If you're like me your skin gets extra dry and itchy this season because of the cold winter air. Here's a quick tip to keep warm and hydrated. When you take your shower and you're about ready to get out, gradually lower the temperature of your water until it's almost completely cold. This will get your blood flow going, insuring to regulate the temperature of your body and it will lessen the shock of getting out of the shower. It's also a sure wake me up for those mornings where there's not a lot of sunlight when you wake up.
You can also use a cream based lotion instead of regular lotion that will keep the skin hydrated longer. I use a shea butter cream or coconut oil in the winter. Hope this helps.
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Showing posts with label lifestyle. Show all posts
Monday, December 3, 2012
Friday, October 26, 2012
Dinner and Kizomba dance classes
It is just me or Kizomba is the latest crave after salsa lessons being the trend for a while. But now an afro dance movement is on the rise in downtown Montreal. It's sensual and rhythmic and oh so fun to watch. I went out with my sisters to celebrate the promotion of one of them so we went to Essence Resto Bar. We got there around 9:30 just before the kitchen closed. We had time to order but I feel the service was not as attentive. We ordered a bottle of wine and I took a medium rare steak. The wine was good but the steak was not the best I'd ever had. It was a little chewy, not much but I guess it was a bit overcooked for my taste. The service was okay at best but the ambiance was very cozy and girly... I like it like that. Anyways, there is not much to say about Essence as a restaurant! Everything was pretty much OKAY, nothing knocked it out of the park for me!!! 
But then, at around 11, you can transition into the lounge area and the Essence turns into a nice little club. There's even a Kizomba dance tutorial given for the people that are there at that time. I was there in time to witness it. I didn't participate but I gladly watched as the volunteers learned the basic steps of the dance. The dance partners are intertwined in a dance resembling salsa, zouk, tango but at the same time this dance is like no other. It was 3 times based tempo and there's just something about it! I like it. If you're not shy and you like to bust a move; it might be what you've been looking for as an activity to do with the hubby. Or even if you're single and looking to meet new people and put yourself out-there. Bring a friend it's gonna be a fun night ;)
Also afterwards, they play a nice mix of dancehall, old school hip hop and Kizomba. The entrance to the club is 15$ and we went on a Friday. We didn't pay since we were already inside. Here's the link to the restaurant's website: http://www.essencerestaurant.ca
Enjoy!!!
But then, at around 11, you can transition into the lounge area and the Essence turns into a nice little club. There's even a Kizomba dance tutorial given for the people that are there at that time. I was there in time to witness it. I didn't participate but I gladly watched as the volunteers learned the basic steps of the dance. The dance partners are intertwined in a dance resembling salsa, zouk, tango but at the same time this dance is like no other. It was 3 times based tempo and there's just something about it! I like it. If you're not shy and you like to bust a move; it might be what you've been looking for as an activity to do with the hubby. Or even if you're single and looking to meet new people and put yourself out-there. Bring a friend it's gonna be a fun night ;)
Also afterwards, they play a nice mix of dancehall, old school hip hop and Kizomba. The entrance to the club is 15$ and we went on a Friday. We didn't pay since we were already inside. Here's the link to the restaurant's website: http://www.essencerestaurant.ca
Enjoy!!!
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Gardening tips and Tomato Jam recipe
Is it just me or things from the past are simply the best. This summer I got reintroduced to my mom's favorite hobby; gardening. Don't get me wrong, I've always thought that gardening was reserved for old people and killers that need places to hide dead bodies but I actually really enjoyed it. It also goes along with my resolution from earlier in the year to eat better and to watch out for processed food so when my boyfriend proposed to me that we make our own garden I was ecstatic. Only problem was, we both had little experience in gardening except watching our mothers do it. We remembered the basics but we needed back-up. Thankfully, his mother came to the rescue and helped us after the beginning of the process. We had gone to our local garden center and bought plants of tomatoes of different variety, peppers, hot peppers,cucumbers, herbs and plenty of seeds of different kinds (carrots, onions, corn, etc). 
