I Will Save The Earth

Golden Era

2011-09-23T11:08:00.000+08:00

Next morning, for about half an hour, we queued for the Cable car at the turnaround right in front of our hotel entrance, until we realized we needed to get a ticket which was sold at a ticket booth at the corner of Powell and market. So we queued again at the ticket counter while our fruitarian social vegan remained in line for the cable car. Just two blocks away we alighted, without punching our tickets, and we strolled along O'Farrell, until little sister excitedly exclaimed she saw the sign of the dawn of a new era, a vegan golden era..

We were guests again in this fabulous place, seated at the table of honour, with a special Celestial Lamp hovering over our head and blessing us. We had rendezvous with an old friend and the owner of the shop whom we had met the night before at the mall. He is a generous man as we knew him so many years before, always kind, and the epitome of hard work and great dedication. The reputation of the shop preceded him and we felt warmth at his welcome.

We ordered many dishes and spoke of old times and new times. Many things have changed, but the people we knew remained the same.

Special cake treats were ordered to the delight of little sister, and many rounds of Chinese tea were served. Soon we had to bid farewell to the Golden Era and be on the road again.

Westfield, O Westfield

2011-09-22T09:03:00.002+08:00

We have received news that Master would soon reveal the most auspicious locations for world leaders to shift their headquarters and presidential palaces. In an earlier video conference, She had revealed the existence of hell portal and lower roads which were a hinderance to world peace for the leaders of the nations in this world. And now, the much awaited solution, a free global feng-shui service by the Master !

Immediately, all our travel plans were changed. We decided to return the car to the airport so we will have a leisurely morning waiting for the video conference.

The next day we huddled up at the hotel room, waiting for the 9am slot of Between Master and Disciples and we watched until Master patiently told of the various locations that leaders of our nations have to shift to avoid negative influence. The A to Z list of nations who have to shift their headquarters was long and finally completed. We hang around the hotel waiting for a free upgrade which the friendly counter staff promised us free of charge. Having settled our accomodation problem, we set out to hit the streets again, and we met 2 sisters along the way hailing from the plum blossom island, also searching for the Real Love..

We head to 8th and market to settle some banking problem, and with some money in my pocket, we were good to go again, and we knew just exactly where we were going for a late afternoon lunch..

Back at 5th and market just across the street from our hotel, where we choose to stay, perhaps the most convenient and more recent Loving Hut in San Francisco..

We were suitably impressed by the size of the outlet even though it is inside a food court, it is still large and very spacious, seating is a luxury we can afford to choose at all points around the compass.

Westfield, about a year in operation, is a major draw for both locals and visitors alike. We like the place immediately, it is so convenient and central along market street.

Obviously, one of the things that is attractive to little sister is the variety of cakes they have, and all we must try, she declared.

Looking at the food they offered, it is familiar and most welcome sight. We feel like we have never left home, and Westfield became our frequent haunt since then.

Vegetarian House, The Crown Jewel

2011-09-21T23:55:00.002+08:00

After the Stockton meal, we did a quick tour of the Marina and Presidio area, enjoyed the breeze and seagulls' company. Little sister got a chance to drive the car in the car park, but being unfamiliar with left-hand driving, we did not feel safe to let her venture to the streets..After that, our fruitarian-social-vegan brother took over the obligatory drive to the Golden Gate bridge.

In the evening, we drove about 4 hours south east to San Jose, arriving at late evening to the warm welcome of the Vegetarian House, surely the crown jewel of our stay at the Golden Gate city.

We drove a little cautiously, averaging no more than 70mph and it was soon dark, we passed Milpitas but it would have been closed probably, so we headed for the place we knew would be open, and for our small party we were pretty excited, even though this is perhaps not the first time but it is exciting notheless..

The tables were soon filled, crowds came in droves, small Indian families, American vegan guests, couples probably staying near by... we were told the place needed reservation during holidays..

Little sister as usual has the honor to do the ordering, and so the friendly waiter recommended some dishes to us, the first to arrive is a dish of sweet and sour soup, thai style...

Obviously, we were testing the mettle of the cooking staff, and they did farely well in our ratings. There is nothing we can complain about... right here in silicon valley being able to taste a traditional thai dish is a testament to the variety of exquisite vegan cooking skills. We are after all in the Master's house and we expect that standards will be high and it was so.

