Tipping Point, Uprising and Eat Your Heart Out

Finished 3 books in 3 months.

Tipping Point describe how little things with enough followers or momentum, can lead to something significant enough to be noticed and even become dominant. Every thing starts from tiny, and with enough effort to promote it from different side with specific function (trend setters, promoters, advertisers, and the mass public), when it reach the Tipping Point, it just explode. But trends might stay and go, all depends on how to maintain it.


The Uprising is about how USA citizen start to organize to push for their social rights and keep the big corporations and government in check. They put pressure on the Government and Corporation to be responsible towards society.
Quite interesting as we can see, with the power of Internet and modern technology, organizing have been much much easier. This books introduce us to the ongoing Populist (supporter of the rights and power of the people) action in USA.


This book is very related to my line of work. The author is well known and influential food journalist in UK. The book expose on how big food company evolves, and how they operate in order to maximize their profit. And by doing so at the expense of the society, humanity and environment. Especially I am in the food trade, this book really showed me some points from another perspective.

Meat Production is wasting precious resources

(Information from George Jacobs' letter to the paper, I got similar information from the book "Skinny Bitch" also)

Human Population : 6.6billion

Animal Population eaten by people yearly : 50billion !!

Food used to feed the 50billion animals yearly, is enough to feed the entire human population for more than a year. Just imagine that we human will have so much surplus of food if we cut meat.

Roughly more than 10kg of plant food is required to produce 1kg of meat.

Hence the world will be a better place if human consume more plants than meat.

Warning: Dangerous Deep Fried Food

This is really true, they try to mimic those special oil that can stay crispy and fresh for hours after frying, our client spent millions in developing this type of oil. But they used the easiest and cheapest way. :

这个世界变了样！我在 佳礼 看到这篇独家新闻。 看完了真的要吐了！天啊！不只是中国才有黑心食品啊，这回可是远在天边，近在眼前了！！！"曾和家人到金馬崙高原遊玩,当時的時间是中午3点多 ..我们在巴刹一帶逛逛看看,当时有很多一档一档的小贩在做生意, 顿時我的視線被某一档小贩的"奇景"吸引住了 ,這一个档口是贩卖炸食物的档口...一大锅"熱勝腾" 的油...竟然有一个装5公升的空油桶 "切成一半"在熱油锅中慢慢的在溶化！当时我看到整个人都傻了！还以為那17..8.岁的女孩子不小心把油桶掉進锅里去？可是看她用一双筷子把油桶翻耒翻去的！看情形不是不小心掉了油桶,很自然的赶紧叫家人一起看！這時那个女孩子和坐在旁边的双親就把眼光转过來？以那种 "惡意"的眼神盯着我们？？天啊！果真是以空油桶溶化了炸出来的食物? plasticbag用来炸香蕉。他们在油里参了PLASTIC，原因是要那些食物放久了不会软绵绵。不会软绵绵的原因是因为 PLASTIC被溶化再硬固的关系。试验结果如下试验了!!!两公升油500ml矿泉水瓶一只没加料（矿泉水瓶）时炸一次 -炸出来的有点硬,但很快软绵绵!! 加料（矿泉水瓶）时再炸一次- 出来是比KFC 的还脆!!请你们不好再买香蕉炸，咖哩puff， Keropok Lekor，或是炸鸡饭了。大姐一吃了喉咙就不舒服，应该是这原因吧！以后要吃什么，还是叫mummy 炸给你们吃比较安全。我明天就来去买香蕉！！！我恳请你们花点时间，去爬完这张贴吧，爬完后，我打包单，你们一定不会再吃街边的炸食物了。不只是金马伦的有问题，原来这是他们的secret recipe 家传秘方。我看十摊，十一摊有加料啦！那摊主不是很笨就是胆大包天！不会在家里先把桶丢进油里，竟然笨到在众目睽睽之下，做这些丧尽天良的事。真的他妈的 !

Puffer Fish Dish

Last night had a business dinner with supplier. A colleague and supplier had this Puffer Fish (Fugu in Japanese) 河豚set for dinner. This set is optimized at 2 person hence I chose a bento box instead.

Well, very kind of them to let me taste the Puffer Fish Sashimi also, while the clay pot I helped to finish for them as the portion is very generous.

Puffer fish is famous for its lethal poison found in the liver and ovaries. And every year few people die because of consuming Puffer Fish.

This is the only delicacy that Emperor of Japan is forbidden to consume. Hehehe.

