100th post: It's time for change!

The internet is being so crappy today, most probably because it is the last day of the perpaid plan? I don't know. We will have to go down to the service centre again to get the plan again.  I'm definitely quite upset because i intended to have a good chat with my family and iris. I have one million reason to be pissed off. In India, it is so much easier to feel this way.

But hey it is the 100th post and I should not dwell on it and be so upset! (Actually i'm not even very upset because i'm too use to things going wrong here) I want to talk about change! Change change change! This word has been going round and round in my head whole day. Change is happening all around me. Everything here is a huge leap from home and everything require extra patience and effort. But i realise one thing. Change is ever happening and it is always around us. Just whether it is big or small. And whether we want to do it or not. 

I realise coming to India, God has successfully striped me of all things that i could possibly have. My family, eugene, church, cell, money, water, electricity, water, proper food, hair...and the list goes on. These were things that have distracted me. (most of the time in a good way) But they distracted me from God, from His purpose in my life. When He took all these away, what did i have left? Him.

It is now up to me how I could embrace this huge drastic change in my life. Nobody to whine to, no shoulders to cry on, no sister to feed me, no parents to nag me, no eugene to pamper me, no iris to ask for help, no water to bath, no light to see... So what will i do?! Hate this place?! Hate every single person i see?! Fly back to singapore? No. Instead God changed my viewpoint and i realized what He wanted me to learn. I still do not what is His Big plan. But I do know that i need to change my perspective of the situation and put my eyes on Him. Hey Yu Jie, let go! Let Him lead! Stop being so stubborn!

Change is all round us! We cannot let God work in us if we don't want to change! I also come to understand that change is stem from Love, which is the greatest of all! I changed my mindset about my situation because at the end of the day I know God loves me and I (always trying) to love Him. So i know it is time for me to change. In fact now i have learnt to see the beauty of India. I do not mean the scenery, but the way people live their life. They are actually very environmentally friendly and they are a country of toughest people who try their very best to make a living despite the condition of their surrounding. They are so innovative with their use of materials and they do not use unnecessary things. ( Only things they really need). They love their country and their culture. 

How do i change my lifestyle to fit into this place? Change and be humble!

Another big change i want to talk about (again!) is diet. I know maybe you are tired of me harping on about it~ But hey it is my 100th post and i have the right to yea? I know alot of people find it hard to accept the fact about factory farming and vegetarian diet. But it is really asking yourself, why do i want to do it? Why should i do it? I did it because i realised that, God i cannot be doing this to your earth, your animals(unethical and cruel farming) and your people(worker who are under-paid and starving countries)! Time for a Big change! Change is always easier when you know why you are doing it and what you are doing ti for! It is a huge change in your life. It is not easy. but are you willing to do it? I'm sure it is easier than coming India! Lol!

First of all change your heart, change your perspective and everything else will come naturally:D Stop hugging onto all those old mindsets! We should be flexible and influential! You never know where God leads!

I think more changes are coming! I'm looking forward to them:D

Blessing in disguise

Remember how i was complaining about the water shortage?

Even though it may seems so terrible in the eyes of a Singaporean, but if I choose to see it in faith. It is actually God's best way of training my to wake up! The water comes at 6am and I have no choice but to make up at 6 so that i can bathe and wash my clothes in peace. So i totally am forcing myself to wake up early and this actually gives my ample time to have a bit of prayer and Bible reading time:D Amazing isn't it?!  If it is not for this situation, I'll never have been able to wake up and with my day schedule, it is impossible to have any form of QT. So i gotta learn to sleep earlier and wake up earlier, even though i am already waking up at 7, but 6am will be much better:D

Faith is trusting what the eye can’t see.

Eyes see the prowling lion. Faith sees Daniel’s angel.

Eyes see storms. Faith sees Noah’s rainbow.

Your eyes see your faults. Your faith sees your Savior.

Your eyes see your guilt. Your faith sees his blood.


Got this from Princess blog! It is a great way for me to learn to change my perspective of my life in India:)


Oh i had such a great time chatting with QQ yesterday(even though we talked till VERY late and i couldn't wake up that early) but it made me realize how essential it is to have a good chat with your good friends once in a while:D

How to kick off!

