#childhood emblems

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+ [11-8-14] - Childhood Emblems. // 8/50.

Note: a majority of my Childhood Emblems are primarily foods and fruits, quite frankly, because I came to the U.S. and crashed into the harsh realisation that all foods do not taste the same everywhere.

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+ [8-6-14] - Childhood Emblems. // ph. 4/50.

Note: Saturday mornings were filled with the task of thorough top-to-bottom cleaning. “Come on! Can’t eat until we’re finished!”, bellowed my Mum.

An elaborate breakfast followed afterwards; fried plantains, yams, boiled Irish potatoes, egg stew or my mum’s variant of an Italian-style omelet. She never lets us forget she learned from one of her and my dad’s trips to Italy. The aroma would seize the air as the Sun seemed to rise from the small kitchen window, and set on the dining table in the next room.

Till today, I cannot entertain the thought of eating without having put forth work; must earn that meal. Till today, I am unapologetically committed to my Love for plantains.

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+ [13-6-14] - Childhood Emblems. // ph. 3/50 :: the marketplace .

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+ [3-6-14] - Childhood emblems // ph. 2/50 :: pineapples.

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+ [16-5-14] - You see a slew of quarters of watermelon, I see an emblem of my childhood sitting perfectly on a bed of ice.