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Study Suggests Vegan Diet Promotes Weight Loss

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VSS on Radio 938 Live on Friday 23Sep

Can Vegetarianism Solve the Problem of World Hunger?

World Hunger Map

Booth by VSS at New Age Day at Potong Pasir CC

How I Became a Flexitarian

Study Suggests Vegan Diet Promotes Weight Loss

A low-fat vegan (no meat, dairy or egg) diet causes significant weight loss, even without exercise, calorie-counting, or portion limits, according to a study conducted by PCRM researchers and published in the September 2005 American Journal of Medicine. Sixty-four overweight women were randomly assigned to either a low-fat, vegan diet or a more moderate low-fat (control) diet based on National Cholesterol Education Program guidelines. The vegan group lost an average of 13 pounds in 14 weeks, compared with 8 pounds for the control group.

For details of the study: http://www.pcrm.org/news/archive050908.html.

For more information on vegan diets and weight loss, please go to: http://www.pcrm.org/health/prevmed/weightloss.html and http://www.pcrm.org/health/prevmed/weight_control.html.

For more information on healthy vegetarian diets, please go to: http://www.pcrm.org/health/veginfo/vsk/index.html.

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Recently, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong urged Singaporeans to exercise regularly, and that’s excellent advice. Yes, eating a veg diet may be good for our health, but regular exercise may be even more important.

We vegetarians have a responsibility to vegetarianism to look our best, because there’s no escaping the fact that our non-veg family, friends and colleagues are looking at us. In their minds, we’re walking, talking barometers of the healthfulness of veg diets. So, please do get out there and exercise, even if it’s alighting from the bus a few stops earlier when coming home after work or school.

VSS on Radio 938 Live on Friday, 23Sep

Friday, 23Sep, from 10.30 to 12noon, three VSS members are scheduled to appear on the Radio 938 programme The Living Room. Please listen and consider calling. Ask a tough question or tell about your own experience.

Can Vegetarianism Solve the Problem of World Hunger?

Good news. After last week’s appeal for funds to create a sculpture illustrating the link between world hunger and meat eating, one reader has already pledged a $300 donation. Another wrote to ask what the link actually was. Here’s one reply.

The number one reason for world hunger is probably the inequitable distribution of food, as there probably is enough food to feed everyone, but hundreds of millions of people don’t have the money to buy that food. So, at least for now, distribution rather than scarcity, is most likely the main reason for starvation and malnutrition, although with the world’s population continuing to grow, this may change.

Where meat consumption enters the picture is that the hunger problem is exacerbated by the inefficiency of meat production. Many kgs of food are fed to our fellow animals to produce 1 kg of meat. Think about human children. Do they gain one kilo for every kg of food they eat? No, and neither do the members of other animal species, despite the fact that these other animals expend less energy as they are often deprived of opportunities to engage in normal physical activity, and despite the fact that they are often fed growth hormones.

Here are some weblinks in case you want to read more on this:

http://www.vegetarisme.be/php/mensen.html?menu=eng&s=3&ss=5&sss=1

www.plantsforhunger.org

www.globalhunger.net
www.eatlessmeat.org

If you’re interested in making a donation to cover the remaining $600 for the statue, please email info@.... Alternatively, call or sms Yeow at 9839 3769 for more information.

World Hunger Map

Food for Life, a vegetarian food relief organization is offering a world hunger map as a fund raiser and education tool. Data on the map are based on the official World Food Programme hunger map (www.wfp.org). Did you know that 864 million people in the world today are hungry or malnourished? As a result, 100s die every day, according to UN estimates.

To learn more about the map, go to the latest issue of the Food for Life newsletter and scroll down: http://www.ffl.org/html/FFL_Newsletter_010.htm. You may also wish to subscribe to that newsletter. It’s free.

Booth by VSS at New Age Day at Potong Pasir CC

Sunday, 25 Sep, 9.30am-6pm, Potong Pasir CC, 6 Potong Pasir Ave 2, will hold a New Age Day at their Multi-Purpose Hall. For more information, call 6280-1182, potong_pasir@.... VSS will have a booth. Stop by to pick up a VCD (free), a copy of the two VSS flyers (free), and the VSS cookbook ($25). Plus, you can chat with VSS members.

How I Became a Flexitarian

A flexitarian is someone who usually eats only vegetarian food but on occasion, such as on their mother’s birthday, eats meat. To read the hyperlinked version of this piece, go to the following page on the author’s website: http://www.davidwoon.com/blog/2005/09/conversion-story-of-meat-eater.html.

I was a die-hard meat-eater, specifically a chicken-eater. Hence, it was beyond my wildest dreams that after more than 30 years of eating meat, I would become a Flexitarian.

I had known about vegetarianism for a long time, from 3 main perspectives: environment, religion & health. But it never crossed my mind to become vegetarian because I just couldn't forgo my favourite deep-fried, curried, BBQ, Samsui and Gongbao chicken! Besides, I was happily healthy, spiritually religious and environmentally green - without being vegetarian; there was just no compelling reason for me to make the diet switch!

Then it happened suddenly: one fine day, I chanced upon a freely-distributed VCD entitled "Seeds for a Better World" from a vegetarian stall. After watching it, I immediately converted to vegetarianism! The key video clip in the VCD which changed my life can be downloaded at http://www.meetyourmeat.com.

I was really appalled at how much animals suffer just because of our insatiable demand for meat! They are treated like factory products rather than living things! Although we do not torture them directly, we are indirectly supporting such barbarity by consuming huge amounts of meat; to meet demands with good profit margins, suppliers have to maximise production at minimum costs, which leads to hellish living conditions for the animals!

As I still need to take into consideration the needs of my family, I became a Flexitarian rather than a Vegan. In any case, I am glad that I am doing what I can to reduce the sufferings of innocent animals. What about you? If a 30-year meat-eater like me can do it, so can you! And vegetarian food is actually far healthier and tastier than you could imagine! Find out more here (www.vegetarian-society.org)!

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#172 From: "Vegetarian Society $Singapore$" <george@...>
Date: Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:35 pm
Subject: VSS eNewsletter 26 Sep 05 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 26 September 2005

The Circus Comes to Town – with veg lunch for the elderly

Healthy Cooking Workshop

Vegetorium Opens

Two New Veg Stalls

Organic Soy Ice Cream

Reader Recommendation

CAN Veg and Organic Restaurant, etc. Contest

Healthy Cooking Workshop

A healthy cooking workshop with organic and biogenic cuisine will be conducted in English by Ms Sim Nget Seer. The workshop will be held on Sunday, 23 October, 2.30-5pm, at Synbiotics Health Optimum, 15, Stanley Street. The fee is $40, and the class is limited to the first 25 people to sign up. The menu features steamed five organic grain rice (biogenic style), chlorophyll soup, and pickled seaweed with root vegetables.

Registration & Payment:

Synbiotics Health Optimum

15, Stanley Street,

Singapore 0668734

Tel: 6226.2621 (Please call 3pm-10pm on weekdays and 10am – 10pm on weekends).

Vegetorium Opens

VSS is always searching for good venues to hold events. If you know of any auditoriums or halls that seat 100-300, are no more than 5 minutes walk from an MRT and have facilities such as sound system and projection system, please let us know: info@....

Although Vegetorium has none of those features, it does have a lot of tasty vegetarian food (no egg and no garlic/onion). This family-run restaurant is open 10am-9pm daily, at 291 South Bridge Road, 9155.0438, vegetorium@....

Two New Veg Stalls

Jia Ming Vegetarian has opened 2 new outlets in the Orchard area near Dhoby Ghaut MRT with a great selection of at least 10 different dishes, and a good mixture of some healthy dishes and some tasty but a.k.a. junk foods, at: 190 Orchard Road #B1-12/13 Orchard Point Food Court and 100 Orchard Road #01-04 Meridien Hotel Shopping Centre.

Organic Soy Ice Cream

Ice cream is one of the foods sorely missed by those vegetarians who do not take dairy. Fortunately, organic soy ice cream is now available in Singapore in seven different flavours of the Soy Delicious brand: Chocolate Almond Brownie, Chocolate Obsession, Raspberry a la Mode, Cookie Avalanche, Purely Vanilla, and Swinging Anna Banana. Read an interview with the founder of the company: http://www.satyamag.com/sept05/brawerman.html.

Two places were you can find the ice cream are Super Nature, www.supernature.com.sg, 21 Orchard Boulevard, #01-21 Park House, Singapore 248645, Tel: 6735-4338, Mon, Tue, Thu, Sat: 10am-7pm; Wed, Fri: 10am-8pm; Sun, Public Hols: 11am-6pm

and

Real Food Daily (delicatessen, caf�), 5 Mohammed Sultan Road, #01-01, Singapore 239014, Tel: 6733-8231, M-Th 10am-7pm, Fri-Sat 10am-9pm, Sun-9am-3pm.

Reader Recommendation

A reader recommends Pangat Indian Vegetarian, with two stalls: (a) 12 Prince Edward Road, #01-01, Bestway Building, 11am-3pm, M-F; and (b) 133 Cecil Street, #B1-07, Keng Seng Tower, 11am-3pm, M-Sat. The rice set is only $3 with lots of variety. Contact: 9026.5670, www.pangat.com.

The Circus Comes to Town – with veg lunch for the elderly

In celebration of Senior Citizen Week and their 6th anniversary, Kampung Senang Charity Foundation http://www.kg-senang.org.sg is organising a charity show called the Swiss Dream Big Top Circus show on 27 November at 11.00am, in an air-conditioned tent set up at the corner of North Bridge Road and Rochor Road.

The show is a mix of old-fashioned European circus art with modern techno wizardry and no non-human animals. Tickets priced at $40, $50 are still available at Kampung Senang’s Tampines Centre, Tel: 6785.2568, email@.... Kg Senang is also looking for sponsors to buy tickets so that 380 old folks can attend the show. These elderly will also be provided with vegetarian lunch.

For more on the issue of non-human animals in circuses, see http://www.rspcavic.org/news_info/animalsincircus.htm.

CAN Veg and Organic Restaurant, etc. Contest

Can.com.sg is a popular local internet directory. Tell them in detail about a vegetarian or organic food restaurant / stall / shop / etc. that you know of and stand to win a $30 PARCO Bugis Junction shopping voucher! Details at

http://www.can.com.sg/content/neocan/en/goodstuff/contests/can_vegan_haunts_contest.html

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#173 From: "Vegetarian Society $Singapore$" <george@...>
Date: Fri Sep 30, 2005 6:58 am
Subject: VSS eNewsletter 1 Oct 2005 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 1 October 2005

Cantonese Talk and Food Demo

Cantonese Talk and Food Demo

Ren Ci Gala Fundraising Veg Dinner

Revamped GoVeg Website

VSS Cookbook Sightings

Vegetarian Journal Online (Partially)

Assisting ACRES

Cooking Demonstration and Tasting

Ethical Eating

This month, VSS is beginning a monthly talk/food demo series every 4th Saturday of the month, 11am-11.30am, starting 22nd October. The format is a 15min Cantonese talk about healthy veg diets + 15min simple food demo. The venue is Thong Kheng SAC (Queenstown Centre), Blk 3 Jalan Bukit Merah #01-5070. Call 6278.3966 for additional info.

Ren Ci Gala Fundraising Veg Dinner

Ren Ci Hospital and Medicare Centre is holding a 500-table fundraising vegetarian dinner Sunday, 30 Oct, 7pm, at Expo Hall 1. Tables are priced at $800, $2000, and $5000. Pls call Serena at 6315.3450. We hear that tables are selling fast.

Revamped GoVeg Website

PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals – www.peta.org) has many websites on various issues, including vegetarianism: www.goveg.com. The GoVeg site has been relaunched after a substantial update. For example, there’s lots of important information about our fellow animals’ ability to think and to feel many of the same emotions that we experience.

Here’s an excerpt from the Amazing Animals page: Fish are smart, sensitive animals with their own unique personalities. They have excellent memories and can learn to avoid nets by watching other fish in their group and can recognize individual “shoal mates.” Some fish gather information by eavesdropping on others, and some even use tools. Says marine biologist Dr. Sylvia Earle, “They’re so good-natured, so curious. You know, fish are sensitive, they have personalities, they hurt when they're wounded.”

Other pages give advice on raising veggie kids and give information on the link between meat eating and world hunger.

VSS Cookbook Sightings

One reader reports seeing eight copies of the VSS cookbook New Asian Traditions while browsing at Popular next to Orchard MRT. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem like Borders carries the book, but Kinokuniya does, plus other branches of Popular.

Vegetarian Journal Online (Partially)

Selected articles from the Vegetarian Journal are available online at http://www.vrg.org/journal/vj2005issue2/index.htm. The journal is produced by the Vegetarian Resource Group: www.vrg.org.

Assisting ACRES

Many of you have heard of ACRES (Animal Concerns Research & Education Society): www.acres.org.sg. ACRES does great work in the such areas as opposing the smuggling of our fellow animals, such as snakes and turtles.

They attempt to foster respect and compassion for all animals and to persuade people to make lifestyle choices, such as going vegetarian, that reduce suffering.

Unfortunately, ACRES is undergoing severe financial problems. Please visit their website and consider helping them.

Cooking Demonstration and Tasting

Adventist Community Service is presenting a veggie cooking demo and tasting, Sun, 23Oct, 4-6pm at 6 Ashwood Grove (Woodlands) for the price of $10/pax. Dishes are chocolate-free brownies, veg sushi, healthy salad, vegetarian promfet, and sumptuous wild rice. SMS Mark Chan for registration at 97438362. Lucky draw for first 20 registrants.

Ethical Eating

A reporter from ST’s Life section contacted VSS for an article on “ethical eating.” We Googled the term and came up with tons of hits. One definition is, “knowing the life history of what you are eating.” The reporter was also interested in so-called “exotic meats,” such as frog legs, shark fin, and foie gras.

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#174 From: "Vegetarian Society $Singapore$" <vegsoc@...>
Date: Fri Oct 7, 2005 7:30 am
Subject: VSS eNewsletter 8 Oct 2005 vegsocsg
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VSS eNewsletter 8 October 2005

Healthy Smoothie Demo at Buona Vista CC

Ci Yan on HPB’s List of Restaurants Offering Tasty, Healthier Dishes

Cooking Workshop in Tanjong Pagar

The Enormity of It All

Holistic Living Festival: Bigger, Better, Cheaper

Veg Food at Pasir Ris West Plaza

Vegetarian Catering Company Opens

Good Reading about Good Eating

Happier Meals: Rethinking the Global Meat Industry

Healthy Smoothie Demo at Buona Vista CC

Buona Vista CC is holding a moving-out Carnival on 9^th October (Sunday, 9am-6pm). There will be a Jumbo Garage Sale, Fun Fair, Lucky Draws, Children’s Art Competition, Dance Performances, Talk on Acupuncture, and more.

VSS will be exhibiting at the Carnival and from 1pm-2pm, VSS Education Officer, Yeow (who appeared in last week’s Sunday Times), will be demo-ing the Meal-in-a-Drink Smoothie from page 88 of the VSS cookbook, New Asian Traditions, which will be on sale at the VSS booth. Location: 399, Holland Drive, Singapore 278939. (5min walk from Buona Vista MRT), Tel: 67785163, 67774169.

Ci Yan on HPB’s List of Restaurants Offering Tasty, Healthier Dishes

Ci Yan vegetarian restaurant at 8 Smith St, 6225-9026, is one of 16 veg restaurants on HPB’s list of “restaurants offering you tasty and healthier dishes”: http://www.hpb.gov.sg/hpb/default.asp?pg_id=1751.

What’s more, Ci Yan features a different menu every day of the month, along with their usual brown rice set. Last, but not least, you can find one of Ci Yan’s favourite recipes and the story behind it on page 35 of the VSS cookbook, New Asian Traditions.

Cooking Workshop in Tanjong Pagar

The Enormity of It All

As part of the interview for the piece in last week’s Sunday Times, VSS was asked how many of our fellow animals are killed for meat every year. We had seen an estimate of about 55 billion, but we needed a figure that came from a reputable, non-partial organization, not from a video by a vegetarian organization.

Fortunately, CIWF (Compassion in World Farming), www.ciwf.org, helped us out a bit by pointing out the page to look on the FAO’s (Food and Agriculture Organization) website: http://faostat.fao.org/faostat/form?collection=Production.Livestock.Primary&Domain=Production&servlet=1&hasbulk=&version=ext&language=EN.

Using the calculator on that page is tricky, but you can find numbers on the killing of the most “popular” land animals. These data are available for individual countries and for the entire world. Of course, the numbers are often based on estimates. Furthermore, they don’t seem to include marine animals.

Whatever the figures are, they show what an enormous job we have. So, let’s get busy, and let’s remember that every vegetarian meal is a victory.

Holistic Living Festival: Bigger, Better, Cheaper

VSS is once again participating in the Holistic Living Festival, Sat-Sun, 22 & 23 October, 10am-8pm, at Teochow Building on Tank Road, near Dhoby Ghaut MRT: http://www.holisticliving.com.sg/festivedetails.php.

The festival is: bigger – with 90 exhibitors from five countries, including VSS; better - with more free workshops; and cheaper - $3, instead of $5, and kids free. There will also be give-aways, such as Darlie green tea toothpaste to those who enter before supplies run out.

VSS will be giving a workshop “Altruism Is Good for Your Health: Eat Less Meat!” at the Festival at 5.20pm on Sat, 22 Oct. And, the VSS Cookbook will be on sale.

Veg Food at Pasir Ris West Plaza

Mostly, Singapore is an easy place for finding veg food, but there are occasional deserts, and we’re not talking about ice kacang (i.e., desserts). That’s why a reader excitedly wrote to tell us about a vegetarian outlet at the Koufu food court at Pasir Ris West Plaza, #01-336. Opening hours are a generous 7am-10pm, every day. Among the dishes are veg laksa and tahu goreng.

