Super-Size me

Today in wellness class we finished watching Super-Size Me... If you haven’t seen it go watch it NOW! It's an amazing documentary about the effects of fast food on our bodies. Basically it's a guy, called Morgan Spurlock, who is in a perfectly good physical state, who decides to undergo a diet for 30 days of JUST McDonald’s food. The

rules are everything he eats must be bought at McDonalds and if asked to supersize he must say yes. Throughout the experiment he has regular medical checkups between the first and last major ones in which all the tests are done to find his various levels of cholesterol, fat, etc.
In this documentary you see how bad fast food really is for you, as well as the marketing schemes and publicity that puts fast food ahead of healthy food for most Americans. It researches how many American's are now obese and goes in to investigating how and why as well as obviously the effect of these disastrous diets. It’s frightening how little most of us know about nutrition and how badly some foods can affect your body. In just 30 days there were numerous of radical changes in Morgan Spurlock's physical and emotional state. Not only that but none of the doctors had predicted the damage that this food could have on him and where surprised to see how quickly this food can become deadly and addictive.

The trouble with being Tall.

Most of my friends are shorter than me and although I'm about average height in England, my friends in Peru and Mexico still tell me I'm a giant. I don't particularly enjoy being tall but none of my smaller friends get it. They feel like being small is so much worse. I completely disagree, for various reasons. Firstly if you're like me and you're not only taller than you're friends but also a bit chubbier you look like a monster next to them, walking down the street with my friends in Peru I have NO chance of ever looking cute or sweet…. No, I look like the weirdly big one. Not only that but also going to parties is harder, I mean have you ever gone to a party in heels, and being taller than most suddenly your even bigger and you look completely out of place dancing with your tiny friends. Another point against being tall is guys… I know that sounds kind of weird, let me explain.
Tall girl + Tall guy = cute
Tall Girl + Short guy = Awkward
Short girl + Tall guy= aww
Short girl +short guy = PRECIOUSSSS ^^

When most Peruvian guys are pretty short you can see how it would be difficult for a tall girl to find a guy who would even think of going out with you, or that you would be open to dating or even dancing with!
I have to admit there are good points to being tall, like for example not having to look up at everyone, also being tall you nearly never have to ask people to reach something that high up for you. I guess both have good sides, the thing is nobody is ever really happy with what they have, or in other words, the grass is always greener on the other side.

Valentine's Day... AWWWWW

Some say Valentine's day is a pointless celebration that was made up by random companies to earn more money, these people may be right about the creation of Valentine's day but, it isn't pointless. It's a day that gives people an excuse to give their loved ones cheesy gifts, a day that people aren't afraid to confess their love… ok I just realized how sickly sweet that sounds… but it's true!! I LOVE Valentine's day, seeing these sweet actions gives you that warm feeling of: the world is good, don't you think?

I love seeing couples get each other really cute gifts, or just doing some sweet gesture for someone else it makes me smile.
I do see the bad side to it however, all the unhappily single people have to spend the whole day seeing couples doing sweet things for each and not have anyone do anything for them, I get it, especially if you've just broken up with someone, so here are a couple of things that you can do on Valentine's day if you're single :)
1. Buy yourself chocolate, it makes everything better
2. Go out with your other single friends and, if you’re a girl, go and get pampered! I'm talking mani, pedi, facial! And if you are a guy…. Get pampered too! There's nothing wrong with a guy wanting to be pampered once in a while!
3. Get a new look, new clothes, hair, etc. It always cheers you up ^^
4. Go out with friends for a fun day out, bowling, cinema, a meal, whatever you want
5. One of my personal favorites, and my plan for this year's Valentine’s Day, get together with a group of friends and watch chick flicks or if you're not that in to that kind of movies, action, horror, whatever you want really works too. Oh and don't forget, everyone should take some kind of fatty treat such as: donuts, brownies, cookies, cake, crisps, I think you get the gist.
6. Finally, spend it with your family, although I don't particularly think this is a good use of your Valentine's day, I've heard some people enjoy spending time with family members O.O

Remember these are only a couple of ideas, just remember it's a fun day, which gives you a great excuse to stuff your face with food that's bad for you, so take advantage of it!
If you are lucky enough to spend this day with your significant other, I wish you the best!