I'm thankful and amaze on the way God works! Totally blown away! I will never in my entire life expected God to use my blog to make people realise what vegetarianism and veganism is all about! I'm so touched by how God has helped people understand how i feel! Finally! Thank God!!!


So i really think just like how we must follow up with baby Christians i should be responsible to help you guys start your vegetarian diet or at least eat much lesser meat or animal product! Yup i'm trying to be vegan! I really feel that it is quite essential that I provide some tips because personally it would have been much easier for me if someone had gave me tips while i just started off. I'm not a pro and it is definitely much better if you guys can do some research on your own. Find the best way that can fit you!


First off, just try cutting down on your meat intake, if you have no choice or you feel tempted, choose fish! It is the healthier option. Don't eat beef or chicken, especially beef! They are super horrible for our environment! Worldwide, beef production contributes more substantially to climate change than the entire transportation sector! Yikes! Practical tip for eating out: Best if you can find a vegetarian stall but if you can't find one, you can always choose vege options from cai fan stall or malay briyani stall. For the bedok people, the coffee shop near bedok library(the one with Aston's) has a really good vegetarian store. I feel the niang dou fu is a much healthier option than normal vegetarian. 


For a start i think it is mush easier if you go visit vegetarian store and get your meal. But not only is it not that many options in Singapore,  it is often unhealthy because it is so oily and processed fake meat product. It is good for a start but in the long run, i really want to encourage everyone to just up your intake of veggies, fruits, multi grains, tofu and tempeh!


You may start exclaiming that hey no way man, i don't want to be like a goat and it is so difficult! Yu Jie it is easier for you because you always eat these kind of food! I know i have grown up in an environment that is much more exposed to veggie and food than all of you. But really eating healthily is much better for you and the environment and most likely your family and future family!


Next step, it is probably to learn to cook some simple stuff or pack your own simple lunches. I know how difficult it is to get a good healthy and yummy vegetarian lunch! One easy thing is probably sandwiches! At least it is vegetarian! One good delicious tip, toast your bread, add lettuce(hydroponics lettuce!), tomatoes slices, cheese and juicy pear/apple slices! It is easy and healthy! So So fast to make and if you find it not filling, you can always pack organic apple, cucumber, carrot.... etc to go with it! Light and healthy!


Once you get use to packing your own lunch, learn to cook simple dishes! simple vegan dishes! Veggie pasta, salad(so much combination!) and my current craze- scramble tofu!!! So good and you can always pack one early for your lunch! Why i keep emphasizing on packing lunch is because i understand how we are always our at school or work and it is best to just have a good vegetarian lunch prepared!


When you cook your own food, it is always healthier (much more!) and environmentally friendly! Go find a pretty lunch box and you won't need those Styrofoam or plastic containers anymore! If you are willing to spend money and want something totally healthy, please go to Salad Stop! It if so super good! Make you own salad for around $7-8 and you can add as many stuff as you want and they have such a huge range of veggie/fruits/nuts. Their salad dressing are great too! I know it is a bit too much for salad! You should make your own!!! I totally love salad and there are so many great blogs that have such fantastic recipes!


Go these blogs:
Choosing Raw
Vegan Yum Yum
Vegetarian Society Singapore
Crazy Sexy Life

This it is for now, do note that these are not christian blogs and there are some things that are not my take of life. I want  you guys to know that you can be a vegetarian and a Christian at the same time:D

Global Warming causes extreme effect on the climate

It is suppose to be monsoon season in Pune. Yet we are living in water shortage. 

This is what happens when you ignore the Earth.

India sometimes makes me feel this way

Love- Join the revolution!

“I’m only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something, and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do that something I can do.” 
–Helen Keller 






“God, how can You stand seeing all the pain—starving children, human trafficking, genocide, injustice, degradation, unbelievable pain, poverty—in the world and not do something?” 

I don’t even know that I was really expecting to get an answer, but I just asked Him. Immediately His answer came back: “I work through people. I’m waiting for My people to arise and do something.” 


Read. A very apt article for me. Thank God for speaking to me through unexpected people and situation. 

It is not suppose to be a cruel world...