I took the opportunity to order the Lagsane, being that vegan cheese is abundant here in the land of dreams.

Size of the plate is a little overwhelming for Asian hands, two vegans with small appetitie and a fruitarian, social vegan !

And of course, you don't go to the vegan restaurant without tasting the omnipresent Pad Thai, so here it is...

The gravy is just a tad too little, and being that we have a full table of many dishes, by the time we got to this dish, it was mostly dry... A little regret on an otherwise unforgettable evening.

Stockton Loving Hut our First Stop

2011-09-19T18:03:00.004+08:00

Right after a tiring 22 hour flight half way across the globe, with constant ringing in the exploded ear drums and amidst a jet lag we were all trying to shrug off, we arrived at the Golden Gate city, and the first order of the day, right off the airport we drove straight non-stop, our hearts pumping with excitement, on the long awaited visit to Stockton Loving Hut..

We already knew what to expect, a member of our expedition for the Real Love having visited just a couple months earlier... still, we love the ambience of Loving Hut, everywhere we go around the world..

Something which never ceases to amaze us, the giant size of servings as in this, the land of the free and the land of the giant fries...

We are home, we know the people, we know the place.. and we love the food..

So beautifully decorated with a butterfly knot, who cannot but already feel Love in your hearts ? The vegan nuggets are tasty too, different from the fare we are used to sample back in Singapore, but good stuff..

For dessert, you know a woman's heart if we came all the way across great seas and ocean, and did not fulfill the desire to try the vegan tiramisu, we would not be able to get back home in one piece !!

World Vegan Meditation

2011-06-13T00:58:00.002+08:00

Please watch this video..
World Vegan Meditation

Sunday Special - Who needs pork ??

2010-01-24T15:42:00.001+08:00

Loving Hut BMC Sunday-only special meals include the Vegan Roast Pork Noodle.

My God, if you didn't know it is vegan, you could be fooled into thinking you need to kill a pig just for roasted meat !! Wow.. it's so unbelievably realistic !!

With the swine flu pandemic still ranging, unstoppable and uncontrollable according to WHO, we should turn around. Stop the killing of pigs and animals for food.

They have a right to live an unhazzled life, a right to breathe the same air and feel the sunshine on their skins. Do NOT kill animals. They are here to grace the Earth, support us and bless us with their beings. Kill them and you kill a part of yourselves. Kill the animals, and you don't live a peaceful life anymore. Disasters strike, diseases haunt you, fear of the demon possesses you ..

Move away from evil. Turn to the Light. Live free, live tall, and be blessed with God's Mercy..

Also available on the Sunday menu at BMC Loving Hut is the perenial favourite, vegan fried kway teow. You came all the way to BMC for this didn't you ? Please tell your friends you read about it in this blog, and bring your family here..

Global warming is imminent, only 1100 odd days left.. have you taken action to change your life ?

Put your heart where your mouth is !! Live the Vegan, life saving style.

Be Veg. Do Good deeds, pray. Save the planet !

Conversation with God 天何言哉？

2010-01-07T21:57:00.004+08:00

Meat-eater : Hey God, What's the beef ?

God : ????

Meat-eater : Are you a vegetarian ? or a vegan, maybe ?

God : ....

Meat-eater : Hey Dude, what's the noodle ?

God : ....

Meat-eater: Oh, you don't eat up HERE, do you ? I see.. you're a Breatharian !!

God : ....

Meat-eater : First week of 2010 man, why the freaking weather ?
USA and China, floods, snow, hailstorms, airport closures ?
2 quakes at Solomon Islands, one at Philippines,... don't ya have a
better New Year gift for us than this ?

God : ....

Meat-eater : Why 'unstoppable' swine flu ? Why are you raining diseases down
on Earth that are incurable ?

God : ....

Meat-eater : What ya thinking man ?? What ya thinking ?? BTW, how do i address you,
your holiness ??

God : Sonny, look at the plate on your table !

Meat-eater : The stuff that i eat every day ? Why ? Meat of course !!

God : .....

Meat-eater : You mean it's got something to do with the stuff i eat every day ??

God : Yup !!

Meat-eater : But it's been done centuries ago !! It's a tradition here on Earth !! It's what we call culture !!
Are you too HIGH up there your holiness ??

