Simple&Vegie

Nomnomnom.
So I love cooking.  I'm sure that has been established.  I love GOOD FOOD but it has to be easy 90% of the time or I won't make it.  I'm going to start adding recipes regularly to my blog although I have to run and go babysitting now so I'll add these ones later.

Pasta with Jamie Oliver's simple napoletana sauce

 

Warm Pumpkin Salad with Spinach, Broccoli &
Green beans & Balsamic Blueberry Dressing

Chick Pea and Herb Mix Salad with Roasted Sweet Potato

Type.

So I watched a documentary called "Helvetica" and now I can't stop seeing Helvetica EVERYWHERE and this is how I feel about it:

In other words, Helvetica is everywhere.  Its lost value.  ITS FOLLOWING ME.  I think this is the start of me going insane in general.

The Church of Emu Export

This is what "constructive" Perth males do with their time

These EE lovers have lined their house with cans.  The living room alone has 3,700 emu export cans.  To be honest, if I was to believe in religion I would believe in buddism or coming together with mates in the church of emu export!
 
The 10 Commandments
(From myspace page - see link below)

1- Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

2- Thou shalt not end sitting till thy emu put him foot down.

3- Enlighten the unenlightened.

4- Thou shalt not go thirsty.

5- Honour thy Bottle-O and BottleMart.

6- Thou shalt convet neighbors wife.

7- Thou shalt not murder, unless to protect thy church.

8- Thou shalt not lie if thou hast sworn on export.

9- Spilling of an export = punishable by execution.

10- Thou shalt speak of export as a currency.

The picture above is from their myspace page - VISIT PAGE

Another reason why I dislike the US...

Read more: CLICK HERE

A giant load of ramble.

So I hear that we should never take things as face value, that we should "Question everything".  

But if this is so then do we lose touch with reality?

Do we believe everything is a conspiracy theory?

Will we be blind to the earth's goodness?

Let me tell you a little something about the earth - Yes we are ruining it.  The earth never wanted us, the billions and billions of us that grow in number each day.  Hence "natural selection".  Is it inhumane to think that not everyone should exist?  Was it the destiny of mankind to discover new technologies to help us live longer or are we cheating the system?  We are taught equality but should we be selfish?  Is it in our nature to favour particular races, particular people, particular places/plants/animals/activities?  Have we removed basic animal instincts that help us differentiate or are we making way for a better future?

To be honest, I doubt the world will be able to keep us for as long as we think.  Fossil fuels will run dry, fresh water will become more precious and minerals will become scarce to the point where we will have fucked ourselves up.  But do you know what?  The world doesn't care.  Earth as a planet will still be able to sustain itself one way or another, whether we are inhabiting it or not.  Somehow nature will run its course.  If you really think about how over populated the earth has become

May I add, just because I'm discussing this, doesn't mean its all true.  I think that equality is a good thing.  I think every human being brought onto this earth has a right but I dont really think that every person should exist here in the first place.  Yes natural selection is being overcome because our emotions can't deal with loss, loneliness, lack of empathy or inconvenient disruptions.  Its no longer just about survival, but in a way it is.  We want more than just survival; we want as much as we can get and you know what shits me.. some people have SO FUCKING MUCH - so many opportunities, so much support and they throw it away.  They are the ones with the most potential to survive and live well but they totally blow it, fucking up their minds and bodies.  For those of you that think I am drawing conclusions way too easily, I may be but do not think that I am being irrational.  If you are given opportunities TAKE THEM or else there is no point in your existence.  Leaching off society is useless.

This whole point is really significant when it comes to nutrition.  Western societies are favoured when it comes to good nutrition.  So why are we getting CANCER, HEART DISEASE, DIABETES?  WHY ARE WE HAVING STROKES? WHY WILL THE CURRENT GENERATION LIVE SHORTER LIVES THAN THEIR PARENTS?  Maybe its fate.  Maybe its the consequences of coming too far, of "over thinking", of making too many unneccessary things in our societies.  Have you heard of the new calorie-less coffee- you inhale it.  Was that really necessary?  Why do people with great minds invent such fucking rubbish?  Who are you even helping?  You people just want too much.  We need to focus on being healthy and being happy.  Western world = over nutrition, third world = under nutrition.  Is there a medium?  Cigarettes are banned why isn't maccas?  Theres absolutely NOTHING healthy about it - bad, saturated fatty oils; sugar filled buns with NO nutritional value; "100% beef"... Oh really?  What part of the beef exactly?  Bit hard to tell when its a generic shape that does not resemble any part of an animal and actually tastes like cardboard!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

You know what really pains me?  Some people DONT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES that you do.  Some people can't get out money from their wallet and walk to a corner store and buy a loaf of bread to feed their families.  Why the fuck do we have to exploit that by stuffing our faces with chocolate and

to be continued...