I’m a person who like to see change happen. Good changes of course. If a bad situation happens I either do my best to change it or I becoming very upset and hide away and totally ignore it. A bit extreme I know but i just notice this is how i am. Which is why i often avoid things or become ‘lazy’. Not because I don’t want to do anything about it, but it is often too big for me to handle. Which is why I am always so firm on what I believe in. Which is also why a lot of people see me as being very stubborn and fussy. I’m sorry but i have to get things right.

This brings me to why I became a vegetarian. I didn't become one so that everyone will think that i’m ‘SO HEALTHY’ or act so elitist when I’m eating. Or even part of my eating problem. Yes I admit I DID  have an eating problem. But I became a vegetarian not to become slimmer. NO NO NO. One good thing about coming to India, I have manage to overcome my eating fears. Mostly because I have to think about Leonard and feed him (with what i cook) and I just have too much work to do and not enough to eat most of the time and also lots of diarrhoea. Ok that is off track. But no vegetarianism is NOT because i want to eat less or become slimmer!

I learnt about it through my school IP project and read up alot of books and got alot of information on what factory farming and meat consumption if doing our planet. I decided that yes I want to change, I want to make a difference. See? I saw that i could a make a difference with what I eat and decided that yes i will make this change happen. How can I after knowing the environmental impact of meat production still eat meat? How can I knowing how cruel the factories are at rearing all these animals still consume them? How can I knowing that people, kids are going hungry because of the lack of grains that are going to all these animals still eat meat?! You can??! Sorry I can’t. If i can make a difference I will and I will try my best to persuade those around me. How can i allow people I love and care about consume animals after knowing the amount of antibiotics and “shit” that goes into them?! Sorry you can but I can’t and I will do my best to persuade you not to consume meat. It is NOT because i want to attract peple’s attention or be laugh at or be made into a joke. It is not.

Do you guys know how difficult it is? That people is always making sarcastic remarks? Stuff like hey trees are also living things you know? They have feelings too? Erm excuse me? What rubbish are you saying? They have not read about factory farming and they come argue with me like that?! The stuff people say to you can be really hurtful. 80% of the time i receive remarks like these. Hey people, if you cannot have the courage nor self-control to be a vegetarian, who are you to be so mean to me? Don’t ever try to act smart in front of me. Because I know my small act at each meal makes a more positive change to the environment my God created than that piece of factory farmed crap you are eating. God created the animals and the environment for us to love and care for, not to slaughter and make a crap out of. Yes the Bible says we can eat meat, BUT NOT IN THIS UNETHICAL manner. Get it?!

Sorry about being so emotional. I cannot help it i guess. I keep getting all these mean remarks from people and they are hurting me and my sisters. It is totally unfair.

Another big issue I’m facing now is Christianity in India. I seriously doubt if there are many Christians here, I doubt if there is a charismatic church. It upsets me to come to face this reality. I can feel it. The whole atmosphere. You can’t blame the people here for how they act and the way they live. India is a overpopulated country. They have problems feeding this many people. Everyone is trying to survive in this country. It is no surprise that they are always trying to cheat our(2 young n blur Chinese) money. No surprise at all. I found something that is really lacking. Love. Love between people. Yes they are friendly(i mean my colleagues) But they need to survive more than anything else. But as i travel around, seeing so many kids asking for alms, people sleeping on the streets, kids without shoes, walking in between the crazy traffic just to sell some flowers/ toys for a few rupees... It hurts. It hurts alot. People just ignore them. Me included. I dare not do anything to help. I feel so totally worthless seeing how much they need help. THEY DON’T DESERVE  to live like that! I’m upset about how i cannot make a change int their lives. They don’t know what love is. They don’t know that Our Heaven;y Father loves them! I’m really upset and confuse whenever I think about this. And i’m always thinking about it. 

Why...Why... Why must they live like that...How do i spread God’s love to them? How to they live each day without love, hope and faith?

Dear God, how do i make change happen? How do i let those in need know that there is love, the greatest love of all from You? I feel so small, tiny and helpless in this BIG country. 

4th week!!! One month!

I’m so blur, i forgot to upload last weekend’s post-_-

So we spent most of last weekend and the first part of this week being sick. Terrible flu and sore throat. It felt horrible to be sick and nobody to take care of you. People who usually care for me are my family and Eugene and they are so far away from meL I miss home a lot. India is exciting and I really quite like my work and supervisor but being away from home and having to do everything on your own....not fun. And lonely.