God : That's the reason why you are down THERE, and I am up HERE ;-)

Meat-eater : You mean all this global warming and climate change stuff has got something to do with what I eat ??

God : Yup !!

Meat-eater : But it is CO2, man, CO2 is the main ghg heating up the planet, is it NOT your holiness ?

God : It's Methane... NOT CO2 !!

Meat-eater : Methane ? Why nobody told me about this ! And where does the methane comes from ?? ...

God : And NO2 too !! They came from livestock breeding and massive large scaled industrialized killing machines down THERE.

Meat-eater : So eating meat, and killing another being is wrong ?? Why didn't you taught us that in the Bible ?

God : It's there in the First...

Meat-eater : The First Commandment ?? Why it says "Thou Shalt NOT KILL" only !! There's no reference to
animals.. Isn't that supposed to mean not killing a fellow human being ??

God : ....

Meat-eater : Why can't it be put clearer in the Bible ? You should have told us you know ?

God : ....

Meat-eater : I see now...We should not kill animals or humans. Are you laconic, your holiness ?

God : Yup.

Meat-eater : That could cause a lot of misunderstanding you know ? i mean, your holiness... the Bible could be
interpreted any way i want..

God : ....

Meat-eater : OK.. I get it... Raising animals create methane which is responsible for climate change and
eating meat is wrong. I will change.. I promise... I will turn vegan...

God : ....

Meat-eater : When can i start ? When is the ultimatmum ?

God : NOW.

Meat-eater : OKay.. Okay... I promise... But, man, when is it too late to repent ?

God : The time when the arctic ice melts down completely.

Meat-eater : Okay.. that's about 2012 isn't it... I'll do it right NOW, and I promise to tell every one about it..

God : ....

Meat-eater : Yes... I am serious NOW !! Please give me one last chance..

God : Save yourself.

Meat-eater : I'll set my heart to it... I promise, lord.. Bye..

Fried Rice at home

2009-12-17T16:28:00.000+08:00

Home cooked fried rice is simple to make. All the ingredients you can add to it, leftover vegetables from last night dinner etc. It is very convenient, tasty and economical. We use green peas, vegetarian ham, corn, carrots and mushroom slices.

Make your own vegan meal at home. Experiment, mix and enjoy. Have some mushroom seasonings and spices around, a bottle of vegan oyster sauce, sesame oil, tomato ketchup is all you need.

The more simple you eat, the more healthy you are, and the more abundant in joyful spirit.

Live the Vegan Lifestyle. Join the high IQ, NQ club !! Save the world !

Oyster Mushroom Set, Loving Hut @ BMC

2009-12-15T14:10:00.001+08:00

Well in case you are hungry for the oyster mushroom rice set, here's how it looks like..

All sets come with soup, and vegetable garnishing with freshly cooked brown rice. The brown rice is tossed up so it is soft and Q to taste.

Why eat animals when you can spare them their lives, give them dignity to live as we want our lives to be spared ? They are no different from us, even if we may look bigger or have a better brain.. The moment we eat animals, we became beasts.. we no longer are the children of God.. The moment we KILL, we lost our innocence and become eligible as criminals or inhabitants of hell, and that is a very scary thought..

Walk talk, live noble, eat right !!

All food and drink are alcohol and animal free at Loving Hut, so they are halal and our Malay friends can enjoy them too !!

It's december now and the SOS bus ads are still running. Catch 131 to Loving Hut BMC if you are working down town, or by train to Redhill MRT and transfer to 132.

May God bless you with abundance as you change to the noble vegan diet to help right the wrong we created that is destroying our world day by day..

Fried Kway Teow with Black Perl

2009-11-17T13:52:00.002+08:00

The best kept secret in town !! Nowhere can you find authentic fried kway teow with vegan egg that is so deliciously realistic. You gotta try it out at Loving Hut BMC ..

Look at the eggless egg !! Can there be a vegan kway teow heaven in Singapore ?? Yes, it is true !! Animal free and cruelty free... do you need to fear diseases and run away from disasters from climate change ?? Just be vegan !!

The black perl comes at an extra $1 if you want to add to the kway teow. Only served on Sunday, so bring your whole family for a vegan planet saving meal !!

Order any rice set and you get a soup of the kitchen. here is the corn and carrot, and as it boils over the day, the soup gets more delicious from the rich plant-based nuitrients. Don't you love the pear shaped soup bowl ?? We love it !!