V.vison

Comedy

Hello everyone, how are you? I'm good thanks :)
So this is just a short blog post about some very funny comedians I have been watching on youtube, you should really check them out they are very funny :)

Firstly Russel Howard. He's a British stand up comedian who's only 30 years old yet he's already a panelist on English TV show Mock The Week, host of his own TV show, he's hosted Comedy Central's Edinburgh and Beyond and twice appeared on Live at the Apollo as well as a couple of other impressive achievements. If you haven't heard of him here are a few links to some of his performances, if you don't find him funny.... your crazy, no just kidding, but I think he's great, hope you enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wmvtFfrEk0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xig_x0vaIIE&feature=channel

Next, Gabriel Iglesias, a young mexican living in the US. He tells countless jokes comparing mexico to the USA and al you can think is... that is SO true! He also talks about many personal experiences which could never happen to anyone but him, as well as incorporating his ability to make funny voices and sounds. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOQJiZ_g3Ho
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a77Dw3tNv8o&feature=related


Last but not least, my personal favourite, Dara O'brian. Dara O'brian is an Irish stand up comedian, he's my favourite because in his shows he always interacts with the audience, making each performance different. He has an amazing talent and I LOVE HIS SHOWS! I hope you find him as funny as I do :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYBWA7wX_LM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cwYh3Qb4rc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbY7GODI5Dw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAOFjS5bgZI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syKLlbwjIO8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36ChmRYMFkw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_uADEKX_3w&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2LH-odKSM4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpCkbjX8BnU&feature=related
By the way all nine are the same show but it's split up in to nine parts ^^

I hope you got to laugh not that teehee laugh, no the EXPLOSION laugh that you just can't stop! :D have an awesome week! ^^

V.Vison

Vegetarian

Hello everyone, I'm sorry the last post was so short and not very interesting but I really couldn't think of anything else, luckily this time I have thought of something better to write about :) I hope you enjoy!

So I'm vegetarian; I often get asked about it and many people don't understand how or why or I don't eat meat, so this is just a shortish post about it to clear up any questions. Firstly I just want to say I'm not vegetarian because of some religious belief or anything, it's more just because I want to. I was raised vegetarian although I ate fish, but no other meat, however two years ago I decided to give up all meat (including seafood.) The reason I don't eat meat isn't because I'm not allowed to, my brother who was also raised vegetarian now eats anything, I have decided to stay vegetarian though because I don't think it is necessary to kill animals for food especially as there are so many substitutes for it nowadays. Something that people often associate with being vegetarian is that your either on a diet, or wont get enough protein and therefore won't grow properly (well at least this is what the majority of my mexican relatives believe) but this isn't true at all, I'm perfectly healthy... ok that's a lie but the only reason I'm not is because I'm lazy and do no exercise, but the point is i'm not starving, or super skinny. It's quite funny actually, my mexican family wasn't happy with my brother not eating meat, they told my mum he wasn't getting enough protein and it was an unhealthy lifestyle, the main reason they said this was because my brother is supper skinny and they wanted to blame that on the lack of meat in his diet. Soon they couldn't say that anymore as I was a huge baby and then was a big toddler and am now a normal sized teen and I eat no meat at all, where as my brother who eats anything is still incredibly skinny. So as you can see it has nothing to do with it. Now I'm not writing this to push anyone in to being vegetarian as it is a personal choice and I know how horrible it is for people to constantly be bothered by people trying to convince me to eat meat. I mean if you do decide to stop eating meat thats great, congratulations, or even if you just decide to give up on some types of meat that's also awesome! If you don't, thats also fine, it's your life and you decide how you live it =)

Here is a link to the PETA website: http://www.peta.org.uk/ Check it out and try and help with the protection of animals in any way you can, not necessarily giving up on meat :)

Also if you are planning to become vegetarian but are struggling to find any good recipes look at these websites:
http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/vegetarian-recipes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/diets/vegetarian
http://uktv.co.uk/food/homepage/sid/5428

If you want to go even further and try some vegan food:
http://www.simpleveganrecipes.co.uk/
http://www.uncaged.co.uk/recipes.htm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/vegan

Hope you enjoyed, please comment below on any useful links, or any questions, or just to share personal experiences :)

V.vison

Oh and by the way if you are vegan you are EPIC and you are an inspiration :)

Hey everyone, how have you been? I'm ok thank you, actually I feel great! :D
You may be wondering: "why is V.vison so annoyingly happy?" Well dear imaginary person asking odd questions, I'm happy because yesterday my boyfriend and I celebrated two weeks together. To you, random person reading my blog, it may be nothing, but to me, this is BIG. Firstly he's my first boyfriend, and secondly he's the awesomeist (yes I just invented a word... or spelled it wrong...either way, it's cool) person ever. So to commemorate this random moment in time, I wanted to make a lovey dovey post with the lyrics to the nicest song ever!!!