Vegetarian Catering Company Opens

Yuan Xin Vegetarian Buffet Cuisine is a newly established company offering vegetarian catering seven days a week. Although the company is new, the main chef has twenty years of experience. To find out more, call 9628-8142, email jovan9@..., or visit www.yuanxin.com.sg.

Good Reading about Good Eating

Satya is the name of an online magazine. Although the name sounds Indian, the magazine is based in the U.S. The Sep 2005 issue is about veganism: http://satyamag.com/sept05/index.html, and the Jun/Jul05 issue is titled “United We Stand … for the Animals”: http://satyamag.com/jun05/index.html.

Happier Meals: Rethinking the Global Meat Industry

This is the title of a report from the widely-respected WorldWatch Institute: http://www.worldwatch.org/press/news/2005/09/29. The report notes the rise of factory farming in Asia and highlights the following concerns:

· Crowded, inhumane, and unhygienic conditions on factory farms can sicken farm animals and create the perfect environment for the spread of diseases, including avian flu, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, or mad cow disease), and foot-and-mouth disease.

· Factory-farmed meat and fish contain an arsenal of unnatural ingredients, among them persistent organic pollutants (POPs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), arsenic, hormones, and other chemicals. Overuse of antibiotics and other antimicrobials in livestock and poultry operations, meanwhile, is undermining the toolbox of effective medicines for human use.

· Factory farming is resource intensive: producing just one calorie of beef takes 33 percent more fossil-fuel energy than producing a calorie of potatoes. Eight ounces of beef can require up to 25,000 liters of water, while enough flour for a loaf of bread in developing countries requires only 550 liters.

· Despite the fact that fisheries worldwide are being fished out, about a third of the total marine fish catch is utilized for fish meal, two-thirds of which is used to fatten chickens, pigs, and other animals.

· Only about half of all livestock waste is effectively fed into the crop cycle; much of the remainder ends up polluting the air, water, and soil.

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#175 From: "Vegetarian Society $Singapore$" <vegsoc@...>
Date: Fri Oct 14, 2005 2:31 pm
Subject: VSS eNewsletter 15 October 2005 vegsocsg
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VSS eNewsletter 15 October 2005

Holistic Living Festival: Bigger, Better, Cheaper

Cooking Workshop in Tanjong Pagar

New Outlet Features Hai Nam Curry Rice and Earthen Jar Soup

Net Wanderings

Pass the Peanuts Please

McDs Veggie Burger in Malaysia, But It’s Not Vegetarian

Don’t Mock Mock Meat

Workshop: Organic Recipes for Inside Out Beauty

Second Indinine Outlet on Neil Road

Brown Rice Sighting at a Neighbourhood Food Court

TNP Wants to Interview Vegans

Cooking Workshop in Tanjong Pagar

Holistic Living Festival: Bigger, Better, Cheaper

VSS is once again participating at the Holistic Living Festival, Sat-Sun, 22 & 23 October, 10am-8pm, at Teochow Building on Tank Road, near Dhoby Ghaut MRT: http://www.holisticliving.com.sg/festivedetails.php.

The festival is bigger – with 90 exhibitors from five countries, including VSS, better - with more free workshops, and cheaper - $3, instead of $5, and kids free. There will also be give-aways, such as Darlie green tea toothpaste to those who enter before supplies run out. VSS will be giving a workshop “Altruism Is Good for Your Health: Eat Less Meat!” at 5.20pm on Sat, 22 Oct.

New Outlet Features Hai Nam Curry Rice and Earthen Jar Soup

Sui Yuan Vegetarian is the name of the new veg outlet at Blk 27 Jalan Berseh #01-100 (directly behind Jalan Berseh Food Centre). Opening hours: 7am - 2pm; 5pm-10.30pm. Specialties include Hai Nam Curry Rice and Earthern Jar Soup. Contact: 9186.5415. A reader wrote in raving about the Hai Nam Curry Rice. Those not sure what it is should ask someone who has eaten non-veg Scissors Curry Rice at the corner of Kitchener Road.

Sui Yuan is open 7 days a week, except that it is closed 1st week Tuesday (nights off only) & Wednesday (whole day); 3rd week Tuesday (nights off only) & Wednesday (whole day).

Net Wanderings

A reader who is a graphic artist recommends the following website for its creative combination of words and pictures: http://www.thinkvegan.net.

Pass the Peanuts Please

Peanuts do not get a lot of respect. First off, they aren’t actually nuts; they’re legumes: http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~news/story.php?id=2440. Second, they are inexpensive, and lots of people think that cheap = bad. But, here’s some research that points out some of the benefits of eating peanuts: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/01/050110120557.htm.

McDs Veggie Burger in Malaysia, But It’s Not Vegetarian

A reader who was in Malaysia recently reported two sightings of veggie burgers at McDonald’s restaurants. And, sure enough, the McDonald’s Malaysia website highlights their veggie burgers: http://www.mcdonalds.com.my/highlights/veg.asp. But, the last line of the page announcing the veggie burgers reads, “Veggie Burger is not a vegetarian product.”

We wrote for clarification and were told that mayonnaise containing eggs is added to the burger which is deep-fried in the same oil as the French fries. It is possible to ask for no mayo; however, the McDs person wasn’t willing to say that the burger would be veg without the mayo. We’ve also asked McDs Singapore about their plans. No answer yet.

Don’t Mock Mock Meat

Some people have a very low opinion of mock meat. Before jumping to conclusions, we need to see what the mock meat is made from and how it is prepared. Plus, every mock meat meal is very healthy for the chicken, cow, etc. parts of whom would have been on the plate in place of the mock meat.

To show that mock meat may be gaining status, here’s an article of the topic from a recent issue of the Washington Post.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/06/AR2005100601885.html.

Workshop: Organic Recipes for Inside Out Beauty

Awareness Place bookshop is sponsoring a workshop featuring recipes from the VSS cookbook, “New Asian Traditions”: http://www.awarenessplace.com/activities/whaton.htm#.

The workshop, led by VSS cookbook author Sue Amy, is on Sunday, 30 Oct, 3.30-5.30, at Awareness Place in the Bras Basah Complex, #01-63, 6337.7582. Price is $18 for Awareness Place members and $28 for non-members.

Second Indinine Outlet on Neil Road

Indinine, the innovative veg restaurant at Suntec City (3 Temasek Boulevard #03-16, 6238-6755), has just opened a new outlet on 114 Neil Road, tel: 6222-5154. Indinine has veg versions of popular local dishes. One thing that makes Indinine unique is that they never use the V word; so, some people eat there, enjoy the food, and don’t realize that they’ve just eaten vegetarian food.

Brown Rice Sighting at a Neighbourhood Food Court

Everyone knows that brown rice is better for us, but most people think that brown rice can only be found at specialist organic restaurants. Could that be changing? A reader reports having a pleasant surprise at the S21 Food Court next to Tanjung Pagar Plaza. The veg stall there now serves brown rice at lunchtime. Maybe you can convince your favourite veg stall to do the same. Another idea is to cook a couple day’s worth of brown rice at home, bring some in a Tupperware to your favourite veg stall and ask them just to add veggies, etc.

For more on the health benefits of brown rice: http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Cereals_and_wholegrain_foods?OpenDocument

TNP Wants to Interview Vegans

Vegans are vegetarians who don’t eat any animal products, such as dairy, eggs, and honey. A journalist contacted VSS about interviewing vegans for an article in The New Paper. If you are a vegan and would be willing to be interviewed, contact VSS at info@..., and we’ll send you the contact information and the interview questions. The reporter needs this by this coming Wed.

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#176 From: "Vegetarian Society $Singapore$" <george@...>
Date: Thu Oct 20, 2005 5:02 am
Subject: VSS eNewsletter 20 October 2005 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 20 October 2005

Holistic Living Festival: Bigger, Better, Cheaper

VSS Events

Cookbook Launch and Smoothie Demo

Cooking Workshop in Tanjong Pagar

Workshop: Organic Recipes for Inside Out Beauty

Other News and Events

Brown Rice Sightings Up North

The Vegetarian Advantage: Talk and Health Screening

Bird Flu Q&A

Vegetarian Decal

Events Involving VSS

Cookbook Launch and Smoothie Demo

This Saturday, 22 Oct, 3-4pm, at Library@Orchard, please come to hear about and see the VSS Cookbook and then watch a demonstration, with mini-sampling, of the smoothie recipe from the cookbook, p. 88. The cookbook will also be on sale for $25 ($28 at the bookshops) or $22 for VSS members.

Cooking Workshop in Tanjong Pagar

A healthy cooking workshop with organic and biogenic cuisine will be conducted in English by Ms Sim Nget Seer. The workshop will be held on Sunday, 23 October, 2.30-5pm, at Synbiotics Health Optimum, 15, Stanley Street, 6226.2621. The fee is $40, and the class is limited to the first 25 people to sign up. The menu features steamed five organic grain rice (biogenic style), chlorophyll soup, and pickled seaweed with root vegetables.

Holistic Living Festival: Bigger, Better, Cheaper

The festival is bigger – with 90 exhibitors from five countries, including VSS, better - with more free workshops, and cheaper - $3, instead of $5, and kids free. There will also be give-aways, such as Darlie green tea toothpaste and Diamond water, to those who enter before supplies run out. VSS will be giving a workshop “Altruism Is Good for Your Health: Eat Less Meat!” at 5.20pm on Sat, 22 Oct.

Workshop: Organic Recipes for Inside Out Beauty

Awareness Place bookshop is sponsoring a workshop featuring recipes from the VSS cookbook, “New Asian Traditions”: http://www.awarenessplace.com/activities/whaton.htm#.

Other News and Events

Brown Rice Sightings Up North

A reader reports that brown rice is available at the following two veg outlets up north:

1) Veg stall inside food court at Admiralty Place (Just next to Admiralty MRT Station)

2) Eight Immortal Veg stall inside food court at Causeway Point (Just next to Woodlands MRT Station)

The Vegetarian Advantage: Talk and Health Screening

On Sun, 30 Oct, Adventist Community Services and Youngberg Wellness Centre (YWC) are organizing a full morning of events, featuring Dr Clarence Ing, MD, from the NEWSTART programme in California: http://www.newstart.com. The morning starts at 8am with a chargeable health screening and healthy breakfast. These are followed at 9.30 by a free cooking demo and at 10.45 by Dr Ing’s free talk “The Vegetarian Advantage.”

Dr Ing will also be conducting an all-day cholesterol reduction programme on Thur, 3 November. The venue for both days is YWC, 798 Thomson Road. For details and to register, contact John Cheang: 9674.2512, johncheang@....

Bird Flu Q&A

Here, from WebMD, are 10 questions and answers about the bird flu. Unfortunately, they don’t mention long-term solutions, such as halting factory farming and going vegetarian: http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/113/110741.htm?pagenumber=1. If you want up-to-date bird flu news, here's a site for you: http://www.thepoultrysite.com/LatestNews/Default.asp?AREA=LatestNews&Display=6187

Vegetarian Decal

An eye-appealing, heart-revealing decal has been produced with pictures of various of our fellow animals – cat, chicken, cow, etc. – and the slogans “Love Us, Not Eat Us” and “All Lives Are Precious.” The decal is suitable for cars, motorcycles, walls, doors, or wherever else you may be inspired to place them. Produced in Singapore as a gift by a vegetarian, the decal is being distributed in at least 4 countries.

In Singapore, you can obtain a free decal (donations welcome, but not required) at the VSS events listed above. We hope to have the decal up on the VSS website for viewing sometime next week. We’ll let you know in the next VSS eNewsletter. Sorry for the delay.

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Date: Thu Oct 27, 2005 6:26 am
Subject: VSS eNewsletter 27 October 2005 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 27 October 2005

Workshop: Organic Recipes for Inside Out Beauty

Happy Deepavali and Hari Raya Puasa!!

VSS News

Have a Look at the Decal

Vegetarian Society at Great World City Fri & Sat

VSS Exco Member Joins IVU Council

Writing to the Newspapers

Letter to Straits Times

Other News

Talk and Video on Vegetarianism and the Environment

The Vegetarian Advantage: Talk and Health Screening

“Animals in a horror world of our making”

Thanksgiving from the Turkey’s Point of View

Cheap and Good: Cabbage

From Yale University Press

VSS News

Workshop: Organic Recipes for Inside Out Beauty

Awareness Place bookshop is sponsoring a workshop featuring recipes from the VSS cookbook, “New Asian Traditions”: http://www.awarenessplace.com/activities/whaton.htm#.

The workshop, led by VSS cookbook author Sue Amy, is on Sunday, 30 Oct, 3.30-5.30, at Awareness Place in the Bras Basah Complex, #03-39, 6337.7582. Price is $18 for Awareness Place members and $28 for non-members. Meet cookbook author Susan Amy!

Have a Look at the Decal

In our last issue, you heard about the eye-appealing, heart-revealing decal with pictures of various of our fellow animals – cat, chicken, cow, etc. – and the slogans “Love Us, Not Eat Us” and “All Lives Are Precious.” The decal is suitable for cars, motorcycles, walls, doors, windows, or wherever else you may be inspired to place them. Produced in Singapore as a gift by a vegetarian, the decal is being distributed in at least 4 other countries.

Now you can see and read about the decal at http://www.loveusnoteatus.com.

In Singapore, you can obtain a free decal (donations welcome, but not required) at the VSS events listed in this eNewsletter. The decal is only applicable to very smooth surfaces such as glass, wall tiles, fine finish plastic and etc. If the surface is too rough for the decal to hold, you may try using Blu tack or double-sided tape. One way to put the decal on a wall like a picture is to stick it to the back of a piece of clear Perspex and then mount the perspex.

Vegetarian Society at Great World City Fri & Sat

This Fri and Sat, 28-29 Oct, from 10am-8pm, VSS with have a table at the Mums and Kids Fair in the Atrium of Great World City. Please stop by. Maybe you’d like to help with distributing flyers, VCDs, decals, and the overall veg message. The VSS cookbook will also be on sale for less than the bookshop price.

VSS Exco Member Joins IVU Council

VSS Education Officer, Loh Yeow Nguan, has been selected to join the International Council of IVU (International Vegetarian Union): http://www.ivu.org/members/council/contacts.html.

Writing to the Newspapers

We need to make our voices heard. One way is to write to the forum pages of the various newspapers. You can send your letters by email. Here are email addresses for some of the papers:

Berita Harian: aadeska@...

Lianhe Zaobao: zblocal@...

Straits Times: stforum@...

Tamil Murasu: blatha@...

The New Paper: tnp@...

Today: news@...

You may want to supply your full name, IC, address, and phone number. Women need to identify themselves as Ms, Mdm, Mrs, or Dr. Also, on some newspapers’ websites you can find places to discuss the news online.

Letter to Straits Times

Here is one letter sent to The Straits Times, but not yet published.

Dear Editor

The Pandemic: A Long-Term and Tasty Solution

In the past, when epidemics broke out at animal farms, millions of animals were culled, and imports from affected countries were banned, threatening Singapore’s food supply. Our dependence on meat as a source of food was already proving to be unreliable.

Now, with 150 million human lives at risk, the looming bird flu pandemic threatens to be worse than SARS, the tsunami, the hurricanes, World War II: even worse than all of them put together. And, what about its effect on the world economy?

Even if the current pandemic threat fades away this time round, such threats will arise time and again as long as a high demand for meat exists and necessitates intensive animal farming. This is because intensive farming conditions are ideal for viruses to flourish and evolve. The necessary widespread use of antibiotics eliminates weaker viruses, leaving the strongest to evolve, possibly into deadly strains. The mechanics of such epidemics and pandemics show that meat has become a dangerous source of food for the world. Do we want to continue living with such threats for the rest of our lives? Clearly, we need to move away from dependence on meat as a source of food.

The root of this humongous problem is not in any virus and certainly not in the chickens and other birds, who are the innocent, helpless, voiceless victims. The root lies in our misconception: the long-held, widespread, deeply ingrained misconception that meat is “necessary and desirable”, a misconception that I discovered 18 years ago when I too was a meat lover, a misconception that now threatens the world.

Singapore has what it takes to move away from dependence on meat as a food source. We have the talent to make more healthy meatless food taste good. Devagi Sanmugam, a local food consultant and cookbook author, is one such talent who will be glad to show how this can be done. We have the multicultural diversity and vibrant people to continue making Singapore a food hub. Our small, closely-knit population, excellent infrastructure, and open communication lines enable rapid changes. Our leaders have a vision of a city of excellence. We have what it takes; Singapore can be an example to the world of how a country addresses an urgent global problem with a long-term solution. But we all need to understand and act together. Both consumers and suppliers of healthy, tasty food need to move the demand and supply up together.

We can enjoy food and life without meat. In fact we will be enjoying the pleasures of food in a true way, with respect for life.

Other News and Events

Talk and Video on Vegetarianism and the Environment

All are welcome on Sat, 5 Nov, when True Health, a Catholic organization that promotes a healthy, responsible lifestyle, including vegetarianism, is sponsoring a talk and video screening on how eating less meat decreases the burden we place on the environment. The video, Devour the Earth, is narrated by Paul McCartney. Unfortunately, Sir Paul won’t be giving the talk; a VSS member will.

The venue is the Church of St. Peter and Paul, 3^rd floor chapel. The talk and video begin at 3pm, and at 2pm, there is a separate meditation session in the Adoration Room. To register, please E-mail truehealth_spp@... indicates your name, contact and number of seats. All are most welcome, regardless of religion.

The Vegetarian Advantage: Talk and Health Screening

“Animals in a horror world of our making”

So reads the headline on an opinion piece in the Sydney Morning Herald of 24 October, 2005. Here’s the entire piece:

http://www.smh.com.au/news/paul-sheehan/animals-in-a-horror-world-of-our-making/2005/10/23/1130006000217.html

Thanksgiving from the Turkey’s Point of View

The last Thur in November, in the US, is the Thanksgiving holiday, during which turkey flesh is typically eaten. The animated cartoon below, via one of the online greeting card companies, is a musical, disco version of what turkeys might say about the event: http://www.msn.americangreetings.com/view.pd?i=382219626&m=1652&rr=y&sou.