We carefully planted the different plants and seeds in rows as orderly as we could and watered. She was pleased with what we'd done so far but gave us great advice on regular maintenance, to help us get the max from our little haven. And that we did, all summer we had, tomatoes and cucumbers galore and were able to make great salads throughout.
A few pointers though if you're going to try the organic garden experience yourself:
1- Make sure to read up on the subject, our placement of the different plants was not optimal. We put the tomato plants in the front end but after only a couple of weeks not only were they very tall and blocking sunlight for the plants behind them but it also got very large; getting tangled in the other plants through the leaves. There are great garden starter apps on Iphone like Mon Potager and the likes but a good book probably would have been the more complete and best option.
2- Have a specific maintenance regimen that you can stick to; having a garden can be demanding in the sense that different veggies grow in different paces and you might have to replant during the summer for some species. You also need to take out the weeds that grow around because they suck out water that the plants should be getting. You should do this at least once a week. Last but not least you need to water at least once a day, before or after sunlight in order to not steam/fry your garden. Investing in some sprinklers and timers can be a good idea. That's what we did.
3- Enjoy, the time spent seeing the progress in your garden, spending time with your significant other, doing a free workout and reaping your crop.
Talking about the crop, when we dismantled the garden for the winter, there were many carrots as they're ready at the end of the summer, which is great cause we like to eat salads in the summer but soups in the fall/winter. Also, a lot of tomatoes were left but most of them still green from not getting enough sunlight and warmth. A great trick to get them mature indoors that my boyfriend learned from his granny is to put them in newspapers and in turn in a paper-bag, in a cool, dark place. A few days later they are ready for consumption.
That being said, we were left with a LOT of tomatoes and there's only so many salads you can eat so I remembered what my mom used to do in those situations; TOMATO JAM!!! :D
By now, you're probably thinking WTH??? But ear me out. You firstly have to remember that tomatoes are fruit, not vegetables. This jam is actually as sugary and tasty as any other and it was one of my favorite things growing up. As my family wasn't rich, my mom always had all these simple tricks to turn a nickel into a dime so here's how the recipe goes:
Tomato jam
3 cups of tomatoes (cut in quarters)
1 cup of sugar ( I mix it half brown- half white)
3/4 cup of water
In a pot put the water and sugar. You boil the sugar in order to dissolve it. Once the sugary water is boiling add the tomatoes and stir. Let it simmer on medium for 45 minutes and stir every once in a a while. You can strain to remove the skin and seeds. I blended it but didn't like the results as it made the jam turn orange instead of red. Next time I won't. Place the jam in sterilized jars. So there you have it!
We carefully planted the different plants and seeds in rows as orderly as we could and watered. She was pleased with what we'd done so far but gave us great advice on regular maintenance, to help us get the max from our little haven. And that we did, all summer we had, tomatoes and cucumbers galore and were able to make great salads throughout.
A few pointers though if you're going to try the organic garden experience yourself:
1- Make sure to read up on the subject, our placement of the different plants was not optimal. We put the tomato plants in the front end but after only a couple of weeks not only were they very tall and blocking sunlight for the plants behind them but it also got very large; getting tangled in the other plants through the leaves. There are great garden starter apps on Iphone like Mon Potager and the likes but a good book probably would have been the more complete and best option.
2- Have a specific maintenance regimen that you can stick to; having a garden can be demanding in the sense that different veggies grow in different paces and you might have to replant during the summer for some species. You also need to take out the weeds that grow around because they suck out water that the plants should be getting. You should do this at least once a week. Last but not least you need to water at least once a day, before or after sunlight in order to not steam/fry your garden. Investing in some sprinklers and timers can be a good idea. That's what we did.
3- Enjoy, the time spent seeing the progress in your garden, spending time with your significant other, doing a free workout and reaping your crop.
Talking about the crop, when we dismantled the garden for the winter, there were many carrots as they're ready at the end of the summer, which is great cause we like to eat salads in the summer but soups in the fall/winter. Also, a lot of tomatoes were left but most of them still green from not getting enough sunlight and warmth. A great trick to get them mature indoors that my boyfriend learned from his granny is to put them in newspapers and in turn in a paper-bag, in a cool, dark place. A few days later they are ready for consumption.
