessimist?
3 – Take a Cruise Day: Have you ever been on a cruise? If not, would you want to? Cruise ships cause major environmental damage: a large cruise ship can have a carbon footprint greater than 12,000 cars, while passengers on an Antarctic cruise can produce as much CO2 emissions on a seven-day voyage as the average European in an entire year. The industry is a major producer of waste, with the total amount of rubbish produced by a large cruise ship exceeding a ton per day. And let us not forget that they are also essentially floating germ/virus labs (even before Covid). So do you still want to take a cruise?
4 – Ice cream For Breakfast Day: Have you ever eaten ice cream for breakfast (or for any other meal)?
5 – World Nutella Day: Do you like Nutella? How often to you eat Nutella?
6 – Chopsticks Day: Can you eat with chopsticks? If yes, how often do you use them?
7 – World Ballet Day: Have you ever been to a ballet performance? If not, is this something that might interest you? Have you ever had ballet lessons?
8 – World Opera Day: Are you an opera buff?
9 – Read in the Bathtub Day: Do you read in the bath? Have you ever been reading in the bath and dropped your book into the water?
10 – Umbrella Day: Umbrella or raincoat? Do you carry an umbrella or raincoat “just in case” if the weather looks doubtful, or do you take your chances? What types of umbrellas do you like? Do you keep umbrellas in different places, e.g. one at work, one in your car (if you have a car), to avoid being caught by unexpected rain?
11 – Make a Friend Day: How easy is it for you to make friends? Do you have many casual friends, or just one or two close friends?
12 – World Marriage Day: In your opinion, is marriage an outdated institution or has it stood the test of time? Should we seek to preserve it, or might there be a better alternative for committed couples?
13 – Clean Out Your Computer Day: When was the last time you cleaned out your fans and dusted off your motherboard? Have you looked at your graphics card to see if its cooling fan and fins are clean? For that matter, when did you last clean out or even opened the case? Or have you ever cleaned out your computer or had someone clean it out for you?
14 – Organ Donor Day: Are you signed up/registered to be an organ donor? Do you regularly or occasionally donate blood?
15 – World Hippo Day: How much do you know about hippos? Have you seen one outside a zoo?
16 – Innovation Day: Are you the creative sort who can easily come up with new innovations, or are you better at following-up with developing other people's ideas?
17 – My Way Day: the day where you are encouraged to do whatever you want, however you want. Have you ever treated yourself to a day like this? What did you do?
18 – Battery Day: How many things in your house are unusable without batteries? (If they don't run on mains power.)
19 – World Whale Day: Have you ever been whale watching? Tell us about it.
20 – Love Your Pet Day: Do you have pets? Tell us about them – cats, dogs, other species? How many?
21 – International Mother Language Day: What is your native language? How many languages do you speak fluently or near-fluently? How many languages besides your native language have you studied?
22 – World Yoga Day: Do you do yoga? How do you benefit from it?
23 – Digital Learning Day: What are the benefits of digital learning compared to other methods of learning? What are the disadvantages?
24 – International I Hate Coriander Day: Do you love or hate coriander? If you don't like it, what don't you like about it?
25 – Real Bread Week: Real bread refers to any type of bread that has been made without the use of processing aids or any other additives and includes any type of additive-free bread (e.g. pita, paratha, tortilla, oatcakes, roti, bagels, etc.). Do you, or have you ever, made bread? Do you use a bread maker? If you always buy rather than make bread, do you look for bread that at least claims to be additive-free, made from organic flour, etc.?
26 – Carpe Diem Day: Are you good at seizing the day? If not, what holds you back?
27 – Pokemon Day: Are you or is anybody in your family a Pokemon fanatic?
28 – Tooth Fairy Day: Did the tooth fairy visit you whenever one of your baby teeth fell out? If you have children, did/do you have the tooth fairy visit them when they lose teeth? Why or why not?
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