Monday, July 28, 2008

Completing a Meme, Contemplating about Life

FIRST: The meme.

Stolen from the current Queen of Quizzes, Sherilyn <3

TEN random things about me.
1. I'm stuck halfway between pescatarian and vegetarian, though I can safely say I'm 80% vegetarian and 20% pescatarian.
2. I love music but can't play it.
3. Despite being a so-called film student, I watch less than 3 films per year, both in theatres and on DVDs.
4. I actually wanted to have psychokinesis when I was a kid.
5. 80% of the printed shirts I own can't be found in regular shops. (Most are from Threadless, some are production tees, some are Children's Day tees from HKHK.)
6. I have been a Sim fan for 7 years and counting!
7. I have been an LP fan for 6 years and counting!
8. I used to call the female villain in Power Rangers "metal neh-neh" because she wore some metal plate thing as a top (HAHAHA).
9. Your Song by Ewan McGregor in Moulin Rouge! made me cry T_T.
10. I have an obsession for cold weather <3

NINE ways to win my heart.
1. Be aware of my vegetarianism and know where I have decent meal options during any sort of outing.
2. Don't say "I love you" out loud, but just hold my hand and look me in the eyes. It's more than enough.
3. Just be yourself. If I do win my heart, you would've done it just by being yourself and not pretending to be someone else.
4. Be nice to animals, or at least leave them alone.
5. Be tolerant to others.
6. Stick with me through all the tough times.
7. It'll be quite a bonus if we like some of the same stuff, but if not it's okay.
8. It'll be a bonus too if we had some differences, they're what makes combos interesting.
9. Subtlety is key ;D


EIGHT things that get me mad (or annoyed/paranoid/frustrated)
1. Multi-tasking, or trying to.
2. Mandopop
3. The lack of subtlety, tact and finesse in dealing with stuff.
4. Siregar.
5. Having to actually study for a written test >: O
6. The shade of pink on my bedroom walls.
7. The inability to move on on my part and others'.
8. When people think meat is absolutely necessary for survival.


SEVEN things I believe in.
1. The greater good of all things.
2. The inherent good in all beings.
3. Karma: what goes around comes around.
4. That you can get an airplane to take off if you have it run forwards on a conveyor belt going backwards XD.
5. Peace.
6. The ability of music to move.
7. "All you need is love!"

SIX of my fave items in my room.
1. My pillow
2. Vondy! <3
3. Xero
4. Anthracite
5. Bradford
6. My entire LP collection

FIVE things I'm afraid of.
1. Bugs.
2. Accusations of ingenuity (directed at me especially)
3. Mixing things up.
4. TS2 crashing without me saving the game!
5. Nobody will ever fall in love with me. : O

FOUR things I want to do before I die.
1. Have a chance at LOVE LOVE LOVE
2. Be part of a musical act!
3. Reside in every single continent except perhaps Antarctica (though I stand by the cliché, "Never say never".
4. Get a rockin' tattoo!

THREE things I do everyday.
1. Eat
2. Daydream
3. Sleep

TWO things I need to do right now.
1. Eat
2. Sleep

ONE thing I want to see right now.
1. I want to see THE SEM BREAK START!!

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I think some of those around me are aware that I am gradually making the switch, from pescatarianism to vegetarianism. I'm serious, I don't want to eat fish anymore. Doesn't matter that I actually like fish and chips, and sashimi, and salted anchovies — I'm still ending lives unnecessarily for my satisfaction. I've had enough of my lack of credibility as an advocate for reverence of life, and I shall make the much-needed progress, the move I should have made a long time ago. I should stop giving myself leeway and excuses to consume any animal product at all, even to blatantly drink milk and eat a whole egg for breakfast. I know it'll make my elders mad, confuse my relatives and drive my peers potty over my so-called "dietary constraints". I know that no matter where I go there will still be people who tell me I won't have enough nutrition and that plants have feelings. I realised that instead of rendering myself speechless everytime those carnivores make such mindless comments, I should step up my game and question their right, as meat-eaters and hence murderers, to question MY right to choose not to kill more than I should.

I have to be honest. Just some 2 or 3 years ago I was one of those fools who think meat is an essential component of a human's diet. I was one of those highly likely to order a Meat Lover's Pizza at any pizzeria, go for broke in a steakhouse, and ask for second, third, fourth or fifth helpings of kway chap and braised pork. Just some two years ago, I still thought meat was ethical as long as it was sustainable.

One trip to the market changed my life.

Frogs. Helpless little amphibians, straight from the farm, slaughtered brutally and carelessly, thrown and hurled about as though they were rubber toys. Slit in the stomach and skin ripped off mercilessly. One swish of a chopper, heads and bodies parted ways. Not to mention all the blood and guts spilled in the process. What's left of the poor creatures? Hundreds of skinless, headless half-corpses wriggling and struggling in vain, trying to escape a cruel fate that was already set in stone.

Why do we do that to something as small and harmless as — as a frog?

Why do we do that repeatedly to thousands and millions of amphibians regularly?

Why do we do that all the time to innumerable helpless, voiceless and choiceless animals, day after day, hour after hour, every moment now?

Billions of innocent beings are murdered day after day.

Yet the numbers continue rising.

Who will stop it?