Dinner with Friends (7th Dec 2007)

Managed to caught Aik Hong and wife just after reaching Singapore from my Bangkok trip. We ate Tonkatsu (Japanese Fried Pork Cutlet) at Takashimaya Ngee Ann City, orchard road.

Well, all fried stuff, Fried Pork Cutlet, Oyster, Prawn with bread crumbs. I love the food, so was anxious to introduce to my friends.

Biz Trip to Taiwan

Went to Taiwan last week for Biz Trip. 11/18(Sun) to 11/21(Wed). Only Sunday I have free time to move in Taipei, and the rest all packed with Biz Schedule.

I stayed in Regent Formosa Taipei (Zhong San North Road, nearest MRT Zhong San station), seems to be one of the best Hotel in Taipei. After checking in and pack a small back pack, I go out to search for Toy Shops in Taipei City.

Took the MRT from ZhongSan 中山to ZhongXiaoDunHua中孝吨化. Went to 2 Stores, bought some toys there and got to know that Kaiyodo of Japan was having an exhibition in Taipei City Art Gallery at YuanShan圆山. At that time was 4pm, and the Gallery will close 5.30pm. Well, rushed to 圆山and managed to reach there before 5pm. Free admission after 5pm. Lucky!!

No photography allowed in the Exhibition Hall, but it was very very interesting to see the collection of Kaiyodo Toys. Original Sculpts, 1:1 Ratio Models (Beautiful Anime Ladies and Macho Men). Over all it was a very good experience. Too bad they don't sell limited exclusive stuff there.

6pm, since the famous ShihLinYeShi (剑潭station) is just one station away, dragging stuff along, & went there for my dinner. Could not take any pic due to me carrying stuff. I ate: famous MeeSua(面线）, American Hot dog, Deep Fried Chicken Cutlet, Water Fried Bao(水煎包 very nice), Almond Milk. Wish I have a bigger stomach. ShihLin was packed with people... I really enjoyed the experience.

After all the food, just 7.30pm, took the MRT again and went to XiMenDing (西门町). Here many youngsters and a lot of stores and building selling young fashion. Went to a building where many toy shops are located. The stuff is really cheap... cheaper than Singapore and Malaysia. Wish I could have more space for my luggage. Again, spent a bomb there. (Below is one of the many stuff I got.)

10.30pm, finally back to Hotel. Bought some nice dessert and drinks from the Convenient Store Family Mart. (Our partner in Biz, must support)

Well, the next day, after a days work, my Taiwan colleague brought me to the most famous Beef Noodle in Taipei. (Maybe was Famous from last time, price is high and the taste was just OK only.) But I enjoyed the tit bits / appetizer (小菜) very much. I LOVE 小菜very much!!

After a hefty meal, my colleagues took me to a tea house to relax. The tea house was a very good experience, the ambient / decoration is nice, music (Chinese Instrumental) was soothing. And enjoyed many types of different tea.

Well, the next 2 days were all Biz. Had nice and expensive dinner with customers.

Overall it was a very good trip. But really wish to go Taiwan again for vacation next time.

Advertising Strategy of Food Industries

I went to stroll at Bugis Junction after work Friday Evening. Had a Mos Burger Croquette Burger for dinner and triple scoop Italian Gelato Ice-cream for dessert.

They advertise as very Low-Fat with the same taste as Dairy Ice-cream. Well, after I finished, I asked the girl who served me, although they advertised Low Fat, whether it is Low Sugar also, but she just admitted it has about the same amount of sugar as normal ice cream. And taste wise is not that great either.

Well, low fat food are not necessarily healthy.

Should have go for full fat dairy ice-cream. Since already eating some "unhealthy" food (once a while), why not enjoy it to the fullest??

Choco Mint, Belgium Chocolate & Italian Coffee (taste like coconut)

Skinny People

Finished this book in 2 days. Easy and fun read promoting vegetarian. And way to slim down by just cutting off refined sugar, meat and dairy product.

Very simple and practical explanation on the every day normal food we are consuming. About the badness of Sugar, Meat and Dairy products. Especially those food in USA.

1 point to note is regarding the chemical Aspartame which is used as artificial sweetener. This is a bad bad chemical which can cause a lot of neuron-sickness to us. Well, the USDA had rejected 4 times of this item to be used in food, but in the end, after heavy lobbying by the company producing it, it was allowed.

Check the sugar free mints we used to buy and we can find most of them contain Aspartame.

Well, I will bring back to KL and you guys can circulate.

I try to eat more vegetables recently, and slot in occasional "Sin" food like fast food. My body nowadays reacts quite easily from fast food. Got a pimple today from yesterday's KFC.