The Misunderstood Peanut

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Peanuts is a misunderstood food. Often, people consider it unhealthy but this is, most of the time, untrue. At least, not the sweetened and/or salted type. According to Prevention.com, eaten as a snack in moderation, peanuts can be beneficial in its natural form.

High in monounsaturated fats and protein but low in carbohydrates, this appears to be a superfood that suits the current health trend. Besides that, it is also high in vitamin E and various antioxidants, serving as a natural anti inflammatory. 

As long as peanuts is not over consumed, a serving ounce contains 160 calories (so factor this based on your daily calorie intake), this is one nutritious snack that is, at the same time, (but rare) delicious!

Slow Fast Food

 What do you call fast food that takes forever to serve? No idea? Neither do I.

*shrug*

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Grapes vs Strawberries

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Holy weird grapes, Batman!

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Snails are not food!

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The Jedi, the Force and Scoops of Ice-Cream

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...

...before a new hope was found, before he knew the Force was strong with him, young Luke was unknowingly balancing his scoops of blue ice-cream, forming a force field to keep the cold in so that not even Tatooine's two suns could melt them away.

Shark is ready for dinner

Fishing on Dry Land

Taken on dry land. :P

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11 Malaysian Words Recognised!

In the midst of all the bad press in the international scene the past few years, I'm proud that my country has got 11 of its commonly used words recognised by the Oxford English Dictionary. I've not been to a mamak nor a kopitiam lately but these are just two of the 11 words that I've grown up with as a Malaysian and been using unashamedly in my English sentences.

The other words are ang pow (can't wait for the next Chinese New Year holidays!), bodoh (stupid!), char kway teow (just had it for lunch last week), chicken rice (I shall have this for lunch today to celebrate such an auspicious moment), aiyoh, aiyah (both used to express a sigh, disappointment, distress when forgotten something, or etc, etc. stuffs like that), atas (up), balut (wrap) and rendang (another yummy dish).

via The Sun Daily.

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