1,2,3,4 Lyrics
1,2 - 1 2 3 4
give me more lovin then i've ever had.
make it all better when i'm feelin sad.
tell me that i'm special even when i know i'm not.
make me feel good when i hurt so bad.
barely gettin mad,
im so glad i found you.
i love bein around you.
you make it easy,
as easy as 1 2,(1 2 3 4.)
theres only one thing two do three words four you.
i love you.
(i love you)
theres only one way two say those three words
and that's what i'll do.
i love you.
(i love you)
give me more lovin from the very start.
piece me back together when i fall apart.
tell me things you never even tell your closest friends.
make me feel good when i hurt so bad.
best that i've had.
im so glad that i found you.
i love bein around you.
you make it easy as easy as 1 2,(1 2 3 4.)
theres only one thing two do three words four you.
i love you.
(i love you)
theres only one way two say those three words
and that's what i'll do.
i love you.i love you
(i love you)
you make it easy, its easy as 1234
theres only one thing two do three words four you i love you
(i love you)
theres only one way two say those three words
thats what ill do i love you
(i love you)
i love you i love you.
one two three four i love you.
(iloveyou)
i love you
(i love you)


By the way I got these lyrics from http://www.6lyrics.com/12343-lyrics-plain_white_t_s.aspx
and listen to the actual song in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6pW_q1PvH0

I hope this cheered up your day ^^ if not... sorry... if so YAY!!!
Remember to appreciate your loved ones, you only have on life as you so live it to the fullest!


V.vison

Cooking

Hello everyone!
I'm sorry for not having written in such a long time, and I know it's no excuse but as soon as I got back from Peru I was ill and then I admit I did have a week or two that I would have had time to write in but... to be honest... I'm kind of lazy... moving on, after that we have had a lot of work at school, it's those crazy weeks when all the projects are due and every one is super stressed out; so yea, that is why I haven't written until now. Also, just so you know, I probably wont be writing very often as exams are coming up, wish me luck!
Anyway, on with the post! Todays entry will actually be a little bit different, I hope you like it! Do leave comments below and let me know if you like it and I might do another similar one :)

So, I love to bake, cakes, cookies brownies, I love it! I have never cooked pies, pastries, mousses or cheesecake; I really want to learn how to cook these things to expand my knowledge on cooking so I'm going to try and make some type of the items stated before; today I made cheesecake.

I chose to do a London cheesecake form Nigella Lawson's "How to be a Domestic Goddess" which was a sarcastic present for my mum, as she hates to cook. So that you can try and make this delicious treat, here is a link that has the exact same recipe that I used, if you decide to test it out for yourselves leave me a comment and tell me how you did :D
So here is the link--> http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/london-cheesecake-147

I started of with a positive mindset, maybe it would all be ok and come out perfectly for once! I soon realised this was not going to happen. The first step was to blitz the biscuits in to tiny crumbs for the base, but of course my liquidizer (I think that is what it is called) is broken, so I had to make the biscuits in to crumbs by hand... this means I hit them with a rolling pin, put them in a plastic bag and crushed them with a bowl, I tried everything and after an hour I gave up and just put the crumbs in as they where, even though they weren't quite ready. I went through the rest of the steps and put it in the oven, after 50 minutes it was exactly the same, another half an hour and then, I gave up and decided to just put the final layer on top, unfortunately it sank in to the rest and just blended, so again I gave up and put it in the fridge. A couple of hours later I found a couple of pieces of chocolate, I melted them and once they where cold I broke them in to pieces. The final product was... good!

It actually tasted ok, so yea I suggest you try it! If I could make it work anyone can!


V.vison