Cheap and Good: Cabbage

Sometimes the vegetable selection at veggie hawker stalls isn’t all that great, but they do often have cabbage. Here’s an article about the health advantages of cabbage and other brassica vegetables: http://www.naturalfoodsmerchandiser.com/ASP/articleDisplay.asp?strArticleId=1575&strSite=NFMSite. Cauliflower and broccoli are also in the brassica family.

From Yale University Press

Based on the author’s own experiences inside a poultry processing plant, the new book Chicken: The Dangerous Transformation of America’s Favorite Food, by Steven Striffler, offers a powerful indictment of our industrial food system, showing how the process of bringing chicken to the dinner table is unhealthy for all concerned, from chicken to farmer to factory worker to consumer.

Read an excerpt.

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Date: Wed Nov 2, 2005 12:38 pm
Subject: VSS eNewsletter 3 Nov 2005 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 3 November 2005

If You Suddenly Stop Receiving This eNewsletter

VSS News

VSS Letter Published in ST Online

A Cooking Demo Good Enough to Tell Mom About

Other News

The Vegetarian Nobel Laureate

Pumpkin Pleasure

Health Talk by Vegetarian Advocate

Good Eats in KL

View from Above

VSS News

If You Suddenly Stop Receiving This eNewsletter

This eNewsletter is sent via Yahoo! Groups. Unfortunately, Yahoo! has a bad habit of doing what’s known as “bouncing” people’s email addresses. It even happens to VSS Exco members, and it’s not because of full inboxes or anything like that. We’ve emailed Yahoo! about this problem and spoken personally to the head of Yahoo! SE Asia. No luck.

So, if you suddenly stop receiving this eNewsletter, please send an email to info@..., and we’ll take care of it. Also, you can go to the Newsletter page of the VSS website and read the Newsletter there: http://www.vegetarian-society.org/revamp/html/index.php?module=ContentExpress&func=display&ceid=14. Sorry for the bother.

VSS Letter Published in ST Online

The letter to the ST Forum page that appeared in the last issue of this eNewsletter has since appeared in The Straits Time Interactive. You don’t need to pay to use certain of its features. The letter is at: http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,5562,349082,00.html. This online resource is another venue for educating the public about the dangers of meat.

A Cooking Demo Good Enough to Tell Mom About

Last Sunday’s VSS cooking demo at Awareness Place bookshop was so good that one participant took her VSS cookbook (available at Awareness Place, Popular, etc.) and immediately went home to show some of the recipes, such as Green Papaya Soup, to her mother.

If you’d like to arrange a cooking demo at your workplace, CC, etc., please contact info@....

Other News

The Vegetarian Nobel Laureate

Our last issue linked to a piece from the Sydney Morning Herald which quoted from a book by 2003 Nobel Laureate J.M. Coetzee. A reader wanted to know more about Coetzee’s work. Here’s a good place: http://nobelprize.org/literature/laureates/2003/coetzee-bio.html. You can even listen to this vegetarian giving his Nobel acceptance speech. Plus, here’s a review of his latest novel: http://www.villagevoice.com/books/0535,strong,67298,10.html.

Pumpkin Pleasure

Pumpkin seeds are available at NTUC FairPrice and many other stores, not to mention the availability of fresh pumpkin. Pumpkin and pumpkin seeds are both high in calcium. Pumpkin offers fiber and is rich in vitamins A and C as well as beta carotene. It’s also high in potassium, contains only a trace of sodium and fat and no cholesterol. Pumpkin seeds and oil are a source of zinc and unsaturated fatty acids. The seeds are high in iron and phosphorus, with some magnesium and copper as well as vitamin E and a mix of B vitamins. TCM also recommends pumpkin seeds (nan gua zi): http://tcm.health-info.org/Herbology.Materia.Medica/nanguazi-properties.htm. Last but not least, pumpkin tastes great.

Health Talk by Vegetarian Advocate

Dr Clarence Ing, MD, MPH is the President of NEWSTART Medical Clinic. He is a Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine with a Masters of Public Health in Nutrition. He was Director of the Youngberg Wellness Centre in Singapore for about 10 years. His talk begins at 7.30pm, Fri, 4 Nov, at the Youngberg Wellness Centre, 798 Thomson Road. It will cover the role played by lifestyle, nutrition (including vegetarianism) and activities in the avoidance and management of many diseases that destroy many lives and affect many more. For details, pls contact John Cheang: 9674.2512, johncheang@....

Good Eats in KL

Andrew Tay, long-time Singapore vegetarian and nature know-it-all (in the good sense of that term), sends this advice after a visit to KL:

Blue Boy Vegetarian Food Centre

No.6001 Blue Boy Mansion, Jalan Tong Shin, Kuala Lumpur

Opening hrs: Daily 7.30am to 9.30pm

(From here, a short walking distance to town centre Bukit Bintang shopping area).

Menu:

This is like an extended HDB kopitiam with 10 plus stalls all selling vegetarian Asian dishes such as char kway teow, assam laksa, curry mee, dry/soup noodles, popiah, laksa, cheecheong fun, tom yam, burgers, fried rice, yongtaufoo, curry puffs, kueh-kueh.....!!! They also have a dry goods shop.

Location:

It is walking distance (a few hundred metres, 10mins) from the main PUDU Bus Interchange. From the interchange building, cross the main road (Pudu Lama Rd) and walk down in the traffic's direction. Turn left into a small lane/lorong after bypassing the Chinese Maternity Hospital on your left. The entrance to this lane is directly opposite the big Swiss Garden Hotel across the road. You can already see the Blue Boy shop sign ahead facing you.

Option:

For those needing a quicker vegie bite with no time to lose, just across the road opposite the PUDU interchange is a corner 7-11 store. At its left is a small lane which leads to an Indian Temple. On this lane, on the right is an Indian vegetarian kopitiam (basically situated behind the 7-11 building) just before the temple. They sell all the usual Indian delicacies, from thosai to nasi padang. You can keep an eye on your bus while having your veg meal!

View from Above

On Orchard Road, from Wheelock Place to Far East Shopping Centre, fantastic photos of the Earth taken from the sky are accompanied by powerful words about sustainable development:

http://www.alliancefrancaise.org.sg/exhibition_La%20Terre%20Vue.html. For example, the explanation accompanying a photo of a prawn farm explains the pollution caused.

Don’t like the Orchard crowds? Go to: http://www.yannarthusbertrand.com/index_new.htm. You can also get music. Sadly, for all the photographers’ wisdom about sustainable development, the collection seems to speak rather too softly about the plight of our fellow animals, especially those who we eat.

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Date: Thu Nov 10, 2005 2:55 am
Subject: VSS eNewsletter 10 November 2005 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 10 November 2005

Our Cookbook Featured in Holistic Living Newsletter

VSS News

VSS Cookbook on 938 Live

Sushi Roll and Rojak Featured in Mind Your Body

Feedback on Photography

Other News

Understanding Nutrition Studies

Need More Evidence That Veg Can Be Healthy?

Film Screenings: Losing Tomorrow

Asia Pacific Food Expo at Singapore Expo

Another KL-area Eating Tip

Smart Monkey Shoppers

Vegetarian Millionaire Promotes Bicycling Worldwide

VSS News

VSS Cookbook on 938 Live

The authors of the VSS cookbook, New Asian Traditions Vegetarian Cookbook, will appear on All About Food on Radio 938 Live, this Saturday, 12 Nov, 10.10-11.00am. If listening to the show inspires you to buy the cookbook, from Popular, Kinokuniya, and other fine bookshops, please know that all royalties go to VSS. The book’s authors, like everyone else at VSS, are volunteers.

Our Cookbook Featured in Holistic Living Newsletter

The VSS Cookbook, New Asian Traditions, is featured in the Nov issue of the Holistic Living Newsletter: http://www.holisticliving.com.sg/newsletter/content12.htm. There you can read one of the cookbook’s more than 60 recipes: the Meal-in-a-Drink Smoothie. This easy-to-make, tasty drink is bursting with all sorts of nutrients, and you can make your own variety at home. Also, VSS does demos on how to make the smoothie, if any organizations you know might be interested.

Sushi Roll and Rojak Featured in Mind Your Body

This past week’s Mind Your Body highlighted New Green Pasture Caf�, located on Level 4 of the veg oasis of Fortune Centre, and its dynamic owner, Sophia Teh. Sophia helped with the VSS cookbook, New Asian Traditions, and two of the dishes featured in the Mind Your Body article can also be found in perhaps slightly different form in the cookbook: sushi roll (p. 127) and rojak (p. 140).

Feedback on Photography

Vegetarians need to make our voices heard in non-veg restaurants requesting veg options, in veg eateries requesting healthier veg food, and in the Forum pages of newspapers. Another way to give veg input is to write about exhibitions and other events.

That is what one VSS member did in response to the fantastic photo exhibit on Orchard Road: http://www.yannarthusbertrand.com/index_new.htm. And, he got a reply. Here is his original email, the reply, and his response.

Original email

I loved the environment photos but was saddened by the photos of the farm animals. The photos seem to honour human domination of other animals. The typical “farm” animals “live” on factory farms. These are prisons where our fellow animals live nothing remotely resembling a natural life. For instance, FAO stats tell us that 44 billion chickens are killed for meat every year. They “live” about 6 weeks before their life is ended.

Your team did such a great job with ecology, e.g., one photo of shrimp farms. What about our fellow animals? Please give voice to their anguish. Thanks.

Reply from the exhibition team

Thank for your mail. But we think also that among many farmers a lot live really their lives with their animal in harmony with nature. They love their animal and it is this special relationship we try to show through these portraits.
Best regards

The VSS member’s response to the reply
Thanks for your kindness in replying to my email.

I’m sure that many small farmers treat nonhuman animals immeasurably better than what takes place on factory farms. But in the end, they kill the animals or send them to be killed. Isn’t that a strange way to show love? Especially when we humans can be perfectly healthy without killing our fellow animals.�

Thanks again for the great photos of the Earth being displayed currently in Singapore. They were featured today in a front-page article in one of the main newspapers.

Other News

Understanding Nutrition Studies

This updated version of a 2002 paper gives some insights into the various ways that nutrition is researched. It’s complicated: http://www.jacknorrisrd.com/articles/nutres.

Need More Evidence That Veg Can Be Healthy?

Here you go, from the home of McD’s and KFC, the U.S. government’s Dept of Agriculture says, “Vegetarian diets can meet all the recommendations for nutrients. … Protein needs can easily be met by eating a variety of plant-based foods.” Read the whole article at

http://www.mypyramid.gov/tips_resources/vegetarian_diets.html.

Film Screenings: Losing Tomorrow
22 and 23 Nov, our friends at Nature Society (Singapore) will host screenings of the film Losing Tomorrow: http://nss.org.sg (then scroll down). The film celebrates the wonders of the Sumatran rainforests through the eyes of an orangutan. Patrick Rouxel, the film’s creator will be there to discuss afterwards. Plus, VSS will be providing: snacks; our usual VCD, flyers, and decal; and discount vouchers for Indinine restaurants.

Venue: The Substation (45 Armenian St, City Hall MRT)

Time: 7pm

Price: $10

In tandem with: Wildlife Asia http://www.wildlifeasia.org/GAFI/GAFI.htm

In support of: GAFI (Great Ape Film Initiative)

Asia Pacific Food Expo at Singapore Expo

There will be at least one veg stall at the Asia Pacific Food Expo, 10-14 Nov, Singapore Expo. They are Li-Ter: http://www.li-ter.net. Their booth will feature free food tasting and discounts on healthy veg alternatives to meat.

Another KL-area Eating Tip
Another reader wrote in with a suggestion for hungry vegetarians who visit the capital of our northern neighbour: Restoran Caf� de Sky Garden, No. 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 & 16, Jalan PJS 1/31, PJS 1, Taman Petaling Utama, 46150 Petaling Jaya, (02) 03-7781.0876, hours - 11am to 9pm daily. They serve Chinese & Western: pizza, noodles, salads with peppermint leaf salad sauce, and fresh homemade cake and cookies. No egg or garlic.

Smart Monkey Shoppers

Here’s more evidence that our fellow animals can do many of the things we can do, including one of our most popular pastimes: shopping. Capuchin monkeys used metal chips as money to buy bits of apple or cucumber from human researchers. When the humans made apple cheaper than cucumber, offering more food for the same number of chips, the capuchins opted for the better-valued food, as any savvy shopper would. New Scientist, 05.11.05, p.40.

Vegetarian Millionaire Promotes Bicycling Worldwide

Vegetarianism and bicycling have at least two things in common: good for the environment and good for our health (unless we get hit by a car! L). This New York Times (free registration required) story tells of a wealthy vegetarian who has given up cars and travels the world to convince people to ride bicycles:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/08/nyregion/08bike.html.

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Date: Thu Nov 17, 2005 1:50 am
Subject: VSS e-Newsletter 17 Nov 2005 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 17 November 2005

VSS News

Sculpture Update

School Visits

Other News

Penang Veg Restaurants

Traditions Can Change

What Happens to Race Horses?

Even Elephant Culling

VSS News

Penang Veg Restaurants

You are cordially invited to attend the VSS Year-End Social Gathering on Sun, 18 Dec at Biopolis! It will the first time for VSS to hold a luncheon at a food court.

Participants are guaranteed a tasty, wholesome Chinese-Mediterranean-Fusion vegan meal on a relaxing Sun afternoon. (Many VSS members can testify to the quality of the food!) VSS plans to make this Social Gathering feel warmer and more affordable to the public, in order to introduce a� healthy, tasty, animal-friendly diet to a wider crowd.

So, please support Vegetarianism by bringing along your family and friends and spending some quality time with VSS at this special luncheon :-)

Date/Time:
18 Dec 2005 / 12pm

Location:
FoodBank @ Biopolis
30, Biopolis Street,. #01-01 Matrix Block,
Singapore 138671
(kindly refer to www.streetdirectory.com.sg for directions)

Contact Information: 9348.4493, yywong4@...

Fee: $15

To register:
1. email yywong4@...

2a. transfer fund to DBS Bank Current A/C: 100-900423-1 and send the ATM fund transfer receipt OR
2b. send a cheque payable to "Vegetarian Society (Singapore)" to:

Vegetarian Society (Singapore)
190 Clemenceau Ave, #04-19/20
Singapore Shopping Centre
Singapore 239924

Sculpture Update

Earlier this year, with the help of donations, VSS commissioned an artist to do a sculpture that will be instrumental in making the connection between meat eating and world hunger. The sculptor is making progress, and we hope to see the finished product before the end of the year.

In the meantime, you can learn more about the complexity of the hunger problem via a computer game created by the UN’s World Food Programme: http://www.food-force.com/index.php.

School Visits

This week, VSS did a talk and video showing at a secondary school and made arrangements to do a talk and food demo next year at a JC. We have a variety of topics we can talk on and videos that we can show.

Schools are now making plans for next year. If you are connected to a school as a student, parent, teacher, administrator, etc., please contact VSS at info@... to schedule a VSS visit to your school.

Other News

Thanks to a reader who sent along this website listing veg restaurants in Penang:

http://www.tourismpenang.gov.my/page.cfm?name=lc09t.

Traditions Can Change

One concern people have about going veg is, “What am I going to do about all the traditional meals when meat is eaten?” One solution is to keep the spirit but change the menu. That is what some people in the U.S. are doing for the Thanksgiving holiday there, a day in which eating turkeys is a tradition: http://www.gentlethanksgiving.org/events/tevents.htm.

What Happens to Race Horses?

Here’s an article about what happens to too slow/too old race horses in the U.S. What happens to the ones in Singapore?

http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=cnnsi-slaughterhouse0&prov=cnnsi&type=lgns

Even Elephant Culling

Culling of chickens and other birds is now common in this time of bird flu. During the SARS outbreak, culling of cats was a controversial topic. South Africa is planning to cull elephants. To find out more and to write a letter advocating alternatives, visit the website of the International Fund for Animal Welfare: http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=17924&aid=4972.

We’re very happy to have another entry in this occasional column. If you’d like to tell your story – it can be anonymous, if you’d like – please send your story to info@.... We can help polish the English.

For the first 30 years of my life, it didn’t occur to me to be a vegetarian, so it is a nice surprise that I can now say that I have been a vegetarian since 1989. This change of eating lifestyle happened in two significant shifts.

Shift 1: After 30 years of eating lots of meat, one day I realized that meat was actually animals. The fact that a living-breathing animal had to be breed and killed against its will, never connected before that. It was a shocking realization that hamburgers and steak were in fact from the body of a cow, bacon and hot dogs were from pigs, and veal was from starved-for-exercise baby cows. Even for chicken and fish, I didn’t even think of this food as animals; it was just KFC or fillet of fish (you get the idea). Looking back, it is probably good that I didn’t realize what I was eating as I sat down to a liver dinner. Anyway, I am rather embarrassed to think that I could have been so na�ve, but I just never thought about it (in retrospect, I see that a lot of parents go out of their way to make sure that their kids never make that connection).

I can’t remember how that realization was sparked, but it was at least a beginning. However, I didn’t really think about becoming a vegetarian because I was participating in marathons and triathlons and playing lots of basketball. I thought I needed meat to remain fit and active. So I ate a bit less red meat and said a prayer of thanks to the animal before I ate it…progress was made.

Shift 2: A couple of years later I was doing research on fitness and nutrition for some work I was doing. I read that Dave Scott, who won the Ironman Triathlon in Hawaii 7 years in a row (swim 3km in the sea, bike 160km and run a marathon over mountains) was on a vegetarian diet (think he was a vegan). When I realized that I did not have to eat animals to be fit, I was so excited. I became a vegetarian the next day and haven’t eaten meat since.

