Sunday, 18 January 2009 @ 15:43
Veggie Dreams
Hello, hello! It seems I've been tweeting more than blogging nowadays, because I don't have to write a lot and I can tweet easily with my phone. I still am going to keep this blog breathing, even though I don't know if anybody reads it. I don't mind if no one frequents this blog, because I don't really read other people's anymore either. Anyway, I just like having an outlet to express myself, other than through art. Writing helps me understand what I really am feeling or going through in words, and I'd like to be able to look at this page in a couple of years' time and relive once again what happened or what I felt today. Five days ago, I fought with my grandmother for trying to hit her cat with a rattan stick. It started off with telling her gently that the cat won't learn to stop jumping onto the table at dinnertime. She insisted she was teaching it. A screaming match ensued and we ended it with an agreement that she'd stop hitting her cats and I had to remember to fill up empty ice trays. That night, I made a vow to go vegetarian and right now I'm still a lacto-ovo vegetarian, meaning I still take eggs and dairy. I don't like milk but I might eat ice-cream or cheese once in a while. Trying to wean off of those stuff and to look for soy substitutes for them. I've found soy ice-cream at Mr. Bean and it is delicious! You have to try it, if you haven't already. It isn't really expensive, unless you're comparing it to the 50-cent vanilla cone at McDonald's, and there are Mr. Bean outlets all across Singapore.My grandma's being awfully sweet and is cooking quite-vegetarian meals for me. Even though it might not be totally vegetarian, I'm okay with it. After all, the other two in the house are sacrificing their meat for me and that is enough. I just leave out the meat and try not to think about the living creature it once was. After I move back home, I shall start planning my meals properly, stock up on inexpensive vegetarian foodstuff and look up on vegetarian eateries in Singapore, or at least places which do have vegetarian dishes. I'm converting to vegetarianism seriously this time and hope to stick with it until I die. My mom's told me that she would help me with my meals and although she won't give up her chicken, she said she'd like to try eating with me and losing some weight.I've given up on being anorexic and all that and I'm not doing this for the sake of losing weight, but being less likely to be obese is a side-effect of going veg and that's a plus. I'm doing this for the animals, my health and the environment.Did you know that the meat industry actually causes more global warming than all the cars, trucks, SUVs, ships and planes in the world combined? Did you know that eating meat is linked to many serious illnesses, such as heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer and osteoporosis?Did you know that farmed animals aren't under painkillers when they're castrated or when they have beaks or teeth sawed off? And in addition to the unjust pain they endure, chickens are actually really smart animals. Now how unfair is that? Research has proven that they're smarter than dogs, cats and even some primates. So are pigs. Don't you see how beautiful these animals are? Now imagine eating your own pet. Hard to stomach, no?I don't think my Home Economics teacher will be very pleased if she finds out I'm vegetarian. A few schoolmates and friends said it was stupid that I'm going vegetarian. Some are indifferent. Some think I'm weird, but aren't against it. I've got a couple of followers on Twitter who are vegetarian/vegan and it's nice knowing others like me, even if they're halfway across the world.I have a plan to go totally vegan, as in no meat, no dairy, no eggs, no fur, no leather, no animal-tested products, no animal products maybe within the next two years. I plan to be a volunteer at the SPCA and to become an animal activist when I'm older. I'm so happy that Cobra Starship have a fur-free ad on PETA. I'm so happy that Brendon Urie is vegetarian(and sexy too), although I don't know what his reasons are. And I'm really happy that Stella McCartney is a successful vegan fashion designer. I look up to her and her dad, whose also vegan, too.I hope I can make a difference and end animal cruelty.Bye.