Support the cause to fight global warming with the world's No. 1 solution... The Vegan diet... Say NO to swine flu, say NO to endless animal killing, say NO to people dying from incurable meat induced novel diseases, say NO to protect our children, say NO to climate change refugees...

Be a Vegan. Say YES to health, say YES for continuity and sustanable planet, say YES to peace on earth for all beings.. Stop Global warming with an organic Vegan Life style of Peace !!

We Are on Twitter !!

2009-10-25T01:39:00.003+08:00

Yes, now you can find us on Twitter/AmVeganNGreen

There will be short one liner announcements and important news being broadcast from Supreme Master Television will also be featured here.. so catch the most important and latest news by following us on Twitter !!

Deep Fried Oyster Mushroom

2009-10-22T13:12:00.000+08:00

No matter how many times we tried it, we like it very much... finger food at Loving Hut is delicious and there are plenty of varieties to choose from..

Who needs to eat seafood or oysters or animals when you have such lovingly prepared, delicate cuisine such as the vegan variety shown in this picture ? Absolutely adorable, delectable, simply heavenly.

When you eat right, and you eat according to God's will, happiness fills you inside and out !! Live with love and respect for all beings.

Live as you want others to spare your lives, so spare the lives of sea creatures and animals. We have tortured, maimed and killed them for centuries. It is high time we came out of the bad karmic retribution.

Order this side dish or as a rice set, which comes with the soup of the day. Shown here is the corn and carrot soup sprinkled with generous amounts of goji berries. Goji berries or wolf berries are good for improving your eye sight and used in Chinese medicine as such; it is also known to purify the blood.

Catch the SOS global warming bus 131 any way from Whampoa, to Bukit Timah, Thomson, Bencoolen Street, to Shenton Way and it will bring you right to the Bukit Merah bus interchange, within 3 minutes walking distance from Loving Hut at POSB block 161, just in front of Bukit Merah branch library.

The double decker SOS bus no. 143 runs from Toa Payoh, Orchard to Jurong East interchange.

International Day of Climate Action

2009-10-20T10:29:00.003+08:00

They showed that 350 parts per million CO2 in the atmosphere is the safe limit for humanity.1

The bad news is we’re already past that number - we’re at 390 parts per million, which is why the Arctic is melting, why drought is spreading across the planet, why humanity is facing perhaps its greatest challenge ever.

The good news: that number gives us a target to aim for.

On 24th Oct, be heard, seen and felt in fun and meaningful activities that will spread this urgent message!

Arial Photograph Padang 8 - 10am

At 8am, hundreds of us will gather at the Padang to use our bodies to form the number '350' - the safe limit for CO2 and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. A boom lift will raise our photographer 12m into the air to capture this mass formation.

Wacky Walk Padang to SMU 10 - 11am

From the Padang , we will then 'wacky walk' our way to SMU…that's right, 'Wacky Walk'! Wear a costume, paint your face, walk sideways or any other outrageous gait, gallop or hop that you and your team can come up with. We challenge you to think out of the box and be as fun and creative as possible!

Prizes Food and More Fun SMU 11am -3pm

Win prizes for the Best Costume, the Wackiest Walk and Best Showmanship!

All registrants will also receive a Certificate of Participation.

Enjoy a delicious spread of vegan vegetarian cuisine from Loving Hut
(all participants will receive a Free $2 Food Voucher for use on that day, kindly sponsored by Loving Hut.)

Learn more about what each of us can do to curb climate change. Make a pledge to take action!

Please register by 17 Oct: 350@vss.sg. Kindly include your name and contact number.

Click here for the Wacky Walk route, and here for a map of SMU.

Organised and/ or supported by:

ECO Singapore
Vegetarian Society Singapore
ACRES

1. 350 part per million of CO2 or CO2 equivalents in other greenhouse gases, such as methane and nitrous oxide. Read more here.

Loving Quality LQ as revealed by Supreme Master Ching Hai

2009-10-12T22:38:00.011+08:00

In the just concluded L.O.V.E. Climate Change Conference held at Formosa Taiwan over the weekend Sunday Oct 11 2009, Supreme Master Ching Hai spoke on the Noble Quality of animals as revealed in Her number one best selling book in Amazon.com "The Noble Wilds"

Furthermore, Supreme Master Ching Hai revealed another quality which all living beings hold, called Loving Quality or Godly Quality. This is the quality of unconditional Love, the Love that transcends all boundaries, races and species, above and beyond the worldly love of husband/wife, mother/child. This is the Love of all beings.

