Foods that I eat in my journey to a plant-based diet

If you’re vegetarian, Indian cuisine will be your best friend. However, it is difficult for vegans especially when they love to use yoghurt in their cooking!

I made Nasi Goreng Indonesian style with the vegetarian seaweed crunch for flavour and spiciness and oh boy, it tasted beautiful!

This is my Green Curry noodles without the coconut milk (I didn’t have enough money to get one haha), but I love the taste and erm ya, I put too much of cayenne pepper. It’s spicier than you think xD

Went to Nando’s with mom and got a veggie burger instead! I requested for no yoghurt but I checked and I believed they didn’t follow my request. Pfft. Anyway, ate it all up.

This is my favourite go-to Vegan Ban Mian at the Kopitiam (hawker centre) near my house because it tastes so good! I love the seaweed seasoning added into the noodles and how satisfying I feel after I’ve gobbled everything up!

Decided to try “tuna” chickpeas and man, I really should make it in bulks and keep ’em in the fridge so that I can eat it whenever I want! It will be nice if there’s vegan mayo, tho!

So far it’s been okay-ish until yesterday, I faced difficulties getting vegan food when I met mom for dinner. The place that we went is a Chinese-Muslim restaurant BUT THERE WERE NO VEGAN OPTIONS! And it pissed me off because all of the vegetarian dishes are mixed with either shrimp paste, fish sauce or salted egg. I was so stressed, I ended up getting Hotplate Beancurd. I asked if there’s meat and the waitress said yes. So I requested without chicken and she said, “vegetarian ah?” and I said ya.

And it pissed me off because all of the vegetable dishes are mixed with either shrimp paste, fish sauce or salted egg. I was so stressed, I ended up getting Hotplate Beancurd. I asked if there’s meat and the waitress said yes. So I requested without chicken and she said, “vegetarian ah?” and I said ya.

I was so stressed, I ended up getting Hotplate Beancurd. I asked if there’s meat and the waitress said: “Yes, chicken”. So I requested without chicken and she said, “vegetarian ah?” and I said ya.

Guess what?

It was served with prawns and fish cakes. I was really frustrated. How can you even say it is vegetarian when there was seafood? It’s stupid because most vegetarians in Singapore are not only Indians but Chinese, yet, how can you even think prawns and fish cakes are vegetarian?

I was really infuriated.

How can you even say it is vegetarian when there was seafood? It’s stupid because most vegetarians in Singapore are not only Indians but Chinese, yet, how can you even think prawns and fish cakes are vegetarian?

So instead, I gave them to mom and just gobble everything up, despite realising there must be oyster sauce in the gravy.

Well, I tried my best.

But…

I would be lying if I said I wasn’t disappointed. Everything went perfectly well the past few days but meh.

I guess this is one of the struggles I have to face in my journey to a plant-based diet…

 

So far… so good?

Today’s Food Journal

1. Hotcakes + Hashbrown
2. Egg McMuffin w/o Cheese
3. Salad Buffet (Rocket Salad, Spinach, Sprouts, Pickled Pineapples, Cherry Tomatoes, Raisins, Croutons + Italian Vinaigrette) + Fries with BBQ Sauce and Chilli Sauce

Although it is not a full vegan day, I’m happy that today I get to eat at least vegetarian!
At least I tried my best to get whatever I can, right?

 

 

 

Thinking of transitioning…

I’ve always had interest in vegetarianism and veganism.

I’ve tried the pescetarian diet for 3 -4months.

I’ve tried the vegetarian diet for 1 month during last yr’s Ramadhan if I’m not wrong.

And I love to have lunch/dinner with my girlfriends at vegan cafes/restaurants.

Now I’m in the middle of watching the documentary called, “What The Health”.

Knowing that boyfriend, a meat-lover, starts to get interested in veganism after watching That Vegan Couple’s reaction video to Shane Dawson, motivates me to be more plant-based.

Anyway, eating plant-based meals have definitely helped my asthma so… I might as well stick to it as much as I can!

And I will probably bring food from home? Or order some rice with veggies from the canteen in school next week when school starts again?

My snacks have always been vegan anyway so, no excuse to eat vegan in school, no?

But it will be difficult when I do go out with families and friends…

I’ll see if there are veg-options, and if there isn’t, I will stick to having fish or eggs. That would be my last resort.

Anyone of you a beginner in being plant-based?

 

Recess Week!

It’s recess week already~ Woohoo, I can catch up on school a bit more and finish as many assignments as I can.  There will be a make-up class on Wednesday and I have to go to school earlier anyway to prepare for our microteaching next week so….

I’m so happy that I’m almost done with my part for Mathematics and Numeracy assignment. I like to get things done so that I can continue with re-writing my study notes this week!

Goals for this week:

• Complete assignments
• Finish up writing study notes for all

LET’S DO THIS!

I DID IT!

I FINALLY PERFORMED IN SCHOOL!

AND MY CLASSMATES WERE THERE ON THE FIRST ROW TO SUPPORT ME AS WELL!

It was one nerve-wracking yet exciting experience I’ve ever had in my life.

I’ve never performed solo before and being able to perform with my seniors (one with guitar, the other with Cajon), still gives me the chills even now!

A snippet can be seen from my Instagram

I am honestly grateful for those who have supported me, giving me words of motivation… (and receiving many compliments from not only my voice and performance but also my outfit, since I used to wear plain sweaters and tee but today, I dressed up a bit, and everyone started to call me “pretty”). Just so blessed…

If you have the time, you can check the snippet from my Instagram (link above)

Talent show?

The talent show was said to be held on Wednesday at 3+ but I have lesson during that time!

 

And I don’t know if it’s possible to perform with a phone since I have not memorised the lyrics (which I Should and I will try).

Sigh pie.

Oh anyhoo, thought of giving rock climbing a try, especially after getting to know one of my course mates in Yr 2 with amazing guns, and turns out she climbs, as well as boyfriend has been climbing at least weekly so far. His progress really inspires me. I thought to myself, I should do it! Overcome my fear and maybe who knows, it’s something I’m born to do?

An Update About What’s Going On So Far

So since orientation, I felt like my asthma symptoms got worse, right?

Then this week, I felt so feverish, and having to practice for talent show didn’t help at all.

My body just broke down and I had to take a break from everything.

Thank God there was a public holiday on Wednesday because I was able to rest the whole day then. But before that, on Tuesday, I stayed back to practice for my talent show under the drizzle, before meeting the rest for Vocal Flash Mob practice at 6 pm. I felt feverish and had to take 2 tablets of panadol.

So, I rested on Wednesday and Thursday, then on Friday, I had to go for a make-up lecture. On that day as well, my mom flew off to Penang with my aunts.

I just broke down emotionally because I felt so lonely, and it amplified since I wasn’t feeling well. I tried so hard not to cry since last Thursday (mom was on night shift so I couldn’t see her ever since she went off to work since I went to school the next day and she had to fly off before I finished my class) but tear started to just roll out last night after I woke up from my 3-hour nap.

I’ve never felt so lonely before and maybe it’s mainly due to my health condition since I was pretty super sensitive.

I guess the past few days including today, describes that my mental health is pretty much on a downside as well besides my physical health?

I know I couldn’t update as much as before ever since I started uni but I really need to jot this down, just so that I can refer to this back for my next appointment with my psychiatrist.

I have to continue with my assignment now. I will try to blog as much as I can!

Hwaiting!

 

p/s: There’s supposed to be Music Club today but I took the time off so that I can rest and complete my assignments. I deserve the rest and the isolation somehow, from people since having to face people when I’m in such condition, tend to be too much for me.