The Daunting Day

Well...i actually don't know what to say...I'd love to start my blog with a awesome new story on a happy subject, but I'm sorry guys I'm so down in the dumps!

As i sit here the smell in the air is just FISH....dead fish smell everywhere. Stacked up in the kitchen is 600 prawns and 80 pieces of Boerewors with chicken Kebab's that i definitely don't want to count...There's rolls and rolls and rolls ( you get the picture) filled with milk and egg and they are lathered with butter.
For a side salad the disgusting smell of eggy mayonnaise from the two large punch bowls are fulling the air...

My nose is repulsed, my eyes are disgusted and my heart is broken.

I don't really want to discuss anything cause i cant get my head out of this space....it's 1.45pm and I'm here til 6pm...


S.O.S


All I can think of is:

This -

And this -

And this -

And this -

And this -

Damn my photographic memory!

Damn society for not caring!

Damn my conscience!

Just plain DAMN!

I went onto a Peta 2 website today, but to be honest, i really just don't feel like talking about it...I'm really sorry guys but i feel this day should be considered very heavily.

I hope you are all doing way peachier than me.

Keep well

Kelly-Leigh :(

Forcing things is never Pretty!

Well I am in such an annoyed state right now!

You will all see when you start to hear all about activism and what happens in the world and if by chance you turn Vegan...well life turns very hard. Not only do you have new values, morals, beliefs and dietry requirements but you are also in a minority group and most people don't really like what you stand for.

One thing you will have to learn is that you have to chose your fights very carefully...now some people would have an absolute heart attack with me saying this, the thought may be we should constantley stand up for what we believe in! I agree and having to learn this lesson i'm trying to pass on to you was VERY VERY hard for me as i find it hard to shut my mouth since im so passionette.

I'm having a work function and when i say a work function i mean, HUGE amount of food, alcohol and people...we are having clients and other people of high standards, so in my company a work function is no joke!

Now the people here are not in anyway close to being animal activists, infact it's only me and this cool p.a. that actually talks about this stuff. Apart from that it's not discussed here.

So for tomorrow's "work function" we are having a prawn braai....yup you heard me right a PRAWN BRAAI!!!!!AAAHHH......i'm actually going to have to watch as people crack and peel of the skin and head of a sweet little crustation, YUCK!

Now it's not the idea of eating a prawn that makes me have to keep my mouth shut...it's the fact that in order to get the lil crustation that lives at the bottom of the ocean, humans take big nets and scrape the bottom of the ocean floor to get them...this net doesn't care of the rest of the sealife and food down there they take it with to the top....so starfish, plants etc all go to waste, and now prawns aren't a thing people eat once a year noooo they eat alot of them infact the amount of prawns my companys buying...ah...i dont even want to think of the amount of starfish that had to die! Dont believe me look at the story about shrimp...CRAZY...
http://www.fishinghurts.com/CommercialFishing.asp

Check the process out -

Ask yourself is this in anyway natural?

And yet Ocean Basket is a no.1 for a yummy dinner.

Do you know that Orthodox Jews don't eat prawns, there reasoning is that prawns are bottom feeders and that prawns eat other fish's poop....and because of that the belief what they eat effects the nature of their souls, it's the same for pigs! So let me say: GO JEWS :)

You know that kinda makes me think...its quite pretty : "What we eat effects the nature of our souls"

I like that!

So back to my subject:

So there's me standing at a fancy work party whilst people are eating loads of prawns and washing it down with tequila and me munching on my tofu (if i have the stomach for it).....Do i scream out loud - STOP THIS OBSERD BEHAVIOUR, DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHERE YOUR FOOD COMES FROM!!!!!AAAHHHH - or do i quietly munch my tofu....my heart says scream, scream as loud as you can, for those who cant scream, for those who are at the party in spirit since there lives had been brutally taken away from them, NB the brutally part. But my head say's - I have to eat food, i like having a bed to sleep in and a roof over my head and water to wash my body and lights to help me see at night...

So yes tonight i'm going to cry on my boyfriends shoulder for a REALLY LONG TIME and then tomorrow i will walk past all those little taken lives and drink my drink and think about the fact that without this job i would be on the streets and then what help would i be to any living creature.