That being said, we were left with a LOT of tomatoes and there's only so many salads you can eat so I remembered what my mom used to do in those situations; TOMATO JAM!!! :D
By now, you're probably thinking WTH??? But ear me out. You firstly have to remember that tomatoes are fruit, not vegetables. This jam is actually as sugary and tasty as any other and it was one of my favorite things growing up. As my family wasn't rich, my mom always had all these simple tricks to turn a nickel into a dime so here's how the recipe goes:
Tomato jam
3 cups of tomatoes (cut in quarters)
1 cup of sugar ( I mix it half brown- half white)
3/4 cup of water
In a pot put the water and sugar. You boil the sugar in order to dissolve it. Once the sugary water is boiling add the tomatoes and stir. Let it simmer on medium for 45 minutes and stir every once in a a while. You can strain to remove the skin and seeds. I blended it but didn't like the results as it made the jam turn orange instead of red. Next time I won't. Place the jam in sterilized jars. So there you have it!
Monday, July 30, 2012
C'est juste moi ou ça fait un petit bout de temps que je n'ai pas écrit? Bien que ce n'est pas par manque d'intérêts pour l'écriture mais j'ai développé une réelle passion pour la photo à travers Instagram comme mentionné dans mon message précédent. il est bien certain aussi que la chaleur ne me motive pas à m'asseoir pendant des heures à essayer de pondre des observations assez captivantes pour vous intéresser. Alors voilà j'ai passé beaucoup de temps à faire des photos et j'aurais la chance d'ouvrir MA propre galerie Instacanvas (une galerie d'art virtuelle. Elle n'est pas encore en ligne. vous me feriez vraiment plaisir si vous pouviez cliquer le lien suivant et voter pour l'ouverture de ma galerie: http://instacanv.as/constantly_sam Merci! Vous êtez trop chous!!! ****** I haven't been writting a lot lately because: A- It's summer time so it's hot as hell inside and out so I didn't stay inside trying to come up with something interesting enough to give a f*** about B- I've been busy with Instagram, which I wrote on my last post (that was in French so you may not have been aware) I actually have a chance to open my own Instagram gallery. Please be a dear and click on the link below to vote for my gallery opening: http://instacanv.as/constantly_sam Thanks a bunch!!!!
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Les arts subtils qui se perdent!
C'est juste moi ou c'est rendu presque illégal et indécent d'adresser la parole à quelqu'un qu'on ne connaît pas dans les transports en commun? Dernièrement, lors de mon retour à la maison, en train de banlieue (non je ne vispas plus à Montréal, je vis à Ste-Marthe-sur-le-lac: une mini-municipalité qui a eu beaucoup de succès dans les dernières années car les maisons à Montréal coûtent près d'1M$!), donc je me tenais debout car le train est souvent bondé en heure de pointe (je ne me plains pas, je fais juste le remarquer) et j'ai commencé à prendre des photos du trajet et des nuages pour Instagram. Pour ceux qui ne savent pas ce qu'est Instagram; c'est comme si Facebook et votre album photos avait eu un petit. Je trouve personnellement ça génial et je suis accro, mon chum n'y voit pas l'intérêt... Je diverge, donc, je prenais des photos pour Instagram et la femme qui se trouve à côté de moi me demande si la photo est sortie comme je l'avais expéré? - Je ne sais pas trop... en fait, j'en prends plein au cas-où elles auraient du potentiel.
Elle m'avait l'air sympathique et anormalement conviviale pour une utilisatrice de train d'heure de pointe.... alors je lui montré d'autres photos ma "galerie" Instagram dont la suivante, dont je suis particulièrement fière parce le Montreal Gazette l'a like!
- C'est une belle photo du Vieux-Port de Montréal ça, tu as du talent. As-tu déjà pris des cours de photographie?
- Non, pourquoi?
[...]
