Bonding with Trees @ Bougainvillea Park

I was with ~30 youths at Bougainvillea Park last Sunday,
participating in a tree planting event co-organized by NParks and DDYS.

It was touching to see many youths getting together,
to put in effort (tho' symbolic) for the welfare of Mother Earth.

A short conversation with a young mother planting the trees
with her 5yo-ish daughter
evoked some thoughts.

The mother mentioned that
she herself had not been in touch of the nature since a long time,
and
she hoped bringing her daughter along to play with soil and plants that day
could mean something to both of them.

-- The newly born nowadays are truly getting deprived of chances
to bond with or even get in touch with nature.

We adults, altho' may be living in neighbourhood with lots of trees,
actually there isn't any real relationship between trees and ourselves. 

Trees to us, are becoming like the "strangers" next door.

Quite a while ago,
my yogist friend, Bala, who also does a lot of tree hugging,
insisted that I read this old classic book
"The Giving Tree"  by Shel Silverstein.

It's a children's comic book with great philosophy.
10% words, 90% wisdom.

Read it here in PPT format,
and let me know when you plan to go tree hugging or tree planting? =)


Well regards,
Kee Yew
pureland2012-at-gmail.com
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Healing with Vegetables

These few days I have been drafting the course syllabus for
"Vegetarian Healing" Course in June.

This course is a service that I have been longing to do.
It's also a progress report of what I have learnt thus far,
to be translated into practical benefits for the vegetarian community.

Towards vegetarian wellness, lies a very convoluted path,
which requires tremendous amount of faith and perseverence.

During the course of hasty and unguided learning,
people often get
illusified by the superficial phenomena (be it good or bad)
and
confused by rumours (postive or negative),
before we could get to the core (or true principle) of vegetarianism.

As a result, many people either easily quit or fall into the other extreme (of superstition).

In this upcoming course
detailing the advanced understanding about vegetarianism,
I coined a new term "Vegetarian Healing"
in the hope to entice people sink in
to find out the inner truth and beauty of vegetarian living.

Quite substantial biochemical science will be adapted
  to link up "gaps" between facts and theories,
  to debunk myths
      and
  to verify various confusing claims
about vegetarian diet and holistic healing.

This couse initially will dissect vegetarian wellness
from the perspective of self-healing, covering:
-- the properties of healing vegetarian foods,
-- the methods of harnessing the healing properties
    and
-- the underlying principles of natural healing with a plant based diet.

Throughout the four Tuesday evenings in June,
the scope will also slowly and subtly expand to include:
   a paradigm of resolving health problems (that is in sync with vegetarianism),
   the positioning of vegetarian diet in holistic wellness
      and
   the co-players in a complete picture of vegetarian living.

At the end of this course,
I hope to see students
   *gain confidence and faith in vegetarian diet,
   *acquire the keys to a self-help vegetarian lifestyle
      and also
   *assist their family and friends in steering towards a eco-responsible diet.

Hope you could join me at this precious sharing session in June =)
[this course wouldn't have been possible
without great spiritual and technical support of Ci Xin @ Awareness Place]


Registration for "Vegetarian Healing" (8-15-22-29 June) is now open
@ Awareness Place (Tel: 6336 5067)


Well regards,
Kee Yew
pureland2012-at-gmail.com



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How do we keep something which is constantly evapourating, like currency notes?

I received a newsletter this morning from GoldSilver.com
featuring Mike Maloney's most recent video record
passing on a few important messages on Singapore's economic pulse,
after he attended a Silver summit and Bloomberg interview here.

Basically, Maloney is concerned that people are still
hogging their currency notes which value is
depreciating faster than they thought.

He also pointed outright the bubbly real estate in Singapore
and the under-information about how money is created in Singapore.

Hope this video will raise your alertness about fiat currencies worldwide
being printed in an astronomical scale:



As Maloney spelt it out, silver would be a good cushion
for this fiat currency crisis.
More details on this video clip of his Bloomberg interview.



Well regards,
Kee Yew
pureland2012-at-gmail.com



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Super Whole Food: Raw Sprouted Beans

A few weeks ago,
when I was teaching at a detox workshop,
I mentioned that sprouted beans(legumes) when eaten raw is
very beneficial to one's vitality.

Raw sprouted beans provide very comprehensive nutrients
including:
high quality and bioavailable proteins,
rich minerals
natural good fats
fibres
vitamins
phytonutrients &
enzymes.

-- That's why my teacher call these sprouts super whole food!

