Saturday, June 05, 2004
Chinese Takeaways!Well, unfortunately it would take me decades to find a relevant link for this country. But, years ago, there started to be rumours abound that our chinese Takeaways, (fast food places) served dog in their menus. And its highly illegal here. Anyhow, I never knew if this was a myth or fact. But obviously have seen dreadful picturs of dogs being slain in Korea and other Asian countries. One that sticks in my mind, is a dog being hanged for food.
Anyway, I was discussing this myth with a friend here about three weeks ago. And she and her brother used to live not far from a chinese takewaway. And her brother was forever in their getting food. And one day, the police raided the place after a tip off, and they found umpteen dog carcasses out with the rubbish. This friend is not the type prone to exageratoin or story telling, but she did say she kept asking her brother if he felt like woofing yet... no, but at least it proved that it maybe the minority, but it does happen. So, even tho I disliked the one chinese meal I had, would not touch it with anyone's barge pole now!
And a further bit of useless info. There is a ingredient in chinese food, which people who may be prone to allergies such as urticaria seem surceptible to. Largely cos of the high quantities they use I think. As the same ingredient is used in crisps/potato chips but it doesn't affect the same. I'm not sure of the spelling, but its monsodium glutomonate. In folks with allergies suchas the aforementioned, often after eating a chinese meal, they will itch uncontrollably.
So, Eat Home grown food. No dogs served up, and not itchiness! |
Well, I poked fun, not knowing if to believe the guy's slogan on his shirt was a joke or not. And then saw something on TV that made me think, oh heck! Foot in mouth desease! Whether the guy was joking or not. I was watching the story of a woman who used to be anorexic. Not sure how bad that was, but she had it for two years. And now, 13 years later, she is at the opposite end of the scale. She is very, very over-weight and bullimic. And the reason she started having any eating disorders at all, was cos she had abuse as a child, and her eating as a teen was the one thing she could control. As she felt all other control had been removed from her through being abused. And she was full of self-loathing, and can't even look at herself in a mirror. I think sometimes, myself included, we can be too quick to judge a book by its cover! 
so decided to watch and learn. The dinasaurs one I watched, the space one I kept falling to sleep half way through. Never did see it. But every time I see a new story of some fossil or other being discovered and how it is dated and presented as fact, it makes me think of the former brain washing. Its like Catholicsim in a way, and the popish papacy! If you've never had an minute to do with God or religion in any context, you still know most of what catholics believe. You can't get away from it. Tis brainwashing! Trouble is, if folks come from the right background, and are utterly hardedned to God, it could in some small way brainwash them right into hell. My pastor does Bible expo's at local schools. And he can present the Bible and what it teaches, I don't think we are so restricting in that as over yonder, but if he says about anything in the Bible, he can't say its fact. he can only say stuff like "The Bible says" etc. Yet dinosaurs, and King Kongs mother is spoonfed us as utter, undeniable fact.
And then come home and cry out to my Lord. And the fact am here at all now, is not thanks to any doc, but to the Great Physician alone. Two and a half years on from first getting sick, apart from narcotics and other symptom controlling pills, not a thing done medically speaking. And seeing as my head explodes almost every time I sleep, and wake up with parts of memory missing, who else but God is sustaining? No One.
then why can't there be more simple and useful and practical things made for folks who like peace and quiet? I have a fan going round in my room, it has three speeds, and if on top speed, I can't read cos the noise of the fan puts me off. So, if weird things like the above can be inented, and the home lie detector 
then why not noiseless high speed fans and other things of singular useful usefulness? But maybe it takes someone of real geniosity to invent the things that are actually useful to someone! 
Not someone out to make a name for themselves, for inventing the most totally useless product!