C'est ainsi qu'elle m'a expliqué que mes photos avaient des qualités techniques qu'on apprenait dans des cours de photos ou de peinture. Elle m'a parlé d'elle; du fait qu'elle venait du Saguenay et qu'elle trouvait que les gens de Montréal n'étaient pas toujours sympas. En tous cas, pas quand on ne les connaissait pas. C'est vrai que la plupart des gens qui avaient vu se développer notre conversation nous regardaient d'un air amusés/intrigués. Je lui ai parlé de moi et de mes intérêts et avant qu'elle parte, je lui ai demandé son nom et si elle avait un Facebook. Je voulais l'ajouter.
Uno- parce qu'elle avait démontré beaucoup de courage à m'aborder sans aucune raison et qu'elle avait une belle personnalité
Deuxio- parce qu'on ne sait jamais qui pourra nous aider dans la vie. C'était une femme d'un certain âge et bien que nous n'ayons peut-être pas plein de choses en commun peut-être qu'elle sera le contact, qui me donnera un contact dont j'aurai besoin un jour. Qui sait?
Morale de l'histoire, soyez ouverts et courtois avec les étrangers, ça pourrait être le début d'une belle amitié ou tout le moins un contact utile pour votre avenir. C'est sûre qu'il faut mettre une bémol à cette règle pour les individus qui pourraient être louches (et qui finissent par être des psycho killers à la Luka Magnotta) mais bon je ne parle que de faire la conversation pas nécessairement de devenir meilleur ami avec n'importe qui.
Aussi, une autre fois dans le train, ça m'a pris de faire un compliment à une jeune femme qui avait une coiffure du tonnerre (à la Zoe Deschanel) et une très belle petite robe rouge. Elle était très élégante et je lui ai dis. Eh bien, ce compliment lui a pratiquement fait rougir, même venant d'une autre femme! Au début, j'ai trouvé ça étrange, puis je me suis dis que si elle avait réagi ainsi c'est probablement parce ça n'arrive pas souvent. Ça ne me stresse pas. Après tout, une belle femme peut bien faire un compliment à une autre belle femme. Quelqu'un qui est bien dans sa peau sait que de faire un compliment à quelqu'un ne lui enlève rien. Alors, faites-en!
C'est juste moi ou c'est rendu presque illégal et indécent d'adresser la parole à quelqu'un qu'on ne connaît pas dans les transports en commun? Dernièrement, lors de mon retour à la maison, en train de banlieue (non je ne vis
- C'est une belle photo du Vieux-Port de Montréal ça, tu as du talent. As-tu déjà pris des cours de photographie?
- Non, pourquoi?
[...]
C'est ainsi qu'elle m'a expliqué que mes photos avaient des qualités techniques qu'on apprenait dans des cours de photos ou de peinture. Elle m'a parlé d'elle; du fait qu'elle venait du Saguenay et qu'elle trouvait que les gens de Montréal n'étaient pas toujours sympas. En tous cas, pas quand on ne les connaissait pas. C'est vrai que la plupart des gens qui avaient vu se développer notre conversation nous regardaient d'un air amusés/intrigués. Je lui ai parlé de moi et de mes intérêts et avant qu'elle parte, je lui ai demandé son nom et si elle avait un Facebook. Je voulais l'ajouter.
Uno- parce qu'elle avait démontré beaucoup de courage à m'aborder sans aucune raison et qu'elle avait une belle personnalité
Deuxio- parce qu'on ne sait jamais qui pourra nous aider dans la vie. C'était une femme d'un certain âge et bien que nous n'ayons peut-être pas plein de choses en commun peut-être qu'elle sera le contact, qui me donnera un contact dont j'aurai besoin un jour. Qui sait?
Morale de l'histoire, soyez ouverts et courtois avec les étrangers, ça pourrait être le début d'une belle amitié ou tout le moins un contact utile pour votre avenir. C'est sûre qu'il faut mettre une bémol à cette règle pour les individus qui pourraient être louches (et qui finissent par être des psycho killers à la Luka Magnotta) mais bon je ne parle que de faire la conversation pas nécessairement de devenir meilleur ami avec n'importe qui.