So in life, when you feel you need to take a stance which i totally agree with.....be careful what fights you chose to pick, you wont be much help to anyone if you cut your nose off to spite your face. Please learn from me since i had to learn this the hard way before.

But you can bet your bottom dollar that i'm going to start fighting much harder for sea creatures, much much harder. I need to make up for this horrible act i'm about to do and that's let them suffer in silence...no living thing should go through that.

I'm really sorry guys if i'm letting you down but i have no way out in this situation.

Sorry :(

Kelly-Leigh

P.S. Dear Prawns of the Work Function

You know that if i could i would give you a voice but what i can promise is

that all your brothers and sisters will stand a chance at a better life cause not

only will i take it upon myself to help them but i have a group that cares to!

So i have recruitment.

You lives wont be in vain for i have done and will continue to do the most important thing...

I'm Spreading The Word!

All my Love

Kelly-Leigh

THE DREAM - A HAPPY PRAWN

HAPPY SPRING DAY!!!

Thought i'd take my afternoon blog to say HAPPY SPRING DAY!

This time is awsome because nature is inituating change...and so should all of us in the spirit of today :)

Sparkles

Kelly-Leigh

Itchy and Scratchy

Heya

I'm really sorry that i never wrote a post yesterday!...I was off work since i had to go to the doctor with this itchy rash all over my body....it was SUPER itchy. So after all the scratchiness, we found out that my recent mini nut fetish over newly found Pistachio's has brought the symptoms of my apparent 'exsisting' (although I've never had this before) condition of Atopic Eczema.

ARG! I mean just as i find out about how yummy Pistachio nuts are they say i cant eat them...sniff...
Have you ever tried Pistachio's?
I would never have thought that that weird lil nut would be edible...but OMG they are so yummy!

These are the yummys that hate me! :(

Thought I'd show you some health benefits of Pistachio nuts:

"Pistachio Protein

If you are looking to replace animal protein with vegetable protein, pistachios eaten in conjunction with protein-rich grains, vegetables, and fruits, can help you to add protein to your diet. Pistachio nuts are an excellent source of vegetable protein."

If you want anymore info check it out on:
http://www.suite101.com/content/health-benefits-of-pistachios-a48728

Ok so to go from ME, ME, ME, to the world of animal cruelty is easy.

Latest - Ok so you know that psychiatrists and psycologists say that you must always look at how your child treats animals as it is a sure example as to how your child has certain quality's, such as empathy or aggression or poor impulse control. Normally children that have had a poopy childhood have these weird behaviours, however you do sometimes get children that do it just because. They normally get aggressive with animals as they are smaller or more vulnerable than they are. They actually feel no remorse! It can actually lead to humans getting hurt....it depends how malicious the child is....puts me off having children for a very long time :)

Ok so why discuss the pshycology of a child? Well yesterday it was found out that this fruit loop of a child threw puppies into a river....the whole litter!!! She looks about in her teens and there is this person that is filming the whole thing!....it was put on on You Tube and a person saw it and handed it over to PETA who is now offering a $2,000 reward if someone can identify the girl...you should totally watch the video, it will kind of make you realize what type of people we are dealing with in the animal cruelty side of life....the people that inflict the pain onto the animals.

They are actually not all there in the head, you know - They depriving a village of an idiot
                                                                                - They a couple of chocolates short of a chocolate box
                                                                                - The lights are on but no one's home
                                                                               
Check this video out, it will really give an idea as to how evil people can be:
http://blog.peta.org/archives/2010/08/girl_throws_puppies_in_river.php

I'm not generally a nasty person but after seeing all these video's of these people, i just cant get as to how they can do it...Ignorance? Psycological issues? Culture?....either way i cant feel for people that do that, i used to in the past, i used to try and say that they don't know better or that they need help but you'll see as well that the more and more you see this stuff happening the more you begin to just see these people as monsters, PETA and every animal activist group even try to get them to stop yet they still don't care, they care more about money and turnovers than they do live...and I'm sorry to say but that's just in humane.

Note that this is my opinion but I'm sure after a good couple of years of learning about this stuff you will eventually agree with me.

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Right on a Vegan note: I have fallen in love with tofu!

There is this Korean Shop in Rivonia that sells blocks of tofu for R2.....yup you heard me right....R2, VERY CHEAP!