It wasn’t until later that I realized how cruelly animals were treated and the environmental impact of a meat-eating world, so this extra information just validated my choice to live a vegetarian lifestyle. So it took me a while to realize that eating meat was eating animals, then a little while to realize that I could be fit as a vegetarian. Now the next shift is to be a vegan, and I am making progress in that area. This is my story, and I have met many people who have their own path to be a vegetarian or vegan. Hope you enjoy your path and look forward to hearing your story.

-- Douglas OLoughlin is an American who has lived in Singapore for 12 years and runs a training company

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Date: Thu Nov 17, 2005 3:28 am
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You are cordially invited to attend VSS Year-End Social Gathering on Sunday, 18 December @ Biopolis!

It will the 1st time for VSS to hold a luncheon at a food court!

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Participants are guaranteed a tasty, wholesome Chinese-Mediterranean-Fusion vegan meal on this relaxing Sunday afternoon. (Many VSS members can testify to the quality of the food!)

VSS plans to make this Social Gathering feel warmer and more affordable to the public, in order to introduce healthy and tasty, animal-friendly diet to a wider crowd.

So, please support Vegetarianism by bringing along your family and friends and spending some quality time with VSS at this Special luncheon.

For details, look no further!��

Date: 18 Dec 2005

Time: 12 pm

Location:
FoodBank @ Biopolis
30, Biopolis Street,. #01-01 Matrix Block,
Singapore 138671

(kindly refer to www.streetdirectory.com.sg for direction)

Fee: SGD15

Contact Information:
Mobile: 93484493
E-Mail: yywong4@...

To register:

1. E-mail yywong4@...

2a. Transfer fund to DBS Bank Current A/C: 100-900423-1 and send the ATM fund transfer receipt OR

2b. Send a cheque payable to "Vegetarian Society (Singapore)" to:

Vegetarian Society (Singapore)
190 Clemenceau Ave, #04-19/20
Singapore Shopping Centre
Singapore 239924

Reminder: Please indicate your name and 'VSS Luncheon' behind the ATM receipt or cheque.

Note: Registration confirmed upon receipt of payment.

*Dishes served are vegan, with no garlic or onion.

Thank You For Your Support!

#182 From: "Vegetarian Society $Singapore$" <george@...>
Date: Thu Nov 24, 2005 4:51 am
Subject: VSS e-Newsletter 24 November 2005 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 24 November 2005

Seminar on Diet and Brain Development

VSS News

Kind Words about the VSS Cookbook

Inventor of the Word ‘Vegan’ Passes Away

Other News

Why Some Buddhists Aren’t Vegetarian

Beta Carotene and Longevity

Talk on Enzyme Drinks

Seminar on Diet and Brain Development

VSS News

In conjunction with Kampung Senang (http://www.kg-senang.org.sg), VSS’ Wellness Seminar series continues with a Mandarin seminar, “Healthy Diet and Optimal Brain Development in Children” by Mr Lu Zhuo Ming. The Seminar takes place on Sat, 17 Dec, 5pm-7pm, at Kampung Senang’s Learning to Learn Centre, located at Blk221 Hougang Street 21, #01-90, S. 530221, near Kovan MRT, opp. NTUC Fairprice.

The Seminar is free, but registration closes on 15 Dec. To register,submit parents' names and children's ages to Learning to Learn Centre (Tel: 64873430, Chee Seng), or email parents' names and children's ages to kee_yew@....

Kind Words about the VSS Cookbook

After buying two copies of the VSS cookbook, New Asian Traditions, one reader wrote to say:

I would like to congratulate Vegetarian Society (S'pore) for putting out

an excellent vegetarian cookbook. The recipes are easy to follow and, more

important, are nutrition based. For some time, my family and I have been trying to go on a vegetarian diet but have found it quite difficult due to a lack of knowledge on vegetarian food and its nutrition. We find this cookbook to be useful in providing the kind of info that will help us in our endeavour to eat vegetarian.

Most major bookshops carry the cookbook, but it does go out of stock; so, please call the store first to avoid disappointment. One place that had the book recently is Awareness Place Bookshop in Bras Basah Complex: 6337.7582 – 11.30am-7.30pm.

Details at: http://www.vegetarian-society.org/revamp/html/index.php?module=PostCalendar&func=view&tplview=default&viewtype=month&Date=20051201&pc_username=&pc_category=&pc_topic=

Please take this opportunity to meet fellow vegetarians and supporters of vegetarianism. Plus, hear Richard Seah, a macrobiotic guru, give a 20min talk on how to balance the Yin and Yang of vegetarian diets.

Other News

Inventor of the Word ‘Vegan’ Passes Away

In 1944, Donald Watson (1910-2005) helped found the Vegan Society in London and coined the word ‘vegan.’ This month, he passed away: http://www.vegansociety.com/html.

Why Some Buddhists Aren’t Vegetarian

The stereotype is that if you’re Buddhist, you must be a vegetarian. But many Buddhists do eat meat, at least some of the time. Here are some web locations where this issue is explored: http://www.moonpointer.com/index.php?itemid=166&catid=4, http://www.moonpointer.com/index.php?catid=4&blogid=1, http://www.kmspks.org/articles/vege.htm.

[Reminders: (1) VSS is a steadfastly non-religious organization. (2) Vegetarians can be found among members of all the world’s major religions.]

Beta Carotene and Longevity

A study recently published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests that beta carotene consumption can help maintain good health among the older part of the population. The 10-year study analyzed data pertaining to lifestyle and dietary influence on health from over 1,100 European women and men between the ages of 70 and 75. Read the article’s abstract at http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/82/4/879?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=2005+plasma+levels+of+alpha+and+beta-carotene+&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1132274417012_22241&stored_search=&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&resourcetype=1&journalcode=ajcn.

Beta carotene is a nutrient found in plants that the body uses to make vitamin A. It occurs mainly in deeply colored fruits and vegetables, such as spinach, collard or mustard greens, broccoli, carrots, squash, peaches, apricots, and sweet potatoes.

Also on the topic of longevity, the November issue of National Geographic looks at longevity and features the Seventh-Day Adventists in California, many of whom are vegetarians or meat reducers: http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0511/feature1/index.html. Unfortunately, only a taste of the article is available for free on-line.

Talk on Enzyme Drinks

Saturday, 3 Dec, 3pm to 4:15pm, True Health is sponsoring at talk (English and Mandarin) on Enzyme Drinks at Church of St. Peter & Paul (225A Queen St), Room 8. The talk covers:

What are enzymes?
Functions of enzymes in your body
Sources of enzymes
Homemade enzyme drinks with demo
Enzyme drink tasting

The speaker, Mr Ann Wee Kuang, was owner and chef of a healthy vegetarian restaurant in Malaysia. He frequently acts as chef for various health and detox retreats. The talk is free (donations appreciated). All are welcome. To register, email truehealth_spp@... with your name, contact and number of seats.

Please send your story, with or without your name, to info@....

For the first 37 years of my life, chicken and pork were must haves on my lunch and dinner table. Plenty of fish was also a must have.

That all changed in April of this year when I decided to go vegetarian. Switching to vegetarianism was the second drastic decision that I’ve made in my life. The first drastic decision was to marry my wife. If my decision to go vegetarian works out as well as my decision to marry my wife, I’ll be a very happy chap.

What made me decide to make the big move to veg? It started when I read a lot about healing via macrobiotic food. This started me thinking that eating animals is no good. Nevertheless, I continued to eat meat, but on a smaller scale.

What finally led me to go 100% vegetarian was that in April 2005, I decided to study more about Buddhism which, like other religions, teaches mercy and compassion. Within days, I made a strong vow to become vegetarian for the sake of a healthier life style and to show compassion towards all sentient beings.

It is now about seven months since I became vegetarian, and I never regretted my second drastic decision. I hope that more and more humans realise that we no longer need to depend on food from animals to survive.

Let us give our fellow animals a chance to live, just as we humans deserve a chance to live. Can we do that, please?

--Lim Koon Yuen, accounts manager

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#183 From: "Vegetarian Society $Singapore$" <george@...>
Date: Wed Nov 30, 2005 11:26 pm
Subject: VSS e-newsletter 1 Dec 2005 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 1 December 2005

One-Day Local Organic Shopping Trip - 24 Dec

VSS News

On Radio 95.8

VSS Participates in Giving Tree @ North East 2005

Recipe for Vegetarian Fish Porridge

Reminders

Seminar on Diet and Brain Development – Sat, 17 December

Social Luncheon – Sun, 18 December

Other News

NSS Jumbo Sale – Including VSS Cookbook

Healthy Vegetarian Cooking Class & Vegetarian Fundraising Dinner

Chickens as Pets

Turkeys’ Toes – Ouch!

One-Day Local Organic Shopping Trip – 24 Dec

VSS News

This is an educational bus tour for beginners who are learning to adopt a healthy lifestyle. The Farms visits in the morning will allow participants a chance to break away from hectic city mood, breath in some revitalising rural fresh air, and understand the hardship of the farmers raising organic produce for the general well-being of Singaporeans. The afternoon section of the trip will be a practical session for beginners to learn where and what to buy in terms of ingredients for healthy home-made vegetarian food preparation. The trip also features two delicious and healthy vegetarian cafeterias/restaurants which will surely trigger a lot of cooking ideas and healthy tips for beginners. Please register early to avoid disappointment as seats are limited.

Date: 24 December 2005 (Sat)

Gathering Time: 7.30am

Gathering point:

Car Park @ Teo Hong Road

(next to Outram Park MRT Exit H; Opp Pearl Centre;

Closest landmark: Thye San Building, 325 New Bridge Road S088760)

Itinerary**:

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7.30am: Gathering

8.00am: Departure (please be punctual)

8.30am: Oh Chin Huat Herbal Farm

[guided tour to learn about herbs]

10.30am: Fireflies Organic Farm

[Mandarin guided tour on organic farming; fresh produce shopping]

1.00pm: Lunch @ Synbiotics, Tanjong Pagar

[learn why biogenic and bioactive foods are important to health]

2.30pm: Shopping @ Organic Paradise, Chinatown

[10% discount for non-promotional items storewide]

4.00pm: Shopping @ Brown Rice Paradise, Tanglin Mall

[be spoilt for choice!]

6.00pm: Dinner @ Yogi Hub, Boon Tat Street

[creative and wholesome dinner, in an exclusive and cosy dining atmosphere]

7.30pm: Drop off at Tanjong Pagar/Raffles Place MRT

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**itinerary subject to change, in unforeseen circumstances, without prior notice.

Fee: Member $45; Non-member $50

No. of participants: 30 max.

To register:

1. email yywong4@...; [enquiry call 9362 7493].
2a. transfer fund to DBS Bank Current A/C: 100-900423-1 and send the ATM fund transfer receipt OR
2b. send a cheque payable to "Vegetarian Society (Singapore)" to:

Vegetarian Society (Singapore)
190 Clemenceau Ave, #04-19/20
Singapore Shopping Centre
Singapore 239924

Registration deadline: 20 December 2005

On Radio 95.8

DJ Wong Lee Jeng will be interviewing a VSS member on how vital it is to go vegetarian in order to protect our planet Earth’s eco-systems. Please tune into Radio 95.8 on Thurs, 8 Dec from 4-5pm. The show is in Mandarin.

VSS Participates in Giving Tree @ North East 2005

Singapore’s largest volunteer fair will be held from 2-31 December, next to Tampines MRT. Entitled ‘Giving Tree @ North East 2005’, the fair’s goal is to encourage people from around the island to become volunteers or to expand their volunteer efforts. A wide range of organizations, including VSS, will be there seeking more volunteers.

The event’s launch occurs at 7pm on Fri, 2 Dec. GOH is Mr Zainul Abidin Rasheed Minister of State and Mayor of North East CDC.

Recipe for Vegetarian Fish Porridge

The December issue of the Holistic Living e-newsletter features the Vegetarian Fish Porridge recipe from the VSS Cookbook, New Asian Traditions: http://www.holisticliving.com.sg/newsletter-dec05/content10.htm. Read the story behind the recipe too.

Reminders

Seminar on Diet and Brain Development – Sat, 17 December

In conjunction with Kampung Senang, VSS’ Wellness Seminar series continues with a Mandarin seminar, “Healthy Diet and Optimal Brain Development in Children” by Mr Lu Zhuo Ming. The Seminar takes place on Sat, 17 Dec, 5pm-7pm at Kampung Senang’s Learning to Learn Centre, located at Blk 221 Hougang Street 21, #01-90, S. 530221, near Kovan MRT, opp. NTUC Fairprice.

The Seminar is free, but registration closes on 15 Dec. To register, submit parents' names and children's ages to Learning to Learn Centre (Tel: 64873430, Chee Seng), or email parents' names and children's ages to kee_yew@....

Social Luncheon – Sun, 18 December

Details at: http://www.vegetarian-society.org/revamp/html/index.php?module=PostCalendar&func=view&tplview=default&viewtype=month&Date=20051201&pc_username=&pc_category=&pc_topic=

Other News

NSS Jumbo Sale – Including VSS Cookbook

This Sat, 3 Dec 05, 11am to 2pm, Nature Society (Singapore) will be holding their annual Jumbo Sale at the NSS Office, The Sunflower, 510 Geylang Road, #02-05. Pick up home-made goodies and gifts, the NSS 2006 Calendar, Christmas & New Year cards, Tupperware (important for storing all that party food), nature books, toys, baskets, souvenirs and more. Come meet fellow nature lovers and sample complimentary fig tea, vegetarian snacks and Nasi Ulam made by our members. Plus, the VSS Cookbook will be on sale.

Healthy Vegetarian Cooking Class & Vegetarian Fundraising Dinner

On Sat, 17 Dec, the Ananda Marga Yoga Society is hosting a vegetarian cooking class and a dinner to raise funds for a children’s home in Vietnam. For details:

http://www.anandamarga.org.sg/news/newsletter/dec05/events.htm#a4. The class begins at 4.30pm and the dinner starts at 7pm. The venue is AMYS Jagrti, 21 Jalan Pokok Serunai, Singapore 468158, Tel: 6344 6519.

Chickens as Pets

An estimated 40+ billion chickens are killed every year, with many of them living a short (6 weeks), unnatural life in crowded buildings. It didn’t used to be that way. Chickens used to be wild birds. In fact, most chickens who humans eat today are descended from the Red Jungle Fowl of our own SE Asia: http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/eggs/res08-whatis.html.

Instead of eating chickens, how about taking care of them as pets? That’s what the good folks at Ci Yan Vegetarian Restaurant have been doing. However, after about 2 years, neighbours have complained, and Ci Yan may have to give up her 3 hens and 1 rooster. (The story was featured in Lianhe Wanbao last week.) If anyone can take care of them, please call Mr Seow of Ci Yan at 6225.9026. BTW, in The Straits Times of 28 Nov 05, James Teh, an NTU researcher, states that chickens are “badly treated but make highly intelligent pets” (p. 4).

Turkey’s Toes – Ouch!

You may have read about how chickens’ beaks are cut so that they don’t injure each other in the very crowded conditions on factory farms. The same thing happens to turkeys. Plus, for the same reason, turkeys also have their toes cut, and we’re not talking about a pedicure here. Listen to Heather Mills McCartney on this at: http://www.vivaturkeys.com/psa.htm#1, and read about it on the VIVA website: http://www.vivaturkeys.com/turkeys.htm.

The seeds of my becoming a vegetarian were sown when, as a child, I used to follow my mother to the wet market. In those days, live chickens were slaughtered at these markets. I was traumatised by the scenes of struggling chickens having their throats slit and being dumped into drums of boiling water for de-feathering. Those scenes never failed to send shivers down my spine. Growing up, I experimented with vegetarianism a few times, though it usually did not last more than six months.

Four years ago at 25, I met someone who shared her reason for becoming vegetarian: “I see no reason why animals must die for me to live.” A simple statement with profound effects on me. Within a few months, I felt the time was right for another attempt at going meatless. Even if not permanently, I would stay off meat on a temporary basis. I decided that it would be for six months.

At the same time, I did lots of research on vegetarianism. The more I read, the more convinced I became that it was the correct choice. Besides religion, there are so many compelling arguments for choosing life (e.g. ethics, health, environment, economy). Before I realised it, the six months was up. Then, another year’s extension quickly came and went. By that time, I knew this lifestyle would be a lifetime commitment which I pledged online during the International Meatless Day two years ago. I have not looked back since and have become a vegan.

My story, while nothing spectacular, comes from one who was in the past heavily indulgent in meat and seafood. If I can do it, I don’t see why YOU cannot. Don’t put it off any longer. If not now, WHEN?

Alvin, Singaporean, Graduate Student

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#184 From: "Vegetarian Society (Singapore)" <vegsoc@...>
Date: Thu Dec 1, 2005 4:35 am
Subject: 1 Day Local Organic Shopping Trip vegsocsg
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The afternoon section of the trip will be a practical session for beginners to learn where and what to buy ingredients for healthy home-made vegetarian food preparation. The trip is also featuring two delicious and healthy vegetarian cafeterias/restaurants which will surely trigger a lot of cooking ideas and healthy tips for the beginners. Please register early to avoid disappointment as seats are limited.

Date: 24 December 2005 (Sat)

Gathering Time: 7.30am

Gathering point:
Car Park @ Teo Hong Road
(next to Outram Park MRT Exit H;
Opp Pearl Centre;
Closest landmark: Thye San Building, 325 New Bridge Road S088760)

Itinerary**:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
7.30am: Gathering

8.00am: Departure (please be punctual)

8.30am: Oh Chin Huat Herbal Farm
[guided tour to learn about herbs]

10.30am: Fireflies Organic Farm
[Mandarin guided tour on organic farming; fresh produce shopping]

1.00pm: Lunch @ Synbiotics, Tanjong Pagar
[learn why biogenic and bioactive foods are important to health]

2.30pm: Shopping @ Organic Paradise, Chinatown
[10% discount for non-promotional items storewide]

4.00pm: Shopping @ Brown Rice Paradise, Tanglin Mall
[be spoilt for choice!]