We went to Dorabjee’s again yesterday to get more stuff for cooking. Yea we are saving up by cooking and I have cooked every dinner since last Sunday. We even had scramble paneer for lunch today. Very yummy! Who needs eggs when you get tofu?! It’s definitely a better alternative to eggs so I’m really glad i tried a new recipe today! I’m getting closer to my dream of becoming a vegan! I haven’t drank milk and eat eggs for a long time~ I just have to find ways of cutting down on yogurt(curd!) and ice cream!! Hmmm maybe make my own ice cream when i get back to Singapore? Well, this topic will continue later~

We also went to walk around a bit yesterday, following the Pune Guide that we got from the company, we found Kayani Bakery! I’m so glad we found this place! Mind you, it looks nothing like our singapore breadtalk or four leafs! It had no shelves or whatsoever only one big counter with lots of people squeezing in front of it. They are famous for their butter cookies! Especially the Shrewsbury ones and that was what we got! We bought half a kg of Shrewsbury and Brazilian nut and a small loaf of brown bread! Yummy! Totally love the cookies! It is definitely a bit too much for the both of us! Half a kg each! I think i’ll gain weight from it! Haha! But I’ll definitely pack them back for my family and the princesses! Yummy cookies coming your way in 2 months time!! YES!! 2 more months!!! One third through this internship!

We saw a giant cow moo in the middle of the street, a poor dog dead in the middle of the street little puppies roaming around, crazy rickshaw driver  having a fist fight with his passenger.. yes this is India! Drama is norm. We bought some yummy super yummy pink guava from the road side. Small and pink! You never get such good stuff in Singapore! The fruits here are really divine! Custard apple, pomegranate and now guavas! They are guavas are so sweet! It is not a popular fruit in Singapore because it taste so---blah~~ But in India, they are super good! I hope the guava season last till Oct! So i can bring some back! Oddly the things that excite me most here is food! I love trying their fruits and baked goods. Hmm so far I haven’t got to try any really good India food yet, it is definitely on my list of must try. The Little India restaurant still trash the Indian food i had so far.

Today is also India’s independence day! So there were lots of discount going on yesterday! I managed to get a good bargain of 3 books at only 99 rupees!! That is like $3.30 SGD! Yea! Actually my sole purpose is to get this book call Planet Chicken, it was around 149 rupees last week and i was tempted to buy because it is only $5 SGD but thank God I didn’t!!! Now i got it for only $1.30! Because 99 divide by 3:D I sound so auntie:X But I’m really thankful that God only allow me to buy this week! It will be a good book for me, my family and all those around me! I’ll have more information to bombard to regarding that scary chicken on your plateJ

I shall end this post on a cheery note since what the next post will be a little heavy and I don’t want to upset you by forcing it on you~

3rd week!

3^rd week!!!

I hope time flies~ I really miss Singapore and can’t wait to go back. I should try not to feel this way but I can’t help it. I’m tried and sick and so is leonard. Both of use having a terrible cold and i’m having this weird cough. I also wish that my hair will stop dropping. It looks so scary now:(

We had a tough week, Ots and late nights and horrible meals. Plus the virus in us.Can’t help but wish I was back in sg. I know i can take it and it is quite an exciting and different experience. But i gotta be truthful and admit i miss singapore. I miss the care of my family and Eugene. I miss not having to worry about every little details in life.

We went out alone whole day yesterday. To SGS mall which is near M.G. Rd. It is like a Malaysia mall? But worse. Only 2 stories but being inside we fell much safer and a bit of home. We had macdonald!! Yum! Vegetarian alternatives!!! Leonard had a vege patty meal and i had a paneer salsa wholewheet wrap. Very niceJ How i wish Singapore can have these alternatives too. It’ll make life much easier for me sometimes when i’m in a rush and need a quick bite. Fries also tasted great suddenly! Haha.The mall had The Body Shop, Esprit, Adidas etc. We went to Landmark after lunch, it is a bit like Borders, just that I don’t know why the books are so dusty. I found an interesting but poorly designed book called the How to Save the Planet. It gave quite practical and step by step ways to save the earth in every possible way from daily life to eating. Quite good but just that it is too brief, it’ll be good for youngsters. It gave me quite a bit of inspiration for FYP. We spent quite a long time there and Leonard bought a book to read.

