Food, from source to mouth

As a concluding post, I thought it’d be fitting to talk a bit about fuel and it’s sources. Many of my previous posts talks about the use of oil and then it stops there. But where does it come from and how is it produced? These are questions worth pondering about. Of course, it depends […]

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Today, some real food. Not only do the contents of my lunch include veggies (specifically Kai Lan), rice, egg and chicken, but of course a loving gesture from mom. Having talked a bit about animals already (in my yogurt post), I’m going to skip out on eggs and chickens and instead focus on the role […]

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“Our busy lives sometimes forces us to eat the wrong things at the wrong times.” Yeup, I agree. Like cup noodles 11pm at night. But a late night plus an early wake up call means that I get ready in the morning, grab an Activia and a spoon, and I head out to the bus […]

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Nothing but a 3-minute cup noodle meal in front of the TV helps me wind down from school from a late night class. Despite what I just mentioned – I assure you that it’s a rare occurrence that cup noodles = dinner 11pm at night. With this unhealthy convenience “meal”, I’d like to start by talking about […]

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By boat or plane, then by truck upon truck, then by Honda 1997 CRV, then by bus. At least I know my bus may be a hybrid. Other than that, largely dependent on fuel to power it’s trek. There are other aspects though, other than the conventional thought of transportation, where fuel enters the production […]

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The main character of my first post? Oranges. Specifically, these pre-peeled halves sitting in my plastic container. I had them pose for a picture as I write about them on the beautiful UBC campus. Let’s follow the path of my oranges in reverse chronological order, accounting for the oil involved in the process. Before they […]

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