Aussi, une autre fois dans le train, ça m'a pris de faire un compliment à une jeune femme qui avait une coiffure du tonnerre (à la Zoe Deschanel) et une très belle petite robe rouge. Elle était très élégante et je lui ai dis. Eh bien, ce compliment lui a pratiquement fait rougir, même venant d'une autre femme! Au début, j'ai trouvé ça étrange, puis je me suis dis que si elle avait réagi ainsi c'est probablement parce ça n'arrive pas souvent. Ça ne me stresse pas. Après tout, une belle femme peut bien faire un compliment à une autre belle femme. Quelqu'un qui est bien dans sa peau sait que de faire un compliment à quelqu'un ne lui enlève rien. Alors, faites-en!
Monday, May 28, 2012
C'est juste moi ou ça n'a plus de bon sens le conflit étudiant au Québec!
La grève dure depuis plus de 100 jours et dans les derniers jours, plus de 2000 arrestations ont eu lieu selon différentes sources. L'apogée de ce mouvement a été atteinte lorsque le gouvernement a adopté la Loi-78 afin de museler le mouvement de protestation des étudiants. Ce mouvement qui avait d'abord exaspéré la majeure partie de la population, qui se disait pour la hausse compte-tenu du sous-financement des institutions d'études post-secondaires et de l'escalade constante du coût de la vie.
Par contre, le gouvernement avait sur-estimé son appui face à la Loi spéciale car peu importe à quel point ne sont pas nécessairement d'accord avec une cause et ne l'appuient pas, on est au Québec et ici les gens croient dur comme fer à la liberté. Même la liberté de chialer! Cette loi semble inconstitutionnelle pour la plupart, car à travers des amendes salées, elle cherche à étouffer le débat sur le bien-fondé de la hausse de la portion des frais de scolarité assumés par les étudiants. Cela ramène aussi selon moi, au fait que l'éducation (tout comme la santé) a toujours été vue comme un bien commun qui se doit d'être accessible à tout le peuple. Cela donne une société, en théorie, plus éduquée et donc meilleure. Cela rapporte aussi à l'égalité des chances, et que donc même si quelqu'un est né au sein d'une famille moins nantie, elle pourra à travers l'éducation s'élever au sein de la société et être un membre qui contribue à part entière au bien-être de celle-ci.
Selon moi, le débat sur les frais de scolarité n'a jamais réellement été que sur ce problème. Il ramène a quelque chose de plus gros, sur les valeurs québecoises et je suis heureuse que les étudiants ont su se battre assez longtemps pour que d'autres le comprennent et s'y joignent. Selon moi, le bien commun est au moins aussi important que le bien privé.
Aujourd'hui, une négociation de la dernière chance aura lieu entre le gouvernement et les étudiants. Espérons que chaque parti saura mettre de côté un peu les événements des derniers mois et arriver à une solution qui sera bénéfique pour tous les habitants du Québec.
La grève dure depuis plus de 100 jours et dans les derniers jours, plus de 2000 arrestations ont eu lieu selon différentes sources. L'apogée de ce mouvement a été atteinte lorsque le gouvernement a adopté la Loi-78 afin de museler le mouvement de protestation des étudiants. Ce mouvement qui avait d'abord exaspéré la majeure partie de la population, qui se disait pour la hausse compte-tenu du sous-financement des institutions d'études post-secondaires et de l'escalade constante du coût de la vie.
Par contre, le gouvernement avait sur-estimé son appui face à la Loi spéciale car peu importe à quel point ne sont pas nécessairement d'accord avec une cause et ne l'appuient pas, on est au Québec et ici les gens croient dur comme fer à la liberté. Même la liberté de chialer! Cette loi semble inconstitutionnelle pour la plupart, car à travers des amendes salées, elle cherche à étouffer le débat sur le bien-fondé de la hausse de la portion des frais de scolarité assumés par les étudiants. Cela ramène aussi selon moi, au fait que l'éducation (tout comme la santé) a toujours été vue comme un bien commun qui se doit d'être accessible à tout le peuple. Cela donne une société, en théorie, plus éduquée et donc meilleure. Cela rapporte aussi à l'égalité des chances, et que donc même si quelqu'un est né au sein d'une famille moins nantie, elle pourra à travers l'éducation s'élever au sein de la société et être un membre qui contribue à part entière au bien-être de celle-ci.