Also, few people knew that,
when Zheng He went far distance sailing in the 16th century,
how he solved nutritional problems of his sailors
(as they could be confined in the sea for months),
was to feed them raw mung beans.

However,
not all sprouted beans are edible in raw form,
due to some toxicity.

A student hence asked in an email later
to find out which are those that are toxic.

In fact, most sprouted legumes are not suitable to be eaten raw,
so it's easier to list out here those that is edible in raw :P

sprouted adzuki beans
sprouted chickpea/garbanzo beans
sprouted lentils
sprouted mung beans
sprouted peas

"Sprouted" here means
that the beans are soaked
and then let germinate to the extent
where the roots are about 0.5~1cm in length
(this is when the nutrient content is optimal).

For proper sprouting technique,
please refer to Easy Sprouting Protocol


Happy sprouting :P
Kee Yew
pureland2012-at-gmail.com

Raw-Sprouted-Beans

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Humble but tasty homely recipe :P

I was spending my weekend in KL
with my mum last week,
and we happened to talk about
one of my favourite homecook dishes:
Ginger-braised monkeyhead mushroom!

Like usual, my mum gave a lot of culinary advice
on how to enhance the taste and texture of any food she talks about.

So, I just came out with the following improved recipe for
this very traditional chinese homecook dish.. yum. :P


Ginger-braised Monkeyhead Mushroom  子姜焖猴头菇

Ingredients 材料:

young ginger (thumbsize, sliced)  子姜（拇指般大,切片）
............................................................................................. 2 pcs   2 块

monkeyhead mushroom* (diced) 猴头菇 (切丁)*
............................................................................................. 8 pcs   8 粒

light soy sauce 酱油
............................................................................................. 2 tbsp   2汤匙

blackstrap molasses 糖蜜
............................................................................................. 1 tbsp   1 汤匙

brown sugar 黄糖
............................................................................................. 1 tsp   1 茶匙

bean paste 豆瓣酱
............................................................................................. 1 tsp   1 茶匙

water 水
............................................................................................. adequate   适量

grapeseed oil 葡萄籽油
............................................................................................. 2 tbsp   2 汤匙


*soak monkeyhead mushroom in water with sea-salt for 1hr and then squeeze out the yellowish sulphur content (preservative) until the water is clear.
*把猴头菇放进海盐水里浸泡1小时，然后把硫磺积压出来，直至水变清澈为止。


Methods 方法:

-- on a hot wok, simmer a thin layer of water, add in ginger to diffuse the aroma into the water.
    在热锅上浇上少许水；水煮开了后，把姜片置入水中出味。

-- pour in mushroom, soy sauce, bean paste, molasses, sugar and water just enough to cover the ingredients.
    再加入猴头菇，酱油、豆豉、糖蜜、黄糖和适量的水以覆盖材料。

-- add on oil and simmer until the water shrinks into small volume of sauce.
   加入葡萄籽油，用文火焖至剩下少量酱汁。




Bon apetit :P
Kee Yew
pureland2012-at-gmail.com


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Meatrix: When a Farm is no different from a Factory...

I actually first came across these animations below a few years ago.
Some of us may have already seen it,
but I think these animation clips are too brilliant:
both entertaining and educational!

So, I feel there is a need to archive them on my own blog.. kekekeke..
-- they are very convenient tools to forward to my non-veg friends
to explain to them what's funny about with intensive factory farming practice!

To unveil the hidden truth behind the meat industries,
tighten your seat belt and follow Leo and Moophius on the ride to the Meatrix:

Meatrix I




Meatrix II




Meatrix II 1/2




-- red pill or blue pill?  
the choice is already with our conscience

:P

Well wishes,
Kee Yew
pureland2012-at-gmail.com


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Vegetarian Society's New Effort on Meat Reduction Campaign

I was at Vegetarian Society Singapore (VSS) AGM
several weeks ago,
and I picked up this very virbrant and lively educational flyer
that explains the what, why and how of vegetarian diet!

The flyer also debunks a lot of myths about vegetarianism,
introduces quite a few tasty vegetarian outlets in Singapore
and showcases an array of easy+nutritious+yummy veg recipes.

Lucky, it's now available in electronic format:
http://www.vegetarian-society.org/files/meat-less.pdf

Please check it out,
and don't forget to forward the link to your dear family and friends eh.. ;)


Happy Easter,
Kee Yew
pureland2012-at-gmail.com

{Learning Holistic Wellness for Wisdom and Compassion}