6.00pm: Dinner @ Yogi Hub, Boon Tat Street
[creative and wholesome dinner, in an exclusive and cosy dining atmosphere]

7.30pm: Drop off at Tanjong Pagar/Raffles Place MRT

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
**Itinerary subject to change, in unforeseen circumstances, without prior notice.

Fee: Member SGD45; Non-member SGD50

No. of participants: 30 max.

Contact Information:
Mobile: 93627493
E-mail: yywong4@...

To register:

1. email yywong4@...; [enquiry call 9362 7493].

2a. transfer fund to DBS Bank Current A/C: 100-900423-1 and send the ATM fund transfer receipt OR

2b. send a cheque payable to "Vegetarian Society (Singapore)" to:

Vegetarian Society (Singapore)
190 Clemenceau Ave, #04-19/20
Singapore Shopping Centre
Singapore 239924

Registration deadline: 20th December 2005
Note: Registration confirmed upon payment.

#185 From: "Vegetarian Society $Singapore$" <george@...>
Date: Wed Dec 7, 2005 4:20 am
Subject: VSS e-Newsletter 8 December 2005 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 8 December 2005

Seminar on Diet and Brain Development in Children – Sat, 17Dec

VSS News

VSS Social Luncheon – Sun, 18Dec

One-Day Local Organic Shopping Trip – Sat, 24Dec – Almost Full

Giving Tree @ North East 2005 – All of Dec

Other News

From the Late Inventor of the Word “Vegan”

Health & Fitness Magazine Features Vegetarianism

Veg-Friendly Poems Translated from Chinese

B12 and You – Please Read, Especially If You’re Vegan

Breathing Easier – A Veg Diet May Help Our Lungs

New Veg Caf� – The Magazine Caf�

Another Brown Rice Sighting

Vegetarian and Meat Reducer Firefighters

Seminar on Diet and Brain Development in Children– Sat, 17 December

VSS News

VSS Social Luncheon – Sun, 18 Decmber

Some people ask, “Does VSS have get-togethers?” This luncheon at Biopolis is the closest thing we have to that� Please take this opportunity to meet fellow vegetarians and supporters of vegetarianism. Plus, hear Richard Seah, a macrobiotic guru, give a 20min talk on how to balance the Yin and Yang of vegetarian diets. Location: FoodBank @ Biopolis, 30, Biopolis Street, #01-01 Matrix Block, S. 138671. Price: $15.

Details at: http://www.vegetarian-society.org/revamp/html/index.php?module=PostCalendar&func=view&tplview=default&viewtype=month&Date=20051201&pc_username=&pc_category=&pc_topic=

One-Day Local Organic Shopping Trip – 24 Dec - – Almost Full

This is an educational bus tour for beginners on Sat, 24 Dec. We will visit farms in the morning and stores and restaurants in the afternoon. For details, contact yywong4@... or 9362 7493, or visit http://www.vegetarian-society.org/revamp/html/index.php?module=Postcalendar.

Giving Tree @ North East 2005

Singapore’s largest volunteer fair is being held from 2-31 December next to Tampines MRT. Entitled ‘Giving Tree @ North East 2005’, the fair’s goal is to encourage people from around the island to become volunteers or to expand their volunteer efforts. A wide range of organizations, including VSS, are there seeking more volunteers.

Other News

From the Late Inventor of the Word “Vegan”

Last month, we reported the news of the death of Donald Watson, inventor of the word “vegan.” Here’s a 2004 interview with him: http://www.veg.ca/living/donald-watson.html.

Health & Fitness Magazine Features Vegetarianism

The current issue (Volume 2, #1) of Health & Fitness magazine, available at some bookstores (but not Popular) and magazine kiosks, features articles on vegetarianism. One article is an interview with the Singapore national men’s marathon record holder, M. Rameshon. Carry that article around with you, and use it the next time someone claims that they’ll be weak if they eat less meat.

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Veg-Friendly Poems Translated from Chinese

Here, from a Buddhist website, are some Chinese poems translated into English. The poems advocate a compassionate view of our fellow animals, and are not explicitly religious: http://www.drba.org/dharma/veggie/kindness.asp. If you want a hard copy, you can buy one at http://www.bttsonline.org/product.aspx?pid=157.

B12 and You – Please Read, Especially If You’re Vegan

If you are a vegetarian who does not take eggs or dairy, in order to have enough Vitamin B12, you may want to consider using fortified foods, such as some soy milks (please read the label), or taking supplements (available at GNC and elsewhere).

For a full explanation, see:

http://www.veganhealth.org/b12/b12 or

http://www.vegansociety.com/html/food/nutrition/b12.

In choosing to use fortified foods or B12 supplements, vegans are taking their B12 from the same source as every other animal on the planet - micro-organisms - without causing suffering to other sentient beings or causing excessive environmental damage.

Breathing Easier – A Veg Diet May Help Our Lungs

A new study, based on data from Chinese adults in Singapore, finds that eating mostly meat, refined starches, and sodium may increase the likelihood of developing chronic respiratory symptoms, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Researchers found that individuals whose diets are rich in meat, refined starches and sodium are 1.43 times more likely to report new onset of persistent coughs with phlegm than those who consume a diet high in fruit and soy. Details at http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/nov2005/niehs-15.htm.

New Veg Caf� – The Magazine Caf�

The Magazine Caf� opens 8 Dec: Tel: 6271.6938, Email: gabrielle@.... The caf� will carry 160 local and overseas magazines (for browsing and buying), plus chilled and hot beverages and vegetarian snacks. The cafe is located at Wishart Road, behind Singapore Soka Association, Grace Methodist Church, and Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church. Harbourfront is the nearest MRT, 15 mins away on foot. Buses 10, 30, 97, 100, 143, and 166 go along nearby Telok Blangah Road. Opening hours are 9am-8pm daily.

Another Brown Rice Sighting

The veg stall in the Kopitiam at Block 6 of SGH offers brown rice. Why not encourage the veg, and non-veg, places where you eat to offer brown rice? One way for them to start is to mix white and brown rice together. That eases the transition for those who are fond of white rice. After a while, many people come to feel that brown rice is tastier; everyone knows that it’s healthier.

Vegetarian and Meat Reducer Firefighters

The stereotype of firefighters in the U.S. depicts them as muscular males who prepare meat-heavy meals in their fire house while awaiting the call to put out a fire. A recent story from Texas is starting to change this stereotype. Read about what one small group of firefighters has done and its positive effects on their health: http://engine2.org/statesmanArticle.asp.

Please send your own story and urge others to send theirs to info@.... Some readers say that “How I Became a Vegetarian” is their favourite part of the Newsletter.

I used to enjoy eating a few servings of meat each day, despite knowing that meat is animal flesh. This knowledge never bothered me at all until one day, a friend passed me VSS’ Seeds VCD. I thought, “No harm watching.”

By watching the VCD, I finally made the connection between food and animal carcasses, but I was not ready to give up eating seafood yet, as I didn’t see much blood in seafood when compared to farm animals. A few days later, I decided to watch the same VCD again. After watching it the second time, I was determined to give up all flesh foods, including seafood, and products derived from animals, including cheese, eggs, and milk.

It has been almost two years since I switched to a vegan diet. One significant improvement in my health has been in my cholesterol level. Before switching to a vegan diet, my cholesterol reading was above normal level at 207 (normal 200 & below). After a year on my vegan diet, my cholesterol reading dropped to only 166 (very healthy level). I am convinced that you are what you eat, and a healthy diet can reverse dangerous medical conditions.

A few months ago, I met someone who suggested that in addition to my vegan diet, I should also take part in a detox program and increase my consumption of raw foods. Nowadays, I try to eat not more than one cooked meal each day. I also try to abstain from fried food, confectionaries, fizzy drinks, salt, sugar, and MSG. Although I have yet to obtain vibrant health, I know I am on the road to it, at the same time that I help our fellow animals and the planet.

30yr-old Chinese female

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#186 From: "Vegetarian Society $Singapore$" <george@...>
Date: Wed Dec 14, 2005 12:58 pm
Subject: VSS eNewsletter 15 December 2005 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 15 December 2005

Seminar on Diet and Brain Development in Children– Sat, 17 December

VSS News

VSS Social Luncheon – Sun, 18 December

One-Day Local Organic Shopping Trip - Full

Staying Under Water a Week at the Giving Tree @ North East 2005

World Vegetarian Congress – Goa, India, Sep 2006

Other News

New Veg Caf� Along Northeast Line

From The Times (London) on the Vegan Society Founder

High Fibre Helps Heartburn

Nice Quote

How My Baby Became a Vegetarian

VSS News

Seminar on Diet and Brain Development in Children– Sat, 17 December

VSS Social Luncheon – Sun, 18 December

Some people ask, “Does VSS have get-togethers?” This luncheon at Biopolis is the closest thing we have to that. Please take this opportunity to meet fellow vegetarians and supporters of vegetarianism. Plus, hear Richard Seah, a macrobiotic guru, give a 20min talk on how to balance the Yin and Yang of vegetarian diets. Location: FoodBank @ Biopolis, 30, Biopolis Street, #01-01 Matrix Block, S. 138671. Price: $15.

Prior registration highly encouraged. Deadline: 15 Dec. Details at: http://www.vegetarian-society.org/revamp/html/index.php?module=PostCalendar&func=view&tplview=default&viewtype=month&Date=20051201&pc_username=&pc_category=&pc_topic=

One-Day Local Organic Shopping Trip – 24 Dec – Full

This trip is already full. If people enjoy the trip, we’ll try to organize another one next year.

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Staying Under Water a Week at the Giving Tree @ North East 2005

Adventurer Khoo Siew Chiow is attempting to break the world Scuba Diving Record from 16 Dec to 25 Dec at the Giving Tree @ North East. The location of the tank is in between the side of the stage and the Volunteer Fair. He will be on location 24 hours a day till he either breaks the record or he quits halfway. There will also be game stalls located next to his diving tank.

The Giving Tree @ North East,Singapore’s largest volunteer fair, is being held from 2-31 December next to Tampines MRT. The fair’s goal is to encourage people from around the island to become volunteers or to expand their volunteer efforts. A wide range of organizations, including VSS, are there seeking more volunteers.

Also, Fri-Sun, 16-18 Dec, there will be a great line-up of films, next to the VSS booth. The schedule is:

Date	Film
16 Dec – Fri	6pm – March of the Penguins
	8pm – Rush Hour in Antarctica (National Geographic)
17 Dec – Sat	4pm – Devour the Earth – Protect the Env by going veg. Plus, special appearances by Spiderman, Bat Girl and Batman (all portrayed by veg actors)
	7.30pm – ToddyCats! Short clips
18 Dec – Sun	1pm – State of the Planet (BBC)
	4pm – Devour the Earth – Protect the Env by going veg. Plus, special appearances by Spiderman, Bat Girl and Batman (all portrayed by veg actors)
	5pm – The Humane Solution (On Cats) (Ally Cat Allies)
	7.30pm – ToddyCats! Short clips

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Also at The Giving Tree @ North East is an Adopt-a-Tree programme. Details at http://www.eco-singapore.org.

World Vegetarian Congress – Goa, India, Sep 2006

The World Vegetarian Congress is held every two years. In 2004, it was in Brazil; in 2008, it will be in Germany. Next year, it’s in India: Goa to be exact. Details and online registration are now available at http://www.ivu.org/congress/2006.

Other News

New Veg Caf� Along Northeast Line

A reader wrote to spread the word about a new veg caf� located between Serangoon and Kovan MRT stations at No. 37 Teck Chye Terrace SING 545730, along Upp Serangoon Rd / Lim Tua Tow Rd,� Tel: 6286 8028. Open since Sept, the Natural Vegetarian Delight serves a wide variety of dishes from 9am-9pm, every day, except Tuesdays. Dishes include Oriental / Western / Malay & Indian vege food, such as Chinese/ Malay rojak, roti prata with filling, laksa, clay-pot-mee, clay-pot-rice, and Western / Japanese set meals.

From The Times (London) on the Vegan Society Founder

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-1914862,00.html

High Fibre Helps Heartburn

Eating more plant-based foods, such as whole grains, fruits, vegetables, beans, and legumes, puts more fibre into our diet. A recent study links more fibre with less heartburn. For details: http://www.webmd.com/content/article/99/105085.htm.

Nice Quote

"For the animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours, they move finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren, they are not underlings, they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of the Earth". Henry Beston, The Outermost House

How My Baby Became a Vegetarian

The author has kindly agreed to respond to queries from families who are planning to have a baby or who recently had one: helen_prudy@....

I have been a vegetarian for 8 years. When I became pregnant a year ago, people around me were concerned. They advised against maintaining a vegetarian diet during my pregnancy. They felt that a vegetarian diet did not contain enough nutrition for my baby.

However, despite their misconceptions about vegetarianism, I went ahead based on my firm belief. During my first 3 months of pregnancy, I frequently felt nauseous and only ate half a bowl of rice or at times, only a piece of bread for the whole day. As a result, I lost weight, from 45kg to 39kg. This got me worried, but my gynae assured me that my baby was doing fine. Although my appetite was not good, sometimes I forgot to take the multi-vitamins given by my gynae. Curiously, I did not suffer from anaemia. After the 5^th month, I started to take a variety of foods, such as fruits, vegetable soups and soya milk. However, after 2 months of eating well, my gynae advised me to restrict my dietary intake, as my baby was over-weight based on my small frame. If I did not heed his advice, I might not be able to have an “all-natural” birth and might have to opt for an assisted birth.

Sigh!!! I had to give up some of my favourite foods, such as spaghetti and bread … all gone from my menu!

On 7 June 2005, I gave birth to a healthy baby girl! My husband and I were overjoyed. Her name is Chin YunZhi. Her complexion was pinkish, and she was very curious about her surroundings. After we brought her home, neighbours soon visited. They were curious, as we had not announced her presence. Later, we found out that it was her voice (crying) that made our neighbours realize that there was a “New Kid on the Block.”

After a month, she was able to lift up her head!!! Ooh… A strong and healthy ‘vege’ baby indeed!

A proud mother,

Mdm Goh Saw Lan

p.s.: She’s now 5 months old and full of vigour and energy!

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#187 From: "Vegetarian Society (Singapore)" <vegsoc@...>
Date: Wed Dec 14, 2005 3:07 am
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With A Difference!

You are cordially invited to attend VSS Year-End Social Gathering on Sunday, 18 December @ Biopolis!

It will the 1st time for VSS to hold a luncheon at a food court!

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Participants are guaranteed a tasty, wholesome Chinese-Mediterranean-Fusion vegan meal on this relaxing Sunday afternoon. (Many VSS members can testify to the quality of the food!)

For details, look no further!��

Date: 18 Dec 2005

Time: 12 pm

Location:
FoodBank @ Biopolis
30, Biopolis Street,. #01-01 Matrix Block,
Singapore 138671

(kindly refer to www.streetdirectory.com.sg for direction)

Fee: SGD15

Contact Information:
Mobile: 93484493
E-Mail: yywong4@...

To register:

Note: Registration confirmed upon receipt of payment.

*Dishes served are vegan, with no garlic or onion.

Thank You For Your Support!

#188 From: "Vegetarian Society $Singapore$" <george@...>
Date: Fri Dec 23, 2005 8:09 am
Subject: VSS electronic newsletter 23 Dec 2005 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 23 December 2005

VSS at the Giving Tree – Now with a Hunger Sculpture

Merry Christmas to All Our Christian Readers

VSS News

Corporate Membership Scheme

A Free Holiday Gift

Help with the Next 10,000 VSS VCDs

Other News

Three New Veg Outlets

Favourite Singapore Organic/Vegan Food Haunts

Melaka Mentionable

VSS at the Giving Tree – Now with a Hunger Sculpture

Releasing Our Fellow Animals

VSS News

VSS is participating in the Giving Tree @ North East, Singapore’s largest volunteer fair, which is being held from 2-31 December next to Tampines MRT. The fair’s goal is to encourage people from around the island to become volunteers or to expand their volunteer efforts. A wide range of organizations, including VSS, are there seeking more volunteers.

Earlier this year, we wrote asking for donations to create a sculpture to help bring home the connection between world hunger and meat eating. The sculpture is just completed and on display at the VSS booth in Tampines.

Also at The Giving Tree @ North East is an Adopt-a-Tree programme. Details at http://www.eco-singapore.org.

Corporate Membership Scheme

The VSS corporate membership scheme has been enhanced by the addition of a Corporate Member page on our website: http://www.vegetarian-society.org/revamp/html/index.php?module=Static_Docs&func=view&f=corporate.htm. The page provides a forum for businesses to let readers know about their veg-friendly products and services.

Please urge businesses to become VSS corporate members. It costs only $100 per year, whereas individual membership is at $30 per year. The main benefit of VSS membership (individual or corporate) is the satisfaction of knowing that you are promoting vegetarianism. The membership form – it’s the same form for all membership categories – can be downloaded at http://vegetarian-society.org/downloads/MembershipForm5threv.pdf. There is also a membership form in the sleeve of the VSS VCD.

A Free Holiday Gift

Give your friends and family a free holiday gift, a gift that keeps on giving. Subscribe them to the free VSS electronic newsletter. The newsletter appears about 45 times a year, providing news, event information, and insights related to vegetarianism. As one reader put it, “In this not so veg-friendly world, the VSS e-Newsletter reminds me of all the many good reasons to be veg and gives me the emotional support and health tips I need to keep on keeping on.”

To subscribe someone, just go to the Mailing List page on the VSS website: http://www.vegetarian-society.org/revamp/html/index.php?module=Static_Docs&func=view&f=vssgrp.htm. Then, type the person’s email address into the yellow box. Next, inform the person that they will be receiving an email from Yahoo! and that they need to reply to that email to start receiving their free subscription.

