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08 July, 2008

The tale of two capsicums

04:29:16 | Little Things, Random Musing | writeback (1)

Was staring very intendedly at the dishes during my dinner today, and made an interesting observation.

Apparently, a lot of ingredients being used in our food are simply there to add flavour, and not for actual consumption. Take for example, the chicken dish I had this evening. Two green capsicums were sliced and boiled together with the gravy but as far as I am concerned - no one in this family eats capsicums.

So, the capsicums were thrown out together with the rest of the gravy after all the chicken was finished.

Likewise, Singaporeans like to drink Bak Kut Teh - which according to Wikipedia, consists of pork ribs in a complex broth of herbs and spices, boiled together with pork bones for hours. My grandma prepares it every now and then, and what I often notice is how everyone gobbles up all the soup, but all the meat gets left behind.

Everything’s just for the flavour, it seems.

And people are now complaining of rising food prices. Does this mean that we should start cutting back on food wastage which occurs just the sake of extracting its flavour?

Then, an interesting idea struck me.

Is there a possibility that a brand new food industry will emerge in the coming years - which involves extracting the essence and flavour from foods and selling the au naturale ‘bottled essence’ to the masses?

As for the remaining, unused parts of the food, they can be donated to impoverished countries such as Africa and whatnot.

Minimizes the wastage, doesn’t it?

One may argue that such an industry already exists - but these are mostly artificial flavours often nowhere close to the real thing. Even if there are flavourings that uses real extracts, they are often tainted with poisons such as MSG. So there seems to be no real option for the health conscious who seeks the best so far.

But ah, well. It was just a random thought. I have no intention of heading into the food industry anyway - so if you are, my idea is yours to steal. (Hehehe.)

Okay, off to sleep.

And I don’t know why am I sitting here and rambling about capsicums at 4 in the morning.

06 July, 2008

The old Brenda is back. (Not age old. I mean … the old old.)

22:47:27 | Daily Life, Random Musing | writebacks (6)

You know what? Forget it. I’m over it.

I’ve password-protected the past three entries because they’re not fit to see the light of day again. Neither do I want to look at them and get reminded of the chain of events during the past two weeks. I’ve tried, I’ve failed, I’ve got bashed, I’ve landed my club in hot water - but all that is in the past. Why dwell on it?

I’ve made a few enemies but well, I don’t really care. Like my favourite quote goes - Always be yourself. Because the people that matter, don’t mind. And the ones that mind, don’t matter. I’m happy being me - regardless of whether my singing sucks or not.

Or whether the two nutcases I provoked think I’m a bigger nutcase. Because I know I’m a nutcase and I’m happy to be a nutcase. (In fact, I also love to kick nuts. Err … oops. That came out wrong.)

I’ve broken and threw out my recording microphone, wiped out all the minus one karaoke tracks from my computer (and all it’s backups) and almost all of my past recordings. I wouldn’t be singing for a long time, I’m going to push this whole thing aside (and try to forget that singing was ever my dream) and look forward.

BE GONE. -Kicks-

I don’t wish to talk about, hear about, or discuss about this issue with anyone ever again. Singing was a ‘going through a phase’ thing, I guess. And now I’ll turn back and fully focus on my primary interest all over again … which is photography.

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Meanwhile, I’ve been absolutely dizzy for coming to two weeks now - especially when I shift positions. For example, when I sit down and suddenly stand up, lie down and suddenly get up … well, you get the idea. My visits to the doctor is almost weekly now and each time, he always reports that my blood pressure is really low.

Oh, and last week, he shocked me by stating that I have anaemia. (Which is really odd because I drink a lot of Milo which is supposed to have a lot of iron - or so I’ve heard.) He pulled down my eyelids and they were a lot whiter than that of a normal person’s - so I’ve been taking iron pills for the past one week or so which tastes awful because they melt before you even try to swallow them with water.

I’ve some plans fer myself once I fully recover though (although it may take a while).

1) Weekly cycling trips at East Coast Beach.
I’ve been living here for almost half a year now and I have yet to step near that area despite the beach being just a stone’s throw away from my house. Head there, rent a bike and give my limbs a good workout. Partners wanted for this one, any volunteers?

2) Learn fishing
Because all the fishing mishaps that took place during the Pulau Sibu trip exactly one month ago still tickles me pink until now, I want to embark on the same activity again just for the laughs. (But someone else dehook the fish for me, please. I faint at the sight of blood.)

3) More photography
I still have one third of the Singapore Botanic Gardens left to photograph, and I want to go to the newly opened Southern Ridges for a nice, peaceful walk and get trigger happy too.

4) Travel
At least one more time. Even if it’s just Malaysia, I’ll be happy enough. Just as long as I’m out of this country.

In the meantime, I think I still have some interface designs to complete.

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