Next stop—Dojabee, one of the better super market that import international brands. It is still smaller than bedok NTUC but it will have to do for now. Bought salad greens, tomatoes, corn, button mushroom, sliced veggie mix, paneer masala mix, paneer, curd, nutella and MILO! Hahahaaha. Leonard insisted on buying it because he really need it to feel a sense of home. It is very expensive! Around $10 sgd for one small can. Even the KOKA noodles here are expensive $1 sgd for a small individual pack, the price of 5 of it add together. The international brands are all quite expensive! We went back to SGS mall after that for chinese fast food. It’s call YO China! LOL! Chinese food with chinese prices. So funny! Leonard find the tag line really crappy. We had a fried rice combo with szchuan vege and manchuan thingy. No idea what it is. It tasted quite like our za chai fun but worse. Thoug it was quite popular and people were queuing up to get it. SGS mall also has the most number of Asians and Caucasian we have seen so far. It is quite comforting to see other Asians in India.

On the way back we stopped earlier at a fruit store to get custard apple, pomegranate and apple. Only to realise we stopped too early and there was a better and nearer fruit stall on the way down. We bought 2 more custard apples because they looked so big and yummy. The custard apple and pomegranate here is so much cheaper than Singapore! And they are so good for our health. So i’m planning on eating as much of it as possible while i’m hereJ

We cleaned the house again today! It get so dirty in just one week because of the dusty air and falling hairL I made us a salad for lunch and i’m planning on cooking a paneer masala later on for dinner. It will be quite easy with the ready mixed masala(spice in Hindi).

I think one of the reason we are sick is because of the bad air quality. It is very super dusty and carrying a scarf of cloth to cover your face is a must when you get out on the street and even on 2 seater. Good thing i bought along my scarf! We saw giant cows, goats and basket-ed chicken during our travel and lots of spitting men.

It’s exciting but i can’t help but wish it will end soon. I’m sick and tired~~~

oh my cauliflowerhead!!!

i miss my hair!!!! come back my dear hair!! if u come back i will not complain about you anymore!!! Please come back to me!!! I love you so much!!! I cannot live without you!!! My hair!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dear everybody, PLEASE pray for my hair! I don't now why it is falling at such an amazing rate. I'm really upset over it:(

Count your blessings~

I finally managed to attend a bit of service today!! yea!!! Yuhan brought the laptop to church and I managed to catch the end of the sermon! Lan mu shi even prayed for me!!! I'm so touched! I could feel the Holy Spirit working in me even when i'm million of miles away from the church. I miss yous guys so so much! My big family. Your guys should really appreciate your time of prayer and worship and sunday services. It is actually a God-given blessing!!!! I really learn how to appreciate all these seemingly little things when i'm here in India. I miss EN community so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I miss Princess cell so much!!!! Thank you all for the prayers! I really pray that the next week cell outing will be a blast!! Let the Holy Spirit work on Saturday!!:) I want to go!!!!!

Either Or~

I'm finally able to blog! After so long of not being able to do so~ This week passed much quicker than the previous one, I think it is because we are getting used to our life and there is a certain routine. We have got a gigantic pail to store water in case of water shortage, heating rod in case the water heater is not working, torchlight and candles for the electricity cuts. Life has become much easier even though the situation and environment is still the same but our view and way of dealing with it have changed tremendously. We also spent bear 3 hours cleaning the whole house today. We bought a mop and a proper plastic broom. We actually mopped our room thrice to make sure it is super clean so now, we don't wear our slippers in. It is a good thin the weather here is so cooling, we didn't sweat at all during the whole process. I feel much more comfortable in the house now:)


Didn't get to share the crazy 2-seater u-turn... LOL! For a 2 seater to get to our place it has to go a really big round and it is quite troublesome for the driver and we did not know that there is actually a u-turn in that area which shorten the whole distance by quite a bit. It is actually this tunnel under the road. I told u guys about how it is monsoon now so that underground tunnel is ALWAYS flooded! So it cranky 2-seater driving thgouh it is quite an advernture! We were super shocked during our first ride. Remember there is no doors for these vehicles?! ya so it was quite a thrilling ride in the rainy weather. We took 2 seaters back from the office because the company finally gave use some stuff. We now have the small gas tank to cook and boil water, a fridge, a table, 2 chairs and utensils! yea~~ We managed to make hot drinks from the million packets of stuff my mum made me brought here. I'm NOT carrying them back to sg, so we really have to finish them!

