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September 10, 2005
Story of a Vege cutter
[This was taken in Pulau Besar where I had the final hiatus with my family. That's my elder brother (Zhi 'The Zach' Xin haha) behind. He's going to City University this coming Friday. The cute and fair little boy in front is my youngest brother, Han 'Solo' Xin (Favourite pastime: pretending he's a jedi knight zapping lightsabers at enemies)]
It's official: I've assumed the post of vege cutter for apartment #190. It's a demanding task; I never knew it would be so hard to shred cabbages, onions and garlic evenly and steadily with a cutting knife. My mum made it look really like a puny task but it is not. I'm starting to appreciate her more and more ;)
My world seems to revolve aroung vege lately. During the first week of my stay in West Lafayette, I faced a shortage of vege in my meals. Everything the Houchins (native name for Lafayetters) eat comprises mainly of meat, potatoes, burgers and what not. Mind, West Lafayette is the main producer of corn for the state of Indiana, not those green lettuce and bak choy I can easily get from the backyard of my grandma's house.
Several trips to Walmart revealed the true nature of vege consumption here. It sells artichokes instead of kailan; eggplants instead of brinjals. Therea are lots of vege that I've never seen or heard before. In terms of vege, I don't really dare to venture out into the unknown. Conventional cauliflower, carrots and cabbage will do. But i still miss those green vege like fried kailan with garlic, bak choy with oyster sauce, spinach with sambal... *drools*
Recently I enrolled myself as a guinea pig in a 'fruit and vege' study. So basically I will be fed fruits and vege for a few weeks, then my body composition will be measured for the record. A few needle pricks, some healthy diet and $400 at the end of research. Simple as that. No? Well, I'll get to know about it next week when I start with the schedule...
Hello to chloroplasts =)
Posted by peixin at September 10, 2005 01:22 PM