A Memoir - This Month Last Year - Mar 2020 www.thelifesway.com #TheLifesWay

 Hi Friends, 

March 2020 was the time when the Covid-19 has hit the world all around and the whole world came to a standstill with lockdown in place. People were buying toilet papers and sanitisers in bulk and collecting a lot of cigarettes and alcohol as you don't know what you will need and how long the lockdown will last too. 

1. #BloggersBrunch2020 to Remember @LaVieEnRose17 #KCCLaVieEnRose #TLWReviews - 

 - The month of March started with a blogger brunch with La Vie En Rose restaurant in Killarney Country Club and I totally enjoyed meeting with other fellow bloggers. It was a pleasant morning and totally loved eating at the club and capturing the beauty of food and place. 

2. My Tryst with #Loadshedding - Is it New or Lifelong? - Loadshedding is still happening and feels like we are never going to overcome this in our lives. I wrote this article from my life experience in India and South Africa thereafter. The electricity never used to go in the Sandton area but lately, it has been a regular in this locality too but I have the Buco Hardware sponsored Magneto Rechargeable Compact LED with me which I am carrying everywhere now and is available for R200 for 2 at Pick n Pay. 

3. #TheLifesWayReviews - #FujifilmXT100 Camera @Fujifilm_SA #7YearsofTheLifesWay #1950Post - https://www.thelifesway.com/2020/03/thelifeswayreviews-fujifilmxt100-camera.html - I got the opportunity to review the new Fujifilm XT100 camera which was really something and I took it for a ride around the town and even won some prizes using the same. The compact size of the camera makes it portable and also the look and feel of this camera is superb. 

Taken using the Google Pixel 4 camera of my brother who came from the USA to meet us in Dubai

4. #TheLifesWayCaptures - Miracle Garden #Dubai #UAE - #PhotoReviews

#TheLifesWayCaptures - Miracle Garden #Dubai #UAE Continues - #PhotoReviews

#TheLifesWayCaptures - Miracle Garden #Dubai #UAE Final Post - #PhotoReviews

#TheLifesWayCaptures - Dubai Marina Walk #Dubai #UAE - #PhotoReviews

#TheLifesWayCaptures - Dubai Marina Mall #Dubai #UAE - #PhotoReviews

#TheLifesWayCaptures - @JaguarSA #JLRExperience #Lonehill - #PhotoReviews

#TheLifesWayCaptures - @LandRoverZA #JLRExperience #Lonehill - #PhotoReviews

#TheLifesWayCaptures - @HafizMustafa_tr #HafizMustafa1864 @TheDubaiMall - #PhotoReviews

#TheLifesWayCaptures - @HafizMustafa_tr #HafizMustafa II @TheDubaiMall #PhotoReviews

#TheLifesWayCaptures - @MeraasDubai #LaMer #MeraasDubai #PhotoReviews

#TheLifesWayCaptures - @LaMerDubai #LaMerDubai #Meraas II #PhotoReviews

#TheLifesWayCaptures - @LaMerDubai #LaMerDubai #Meraas III #PhotoReviews

The work from home situation gave some time where I revived the photo series which I used to do at the start of my blogging career and also a trip to Dubai really gave me a lot of material to post as the place is lovely and ready to be shared with all my readers and social media followers. Enjoy some of these posts which I posted in March 2020. 

5. #TheLifesWayReviews - #UFlex #Bluetooth Headphones @SamsungMobileSA #ProductReview - https://www.thelifesway.com/2020/03/thelifeswayreviews-uflex-bluetooth.html - I also started putting a lot of pending blog posts for all the gadgets I own or won in my life. Samsung uFlex is one of the wireless earphones which I have owned for many years but used very less but during the lockdown, I used them aggressively and shared my opinion. I have also gifted 3 pairs of Samsung uFlex to my friends so far too as I won them during some of the launch events in Sandton City and their Twitter contest. Throughout this year and last year, Samsung is distributing Galaxy Buds+ but I didn't have so much luck winning any pair. Let's continue to participate and let's see what the future holds for me. 

Life will give you something which you need to think about and take decisions and then enjoy the benefit or failure of those decisions, but never stop making them at all. Keep on making them and strengthening your thinking pattern. Connect the dots and keep relooking at all your mistakes but taking some time out from all the social media, phone and other disturbing chaos to be yourself. It can be spending some time at a local cafe and enjoying a pot of tea or a cold milkshake. 