Forgot to say, during one of our rides back home we had to carry 2 chairs with us and it was uber squeezy inside. Both of us holding the chairs, it was impossible to move. And it made travelling along the tunnel even more exciting~~~ haha.

Oh I'm going to share about the exciting day we had yesterday. It was Saturday so we ventured out to Muhammad Gandhi Road, (M.G Rd), as we had been talking about it during the pass week. The auto(2-seater) ride there was a crazy and wet one. India is giant size and Pune is BIG (size of sg) sp we took quite a long ride on the auto and it began raining quite crazily. And the auto had no doors so naturally we go a BIG SPLASH of mud water when some cazy bus driver drove by. -_-" hate it. eww. This happened twice!

We finally managed to get there and walked around aimlessly. We saw this BIG cow sitting in the middle of the walkway, i don't know if it is going to die soon. there are lots of cow here. We even saw this big herd of them walking pass the middle of a junction. SO amusing! While walking around, these indian ladies carrying their kids started to confront us, begging for money. They were quite daring, even touching me on the shoulders. the poor kid wasn't even wearing pants. We walked in front of the posh shop, hopping the guards will help drive them away because we got no where to go and they were really persistent. I dare not even take out my money because this road really had lots of beggars and i was afraid they will all flood to us if i was to give one of them. The guard really got out to chase them away while i was calling Rochana because she wanted to bring us somewhere nice for lunch. In the end we went to hide at Barrista again because this road was getting a bit too much for us.

Before we even began drinking our teas and coffee, Rochana called and we had to rush out to meet her. I had to take my earl grey along in a lid-less paper cup. Rochana brought us to this really great place called the 11th east street. They had this vintage red london bus inside which was converted into a bakery with comfy cushions. The whole place was designes like a england street, complete with fountain and lamp posts. They had an intercontinental menu and the food was the best we had so far! We orded a grilled salad(!), crab cakes, grilled mustard fish and mushroom lover buttered rice. Of course i ate the meatless stuff! Don't u dare start doubting me! haha. I had a nice cranberry mocktail too. We finished off with banana pie with vanilla ice cream and chocolate indulgence cake. The food were fabulous and we spent a long time there, mostly because we had to wait quite long for the food. But the service was quite good. The waiter and sercuity guard wore quite cute uniforms! haha.

Next Rochana drove us to this building with some really nice shops, while she headed out to get some furniture. We went to Curiosity first where they had really nice nick knacks and quite a lot of the items were made by people from homes and orphanages. They had really beautifully textured wrapping paper too!! at only 50cent sg dollars!!!:) Then we went to Crosswords which is a book store very much like our local MPH. We spent quite a long time there because i was so immersed into reading these 2 books, one about poverty in India and the other about child sexual abuse in the middle and high class indians. I really am contemplating whether i should get them... The books gave me a LOt to think about. Lastly we went to Either Or! It is such a fabulous shop! totally love it! It beats all the shops on Haji Land and the prices are so affordable! I know where to get souvenirs now! This shop has alot sorts stuff and alot were made of recycled materials! Love it! they have some really nice fabrics for the clothes and lovely accessories:D There was also this super cute pig push toy with 4 piglets attached to it! Reminded me of he pig family living near us. I hope it will be there when we go back during the end of our stay here, i really want to get it for yu rou! They also had this coin pouch made from read coconut!! It was so cute!! Leonard and I really wanted to get that! They also have this range of paper goods made from elephant dung! So cool! I want to get so much stuff from there! I must save up more!

We had a terrible time going back because Rochana dropped us off at the highway because her drive was in a rush. it was 9+ and there was hardly any 2 or 6 seaters. There were lots of people and all were hitching rides and rushing to any autos that came by. Both of us were so noob standing there in shock at the dark highway.(the lamp post was spoiled) We finally got a 6 seater after more than half an hour. Such a scary way to end our day. We finally cooked maggie mee on our own! cus we hadn't had dinner. actually is i cook leonard eat la. But it was really easy to cook~~

(don't u think this"~" looks like maggie mee? hahahaaha. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)