Ever since I found out that my 2nd son was highly allergic to lots of stuff, we have literally stopped eating out much.

The bonus is of course, we now eat healthier food, no artificial flavorings, no artificial coloring, no preservatives and no additives if I can help it.  More importantly, we saved tons of money, which pleases the cheapskate part of me to no end.

Recently, I have been very inspired by a Singaporean mum, Angela, who creates beautiful Bento (lunch box) meals for her son to bring to school. She says, although it looks complicated and looks like it took a lot of effort to make the meals, it actually didn’t take that long a time at all.

Here’s what she says “it didn’t take a lot of time cos I try to make use of what I have on hand. When I didn’t have much stuff, then it would be really simple, like PBJ sandwich. But I tried to work on the presentation, like cutting the PBJ sandwich into dino shapes. Also, have fruits like grapes and cherries on hand makes it easy to add colour and contrast.”

If you are thinking of bringing a packed meal from home to school, office or whatever, I hope Angela’s photos will inspire you to do it tomorrow.

(In no particular order and no particular year …)

Is your bread bad for you and your family?

Cucumbers can reduce high blood pressure

Mr PM. Are Malaysians being used as medical guinea pigs?

Baking soda drink heals the body

Is food making people around you crazy? Article about food additives in our food

About 90% of the human population has some sort of parasite, one time or another. Do you have parasites?

Using safe, home made garbage enzymes instead of chemical detergents to clean your plates!

Daily dose of baking soda could stop kidney patients needing dialysis

Beautiful video about appreciating your loved ones!

Jason Mraz’s Travel Tip #3: Bring a Big Fucking Knife.
What else would a half naked raw foodie do?

I have been reading with much interest about the length people go through to make their stuff darn ugly, just so that other people will not steal it.

Take your home packed lunch at the office pantry for example. There’s always some weirdo stealing someone else’s lunch, prepacked fruits, homemade chocolate cake or that yogurt tub from the office fridge. Apparently, just writing down your name on your prepacked food is not enough to deter these thieves. Some of the more creative ways to deter a thief is to make the plastic bag you stored your food in to look like it has mod in it. Or, you could put a pre printed “best by date” on the packaged food to make it look like it has expired.

Then, there’s Jimmy P Rodgers who took a really pricey camera and messed it up real well just so it wouldn’t get stolen on his trip to Brazil.

Then, there’s these two ways to uglify an iPhone. Ughhhh!

Now, if only there’s a way to uglify my pen in such a way that I won’t keep losing them!