Help with the Next 10,000 VSS VCDs

We are printing another 10,000 VSS VCDs. Many people say that the VCD was instrumental in convincing them to go veg or to stay veg. To save money, we pack the VCD ourselves with the sleeve and the clear plastic casing.

We’ll be doing that on Sat morning, 7 Jan. We meet at Payar Lebar MRT control at 9.30am. If you can come, please email first: yeow@... or violet@.... Also, donations are needed to pay for printing the VCDs. Each VCD costs about 60 cents.

Other News

Three New Veg Outlets

Wow! Three new vegetarian eateries. Here’s the scoop:

YI XIN VEGETARIAN

Blk 316-B #01-11 Ang Mo Kio Ave 1

Tel. 96943056 / 98551161,

Open 11am-3pm & 5pm-10pm, Closed Wed.

VEGETARIAN HUT

Blk 117 #01-05 Aljunied Ave 2,

Tel. 9847 6686,

6am-8pm, everyday

(note: until Jan., only open till 2pm)

YUMMY VEGGIE

At NTUC Pasir Ris Downtown East, just opposite Cheers convenience store

Tahu Goreng, Fried Fish / Prawn Rice, Thai Tom Yam, Spaghetti, Lor Mee, Fried Spring Roll, Burger (All vegetarian, of course)

Open: 7:30am - 11:00pm, closed Wed.

Favourite Singapore Organic/Vegan Food Haunts

Can.com.sg is a popular local internet site. Here’s what their readers said about favourite organic/vegan food haunts:

http://www.can.com.sg/content/neocan/en/streetwise/eat/canmembers_recommend.html

Melaka Mentionable

A reader back from a visit to Malaysia wrote to recommend Vegan Salad & Herbs House, 22 Jalan Kubu, 75300 Melaka. “It’s a simple, friendly old coffee shop, open every day except for Thursdays and public holidays, 10.00am-4.00pm. Jalan Kubu is a little road branching off Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock.”

Releasing Our Fellow Animals

I was born in 1959. When I was growing up in Singapore, one of our neighbours used to purchase live chickens from the market, bring them home and slaughter them. I watched the entire slaughtering process countless times. I still very clearly remember the whole thing, from the screams before the chickens’ throats were slit, right up till, still struggling, they took their final breath. Although I continued to eat meat, the experience left a deep imprint on my mind as I was growing up.

As an adult, I was still eating lots of meat until 1998 when I was introduced to Buddhism. Like other religions, Buddhism teaches compassion for others, especially the less fortunate. I learned not to harm any sentient being and that life is dear to all. As I thought about compassion, the slaughtering of the chickens I had witnessed while a child kept replaying in my mind until I finally realised that chickens are thinking, feeling being just like us humans. The chickens’ screams upon seeing the knife were actually fear, and the chickens’ hopping and rolling on the grass verge until their final breath were in fact because they were feeling great pain.

Later in 1998, I woke up one morning and told my wife that from that day on, I would be a vegetarian. It had taken me so long to realise the meaning of suffering to those poor animals. Now, whenever conditions are right, I will purchase and set free fishes or birds, in my own capacity, to prevent them from perishing in cages or ending up as meals. I also try my best not to buy belts or shoes made from leather. Instead, I buy those made from canvas or human-made materials. As the slogan says, “When the buying stops, the killing will too.”

To all human beings, I would like to say: Do not harm other sentient beings, as life is dear to all.

Warmest regards, Ken Ng

Editor’s note: In his great piece on why he became vegetarian, Ken Ng mentions the issue of buying captive animals for release. Earlier this year, Andrew Tay gave a talk on this for VSS. We asked Andrew, formerly Nature Society (Singapore) – www.nss.org.sg – Education Officer, to summarize what he said in his talk.

With regard to information on the release of animals, here are some facts:

1. Wild animals are captured and put on sale in shops to cater to the demand of those who want to buy and keep them as pets, to eat them, to use them for alleged medicinal qualities, or to release them. When we buy these animals, we are supporting and encouraging the capture of more animals from the wild. Demand = Supply. When no one buys these animals, then the trade in wild animals will finally stop.

2. Animals in the shops are usually kept in cruel conditions. In fact, some shops purposefully keep them in dirty conditions to attract sympathy from potential buyers. For example, the small Munia (sparrow-like) birds are stuffed by the hundreds in small, dirty cages. In these crowded unhygienic conditions, many contract diseases and infect others. If these animals are released into the environment, they will most likely spread diseases to others in the wild. Bird flu is an example.

3. Many animals on sale in our shops are not native to Singapore, that is, not found naturally here. These have been imported into the country, commonly from faraway countries like China, India, and the U.S. Because they are from temperate climates, when released into our tropical climate, they may not be able to adapt and die. Or if they do adapt and survive, they aggressively compete with our native wild animals for space, food, breeding areas, etc. For example, red-eared terrapins from the States have been released into our reservoirs, ponds, canals, and forest streams, and now are more common than our native freshwater turtles.

Below are some alternative, responsible actions we all can take to have compassion for our fellow animals. These suggestions were part of an exhibition on animal release held at Bright Hill Monastery and have been read by hundreds of people,

1.Rescue and care for animals when the need arises. Some examples: A baby bird who has dropped out of its nest; a turtle found in the middle of a road; an injured animal; a fish in a drying puddle. But first, we have to be very certain that the animals are really in need of our help or in immediate danger. For wild animals, we should always leave them alone as much as possible.

2. Join a wildlife protection or animal welfare group to provide protection and improve conditions for all animals.

3. There is an opportunity to do even better deeds for animals. Join the environmental movement to protect the seas, wetlands, and forests. These are homes to countless animals.

4. Encourage other humans to feel compassion for other sentient beings, and inform them of the need to protect animals and the importance of conserving nature and our environment.

5. Encourage and educate pet owners to love and give proper care to their companion animals.

6. Encourage others not to buy animals who are not suitable as pets. Inform them why we should not patronise shops which sell unsuitable pet animals or who do not give proper care to the animals in their shops.

7. Help make others aware of the need to conserve endangered and protected species. Inform them on why we should not buy them to keep as pets, for consumption, or for release.

8. Volunteer your help, even for a few hours or one day, to organisations that care for animals, the elderly, the homeless, or the terminally ill. These organisations do need your help.

9. Do other good deeds daily.

10. Eat vegetarian more often and eat less meat. Or become a vegetarian.

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#189 From: "Vegetarian Society $Singapore$" <george@...>
Date: Fri Dec 23, 2005 3:27 pm
Subject: Season's Greetings from Vegetarian Society (Singapore) jacobs_george
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Please click the link or paste it into your internet browser to watch VSS’s animated Season’s Greetings slideshow.

And then please forward it to others.

All the best from VSS. –george

George Jacobs, Ph.D.

President, Vegetarian Society (Singapore)

www.vegetarian-society.org

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190 Clemenceau Ave, #04-19/20

Singapore Shopping Centre

SINGAPORE 239924 (address for correspondence only)

#190 From: "Vegetarian Society $Singapore$" <george@...>
Date: Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:41 pm
Subject: VSS e-Newsletter 30 Dec 2005 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 30 December 2005

Please Share the VSS Season’s Greetings Card

Happy 2006 to Everyone

VSS News

See the VSS World Hunger Sculpture

VSS Membership Benefit

Vegetarian Food Fair for Charity – 21-22 Jan

Other News

Please Share the VSS Season’s Greetings Card

King Kong – Where Is the Monster?

VSS News

The VSS Season’s Greetings Card is a great way to send meaningful New Year’s best wishes. It’s available on the Downloads page of the VSS website:

http://www.vegetarian-society.org/revamp/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=Downloads&file=index&req=viewdownload&cid=3.

You’ll find other downloads there. Any ideas for more downloads to put on that page?

See the VSS World Hunger Sculpture

The VSS World Hunger is on display at the Volunteer Fair next to Tampines MRT through this Sat. Can’t make it to Tampines? Have a look online at the sculpture and the display panel that accompanies it at http://www.vegetarian-society.org/revamp/html/index.php?module=Static_Docs&func=view&f=worldhunger.htm.

Any ideas for other venues, such as restaurants or caf�s, that would like to take a turn to display the sculpture?

VSS Membership Benefit

There aren’t many benefits of being a VSS member, other than knowing that you are helping to promote vegetarianism. One other benefit of being a VSS member is the opportunity to purchase a reduced-price subscription to the magazine of the Australian Vegetarian Society: New Vegetarian and New Health: http://www.veg-soc.org/html/mag-issues/current-issue.html.

Details on becoming a VSS member can be found at: http://www.vegetarian-society.org/revamp/html/index.php?module=Static_Docs&func=view&f=membership.htm.

Vegetarian Food Fair for Charity – 21-22 Jan

Kampung Senang (http://www.kg-senang.org.sg) is hosting a Mini Organic Food Fair on Sat, 7 Jan, 11am-2pm at the Whole Child Nurture Centre at 17J Jalan Hock Chye, 6289.4298. Find out about this Waldorf-inspiring early childhood education centre which serves the children organic vegetarian food. VSS will be participating.

Other News

Celebrate Chinese New Year by helping to raise funds for Man Fut Tong Nursing Home (http://www.mft.org.sg). Come to Tiong Bahru Plaze on Sat 21 Jan – Sun 22 Jan 2006, 10am-8pm. Don’t miss Singapore’s largest collection of Handmade Paper Fans, a bazaar, vegetarian food, performances and the God of Fortune’s special appearance (22 Jan). Free admission. Contact: Victor @ 6368. 3301 or c_lovecommunications@....

King Kong – Where Is the Monster?

January 17 (Tue) and 19 (Thu) are the dates for two evening classes about how to prepare raw food. The classes feature two professional chefs from the U.S. Here are brief bios:

Robert Ferrari has worked at both the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills and Newport Beach, California. He has established himself as a premier Raw Food Chef with his innovative gourmet cuisine. Robert has the ability to transform fresh organic produce into stunning Raw Food creations.

Gail Ferrari grew up in the restaurant business with her family. When health problems occurred due to overeating, Gail turned towards eating healthy and healing foods. She became a Raw Food chef after taking her training in Oregon, and has healed herself from high blood pressure and lost 59lbs.

For details: ourplaceinternational@... or Qiuying at 9100.0443 or Susie at 9637.6020.

Here’s one reader’s slightly edited thoughts after viewing the movie “King Kong.”

No mere typical monster movie, the 2005 "King King" is a renewed classic myth for our times, of timeless truths about the human tension and (dis)connection with the animal kingdom. With his film crew, director Carl Denham (played by Jack Black) is an mercenary opportunist in every sense, who chances upon the ominous Skull Island, and discovers Kong (played by Andy Serkis) - an awesome giant "prehistoric" gorilla feared and worshipped by an equally frightful savage tribe - for his sheer "king" size and might. While barely able to stay alive, Carl conceives his supposedly brilliant money-spinning scheme of capturing and enslaving Kong for America, so as to milk him for all he is worth as a theatrical freak-show attraction. He succeeds to some extent, at a terrible price though, as Kong unwittingly wrecks havoc in New York when he breaks free - as any frightened animal would.

Sometimes, the real monster only appears more civilised, even dressed in suits, having nothing to do with size at all, having instead everything to do with the mind set on devious self-serving profiteering. That which is most monstrous is largely invisible - the poisons of the human heart - greed, hatred and delusion. Throughout history, animals have been unwillingly exploited for countless selfish human purposes - for food (eg. meat and animal produce), clothing� (eg. leather and fur), sports (eg. racing and hunting), entertainment (eg. performing in circuses) and experimentation... Yes, Kong is just one single animal, fictitious and humongous as he may be, who also stands for countless real and smaller animals, who are continually incarcerated, tortured and eventually killed by humans for our own advantage. Perhaps it takes a "monster" like Kong to contrast and show the hidden monsters in us, ones much more gargantuan than any monster out there.

An unlikely yet credible friendship develops between starlet Ann Darrow (played by Naomi Watts) and Kong, while an equally believably soulful Kong develops a protective and loyal infatuation with her. Not only does the proverbial beauty meet the beast, she learns to tame and appreciate the hero in him. In this rich full-colour update of the 1933 black and white movie, the audience is shown the nuanced human nature of Kong, just as we see the "civilised" yet bestial nature of man. What differentiates us from animals then becomes grey and blurred - nothing black or white. Man or beast, we forget we are probably closer simian relatives than imagined. We might not speak each other's language, but we can learn to look deeply at each other in the eye. Maybe then, can we learn to see eye to eye.

Kong was largely a harmless gentle giant, ferocious only when threatened. No, he does not eat damsels in distress - he was even featured chewing shoots for dinner. Gorillas are, after all, mostly vegetarians! In the jungle where Kong is King, he was worshipped as an invincible god-like being by the natives. With no intention to rule the island, he was by default king, forced to fight dinosaurs, giant bats and insects for his own survival. Out of the familiar context of the concrete jungle that is the city, the film crew explored the jungle to rescue Ann, who was forcibly offered to Kong as a "sacrifice" he never asked for. The film crew had to fend off other "monsters" along the way, which were mostly simply larger than life versions of nature. While fear ensued, surely, respect for nature correspondingly "enlarged"! Perhaps then, we should learn to stand more in the shoes of "lesser" creatures of everyday life. Let us do not onto others that which we would not have others do onto us. Yes, the golden rule should rule.

In an unbridled frustrated rampage through the city, Kong scales the spire of the world's tallest and most famous building of that time - the Empire State Building. Why? Out of a primitive pridefulness perhaps, as he seeks refuge and stakes territorial claim over the land, while unknowingly rendering himself an open target to fighter planes. This iconic cinema image of Kong atop the building symbolises humans’ greatest "monumental" achievement topped by nature. Without much consideration, man kills this majestic creature - he destroys nature, in a fit of angry and fearful misunderstanding, of not comprehending that Kong merely wanted to be left alone with the love of his life, even at the cost of his own life. In a dramatic showdown, he falls to his death after being shot numerous times. Tragically, he was the true victim, who never wanted to victimise anyone.

A policeman tells Carl at the end of the story, "Well, Denham, the airplanes got him." Carl replies, "Oh no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was beauty who killed the beast." But was it really so? Carl did not realise that it was his greed that led to the doom of the innocent Kong. It was man's fault. Kong was only being himself, being natural, while man fared no better than a beast in bringing him down without trial or reason. As mentioned, this is no typical monster movie - it is an elaborate fable warning against the monster in us!
- Shen Shi'an

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Date: Thu Jan 5, 2006 4:44 am
Subject: VSS electronic newsletter 6 January 2006 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 6 January 2006

Online Chinese New Year Greetings Card

VSS News

Our Cookbook Featured in Magazine

VSS Donation Cans

Calling All Teachers

Viewing Locations for the VSS World Hunger Sculpture

Narnia’s Founder and Our Fellow Animals

Other News

Second Asian Vegetarian Congress – 19-26 March 2006

Singapore Runners Resource

VSS News

Online Chinese New Year Greetings Card

VSS’s online Chinese New Year greetings card is now ready, in time to send people before they load up on meat for the holiday. The card is on the VSS Downloads page of the VSS website:

http://www.vegetarian-society.org/revamp/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=Downloads&file=index&req=viewdownload&cid=3.

Please send the card to family members, friends, colleagues, and acquaintances. And, feel free to personalize it.

Our Cookbook Featured in Magazine

The VSS cookbook, New Asian Traditions, was featured in the December issue of the Association of Dutch Businessmen in Singapore’s magazine. The issue is now online at http://www.adb.org.sg/en_magazine_latest.htm, pages 21-22. The article features two recipes from the book. You can buy the VSS cookbook at most bookstores, such as Popular, but please call ahead to make sure that it is in stock.

VSS Donation Cans

New Green Pastures is an organic veg restaurant that has been supporting VSS by placing a donation can near the soup urn, where customers can help themselves to soup to go along with the meals they order. A sign encourages those who take soup to make a donation to VSS. The restaurant is located at the vegetarian oasis of Fortune Centre, at #04-22, Tel: 63368755, HP: 94512799.

If you know other veg outlets that might display a VSS donation can, please contact info@.... Money is needed for our education work. For instance, this weekend, we are packing another 10,000 copies of the VSS VCD for free distribution. Contact us if you’d like to help distribute the VCD. For instance, one couple took VCDs to distribute at their wedding dinner. We do ask a donation for large quantities of the VCD.

Calling All Teachers

The Green Teacher (http://www.greenteacher.com) is a magazine, published in Toronto, for teachers who want to include environmental education in their teaching. A VSS member has been asked to write an article about why and how to integrate vegetarianism into environmental education. If you are a teacher (or you know a teacher) who includes veg issues in their teaching, please share your ideas for possible inclusion in the article by writing to info@.... Also, if you are a teacher and would like to invite a VSS speaker or to use VSS materials (print or video), please let us know.

Viewing Locations for the VSS World Hunger Sculpture

Do you have ideas for venues, such as restaurants or caf�s, that would like to take a turn to display the sculpture? You can visit the statue and the accompanying display panel online at http://www.vegetarian-society.org/revamp/html/index.php?module=Static_Docs&func=view&f=worldhunger.htm.

Narnia’s Founder and Our Fellow Animals

Other News

C.S. Lewis, whose book The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, is now a hit movie, had strong views about the way we treat our fellow animals:�

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/features/cslewis/animals1.shtml.

Second Asian Vegetarian Congress – 19-26 March 2006

January 17 (Tue) and 19 (Thu) are the dates for two evening classes about how to prepare raw food. The classes feature two professional chefs from the U.S. Here are brief bios:

For details: ourplaceinternational@... or Qiuying at 9100.0443 or Susie at 9637.6020.