Cheers!!!

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#TheLifesWayCaptures - @HafizMustafa_tr #HafizMustafa II @TheDubaiMall #PhotoReviews

Hi Friends, 

You can imagine how difficult is it to sustain the confectionary business where we see that the chocolates we used to eat in our childhood are no longer in the country and we are talking about the shop which was opened in Hamidiye Street during the Ottoman Empire in 1864 and is still standing tall.

Though founded by the father named Ismail Hakki Zade, the shop is on the name of his son Hafiz Mustafa who invented and founded Pogaca which are palm-sized buns with or without any kind of filling. Though father also was selling Akide which is hard candy.

Hafiz Mustafa was so good that he won 11 awards in Europe between 1926 to 1938 for his delicacies in the field of confectionary. Later his son Cecil took over before taken over by his wife and daughter. This is told that during this time the professionalism to be the world leaders made the confectionary gain word of mouth.

The company has changed hands thrice in the last 156 years of history and always been serving customers from around the world with the best of Baklavas, Turkish delights, hard candies, milk puddings, cakes, and many more items.

Despite being such a successful brand, the staff was cordial and helped to get you to your tongue's experimentation with various kinds of flavors with all respect. They never told no or pressured you to buy because they know you will as the taste slowly grows on you if you are eating for the first time also.

They offer sweets in different containers which can be called as gift-ready or collectibles if you like tin containers to keep your valuables later. Also, you can choose a single piece of different items and they will pack everything for you to enjoy at your leisure at home.

The baklava is mouth-watering and my wife totally loved the Pista version of the same. I really liked the Turkish delight in the Pomegranate flavor. The rates will be a bit higher as already told as compared to the rates at Duty-free shops in airports offering various other kinds of Turkish delights and baklava.

If you are visiting Istanbul or Dubai, do check out this shop in Dubai Mall if in Dubai and check more of the picture in my first part of Hafiz Mustafa Photo Review. As I am reminding myself, my mouth is watering to get these delicacies again in my life sometime soon. Till that time keep safe and enjoy the next post and don't forget to follow me on TheLifesWay. 

Namaste!!!

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#TheLifesWayCaptures - @HafizMustafa_tr #HafizMustafa1864 @TheDubaiMall - #PhotoReviews

Hi Friends, 

Someone rightly said that to win the heart of anyone, you need to make his tongue happy and what's better than a dessert which he can't say no to. I have always been a fan of chocolates, candies, sweets and whatever has sugar in it. 

Delicacies like these don't come cheap and when you are standing in the biggest mall in Dubai named Dubai Mall, you don't think about saving money. Once you have tasted the testers offered by the store, I don't think you can come out without buying even the cheapest one on display. 

Dubai Mall has more footfall than anything else in the world even New York Times Square in a calendar year. Dubai Mall has everything a person can desire in his life from the Apple store to a luxurious apartment in Burj Khalifa. 

Hafiz Mustafa is an Istanbul based company founded in 1864 and making the best Turkish Delights and Baklava since then. They have definitely maintained quality and offer you the best of the best in their trade. 

Don't forget the name if you are in Dubai Mall just came out of Burj Khalifa the shop is right there and also they have a cafe to take care of your coffee and tea requirements. 

There will be something for every age and sugar level intake at this shop. 

I totally fell in love with the presentation of food items on the shopping windows and all these photos are what is displayed in the windows. 

The child in me really wanted all the candies inside this tray as I wanted to grab them in my hands and start munching the Turkish delights in different tastes and flavors. 

They also offer plenty of suitable gift items in your price range to take the best Turkish delights and baklava for your loved ones across the world. Follow me on my travel-related Instagram handle - @thelifesway and comment, share and repost. In the end, I would definitely say that these items on the shelved definitely took my heart away into the fantasy world of Willy Wonka. 

Namaste!!!

Contact Aashish Rai Jain at thelifesway@gmail.com or editor@thelifesway.com to discuss your products, launch events, and services. #TheLifesWay #PhotoYatra #7YearsofTheLifesWay #NoFreePosts. TheLife'sWay charges a blogging fee for the time and efforts to join a new campaign or an existing one based on your requirements. Namaste!