I am a vegetarian. No, I’m not a vegan as many would have thought. I am a lacto-ovo vegetarian. According to Wikipedia, “A lacto-ovo-vegetarian is a vegetarian who does not eat animal flesh and seafood of any kind, but is willing to consume dairy and eggs products” And yes, I still eat onions, shallot, chives and garlic.

Reasons of becoming a vegetarian? My answer is for Religion, Environmental and Health. Well, it actually started after the Cyclone Nargis that hit Myammar and Sichuan earthquake in May. I was deeply saddened by the natural disasters. Then I was wondering what I could do for the victims and survivals other than donating money to them? After attending a prayer organized by The Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation, I realized that our beloved mother earth is sick, and it’s pretty bad. The cyclone is caused by global warming due to the greed of man kinds.

# Juliette Jowit, environment editor
# The Observer,
# Sunday September 7 2008

People should have one meat-free day a week if they want to make a personal and effective sacrifice that would help tackle climate change, the world’s leading authority on global warming has told The Observer

Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which last year earned a joint share of the Nobel Peace Prize, said that people should then go on to reduce their meat consumption even further.

Oh, no, no, no… I still do enjoy good food. The meatless way. Mix Vegetables curry, Aglio Olio, Mascarpone Mushroom pasta, Seaweed Rice, Cheese Pizza (Try Domino’s New York Crust Triple Chees, it’s absolutely delicious!) etc.. etc..

And, yes, yes, yes… I don’t have to only dine in vegetarian restaurants. Just order whatever that’s meatless in the menu, and voila…. It’s that flexible!

Perhaps you can try to be a vegetarian once weekly, or once monthly or even once yearly 🙂

(Hmm… should I order Domino’s Delivery again tomorrow? I fell in love with Triple cheese……)