Looks like Asian vegetarians are very sociable folks. Asia is hosting two vegetarian congresses this year. The first, the Asian Vegetarian Congress, will be held in March in Thailand: http://www.siamsewana.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=861#861. The second, the World Vegetarian Congress, will be held in India in September: http://www.ivu.org/congress/2006.

Singapore Runners Resource

The current issue of Health & Fitness magazine, available at selected bookshops and magazine kiosks, features an article on M. Rameshon, Singapore’s marathon record holder and a proud vegetarian. The magazine mentions a website, Singapore Runners Resource, set up by Rameshon’s Hwa Chong students: http://www.chs.edu.sg/~y03chs377/SRR/index_content.html. There, you can read and listen to an interview with Rameshon and find out much more about success in running and in life.�

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Date: Thu Jan 12, 2006 9:31 pm
Subject: VSS e-Newsletter 13 January 2006 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 13 January 2006

Form a VSS Team for the Singapore Biathlon

VSS News

VCDs Ready

Other News

Martha Stewart Stops Wearing Fur

Pesticides

Veg Restaurant Moves to Changi Road

Mind Your Body

Quantum Spirituality

Interview with John Robbins’ Son, Ocean Robbins

VSS News

Form a VSS Team for the Singapore Biathlon

For the Singapore Biathlon, Sun, 26 March, at East Coast Park (http://www.safra.sg/singaporebiathlon), organizations can form teams of three to participate. Teammates need not run/swim together. If you’d like to be part of a VSS team, contact info@.... Show what vegetarians can do! After all, the Singapore national record holder in the marathon, M. Rameshon, is a vegetarian.

VCDs Ready

Last weekend, a team of 20 people, fueled by a hearty and delicious vegetarian lunch, finished packing another 10,000 copies of the VSS VCD, Seeds for a Better World. Most of readers of this Newsletter have already seen Seeds.

Please help to distribute it. The VCD can be distributed in many ways: to people you know, at vegetarian restaurants, and at events such as exhibitions or talks. Contact VSS about collecting VCDs and flyers for distribution: info@....

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Martha Stewart Stops Wearing Fur

Martha Stewart, famous for her advice on food, fashion, and home decorating, has made a 5-min video to explain why she has stopped wearing fur. The video documents the terrible conditions our fellow animals suffer so that humans can make a fashion statement. Seeing these conditions reminds the watcher of what happens to nonhuman animals who we eat. Watch the video at: http://www.petatv.com/tvpopup/video.asp?video=martha&Player=wm&speed=_med.

The video ends with Stewart saying something that applies as well to going vegetarian as it does to not wearing fur, “So much violence in the world seems beyond our control, but this is one cruelty we can stop by being informed consumers.“ By the way, Stewart’s daughter, Alexis, who co-stars on her tv show, The Apprentice: Martha Stewart, is a vegetarian.

Pesticides

A frequently asked question is: If I eat more plant-based foods, won’t I risk ingesting too much pesticide? The answer is that meat-eaters probably ingest more pesticide than do vegetarians. Why? Because during their short, harsh lives, our fellow animals eat foods treated with pesticides, and those pesticides concentrate in the animals’ flesh. Thus, when you eat meat, you are probably ingesting pesticide that concentrates as it moves up the food chain.

AVA inspects food for pesticide level and gives the following recommendation to those who wish to do more: http://www.ava.gov.sg/JAVASCRIPT/FAQfruits.htm.

A combination of rinse, soak and rinse will help to remove pesticide residues on vegetables substantially. The rate of removal depends on many factors such as the amount of residue present, technique of washing and rinsing etc. Generally, a 30s rinse, a 15min soak and a final rinse would be effective. It can remove surface residues by more than half the original amount present. When rinsing, pay attention to the base of the stems since dirt or pesticide tend to get trapped there. This is important if you are preparing “you-cai” where the whole intact vegetable will be used for cooking.

Veg Restaurant Moves to Changi Road

A reader informed VSS that Yuan Xiang Vegetarian Restaurant has moved from No. 220, Stadium Road to its new home at 134 Changi Road, Singapore 419720 (Lorong 104 Geylang)
* Open: Daily 0830 - 1500, 1700 - 2300
* Specialities: Vegetarian Cze Cha, Vegetarian Tim Sum
* Tel: 63443239
* Owner: Mr. Lee - handphone: 90093957 / 90620102
* Buses: 2, 7, 13, 21, 24, 26, 28, 30, 51, 60, 61, 63, 67, 93, 94, 155, NR7

Yuan Xiang has other outlets as well. See the Veggie Food Outlets page on the VSS website for details: http://www.vegetarian-society.org/revamp/html/index.php?module=Static_Docs&func=view&f=/index.php?module=Static_Docs&func=view&f=listing_area.htm

Mind Your Body

This week’s Mind Your Body supplement to the Wednesday Straits Times contains one article on Bright Vision Hospital (http://www.bvh.org.sg/main.html), which serves vegetarian food exclusively, and Just Greens restaurant, an innovative veg eatery with two outlets, one in Chinatown and the other on Joo Chiat Place. For details on Just Greens, see http://www.vegetarian-society.org/revamp/html/index.php?module=Static_Docs&func=view&f=/index.php?module=Static_Docs&func=view&f=listing_area.htm.

Quantum Spirituality

It is not uncommon that spiritual leaders encourage people to move towards plant-based diets. Examples from the East are Sai Baba and Dada J.P. Vaswani and from the West, Anthony Robbins. Next week, another spiritual leader who encourages plant-based diets is speaking in Singapore. VSS will have a display.

Paramahamsa Nithyananda, from India, will be speaking on Wed, 18 Jan, 6.30pm, at DBS Auditorium, Shenton Way. His topic is Quantum Spirituality, and admission is free. To register, call 9246-8717 or visit www.grip.com.sg/choices.htm.

Interview with John Robbins’ Son, Ocean Robbins

John Robbins wrote Diet for a New America, a book that influenced many people to eat less meat. He also founded Earthsave (http://earthsave.org). Robbins’ son, Ocean, has followed in his father’s footsteps, founding YES (Youth for Environmental Sanity): http://www.yesworld.org. Read an interview with Ocean at http://www.geocities.com/spaarclub/Ocean.html.

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Date: Thu Jan 19, 2006 10:26 am
Subject: VSS e-Newsletter 20 Jan 2006 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 20 January 2006

Workshop on the Art and Science of Biogenic Foods

VSS News

Organic Farm Special Event

VSS Team for Singapore Biathlon

Other News

One Veg Outlet Replaces Another

Veg Porridge Outlet Opens

Help Save the Planet: Go Vegetarian

Seismic Shift in European Attitudes

New Branch of Veg Restaurant

When the Shoe Was on the Other Foot

VSS News

Organic Farm Special Event

This weekend, 21-22 Jan, Sat (9am-9pm) & Sun (9am-7pm), two local organic farms, Fireflies and Bollywood, are participating in a special event in Kranji, titled Spring Special 2006. VSS will have a display at Fireflies. We visited Fireflies last month as part of VSS’ organic tour.

Details at http://www.gardenasia.com/springspecial/index.htm. Fireflies’ contact is 62, Lot 75 Lim Chu Kang Lane 2 S. 719842, Tel: 6793.7875, www.fireflies.sg. A shuttle will be available from Kranji MRT.

VSS Team for Singapore Biathlon

Two people have agreed to take part in the VSS team for the Singapore Biathlon, Sun, 26 Mar, at East Coast Park (http://www.safra.sg/singaporebiathlon). If you’d like to be part of a VSS team, contact info@.... Teammates need not run/swim together.

Other News

One Veg Outlet Replaces Another

It’s sad when a veg outlet closes, but sometimes another veg outlet opens in its place. That’s what happened recently at Fortune Centre, a must-visit veg oasis. A reader reports that Tanaka Vegetarian moved out and Xin Yuan Vegetarian Food has taken its place. The reader recommends the new outlet for its large variety of good food. The address is 190 Middle Road, #02-13, S. 188979.

Specialty dishes include pineapple rice, claypot noodle, and noodle soups. Open every day, except Sunday, from 9am-8pm. Tel: 9295.6881 or 9693.0216.

Veg Porridge Outlet Opens

Mei Nu Dessert Porridge recently opened, offering a wide variety of vegetarian porridge. Here’s what they say about themselves:

Our sweet porridges and soups are cooked over low heat over a period of time to break down the grain, making it easy to digest and assimilate in order to provide your body with the nutrients it needs. As we cook the porridges and soups with top grade nutritious ingredients and Chinese herbs with no added preservative or artificial flavorings, the results are delicious low fat porridges and soups that have beautifying and slimming effects.

Stall 6, 5 Fingers Food Street at 2 New Bugis Street (U-Block), Opposite Bugis Junction.

Operating Hours: 12pm to 11pm Daily

Contact Person: Ada Wong - bleurose13@...

Workshop on the Art and Science of Biogenic Foods

Date: Saturday – 18 February 2006

Time: 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm

Organizer: Synbiotics Health Optimum

& Venue: 15 Stanley Street, S. 068734

Contact: Tel: 6226 2621 for registration

Investment: $50.00 (includes sampling of organic juice and snacks).

Ask about possible discount for VSS members.

Help Save the Planet: Go Vegetarian
In a paper delivered at the 2005 American Geophysical conference, researchers reported that the usual American diet (of which 28% is derived from animal sources) creates the equivalent of nearly 1.5 tonnes more carbon dioxide per person per year than a vegan diet with the same number of calories. To read the full paper, go to http://geosci.uchicago.edu/~gidon/papers/nutri/nutri.html.

Seismic Shift in European Attitudes

Human recognition of and concern about the terrible things we do to our fellow animals is growing. Note the term “seismic shift” in this Reuters article about proposed European product labels related to animal welfare standards: http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticleSearch.aspx?storyID=168992%2B11-Jan-2006%2BRTRS&srch=animal%2Bwelfare.

Of course, treating chickens nicer before killing them still seems somewhat inadequate, especially when there’s so much healthy, tasty veg food.

New Branch of Veg Restaurant

Roma’s Deli, in Shaw Tower, has opened a new branch: Roma's Cuisine, 505 Beach Road, Golden Mile Food Centre, #01-85, S. 199583.
* Open: (Mon - Sat) 11:00am to 8:00pm

* Tel: 6245 1897
* Menu: Western and Oriental Style Food
* Bus: 961 from Lavender MRT along Lavender St

When the Shoe Was on the Other Foot

Vegetarianism is about humans not eating our fellow animals, but there was a time when our fellow animals were eating our prehuman ancestors. Here are two articles about that:

http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/5443.html

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10819471

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#194 From: "Vegetarian Society $Singapore$" <george@...>
Date: Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:05 am
Subject: VSS eNewsletter 26 January 2006 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 26 January 2006

Happy Chinese New Year to All Our Chinese Readers

VSS News

VSS Chinese New Year Greetings Card

Desaru Trip in April – Pls Book Soon

Other News

More on Fishing

Vegan Bodybuilder

New Wholegrain Veg Outlet

NY Times Magazine on the Personalities of Our Fellow Animals

Workshops on the Art and Science of Biogenic Foods

Stats on the Number of Marine Animals Eaten by Humans

Issue 4 of Vegetarian Journal 2005

VSS Chinese New Year Greetings Card

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VSS News

Just a reminder that the animated VSS Chinese New Year Greetings Card is available for emailing at http://www.vegetarian-society.org/revamp/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=Downloads&file=index&req=viewdownload&cid=4. Just go there and click on the link, but you need PowerPoint software to view the card.

And, don’t forget the other great stuff on the Downloads page of the VSS website, including the “Love Us Not Eat Us” decal: http://www.vegetarian-society.org/revamp/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=Downloads&file=index.

Desaru Trip in April – Pls Book Soon

Celebrate Chinese New Year by helping to raise funds for Man Fut Tong Nursing Home (http://www.mft.org.sg). Come to Tiong Bahru Plaza on Sat-Sun, 11-12 Feb, 10am-8pm. Don’t miss Singapore’s largest collection of Handmade Paper Fans, vegetarian food, appearances by the God of Fortune, performances, and a VSS exhibition. Free admission. Contact: Victor @ 6368.3301 or c_lovecommunications@....

VSS has planned a 2-day, 1-night trip to Desaru for 14-15 Apr. Enjoy a scenic get-away, including kite-flying, with four vegan meals, all at a reasonable price.

For details, please go to the VSS Events calendar and change the month to April: http://www.vegetarian-society.org/revamp/html/index.php?module=PostCalendar&func=view.

Other News

More on Fishing

Last week’s VSS Newsletter carried a poem about a reluctant fisher. In response, someone sent in a piece by the 19^th century composer Schubert on the same theme. Read the English translation at http://www.hitech-solutions.com/Trout/Schubert.htm. And, listen to the melody at http://ingeb.org/Lieder/dieforel.html (click on Melodie in the upper left).

Vegan Bodybuilder

Kenneth G. Williams is a vegan who has enjoyed success in bodybuilding championships. Read more about him and watch his tv ads for veganism at

http://www.idausa.org/kgw_frame.html. Visit his own website at

http://www.veganmusclepower.com. And, he’s on the cover of the latest issue of VegNews: http://www.vegnews.com/current_issue.html.

New Wholegrain Veg Outlet

Genesis Health Food Restaurant, #1 Lorong Telok, S. 049014 (near Raffles Place MRT), specializes in whole-grain foods. This new outlet offers Eastern and Western food, including cream soup and salad with whole wheat bun. No dairy or egg products are served; the cream is made from rice and nuts. Open 7.30am-6pm, except 7.30am-3pm Fri, closed Sat, and Sun 9-3. Contact: 6438-7118, genesishf@....

NY Times Magazine on the Personalities of Our Fellow Animals

The cover story of this past week’s New York Times magazine reports research on the personalities of our fellow animals. All the more reason not to eat them. You may have to register to read the article, but it’s free: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/22/magazine/22animal.html?emc=eta1&pagewanted=print.

Workshops on the Art and Science of Biogenic Foods

Synbiotics Health Optimum is organizing a series of vegetarian health events on 18th Feb (Sat): 3-5pm, 7-9pm and 19th Feb (Sun): 2-4pm at 15 Stanley Street, S. 068734. To register, call 6226.2621. Details at http://www.vegetarian-society.org/downloads/Detox_n_Regeneration_with_Biogenic_Cuisine2.pdf.

Stats on the Number of Marine Animals Eaten by Humans

Last year, this Newsletter reported a web resource for calculating the number of our fellow land animals who we eat annually. Here is the URL for similar data on marine animals, except that data are by weight rather than by individuals: http://faostat.fao.org/faostat/form?collection=Fishes&Domain=FishCatch&servlet=1&hasbulk=0&version=ext&language=EN.

Issue 4 of Vegetarian Journal 2005

You can read selected articles from Vegetarian Journal magazine online at http://www.vrg.org/journal/vj2005issue4/index.htm. Lots of recipes and health info.

http://voice.paly.net/view_story.php?id=3637.

This one isn’t from Singapore; it’s from the US. But it makes the good point that if done well, going vegetarian isn’t about shrinking our food choices; it’s about expanding them, by discovering all the great options in veg food. Plus, there’s a funny story of how sibling rivalry was what finally brought the writer to go veg:

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Date: Mon Feb 6, 2006 4:36 am
Subject: 2D1N Desaru Beach Retreat! vegsocsg
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2D1N Desaru Beach Retreat

Date: 14-15 April 2006 (Easter Friday & Saturday)

When did you last scamper along the beach like a child? Feel the wind in your hair and hear the trees singing?
Our day and night at Desaru promises this and more. A truly relaxing interlude � you�re welcome to bring along your hobbies
and share them; join us planet gazing, kite flying, beach-walking or just lazing. It�s time to reward yourself�


Gathering Time: 8.30am (please be punctual)
Gathering Venue: Changi Ferry Terminal (@ Changi Ferry Road)
[Returning Time: Arrive Changi Ferry Terminal, Singapore ~ 4.30pm, 15th April]

Rates Per Person:
	Triple-sharing	Twin-sharing	Children (2-11)
VSS member	SGD 140	SGD 145	(please enquire)
non-member	SGD 145	SGD 150


The cost of the trip includes: the ferry ride from Changi Ferry Terminal to Desaru and return, land transfer between the pier
and the hotel, accommodation in an Executive Garden Villa room at Desaru Golden Beach Hotel, and four vegan meals

**Participants are advised to purchase their own travel insurance which is not included in the package.



To register:
1. E-mail kee_yew@... [enquiry call 9362 7493].

2a. Transfer fund to DBS Bank Current A/C: 100-900423-1 and send the ATM fund transfer receipt OR

2b. Send a cheque payable to "Vegetarian Society (Singapore)" to:

Vegetarian Society (Singapore)
190 Clemenceau Ave, #04-19/20
Singapore Shopping Centre
Singapore 239924

2c. Transfer fund via internet banking, to DBS Bank Current A/C: 100-9004231 and email the transaction reference number to <kee_yew@...> immediately

Registration Deadline: 20th March 2006

#196 From: "Vegetarian Society $Singapore$" <george@...>
Date: Wed Feb 8, 2006 1:37 am
Subject: VSS e-Newsletter 8 February 2006 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 8 February 2006

VSS News

Desaru Trip in April – Spaces Limited

Singapore Food Festival

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Other News

Fruit and Veg Consumption May Cut Stroke Risk

High Intake of Veg Protein Linked to Lower Blood Pressure

Court Recognises Chimpanzee as Legal Subject

Rodent Romeos Sing

Do Other Animals Laugh?

Roma Cuisine Launches New Outlet

True Health Holistic Retreat 2006

New Tanjong Pagar Veg Outlet

No Magic Bullets: No Black & White

VSS News

Desaru Trip in April – Spaces Limited

Celebrate Chinese New Year by helping to raise funds for Man Fut Tong Nursing Home (http://www.mft.org.sg). Come to Tiong Bahru Plaza on Sat-Sun, 11-12 Feb, 11am-9pm. Don’t miss Singapore’s largest collection of Handmade Paper Fans, vegetarian food, God of Fortune’s special appearance (12 Feb), performances, and VSS materials. Free admission. Contact: Dilys @ 98753188.