FRIES ARE NOT VEGETABLES

Your world is full of opportunities others don't have.

In a world of extremes, if we can't save the starving children then can we at least try and save ourselves? How can people sit and eat themselves to obesity when they are among the few people in the world that can have optimum nutrition? It saddens me to see children that don't know what a tomato looks like.  It saddens me to see American schools giving children fat filled, veggie-less pizza and packet mashed potato.  HOW can this be acceptable? HOW can this happen?

Blogs are generally written to voice opinions and express passionate ranting.  As you probably know, Jamie Oliver is my hero (seriously Gordon Ramsay..WTF HAVE YOU DONE?).  Airing on foxtel at the moment is his series on pigs - "Jamie saves our bacon" and has just recently started "Jamie's food revolution" which is equally as shocking.  Jamie is the BIGGEST inspiration to me as a nutritionist and if I can even accomplish a small fraction of what he has or change the nutritional habbits of even a few people (in particularly children) I will be thrilled!

Please, PLEASE watch these videos and click on the link below to see Jamie's campaigns:

Jamie's campaigns

iSnack

23 people.

I HATE magazines like "Woman's day" and celebrity paparazzi crap!  I strongly dislike celebrities who make it big from no talent at all or people that are so ridiculous that they become cool... like that Corey kid from myspace.  I do however have many heros.  The most inspirational to me are Jamie Oliver, Miranda Kerr, Jeff Buckley, Marilyn Manson, Barack Obama, Katie Noonan, Charlotte Watts and Kevin Rudd but there are sooooooo many that are so many people on the list below (and not on the list) that I love.  The thing is I don't love them for the way they look but for what they do!  Jamie is definitely the most amazing man on earth!

Jamie Oliver

Charlotte Watts

Miranda Kerr

Emily De Ravin

Hamish Blake

K-Rudd

Hugh Laurie

Jeff Buckley

Katie Noonan

Nigella Lawson

Nelson Mundella

Helena Bonham Carter

Tim Burton

Barack Obama

Khaled hosseini

Dylan Moran

Marilyn Manson

Sam Mendes

John Keats

Kate Winslet

Johnny Depp

Michael Moore

Beethoven

Old, poor and sober.

FOR HEALTH'S SAKE!!!!!!

Artificial sweetener 

 

Eat breakfast like a king,

Lunch like a prince,

And dinner like a pauper.

Let me also pose a question to you that has been spinning around in my head - If our bodies digest our food into basic components (fatty acids, amino acids, monosaccharies etc), WHAT THE FUCK happens to substances we consume outside of these boundaries?  Its crap that organic food is so damn expensive but ditch the chemicals where you possibly can!!!!!!!!!

 

Love and ambition

Underneath my idiocracy, I am a very very emotional person.  I am very spontaneous yet somehow prepared, extremally ambitious, loving at heart and also a huge dreamer.  Luck is a term I rather not use, yet love and karma are words of meaning in which I strongly believe.  I have learnt that the only way we can achieve our greatest dreams is to DO what we love, have things to look forward to and have people to share ourselves with. I am fortunate enough to have all three.


As you will know by my facebook heres what I live by:

[Life]
There are no good guys & bad guys, there are both. It depends which part you show off more.
Love is a game of trial and error.
Ambition and inspiration are your drivers- Your goals are limitles!
Pain and heart ache only make you stronger.
Happiness radiates from person to person.
Mistakes will always be made but forgiveness is always possible.
Travel is ultimate bliss.



My favourite quote:
♥ It's hard to stay mad, when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst... And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life...
 