How i like my tofu is if you cut very thin slices and fry it with garlic and Italian herbs with shoyu (soy sauce)...mmm....you add a dip to the side and Voila you have snacks for a party or for a movie and it's healthy and a great source of protein...Boo (my boyfriend) and i have been going to the Bryanstan Organic market as stuff there is totally affordable and it is organic that means no yucky pesticides are going into our bodies...YAY...we love picking up some organic chutney to go with the Tofu (Mrs Ball's is very yummy i agree but is made by UNILEVER WHO TESTS ON ANIMALS, so i refuse to use it)....
We add the tofu in spaghetti and have tofu sandwiches...believe me it doesn't look and smell nice but after you cook it using this method you'll LOVE it.

Here's the Korean market:
http://www.megaplex.co.za/shops-rivonia-junction.htm

The Bryanstan Market info is on my other posts plus on the side of my blog too.

Mmmm!

Well that's my morning Blog...I've got stax of stuff to do so i gotta dash.

Warm fuzzies

Kelly-Leigh

Weekend Rush

Howdy folks

So where to start?

I have so much news that i have no clue what to talk about first!

You see the reason why i can jabber on and on about things is because i breath - sleep - and eat, animal and Vegan activism. Literally! I never stop! I suppose it's just because it's my passion and with out passion...Hell i wouldn't even have 77 members....yup you heard me correctly! I started off as just me on the 3 August 2010...JUST ME!!! And now after 3 weeks and 1 day, i have 77people that are listening to spread the word!

If little old me can do it, you all could!

So about this weekend...

I went to the Organic and Natural show at the coca - cola dome, there was quite a few stores but personally i have found out so much more that is better than the knowledge i gained from there, which you guys should all be excited about cause I've let you in on all that I've learnt!

Have you ever heard about Fry's?

Well they are basically what i lived on when i went vegetarian years back! They produce all sorts of goodies....i always liked them because they made me feel very 'normal'. I would take a sausage or patty to a braai and make sure that they braai'd it first and then i got to have my 'braai meat' too. They have Patty's, sausages, mince, schnitzels and nuggets all soy. Plus they taste super yummy! I'm a very fussy eater so trust me!

The reason why I'm talking about them is because we saw them at the show and they asked us to sign up for a (MEAT FREE MONDAY)...what?....ok so it's a petition that you sign that states that every Monday you will not eat meat...simple huh...well the thing about this is "if every South African goes meat free one day a week 11200 cattle, 2 million chickens, 10 000 pigs, 22300 sheep will be saved from slaughter WEEKLY" (Compassion in World Farming)....

Crazy right!...go check it out on:

http://www.supportmfm.co.za/category/partners


And we also saw this organisation that help Rhino's -  there name is (Mission Rhino) Of course we got involved...so we signed up and all they really need is volunteers...some to go and ask people to sign at shows and some to build pens for the rhino's....stuff like that. If you want to check it out there website is:

http://missionrhino.za.org/


I bought some Shampoo and Conditioner from 'The Victorian Garden' which is really cool but uber expensive...luckily it was on show prices so i got it for a good price.You should look at there stuff if you have extra cash lying around....they have stax of toiletry goods that smell so yummy...there was this lady who told me that the Victorian garden has a salon...apparently they go and pick herbs from the garden for your facial and apply it on to your face...R350...ok so it may sound a lot to some people but in Sorbet where they do okish facials with Dermalogica they also charge R350...so it's not out of the price range in facial land.Mmmmm i love facials!

 

Dunno if i told you about my ordered pasta but i have it at home now...so when i try it I'll let you know if it's tasty...R20...a very good price.

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Now on another note:

I'm taking this activism a bit further than just a group on facebook and a blog...we taking it to the public....no that does not mean striking!!! We are going to tactically divulge into campaigns...

I'll let you all in on what it's going to be later but for now just know that we are progressing...and at a very speedy rate.

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I got those stickers i was waiting for, so it's advertising on my laptop and car, I'd never thought I'd be one to stick things on my car....i always thought it looked trashy...but hey that's what happens when you get passionate about things, you act all weird :)

Honestly i never thought I'd be here....but I'm here and as my weird boyfriends friend would say...'i'm gonna bang it!'

Gotta go guys, sorry about missing the morning post.....i was crazy busy! I'm trying to get the pick'n pay near me to stock Vegan food!

Loving the loads

Kelly-Leigh