VSS has planned a 2-day, 1-night trip to Desaru for 14-15 Apr. Enjoy a scenic get-away, including kite-flying, with four vegan meals, all at a reasonable price.

For details, please go to the VSS Events calendar and change the month to Apr: http://www.vegetarian-society.org/revamp/html/index.php?module=PostCalendar&func=view

Singapore Food Festival

This year, the Singapore Food Festival will be held 30 Jun-30 Jul. Last year, VSS participated to a small extent and there was a special Vegetarian and Fruits Jamboree weekend. This week, VSS attended a planning meeting at the S’pore Tourism Board office for this year’s Festival. They want ideas from restaurants, shops, educationists, etc. about lively, fresh events for 2006. If you have ideas, please contact info@....

Other News

Fruit and Veg Consumption May Cut Stroke Risk

Eating more than the recommended five portions of fruit and vegetables a day may further reduce the odds of suffering a stroke, researchers found:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060127/hl_nm/stroke_dc

High Intake of Veg Protein Linked to Lower Blood Pressure

People who eat more protein from vegetables tend to have lower blood pressure, according to a new study in the January 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/01/060118100742.htm. Please note that in this study and in the one above, the studies do not say that vegetarians never suffer strokes or high blood pressure; all they say is that aspects of a vegetarian diet were found to correlate with less risk of stroke and high blood pressure.

Court Recognises Chimpanzee as Legal Subject

In a landmark ruling, a judge in Brazil ruled that a chimpanzee, named Su��a, was a legal subject. The judge explained: “It is well known that the penal right to due process is not static, but rather subject to constant change, where new decisions must be adapted to modern times.” For details: http://www.animalsentience.com/news/2005-11-06.html

Rodent Romeos Sing

On a Valentines Day note, human scientists have finally figured out what female mice have always known: male mice sing courtship songs: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4395664.stm. Other singing animals include bats, cetaceans (such as whales), and humans (although to prevent noise pollution some of us should be banned from singing outside the shower).

Do Other Animals Laugh?

The two articles above suggest that our fellow animals are, indeed, more like us than we used to think, making it even more unpalatable that we eat them. Further evidence of our similarities with other animals comes from a researcher who believes that other animals, such as chimps, dogs, and rats, do something a bit like a human laugh: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4401695.stm.

Roma Cuisine Launches New Outlet

Roma’s Cuisine recently opened a new outlet at 208 Jalan Besar, S. 208894, (Miao Zhai - directly opposite Jalan Besar Plaza); Nearest MRT: Lavender. Open: (Mon-Sat) 11:00am to 8:00pm; Tel: 6245 1897.

Menu: Vegetarian Western and Oriental Style Food, including Italian food such as vegetarian chicken mushroom, baked rice, baked mushroom pasta, baked sizzling potato, spaghetti, and pizza, as well as burger specialties and appetizers such as salad and herb bread. Oriental - All kind of steamed buns, lotus rice, and glutinous rice, as well as vegetable rice.

True Health Holistic Retreat 2006
True Health is a Catholic organization that combines health, vegetarianism, and other important matters. They are holding a holistic health stay-in retreat 10-12 March at Monfort Centre, 622 Upper Bukit Timah Road. Speakers to include:

Fr Anselm Phang, OCD

Sebastian Liew, N.D., Doctor of naturopathy, Clinical herbalist

Wendy Yeo, Food / herb consultant

Sister Priscilla, FDCC

Susan Amy, co-author of VSS’ “New Asian Traditions, Vegetarian Cookbook”

Edgar Gho, Stress consultant.

For details and registration, call Thomas Tan at 93969560 or email/fax thomastansh@... / 68440837.

New Tanjong Pagar Veg Outlet

Tanaka Vegetarian has relocated to the corner of Wallich and Peck Seah, just next to Tanjong Pagar MRT, in the new BP Food Centre. They hope to expand to 24 hours later this year. And, they offer brown rice! Contact Mr Goh (9001.5798) for details or if you’d like to work there.

Carnival of Vegetarian Delights

To celebrate Valentines Day, a large number of well-known veg eateries are banding together to put on a Carnival of Vegetarian Delights, Tues, 14 Feb, 10am-5pm, Kim San Leng Food Centre, Blk 134, Geylang East Ave 1, #01-229, Tel: 6745.5702. Ms Choo. Sims Ave: Bus No: 2, 13, 21, 26, 40, 51, 67, 853C. VSS materials will be available.

For details: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DharmaNews/message/3152.

No Magic Bullets; No Black & White

When thinking about nutrition, it’s tempting to look for wonder foods that can whisk away disease and, on the other hand, to label some foods as all bad. However, in reality, health and food’s contribution to good health is much more complicated. For example, the following article suggests that while soy products are good and are better than meat, they are not a magic cure for high cholesterol and other health concerns: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060122/ap_on_he_me/fit_soy_health.

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Date: Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:59 am
Subject: VSS e-Newsletter 13 February 2006 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 13 February 2006

No Bird Brain: A Parrot Who Understands Zero

VSS News

Carnival of Vegetarian Delights

Food Trails

VSS Cookbook Still Available

Other News

You Don’t Need this Book – But Someone You Know Might

Request for Vegetarian Confinement Lady

Veg Outlet Closings

Strawberries

Great Quotes from Carl Sagan and Others

VSS News

Carnival of Vegetarian Delights

To celebrate Valentines Day, a large number of well-known veg eateries are banding together to put on a Carnival of Vegetarian Delights, Tues, 14 Feb, 10am-5pm, Kim San Leng Food Centre, Blk 134, Geylang East Ave 1, #01-229, Sims Ave: Bus No: 2, 13, 21, 26, 40, 51, 67, 853C. VSS materials will be available, including the Hunger sculpture.

For details: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DharmaNews/message/3152.

Food Trails

One idea for this year’s Singapore Food Festival, 30 Jun-30 Jul, 2006, is to organize food trails. This is a bit like the event that VSS held last 24 December, in which people boarded a bus and visited organic farms, shops, and restaurants. In addition to eating, trails can include talks and hands-on activities. If you have ideas, please contact info@....

VSS Cookbook Still Available

A reader reports being pleasantly surprised during a visit to Borders bookstore to see three shelves of veg cookbooks, including 8 copies of the VSS cookbook, New Asian Traditions. Other veg cookbooks included New Enchanted Broccoli Forest and Living among Meat Eaters. There are books for all sorts of diets: vegan, raw food, real food, baby food, and low-fat.

In a hurry? There’s a book with 30-minute veg recipes. That not fast enough for you? There’s a 20-min veg book too. Can’t get to Borders? Other bookstores, such as Awareness Place at Bras Basah Complex, also carry the VSS cookbook and others, as does the National Library.

Other News

No Bird Brain: A Parrot Who Understands Zero

Ever tried teaching a young child to grasp the concept of zero? No easy, but apparently a researcher has successfully taught the concept to a 28-year-old parrot, a cousin of the chickens who we eat in such large quantities: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/07/0715_050715_parrotzero.html.

You Don’t Need this Book – But Someone You Know Might

Speaking of brains, veg cooking is included in the huge series of Complete Idiot’s Guides:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1592574173/ref=nosim/002-6638080-9838423?n=283155. More information on the author: http://www.veganchef.com.

Request for Vegetarian Confinement Lady

Kampung Senang, which promotes vegetarianism in many ways, is holding a holistic charity fair cum street collection at Bencoolen St open ground Feb 23, 26, & 28, 8am-6pm, to raise funds for a new centre for holistic lifestyle. In addition to attending the fair, you might also like to volunteer to help out at the event. For more information: email@..., http://www.kg-senang.org.sg, or 6785 2568.

A reader wrote to VSS to ask if we have contacts for vegetarian Confinement Ladies. No, we do not, but if anyone knows someone who can offer their services to help a new addition to Singapore’s vegetarian population, here is the necessary information:

Location: Bayshore Rd, the east side of Singapore

When: July and August 06

Contact: 9695.1665 Tracy Lim

Veg Outlet Closings

Many small businesses have a short life span. Sadly, that is also true of veg outlets. The following have closed or will be closing soon. We wish all the best to all the people there who made being vegetarian easier: Vegaan, at Biopolis; Magenta, on North Canal Rd; and Zheng Yu Zhai Vegetarian Restaurant, at 333 Joo Chiat Road (last day, Sunday 19 Feb).

The closings are a reminder to us to try our best to patronize veg outlets and to convince more people to eat less meat. See the list of outlets on the VSS website: http://www.vegetarian-society.org/revamp/html/index.php?module=Static_Docs&func=view&f=/index.php?module=Static_Docs&func=view&f=listing_area.htm

Strawberries

Strawberries contain vitamin C, potassium, folate, and flavanoids. A study published in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry suggests that phytonutrients, compounds found in abundance in strawberries and other berries, can help fight cancer: http://www.news-medical.net/?id=8674.

Great Quotes from Carl Sagan and Others

Many scientists, past and present, have urged that we humans make a major change in how we think about and act towards our fellow animals. This quote from Carl Sagan is one example:

http://www.primatesworld.com/Shadows.html

For more of great quotes, pls visit: http://www.sentientbeings.org/notables.htm

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#198 From: "Vegetarian Society (Singapore)" <vegsoc@...>
Date: Fri Feb 17, 2006 3:30 pm
Subject: Gentle Reminder - 2D1N Desaru Beach Retreat! vegsocsg
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2D1N Desaru Beach Retreat

Date: 14-15 April 2006 (Easter Friday & Saturday)

When did you last scamper along the beach like a child? Feel the wind in your hair and hear the trees singing?
Our day and night at Desaru promises this and more. A truly relaxing interlude � you�re welcome to bring along your hobbies
and share them; join us planet gazing, kite flying, beach-walking or just lazing. It�s time to reward yourself�


Gathering Time: 8.30am (please be punctual)
Gathering Venue: Changi Ferry Terminal (@ Changi Ferry Road)
[Returning Time: Arrive Changi Ferry Terminal, Singapore ~ 4.30pm, 15th April]

Rates Per Person:
	Triple-sharing	Twin-sharing	Children (2-11)
VSS member	SGD 140	SGD 145	(please enquire)
non-member	SGD 145	SGD 150


The cost of the trip includes: the ferry ride from Changi Ferry Terminal to Desaru and return, land transfer between the pier
and the hotel, accommodation in an Executive Garden Villa room at Desaru Golden Beach Hotel, and four vegan meals

**Participants are advised to purchase their own travel insurance which is not included in the package.



To register:
1. E-mail kee_yew@... [enquiry call 9362 7493].

2a. Transfer fund to DBS Bank Current A/C: 100-900423-1 and send the ATM fund transfer receipt OR

2b. Send a cheque payable to "Vegetarian Society (Singapore)" to:

Vegetarian Society (Singapore)
190 Clemenceau Ave, #04-19/20
Singapore Shopping Centre
Singapore 239924

2c. Transfer fund via internet banking, to DBS Bank Current A/C: 100-9004231 and email the transaction reference number to <kee_yew@...> immediately

Registration Deadline: 20th March 2006

#199 From: "Vegetarian Society $Singapore$" <george@...>
Date: Tue Feb 21, 2006 8:45 am
Subject: VSS eNewsletter 22 February 2006 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 22 February 2006

VSS News

Wellness Seminar Series Resumes

VSS AGM

Other News

New Veg Hawker Stall with HK-Style Tim Sum

Veg Cooking Class by Wendy Yeo

Organic Bazaar

Fast Food Can Cause Fast Problems

VSS News

Wellness Seminar Series Resumes

The first session of the VSS Wellness Seminar Series in 2006 takes place Thur, 9 Mar, 8pm-9.30pm. The topic is Why Raw? with Julia Jus, a raw food chef who lives in Chiang Mai and speaks English well: http://www.juliajus.com/about_julia.html. A VSS member who uses a raw food diet was very impressed by a session Julia did on her last visit to Singapore.

The venue is Magazine Cafe, 16 Morse Road No. 207 (along Wishart Road), Tel: 6271.6938. Only 1km from Harbour Front MRT. Bus: SBS 10, 30, 93, 97, 100, 131, 143, 145, 166, SMRT 61, 188, 963, 97A, 100A, 30B. Admission to the seminar is $5. Please email kee_yew@... to reserve your seats early.

VSS AGM

The VSS constitution mandates an AGM each March. This year’s event will be held Sunday, 19 Mar from 2pm at 12 Prince Edward Rd, #06-01, Podium A, Bestway Bldg, the same place the AGM was held in 2005. Everyone is welcome, but only members can vote. No memberships will be sold at the door. Light snacks will be served, and we hope to screen some videos.

Directions: Bestway Bldg is few minutes walk from Tanjung Pagar MRT. Take exit D for MAS Bldg and M Hotel. Buses 131, 167, 186, 608, 700, 970, alight at International Plaza, 10 Anson Rd; Buses 10, 70, 75, 97, 100, 107, 130, 162, 196, 400, alight at Apex Tower, 70 Anson Rd.

Other News

Veg Cooking Class by Wendy Yeo

Learn to make and enjoy tasting creative, healthy, organic meatless dishes on Sat, 25 Feb, 3pm-4.30pm with Wendy Yeo. The class is sponsored by True Health and will be held at the Church of St Peter and Paul, 225A Queen St, in the Praise and Worship room/canteen.

Dishes to be taught and tasted are brown rice burger, fruit salad, banana almond smoothie, and mushroom soup. A nominal fee of $10 will be charged for the ingredients. For more information and to register, call the Church office at 6337.2585.

Organic Bazaar

Living Space will hold its first monthly Organic Bazaar on 24-25 Feb from 10am-6pm at 17 Hong Kong St., (Clarke Quay MRT), tel: 6534.0340.

The bazaar will feature at discounted prices, more than 500 varieties of organic produce and products including fresh fruits and vegetables, beans and grains, condiments, dried goods, household cleaners and skincare items from Australia, Singapore, Japan, United Kingdom and United States.

New Veg Hawker Stall with HK-Style Tim Sum

A new veg hawker stall, named Shu Shi En, has opened at Geylang East Food Centre, Blk 117 #01-16 Aljunied Ave 2, near Geylang Polyclinic and Aljunied MRT. Open from 6.30am-8pm, but closed Mon and Tues except 1^st and 15^th of the lunar month. Special dishes include self-made HK-style tim sum. Contact: 9178.7321.

Fast Food Can Cause Fast Problems

More revelations about health problems and the fast food industry. McDonald’s recently revealed that their fries contain wheat and dairy, plus more trans fats than previously reported:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0602150170feb15,1,5988996.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true

A report by British researchers states that customers would have to walk about 9 miles to walk off a Big Mac lunch, while a meal at KFC requires a 6-mile walk: http://channels.netscape.com/homerealestate/package.jsp?name=fte/burnoffbigmac/burnoffbigmac&floc=wn-ns

However, there is good news in the same report. We can go back to the original fast food – raw fruits and vegetables - an apple (sold by some McD’s outlets) contains about 45 calories and requires only a 0.3 mile walk, and a stick of celery has even fewer calories requires only a 0.013 mile walk. But, walking is fun and good exercise. So, why not take a break from your computer, and walk to the supermarket or wet market and get some fruits and vegetables!

Click here for a large list of vegetarian eateries

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#200 From: "Vegetarian Society $Singapore$" <george@...>
Date: Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:03 am
Subject: VSS eNewsletter 28 Feb 06 jacobs_george
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VSS eNewsletter 28 February 2006

Mixed Marriages – When Only One Spouse Is Vegetarian

VSS News

VSS AGM

Raw Food Seminar

Meal-in-a-Drink Smoothie

Interview in I-S Magazine

Other News

Strange Listening

Frozen Airplane Food That Tastes Good

VSS News

VSS AGM

Raw Food Seminar

Meal-in-a-Drink Smoothie

When VSS does food demos as part of a talk, we often demonstrate our Meal-in-a-Drink smoothie found on p. 88 of the VSS cookbook “New Asian Traditions.” For instance, later this week, we are doing that for teachers and parents at secondary school in Sembawang. The smoothie is easy to make, flexible in terms of what ingredients to add, and a hit with the people who come to our talks.

The smoothie is so popular that we need more people who can demo it. If you’d like to learn and would be willing to do public demos (you do not have to pay for the ingredients), please contact info@....

Interview in I-S Magazine

Last Friday’s (24 Feb) issue of I-S Magazine contained an interview about vegetarianism with a VSS member (p. 6). Here are two questions from the interview:

How do you rate Singapore as a place for vegetarians? It’s a great place. There’s lots of variety and people go out of their way to accommodate you.

What’s the best vegetarian eatery in town? Personally, I like my own kitchen.

Other News

Mixed Marriages – When Only One Spouse Is Vegetarian

Vegetarians come from many different religious backgrounds. For example, here’s a thoughtful piece that may be useful to people of any religious background, from the Jewish Veg website: http://jewishveg.com/schwartz/mixmarrg.htm

Strange Listening

Brian Conroy is a vegan who put together a one-person comedy show called Vegan Monologues: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3386. You can listen to two of his pieces at http://69.17.119.150/invasion and http://69.17.119.150/mybeef.

Frozen Airplane Food That Tastes Good

A reader who recently returned from a trip to East Asia was impressed by the variety of veg options on the airlines. He requested “no egg, no dairy”, and when the other passengers were given ice cream, he received a thick slice of frozen pineapple. Great idea! Frozen banana is also excellent.

Click here for a large list of vegetarian eateries

Disclaimer: The information provided in this Newsletter is solely for the consideration of the subscribers, and does not constitute an endorsement by VSS.

Read back issues at: http://www.vegetarian-society.org/newsletter.htm

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