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My favourite food on a stick - dim sums!

Cylinder cake

Born This Way Ball - Seoul, South Korea 4/27/12

This dish was bought by my grandmother when she moved into her house over 50 years ago and its still in use today. As a child I never realised how iconic it would become but more importantly, how comforted I am to know its still around.

The older I get the sadder I feel knowing one day I will see this dish on it own, without its owner cooking by its side. Thats my grandmother in the background of this pic and I will cherish her and love her for as long as I can.

Cherish your elderly loved ones today, hug them tight and never forget the love they have for you. They are as precious as the new lives who come into your world.

ANZAC DAY: The Significance
On 25 April 1915, eight months into the First World War, Allied soldiers landed on the shores of the Gallipoli peninsula. The forces from New Zealand and Australia, fighting as part of the ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps), played an important part in the Gallipoli campaign.

The Gallipoli campaign was a costly failure for the Allies, who after nine months abandoned it and evacuated their surviving troops. Almost a third of the New Zealanders taking part had been killed; the communities they came from had counted the cost in the lengthy casualty lists that appeared in their newspapers. And the sacrifice seemed to have been in vain, for the under-resourced and poorly-conducted campaign did not have any significant influence on the outcome of the war.

 Great suffering was caused to a small country by the loss of so many of its young men. But the Gallipoli campaign showcased attitudes and attributes - bravery, tenacity, practicality, ingenuity, loyalty to King and comrades - that helped New Zealand define itself as a nation, even as it fought unquestioningly on the other side of the world in the name of the British Empire.

On Anzac Day we honour those who fought and lost their lives. Lest We Forget.