Here are some of the figures for domestic animals which indicate to what extend they harbour the noble, unconditional, self-sacrificing Love... For domestic animals they range from a high of 300% to a low of 80%:


Dogs             -> 110%
Pigs              -> 120%
Ducks            ->   90%
Chickens        ->   90%
Buffalo          -> 110%
Horses          -> 180%

Wild Animals on average range from high of 300% to low of 30 %


wild monkeys  -> 100%
bear             -> 110%
elephants      -> 100%
whales          -> 300%
penguins       -> 200%
seals            -> 300%
cows            -> 300%
dolphins        -> 110%
rabbits          -> 110%
tigers            ->   20%
lions              ->   21%
leopards         ->   22%

Humans on average, have only 20% LQ, the highest human LQ is 90% and the lowest is 5%


The LQ for Saints is in the 1,000% range.

LIVE Broadcast of L.O.V.E. Climate change Conference at Formosa

2009-10-11T19:57:00.000+08:00

Be sure to watch Supreme Master Television for the exciting LIVE broadcast of global warming seminar in 7 hours time.. SUNDAY OCT 11 7.30 a.m. CET 1.30 p.m. Taipei, Taiwan

L. - for LOHAS "Livestyles Of Health And Sustainability"

O. - for Organic

V. - for Vegan

E. - for Eco

Find out what the invited speakers have to say on the urgent situation of our planet Earth.. and catch the always exciting question and answers session with Supreme Master Ching Hai..

Be Veg. Go Green. Save the planet.

We have to save the world together, united as one.. Change to the compassionate vegetarian lifestyle TODAY !!

SOS Global Warming is near !! Stop Eating Meat !!

2009-09-21T12:00:00.003+08:00

With only 1221 days left before the major disastrous, unstoppable start of the arctic ice cap melt-down in year 2012, the message of global warming is ever more urgent.

Now this message is being brought to the consciousness of the Singapore public through the media of global warming buses plying the central heart of Singapore.

The message is clear, and the solution is equally simple. Be Vegetarian. That is how you can help to save our world.

The buses will start to patrol the roads in Singapore starting this week.

They are bus no. 55 operating from Bishan to Mandarin Gardens.

Bus no. 58 operating between Bishan and Pasi Ris Int.

Don't forget to catch the super double deck bus no. 143 running from Toa Payoh to Jurong Interchange. Enjoy the bliss of Supreme Master Ching Hai's blessings while on the journey to work or play... and help us and help yourselves by telling everyone you know about the major global warming crisis which can stop our lives, we need to stop eating meat now !!

If you are taking bus 131 from St. Michael Terminal to Bukit Merah Interchange, you can stop by Loving Hut at Bukit Merah Central !! Check out the third loving hut location which is at Block 161, Bukit Merah central.

Supreme Master Ching Hai said : "We don't have to die to save the world. Just be vegan."

Loving Hut at Bukit Merah Central

2009-09-19T14:41:00.005+08:00

It's open a few months now at up and coming Bukit Merah Central, the third Loving Hut outlet in Singapore.

The menus are all new and they have specialty dishes for every day of the week. For those out looking for a bargain in cheap healthy food, check out the eat-all-you-can Teochew porridge at $4.80 only on Saturdays.

Here's the easy direction to get there:
- alight at Redhill MRT station
- take bus no. 132 just outside the MRT station, that will bring you to the bus
terminal 5 minutes away.
- From the bukit merah bus terminal, walk across Bukit Merah Central using the overhead bridge, turn left and about 5 minutes away from Block 161, there is the Loving hut restaurant. It is located just in front of the Bukit Merah branch library!!

Other buses you can take to the Bukit Merah bus terminal:
5, 16, 57, 123, 131, 139, 153, 198, 272, 273 and 275

Also, from Tiong Bahru MRT, bus no. 5 and 851 will go to the bukit merah bus terminal in 5 minutes time...

Vegan Maker, the Movie

2009-08-18T01:03:00.000+08:00

Finally after hearing so much about the vegan maker recently I saw the first few minutes of the movie and immediately recognize that this is going to be a winner.

