For most people, Sunday is a day of relaxation but for Kuya Daniel Razon, it’s another perfect day to spend it in service to the people.

. . .

Because of his humanitarian efforts, Kuya Daniel has been nominated to receive the National Thank You Day Award.  Other nominees include internationally-acclaimed boxer Manny Pacquiao, the late musician rapper Francis Magalona, Philippine comedy icon Dolphy, CNN’s Top 10 Heroes of 2009 Efren Peñaflorida, globally-recognized film director Brillante Mendoza, multi-faceted performer Lea Salonga. The late Cory Aquino received the award with 119 votes. Kuya Daniel got the second highest votes with 107.  Once again, thank you for all who voted for our dear Kuya Daniel.

Read full article at Kuya Daniel’s Fan Blog

I just found some cash in the pocket of my winter coat which I was planning on spending on a Slap Chop™ and a Mike Cammalleri jersey but I decided it would be better spent on my very own copy of the new Risk Management–Principles and Guidelines (ISO 31000).

For those of you awaiting my review, Tim Leech’s review is good enough for me. And while he suggests this is the best 112 Swiss Francs you will ever spend, I would argue that a 10 lb Toblerone would be the best 112 Swiss Francs you ever spend, with ISO 31000 a very close second.

See Tim’s review by clicking here

Riskczar likes Toblerone too

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Happy Thursday everyone! The past few days have just been go go go. Lets recap!

Yesterday I worked the AM shift again! After work at 3 I went to my second Active Release Technique appointment. As you may have learned in my About me page, I used to run all the time until I was injured last January. Doctors told me that they couldn’t find anything wrong with my leg and that I should just ’stop’ running…this is just NOT an option for me.. I feel like this is such a ‘cop out’ answer– its like trying to ‘cover’ the problem instead of trying to address it. I have tried countless forms of physical therapy and sports massage without much luck. However, I recently found Active Recovery Boston which specializes in Active Release Technique. I plan to do a full post on this in the future, but if you wish to learn more click here.

So far– things have been going great and I have had two great mini runs without ANY pain in my leg, glute, knee or IT Band! This is HUGE!!!!!
After my appointment I made my way over to the gym for a mini run, elliptical session and some weights! I felt great after! I then ran some errands and chatted with a good friend on my way back to my apartment.

After showering.. I promptly made myself a hearty snack around 6pm knowing that I wouldn’t eat dinner much before 11 pm! Why so late you ask? Well, earlier in the week mum informed me that she wanted to go see Fiddler on the Roof because the original actor was in the play and it was going to be his last time with the show! I have to admit– I’m kind of a sucker for plays/shows/broadway and all that so I happily obliged! After the show we had plans to go to our spot at the Four Seasons for dinner & dessert

Anyways– lets get to the hearty snack I depended on to get me through the show!

Strawberry oikos, truvia, Justins honey PB, banana slices and Kashi puffs. Puuurrrfect!

Something about eating peanut butter satiates me SO well and just puts me in the happiest mood! Must be those healthy fats

Here’s what I wore…

Seven jeans, Forever 21 top, Aldo Boots, silver hoops, Cartier watch, Express clutch… all about mixing the highs n lows

The play was GREAT but as soon as 10:30 hit and the curtain dropped I was EXHAUSTED! (Gotta love those 5:30 am wake ups!) I told mum n dad to go ahead to the Bristol Lounge without me… I just wanted to go home, EAT and pass out!

Once in the door I made the quickest and tastiest thing I could think of….
THE Hamburger Wrap (My all time FAV wrap combo!)
-Amy’s Bistro burger
-lettuce, onions, relish, Annie’s Ketchup and Wholefoods honey mustard.

I also had steamed broccoli and a bag of BBQ Glenny’s crisps… <3 these!

Of course I HAD to have something sweet before bed

Milk chocolate bar courtesy of Vermont Chocolates. I buy this chocolate bar at Wholefoods ALL the time! It’s delish! What is also great about this brand is that it’s made in a nut free facility– I’m not allergic to nuts but for those who are, you can eat this without having to worry about cross contamination!

I recently found out that one of my gyms locations has a location near me that opens at 5:30 am– this morning I decided to see if I could squeeze in an elliptical session before work at 7, because I had SOOO much to do after work! I woke up at 5, strechted a bit and made my way through the still-dark city streets! Once at the gym I powered through 40 minutes on the elliptical, showered & got ready and hauled my behind to work with just enough time to eat a Fage & Kashi “mess” and be at the desk at 7:01 am. (1 minute late!!!)

It REALLY woke me up this morning and gave me a lot of energy for my day I LOVE working out first thing in the morning… the only downside was that I had to RUSH to make it to work & that my duffle bag had all my shower/makeup products in it not to mention snacks, lunch and a change of clothes! It was soooo heavy!!

After work I made my way over to the oh so fabulous Newbury st for a hair appt ..just a color, no cut– come on did you really think my hair was naturally this color

I walked into my apartment around 5:30 FAMISHED!!! I knew JUST what I wanted to make myself…. the main component of my craving?

I mixed this guy with a PB chip vitamuffin!

The yogurt was just OK– it was my first time trying this yogurt and I didn’t find that it tasted very “pomegranatey” but it WAS delicious with the vitamuffin

One of my guy friends informed me that he and his partner would be at the Bristol Lounge for drinks around 6 and asked me to meet him! This was PERFECT because I had actually talked my pops into going here tonight since I was too tired yesterday and I missed out when he n mum went after the play. Therefore I happily obliged! At the BL I sipped on Riesling, munched on nuts and chatted it up with the guys!

My dad arrived around 7 and we ordered dinner!

