Quirky food associations
Category: Doodling, Humor, Oddity
You know those things that people say about food that make you rethink whether to eat them or not?
For example: Eating chocolates cause pimple/acne outbreaks (which by the way, is not true nor has it been proven to be; Acne does not depend on diet {or sex and/or exercise})
Despite that, every time I eat that piece of chocolate, I brace myself for that pimple that could appear the next day.
When I eat cheese or fatty foods like pizza, I actually have visions of little fat molecules going and clogging my arteries. Observe:
In reality, it really depends on what kind of fat is in the food; saturated & trans (the bad) vs. poly/mono unsaturated (the good). And they don’t… lounge around like that. This is what it really looks like.
When I eat those olives, which I happen to adore, I visualize them chasing off that fat and clearing up those arteries.
They don’t really do that either. 
They are healthy in the way that they help lower bad cholesterol though.
The same goes for other foods. Too much oily food brings on a headache that is sometimes temporarily cured by drinking water. Again, no sound reasoning, only that it “clears” it away for a while.
Before I get carried away, do you guys have weird food associations that go against (or with) logic and literature?
Shhh…
Category: Doodling, Memory lane, Secrets
Reading is a hobby of mine that people in real life are surprised to discover, if at all they do. It’s one of those hobbies that I pursue in secrecy, mostly because my dad frowns upon reading books other than those meant for studies. A waste of time, he says, before he throws them away.
Throughout childhood, my sisters and I have read in secrecy. Comics, novels, books, stories… anything would be smuggled in and chucked under pillows, in closets, under mattresses, and we’d even go as far as resorting to reading in the bathrooms, at times.
It turned into a habit: to read secretly. I usually enjoy most genres, favoring classics and mysteries over the rest. Every once in a while I immerse myself in a romance and mind you not the Mills and Boons kind, but the ones that make you smile, cry and try in vain to muffle your laughter as you journey through the book - even when it’s all over.
I discovered a book store nearby and have loved it since. I originally went there to buy a Jane Austen collection but they didn’t have the publishers I was looking for. Even though I’ve read the books, I don’t own them. I’ve long ago learnt that owning and reading a book are two different things. And some books you simply want to own; to have, reread, and keep for a very long time. For someone who reads in secrecy, it’s a feat to accomplish. But I ordered them anyway and spent the next few hours thumbing through other classics.
I used to wonder why people would want to buy books. Once you’re done reading them it’s over, isn’t it? Some five years ago, it seemed like a waste of an investment. It was only when I rediscovered an old favorite that made me want a copy for myself, Enid Blyton’s The Magic Faraway Tree. I loved her books during grade school and still find it funny how I used to think her name was Gnid Blyton by the way the E was lettered.
While it comes to no surprise that I favor romances, since I’d like to think I am a romantic (albeit a slightly more realistic one than some), it does seem to evoke surprised responses when people find me nose deep in a book that’s not related to my curriculum.
My response? “Shhh…”
Boredom knows no limits
Category: Art & Design, Boredom, Doodling
This is what happens when you know you have way too much time on your hands:
It took me 20 or so minutes, and it’s dedicated to my sis who’s sweet sixteen I missed out on. I like it, the running mascara didn’t turn up the way I wanted it to, but at least it looks watery. Sort of. And yeshh I have an obsession with eyes.
Seriously though, am I the only one who does that? blank I do it often, in fact… I think I’m gonna put up a section for all MSN doodling. How weird huh? Ah well, I usually convert the doodlings to avatars or sometimes wallpapers so it’s all good =)