It is a movie that is designed to test your humanity... After watching this 90 minutes feature documentary and if you are still "unmoved", if you did not even shead a drop of tears, regardless of age, language, religion or sex, then you can consider that you have failed the test of humanity, and the sad corollary will be that your NQ as a human being is way below 10%, possibly 3 % even (that is kind of like rock bottom !!)

Yes, we are talking about the famous vegan maker movie called Earthlings.

Please visit their web site and purchase a copy of the movie. support the director with your money because he is going to come up with a sequel to that called UNITY.

Some new words we have learned. That mono specieism is a bad word. Trust humans to coin a phrase for almost every conceivable human experience !! And that multi specieism contributes to harmonious co-existence, biodiversity, preserves lives and provides for the continued happiness and existence of all beings under the sun.

If you are lost what it all means with those big words, just remember to be a vegan, that is what the message is all about.

Good Photography Tips 4

2009-07-18T12:57:00.003+08:00

Still on the issue of correct focus...

Normally in auto focus mode, the camera will blink the selected square focus point in red, and when focus is completed, the red square will turn green.

If you are taking close up shots or macro shots, and the focus point does not change color, or you are not hearing the familiar click which indicates focus completed, then one of the common reason is the camera lens is too close to the subject.

Every lens in a dSLR has a minimum focus distance. You need to find out what is the minimum distance to stay away from the subject. If you suspect that is the reason that the camera is not focusing properly and resulting in an unsharp photo, then all you need to do is back up away from the subject a little bit, until you hear the click sound when focusing, then you will know that the auto focus mechanism is working properly.

It's a small tip, but sometimes you can get caught up and move too close to the subject, and find that the camera focus is not working properly..

Seaweed Fish Slice

2009-06-26T12:17:00.001+08:00

Let's go shopping again. Head straight to the vegetarian section.

This is a common vegetarian seaweed fish slice, and a very useful ingredient in your vegan cooking. How you use this vegan fish is entirely up to your imagination !

It is already seasoned and marinated as you can see, so you can actually boil it for a vegetarian soup, or cook it with fried rice ! It's so tasty the kids will really love it..

Once you get used to vegetarian fish, you will never want to kill and cook a real fish again...

Stay away from crime, stay away from murder, when you watch the trawling fish on the television, and all the fishes get caught up in the net, struggling for their very last breathe, flipping and turning on the deck in oxygen deprived starvation, you know that we had inflicted a great harm onto them...

We, ourselves, as sentient human beings, would not wish a superior power, an alien ET perhaps, to fry our skin and proclaim it tasty. We would not want to suffer the indignity, the pain, the torture to have oxygen denied to us, so that our limbs and our muscles convulse in epileptic seizure, in order that our human flesh may taste "better" for the alien ETs.

We, are the ETs !! We are the merciless power !! To the fishes in the ocean....
we are merciless, we are cruel, and we are senseless, we reduce ourselves to the level of beasts, when we proclaim a seafood soup as "delicious"

Save ourselves, save our lives, save our fishes, save our ocean, save our environment.

You don't have to die to save the world. Just be Vegan.

What's cooking in the pot ?

2009-06-24T11:32:00.000+08:00

Live a simple life, live a frugal but happy life !!

What's cooking ? Well, in the pot we have thick noodles with mixed vegetables,
also called chop suey... It is very delicious and tasty, you will never have enough of simple, high living. Served with love, and some pepper while hot, it will leave a lasting impression on you.. on a cool summer evening...

We need to go back to the basics, back to a sharing, loving, life-giving lifestyle.

Be frugal. Be Vegan. That is how we can save the world !

Good Photography Tips 3

2009-06-16T10:20:00.000+08:00

Alright, assuming you have been following Tip No. 2 and moving away from green box auto, and playing with Program mode for a while, well what next ?

This tip is to encourage you to move away from auto focus point selection. It is called different names by different brand of cameras, and often the name is confusing, such as AI (artificial intelligence), AF (auto-focus) etc.. but basically it is a function where the camera decides the focus point automatically.

Here's a little story. A friend of mine complained that pictures are not as sharp as it should be. I was quite puzzled as the camera used is mid level DSLR (digital single lens reflex) and the lens on it is high quality too !! After browsing some of the photos taken with that camera, it soon dawned on me that the focus point selection is automatic ! That explains why the focus wasn't sharp, because by using the camera in auto focus point selection, nearly all the time, the camera will choose objects nearest the lens to focus on !! That is certainly something you don't want to do always.