Aujourd'hui, une négociation de la dernière chance aura lieu entre le gouvernement et les étudiants. Espérons que chaque parti saura mettre de côté un peu les événements des derniers mois et arriver à une solution qui sera bénéfique pour tous les habitants du Québec.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Eating better
Is it just me or...
the food industry is slowly trying to kill us, without us even noticing. Recent reports of pink slime in ground beef and the way chicken nuggets are produced got me thinking about the food I ingest... I lost you at pink slime? Pink slime refers to a commonly used meat filler and the fact that US meat producers used ammonia to make sure there is no E coli or other bacteria in that cheap meat filler made with pieces of the beef that are normally not recommendable. Yep, you read right, ammonia as in skull and crossbones = poison sign!
If we're not very careful, which most of the times, we are not, what with our busy lifestyles, we can ingest a lot of junk in a day. I mean who has time to stop and read every label of every item you buy at the grocery store? Nobody is that dedicated, you say...? Well if we are what we eat, then we're slowly become living toxic waste dumping sites!!! We don't take enough time to get informed about what composes our food, and the big corporations know this! And believe you me, they take great advantage of it. Do you know what BHT is? It's a chemical that stops the oxidation (degradation, which is natural after a while) of food... Oh yeah and... it may or may not be cancer-causing. It's also found in most boxes of cereal found in your local supermarket...
More than 80% of the boxes I checked had it... Unfortunately even the Fruit Loops which Ilove loved. OK, it's out there, I'm a grown person that loves loved Fruit Loops, until last week!!! One of the only boxes where I didn't see any were the Cheerios, they're still safe... fiouuu.
We then stop and wonder why we are so unhealthy, why the cancer rates are climbing and there seems to be nothing to do about it. I think it's time we start to consider all the internal and external factors. There's also the environmental factor I think we need to look at but I'm not talking about that right now. I think we need to be more aware of what goes into our bodies. I've recently started doing this and as a result, a simple trip to the market became a hassle, it took me more than double the time because I was actually asking myself, should I buy this???? Is this slowly giving me cancer? high blood pressure? diabetes? Insert other illness older people have here?!
So I'm going to give you simple tricks to help you on your own quest to eating better and hopefully being more healthy:
1- Avoid processed foods: in addition to usually containing potentially armful ingredients (most of the times it's the ones you cannot pronounce and have no idea what their origin is), they usually have lots of salt or/and sugar...more than recommended
2- Eat less meat! : I know beef, chicken and pork are delicious animals that produces wonderfully finger liking products but their mass production incites the industry to pump them full of hormones and Lord knows what else to help them mature faster. Try having a sea food or vegetarian meal once a week or finding other sources of protein such as tofu. When well seasoned, it can be quite tasty!
3- Eat your fruits and veggies: They're a great source of essential vitamins and nutrients. Also I've started doing them as smoothies but use soy milk instead of regular milk of yogurt. Here's a simple recipe:
1 cup of fresh or frozen fruit (of your own liking, my personal fave is strawberry-mango)
1,5 cups of soy milk
2 tb spoons of brown sugar
1 tb spoon of honey
1 blender to put all the ingredients in and Voilà!
So, is it just me???
Don't be shy to leave me some comments or suggestions/recipes.
the food industry is slowly trying to kill us, without us even noticing. Recent reports of pink slime in ground beef and the way chicken nuggets are produced got me thinking about the food I ingest... I lost you at pink slime? Pink slime refers to a commonly used meat filler and the fact that US meat producers used ammonia to make sure there is no E coli or other bacteria in that cheap meat filler made with pieces of the beef that are normally not recommendable. Yep, you read right, ammonia as in skull and crossbones = poison sign!
If we're not very careful, which most of the times, we are not, what with our busy lifestyles, we can ingest a lot of junk in a day. I mean who has time to stop and read every label of every item you buy at the grocery store? Nobody is that dedicated, you say...? Well if we are what we eat, then we're slowly become living toxic waste dumping sites!!! We don't take enough time to get informed about what composes our food, and the big corporations know this! And believe you me, they take great advantage of it. Do you know what BHT is? It's a chemical that stops the oxidation (degradation, which is natural after a while) of food... Oh yeah and... it may or may not be cancer-causing. It's also found in most boxes of cereal found in your local supermarket...
