photo credits: Thomas Hawk

Life is full of transitions. From childhood to pre-teen to teenager to young adult to old geezer. During that time, we find that we go through a hell lot of physical, emotional, mental and spiritual upheaval. (Well, for me at least)

There are times when we find a path a little less taken to suit our current state of being and we may find that some people get skeptical about where your headed, appear unsupportive or may even snipe you down.

Despite being born on a tropical island in the equator, I never really ate fruits, except for an occasional piece of apple or watermelon slice and then, perhaps a coconut or two. There was just too many other yummy things to eat, everyone was main-course crazy anyway. And then, there was cake or pie. PIE.

I’ve been missing home lately. The types of fruits that visually reminded me of home. There would be abundant fruit stalls everywhere selling sliced guava with preserved plum powder dressing, pineapple slathered with dark soy sauce and fresh cut chilli peppers… you know, the works.

This is my cat Mr. P. Yes, as you can see,  Mr. P is in a diaper….but not for long.

He gets out of it within minutes. He abhors it. I have no choice but to line the entire couch and his private arm chair with diapers and masking tape. This is primarily the reason why I don’t have people over at my place. It’s an utter cat sty.

Spring is here. The weather is nice and sunny, which makes me really happy. Canada’s cold is not famous for nothing. I shall savour the happy turn of seasons with a cup of second cup soy matcha green tea Strawberry Salad. Though Second Cup is so close by…hmm

Strawberry Sprout Salad:

5 Large Strawberries

1 Red Apple

1 Orange

Handful of Soy bean Sprouts/ or just Bean Sprouts

Handful of Coriander

Chopped Raw Almonds

Sesame seeds for Topping

Dressing:

1 Tblspn Olive Oil

Other than live octopuses, penis fish,  fried roaches, refried worms and stinky rotten tofu, one of the bizarre foods that Asian culture offers is Natto. This stinky, sticky combo of raw grated ‘yamaimo‘ or  ‘Japanese mountain yam’ or ‘Chinese yam’ is da bomb! I totally had a period of Natto Craze, downing two Styrofoam packs of this yummy fermented textured goo without the yam-  with mustard, cayenne pepper black pepper and coriander- all in a go.

photo credits: strangejourney

Here are some reasons I can think of why that Meat eaters find Vegans baffling. Firstly, the idea of suffering of another person or living thing is a very abstract notion. We can only believe that the animals are suffering because they only seem to be suffering. Suffering is only real to us when we actually had a first-hand experience. This is similar to watching wrestling matches. Two giant hulks spitting insults at one another and performing Indian Deadlocks and Double Underhook back breakers.

Naked Salads are da bomb!!! They are nude but they taste so succulent and juicy and almost never go wrong with any fruit combination.

Mono-eating is pleasant. Leaves me feeling tranquil and mentally clear. I usually snarf food down without much thought but eating it naked allows me to savour every bite. I seldom do juicing, unless I am feeling tired and down, because I lurrrve the sensation of biting into juicy fruit. This is breakfast for Tuesday morning last week.

This platter is a 4 set combo: 2 small red delicious apples, 1/4 pineapple, 1 orange and 2 strawberries. Parsley for additional vitamin c.

photo credits: ambird

with the zits on my face. Yep, I said it, zits. Disgusting, horrible, detestable zits. As a young adult, I had acne and was on and off antibiotics for 2-3 years and in the third year I even took Accutane. It worked and I was clear for a year or so and then the zits returned with vengeance. I was frustrated and depressed. I didn’t want to ruin my liver by overdosing it with truckloads of Vitamin A found in Accutane, so I sought natural alternatives instead.

I’ve got Korean yellow- fleshed sweet potatoes (sweet potatoes, yam, whatever you call it) lying in the pantry threatening to grow mold. I was craving carbs but I think I kind of went a little overboard. Let’s do some math:

[Purple rice = (millet+ sorgum millet+ buckwheat+ brown and black rice)], x sweet potato x avocado= one full carb filled happy vegan.

So in the steamer the s.p or yammie goes. I steamed it on the top tray above some purple rice, intending to make a nice sushi roll. However, in the attempt of using up all the rice in the pot, my sushi transformed into a burrito. Err…

You know those days when you have a song playing in your head consecutively for days in a row? I having those days. The strangest thing is the choice of song my head chooses to loop:  Take That’s Back for Good. I figured it’s because it’s one of those songs that they put on rotation at departmental stores and shopping centres when I was a kid. But enough is enough. Is there a way to stop it ? If this continues, I reckon that it will cause me some serious long-term neuro damage. I’m going insane. Arrggggggggggggggh