When we talk about gestures of love, the most common ones we think of are hugs, kisses, or simply the words, “I love you”. But not everyone expresses love in the same way. And often, cooking a good meal for someone is an important gesture of love.

We cook with our hearts as much as with our hands, because when we cook for other people, it's to make them happy and content. And possibly the greatest payment that you could receive for your efforts is seeing the people at the table, enjoying what you’ve prepared for them.

So the next time you sit at the table, be thankful not only for all that has been prepared for you with time and care, but also for that person who loves you, who thought about you with every stir of the spoon, with every dash of salt, with every teaspoon of oil. We should take a moment to appreciate all that they've done for us. They deserve it. And gratitude is a form of love too!

Filmed in Singapore.
Featuring Ruqxana Vasanwala (https://cookerymagic.com)

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Who is Reflections of Life? We are Justine and Michael (previously known as Green Renaissance). We use our passion for filmmaking and our love of storytelling, to remind our audience of one simple truth – that we are all human. The more that we understand and believe in this interconnectedness, the more we will treat ourselves, one another, and planet earth with a greater sense of compassion.

Filming by Michael Raimondo
Editing by Justine du Toit
Sound mix by Tamryn Breakey

This video was produced in collaboration with The Everyday People, an online publication that shares inspiring stories of those living in Singapore. It is part of their ongoing video series "A Singapore Story".

Music tracks used in this film:
La Corrida De Toros by Trabant 33 (via Epidemic Sound)
Sky Blue by Yoav Ilan (via ArtList)
We, Alone by Bonn Fields (via Epidemic Sound)
Lovers by Kyle Cox (via Audiio)
Evaporating Feelings by Christian Andersen (via Epidemic Sound)
I'll Be Fine Bonn Fields (via Epidemic Sound)
Echoes of the Past by Kashido (via ArtList)

A huge thank you to these guys, who gave so generously of their to time to help with translations, enabling us to provide subtitles in the following languages:
Bulgarian by Polina Stoyanova
Chinese (Traditional and Simplified) by ShunYing Lu
Dutch by Karla Greven
English by Justine du Toit
French by Amélie Macoin
Georgian by Qeti Giorgadze
German by Tanja Pütz
Greek by Vicky Polychroni
Hebrew by Iris Hanochi
Hungarian by Zorka Evetovics
Indonesian by Ary Nuansa
Italian by Grazia Gironella
Macedonian by Lidija Pusevska Markovska
Malay by Arman Shah
Polish by Anna Konieczna
Portuguese by Sibylle Steinpass and Lucivani Valvassori
Slovak by Zuzana Beratsova
Slovenian by Jasmina Kovačič
Spanish by Emanuel Mori
Ukrainian by Olha Yurchyk
Vietnamese by Thi Le