More than 80% of the boxes I checked had it... Unfortunately even the Fruit Loops which I
We then stop and wonder why we are so unhealthy, why the cancer rates are climbing and there seems to be nothing to do about it. I think it's time we start to consider all the internal and external factors. There's also the environmental factor I think we need to look at but I'm not talking about that right now. I think we need to be more aware of what goes into our bodies. I've recently started doing this and as a result, a simple trip to the market became a hassle, it took me more than double the time because I was actually asking myself, should I buy this???? Is this slowly giving me cancer? high blood pressure? diabetes? Insert other illness older people have here?!
So I'm going to give you simple tricks to help you on your own quest to eating better and hopefully being more healthy:
1- Avoid processed foods: in addition to usually containing potentially armful ingredients (most of the times it's the ones you cannot pronounce and have no idea what their origin is), they usually have lots of salt or/and sugar...more than recommended
2- Eat less meat! : I know beef, chicken and pork are delicious animals that produces wonderfully finger liking products but their mass production incites the industry to pump them full of hormones and Lord knows what else to help them mature faster. Try having a sea food or vegetarian meal once a week or finding other sources of protein such as tofu. When well seasoned, it can be quite tasty!
3- Eat your fruits and veggies: They're a great source of essential vitamins and nutrients. Also I've started doing them as smoothies but use soy milk instead of regular milk of yogurt. Here's a simple recipe:
1 cup of fresh or frozen fruit (of your own liking, my personal fave is strawberry-mango)
1,5 cups of soy milk
2 tb spoons of brown sugar
1 tb spoon of honey
1 blender to put all the ingredients in and Voilà!
So, is it just me???
Don't be shy to leave me some comments or suggestions/recipes.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Indiference sucks
Is it just me or...
not many people in our modern society feel empathy for causes that do not touch us. I personally feel social injustices should be the burden of all of us in order to have a more equal and just society. There's a lot lately on the news that had me thinking about this such as the Trayvon Martin case in the US (a young black man that was gunned down by a local neighborhood watch fanatic) or the fact that Saint-Petersburg passed a law that prohibits gay propaganda (such as the gay pride parade)... WTF!
I'm not American or gay... (I am black though) but I really felt compelled to share these stories and wanted to raise awareness on these issues because I was so enraged that at this day and age, those kind of horror stories still happen. What reaction did I get from my Facebook contacts; close to none!!!!
REALLLLY PEOPLE!!! I get a least a few likes and comments for the times I post about getting a massage! To me those issues are as important as bullying to teenagers. After all, when a majority group as the means with unfair laws to make minority groups (women, blacks, Arabs, gays...) to feel irrelevant because they are different, it's up to all of us to feel disgruntled. I don't know: maybe I'm hypersensitive but I just think that we should all look out for the obvious inequalities that some groups go through and feel concerned no matter if we are part of the concerned minorities.
So, is it just me? Let me know!
not many people in our modern society feel empathy for causes that do not touch us. I personally feel social injustices should be the burden of all of us in order to have a more equal and just society. There's a lot lately on the news that had me thinking about this such as the Trayvon Martin case in the US (a young black man that was gunned down by a local neighborhood watch fanatic) or the fact that Saint-Petersburg passed a law that prohibits gay propaganda (such as the gay pride parade)... WTF!
I'm not American or gay... (I am black though) but I really felt compelled to share these stories and wanted to raise awareness on these issues because I was so enraged that at this day and age, those kind of horror stories still happen. What reaction did I get from my Facebook contacts; close to none!!!!
REALLLLY PEOPLE!!! I get a least a few likes and comments for the times I post about getting a massage! To me those issues are as important as bullying to teenagers. After all, when a majority group as the means with unfair laws to make minority groups (women, blacks, Arabs, gays...) to feel irrelevant because they are different, it's up to all of us to feel disgruntled. I don't know: maybe I'm hypersensitive but I just think that we should all look out for the obvious inequalities that some groups go through and feel concerned no matter if we are part of the concerned minorities.
So, is it just me? Let me know!
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