 
Emotions
 
I am in a huge state of bliss and emotion and I have a very very strong desire to read some poetry.  Since I saw "Bright star" I remembered how much I used to love poetry and how often I used to read it.  Although William Shakespeare was rather bias and extremally sexist at times (although it was old england), I love him.  I have also remembered how much I love Robert Frost and of course, John Keats.  There are so many wonderful poets out there.  I am feeling filled with love right now so here are some beautiful quotes by dear Mr Keats:

 

 

 

"A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness".

 

 

 

"Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter".

 

 

 

"Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced".

 

 

 

"Pleasure is oft a visitant; but pain clings cruelly to us.”

 

 

 

“I am certain of nothing but the Holiness of the Heart's affections and the Truth of the Imagination”

 

Good ideas.

There are many MANY things that seem like a good idea at the time and then after doing them you know that you will never ever EVER in your right mind do them again.  You know how Britney shaved her head?  Yeh its like that!


Good ideas gone bad:
(As you can see I'm very into lists:

- Cutting the back of your hair to have a "spiked" / "cool" effect.  You will end up looking like someone that got their hair stuck in a lawn mower or just managed to get a rabi hat off that had been permanently glued to their head for 10 years.

- Going to sizzler.  Theres so much awesome shit and you feel like you need to get your moneys worth and mix all the soft drinks together and have corn chips and ice cream together.  Until it happens - you pop.  The mixture of food in your stressed out stomach is forcing its way up your esophagus!!!!!

- Jumping the fence at a music festival.  I have discussed this before.  You either get fucked over and chased and your mates are ok or you are a loner and your mates get fucked over.

- Shopping trolley races.  I did this on the path next to the claremont show grounds.  The person pushing me couldnt keep up and I got rather injured.

- Trying to prove to someone that you can drink 4 goon bags.  Self explainatory.

- Trying to pee out of a caravan window.  Ok, ok.  I was drunk AND I was sleep walking and I thought the window was the door.  I got woken up before I actually pissed but i stood on the bed side table and undid my pants all ready.  Mannnn that was a bad night.

- Getting a tattoo whilst on something.  I have heard of this occuring to people in Bali, mainly because I'm pretty sure Aussie tattoo artists care about these things more.  A friend of mine considered getting "cheers" tattooed on his arm whilst drunk with friends and another guy got "Hakuna Matata" tattooed on his ass in bali.  Oh lord.

- Breaking into your house.  You become desperate because you know that being inside watching TV is a billion times better than sitting in your front garden waiting for someone to get home.  I have heard of broken windows, broken bones, numerous injuries and someone falling through their roof.

- Sitting on a log/wall/fence/table whilst binge drinking.  You will fall backwards and pass out and people will walk on you!!!!

- Driving a golf cart through the more... dense... areas in a golf course.  $2000 later you will be rethinking it.

- Vodka melons.  Dont ever do this either.  In fact - dont drink vodka.. or better still.. NEVER DRINK AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!

To be continued...


These people totally understand what its like:

 

  

 

 

  

  

 

A Student's life.

So i'm back at uni and have been observing all the crazy new comers.  There are many trends I have noticed and I found them rather funny.  Please note that they are all very judgemental and stereotypical and do not take everything I'm say literally.  Let it amuse you:

Everyone knows:

- The person sniffing in the library that wont blow their nose or doesnt have a tissue is the most annoying person in the entire world whilst trying to study!

- Travelling in packs makes you look like you are not a complete nerd and have at least some social life!

- 3x700ml vodka bottles and 24 cans of red bull is THE BEST prize for a fundraising raffle ever known in history!

- Nobody looks good in their Student ID photo.

- Screw weetbix.  Mi Goreng is the budget version breakfast of champions.

- Caffinated beverages are like petrol and without them you will break down and fail your entire course.

- Vending machines are friends (at ecu you can get hot chips out of a vending machine and that makes me cry).

- Someone with 5 parking permit stickers on their window thinks they are showing the world how smart they are when we are all really thinking about how many years they have been at uni and are laughing...or getting depressed about how long we will be there!

- Food is the number 1 way to procrastinate!

- Free stuff and cheap stuff is AWESOME and we WANT IT.. no matter what it is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- Nobody actually studies when they have a two hour break....centrelink, the Tav and anywhere where social event tickets can be purchased are places far more important than the library.

- Every lecturer will tell you that their unit/subject is the most amazing thing in the entire world and everyone should know about it.

- There are some funny clubs out there!!!!!!!!!