When the camera selects the focus point, it could be one, or many.. and mostly these points will be on the near object. If you are using the Creative mode at the same time, i.e. Program, Aperture-priority, Shutter-priority or Manual, it could mean an incorrect exposure photo or a photo that turns out unsharp. Hence it is best that you choose the focus point manually rather than let the camera decide.

In the photo above, the focus point selected by the camera is unpredictable. However, what do you want the focus point to be ? Is it the spoon, or the plate of vegan food, or anywhere on the buffet tray ?

So the first thing to experiment is to move out of automatic focal point selection. Read up the camera manual for some help as the procedure to do this depends very much on the make and model.

For the Canon 40D for example, to move away from auto focus point selection there are 3 steps. First, press the focus point selection button at the top right of the camera's back. Next, unlock the wheel selector by flipping the switch from "ON" position to the "wheel" position. Finally, you can now turn the wheel and it will scroll through the 9 AF points one by one as seen through the view finder.

Emperor's New Clothes or why swine flu was renamed to H1N1 A Influenza

2009-06-05T10:24:00.000+08:00

We live in a complex world, getting increasingly more complicated.
We are told that in this age of complexity, complex diseases are bound to happen.
We need to resolve the basic underlying problems of these diseases, in a timely and wise manner, as it concerns the future livelihood of our children, the hopes of our human species and indeed the survival of our planet is at stake.

We present the simple innocence of a vegan child who wants to know why the world we live in is getting increasingly dangerous.

Child : Mommy, what is swine flu ?

Mother : My dear, swine flu is a new dangerous disease that came from the pigs and infected the human species.

Child : Mommy, why do they rename swine flu to H1N1 (A) Influenza ?

Mother : Well, my dear, the pork industry is a billion dollar industry in the US and they have the political muscle to sway the WHO into renaming it from swine flu to H1N1(A) influenza as the pork producers were afraid that people will stop eating pork.

Child : So, mommy, is swine flu the same as H1N1 (A) Influenza ?

Mother : Yes, my child, they refer to the same new disease that is a ravaging the world right now.. in 2009.

Child : So mommy, is it wrong to call it swine flu ?

Mother : No my child. Scientists have told us that they found 2 genes from the pigs, one gene from human and one gene from the bird flu, so as 50% of the genetic makeup of this new virus is from the pigs, it is not wrong to call it swine flu, my dear.

Child : Is it like the story of the Emperor's New Clothes ?

Mother : Yes, my dear, it is the same as the story you have heard. Everyone saw that the emperor is naked, but because the emperor weilds mighty power, no one dared to call him naked, except for an innocent child.

Child : Mommy, why are adults so complicated. Why can't they just stop eating meat ?

Mommy: Well, my dear, they have lost the innocence of a child as they grow up, that is why they become so complicated. They have acquired a set pattern and habbit of eating meat. All the advertisements in the radio, tv and newspapers tell you it is "healthy" to eat meat. You cannot watch tv nowadays without hitting
a "meat is good" advertisement 5 seconds into the interval. So with such brain washing going on daily to sustain the meat industry, it is little wonder that the adults have acquired the bad habbit of meat eating and find it so difficult to change to a more compassionate plant-based diet.

Tropical Noodle

2009-06-02T11:45:00.000+08:00

Here's a close up look of the Loving Hut tropical noodle latest edition.

The faux prawn is replaced with veggie meat. The spicy chilli is red hot and if you are a chilli lover you will appreciate it. It is especially noticeable if you are ordering the dry version, so if you are not good at eating chilli, just leave those small red chilli aside.

Enjoy the new tropical noodle and please pray for all the sea creatures that have to undergo torture at the trawler's nets. The best way to live is to spare other beings' lives.

Traditional Malay Vegan Dish - Mee Siam

2009-05-30T20:07:00.000+08:00

Here we take to-go meal from Xing Hua again,

and this time it is Mee Siam !! Another traditional Malay favourite which uses thin noodle somewhat similar to Chinese bee hoon, but the gravy has peanuts in it.. some people prefer lots and lots of peanuts..

You don't have to sacrifice your taste to save the world, just be vegan !