We noshed on bread, butter and hummus spread & I started out with my FAVORITE appetizer– JUMBO shrimp cocktail!

For my entree I had JUMBO scallops seared plain (I LOVE the taste of scallops with just a squirt of lemon!), along with asparagus and roasted baby beets! (Sorry no pic). I ended the meal with a pot of fresh chamomile tea.

Once at home I was STILL hungry and had a major chocolate attack! Here is just SOME of it (milk chocolate Wholefoods raisins)…

I also had a few Almond M&Ms (LOVE) and some carob coated raisins… I may have also had a mini dark chocolate Toberlone!

Some Random Insight….

Today I got to thinking about being ‘comfortable’ in life. For the better part of my life I have felt very comfortable in terms of knowing WHAT to expect, WHO I could depend on, and what the next day would bring. I knew that after middle school was high school and then after high school I would go to college. After college– I felt VERY UNCOMFORTABLE– I had NO clue what to expect!! Ever since I started working full time– I have had a MAJOR wake up call– all of a sudden I feel constantly ‘uncomfortable’ and ‘uncertain’… However I don’t think this is a bad thing in the least…

Kabbalah as well as some Eastern Religions (i.e. Buddhism), enforce the belief of finding ‘comfort’ in the uncomfortable… that we must realize the physical world is not TRULY who we are– that we are a PART of something LARGER. We must realize that constantly ‘pushing’ ourselves and feeling that sense of ‘uncomfortableness’ is when we REALLY GROW.

When was the last time you felt ‘uncomfortable’ with a certain situation— did you find it made you stronger in the end?

That’s all for now– have a great evening!!

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Mona Sahlin har löjligt lågt förtroende. Som partiledare för Sveriges största parti ligger hon och skvalpar runt 30 % av väljarna som uppger att de har stort förtroende för henne, och kommer endast på fjärde plats bland partiledarna. Knappt en majoritet i hennes eget parti har stort förtroende för henne, trots detta omvaldes hon enhälligt med påföljande stående ovationer på kongressen nyligen. Tack för det.

Jämför med Synovates undersökning där Sahlin ställs mot Fredrik Reinfeldt och statsministern slår total knock-out på Sahlin. På punkt efter punkt skiner Monas brister igenom. Det går som en röd tråd från Toblerone till Saab. Och Volvo, för den delen. Tanken på en sådan kvinna som statsminister är rentav skrämmande.

Å andra sidan har jag minst lika svårt att känna förtroende för en politruk som aldrig gjort ett dagsverke utanför politikens korridorer…

It’s Mr C’s birthday today (Sunday 8th November – I wrote this a day ahead) and I’m afraid I was a bad wife (my view not his) and failed to get him a birthday cake. So, while he’s out at at a church meeting I’ve been making a large tin of chocolate brownies. As I hadn’t planned this and therefore didn’t actually have the required amount of cooking chocolate in the house, I added 100g of left-over dark chocolate Toblerone to the 200g of white cooking chocolate I had in the cupboard. It is quite amazing how long that Toblerone has been in the house – since last May! Not sure how it escaped being consumed for so long! But perhaps it was just waiting to serve its purpose today.

The other slightly uconventional thing I’ve had to do is to use a round cake tin instead of the more traditional square, low-sided tin brownies should be made in (according to what I have read and observed). It’s the only tin I have, apart from a small loaf tin, which would have been even less suitable.

Otherwise, the recipe was stolen from Nigel Slater and amended as described above and below:

Ingredients:

• 300g caster sugar
• 250g olive oil spread
• 200g white chocolate
• 100g dark chocolate Toblerone
• 3 large eggs plus 1 extra egg yolk
• 60g plain flour
• 60g cocoa powder
• 1/2 tsp baking powder

Method:

1. Set the oven to 180°C/Gas Mark 4
2. Put sugar and olive spread into a bowl and beat for several minutes until white and fluffy
3. Break the chocolate into pieces, set 50g of it aside and melt the rest in a bowl suspended over, but not touching, a pan of simmering water
4. As soon as the chocolate has melted remove it from the heat
5. Chop the remaining 50g of chocolate into small pieces
6. Break the eggs into a bowl and beat them lightly with a fork
7. Sift the flour, cocoa and baking powder together
8. Mix the egg into the olive spread and sugar mixture a little at a time
9. Add the chopped and melted chocolate
10. Fold in the flour and cocoa
11. Scrape the mixture into a greased cake tin, smooth the top and bake for 30 minutes
12. After 30 minutes, the top of the cale should have risen slightly and the cake will appear slightly softer in the middle than around the edges
13. Pierce the centre of the cake with a fork – it should come out sticky, but not with raw cake mixture on it. If there is raw mixture on the fork, return the cake to the oven for three more minutes
14. As Nigel says, “it is worth remembering that it will solidify a little on cooling, so if it appears a bit wet, don’t worry.”
15. Cut the cake into brownie-sized pieces.

In the morning we had a good late breakfast and the friendly owner of the hotel Sulzburg looked up the ferry crossing times for us on the internet website and the crossing scheduled for twenty past eleven looked absolutely perfect, so we checked out, said goodbye, promised to come back and set off towards Romanschorn. 

We drove along the Seestrasse which runs directly along the side of the lake, first through the municipality of Horn which although being in the Canton of Arbon is separated from it by a part of the Canton of St. Gallen, and then the town of Arbon where I calculated that we had time to spare and so we parked the car and walked along the lake for one last look across the water from the Swiss side.  It was a lovely town, spotlessly clean with no litter or graffiti, manicured lawns and perfect flower beds.  Switzerland was voted second in the World quality of life survey carried out by the Economist Intelligence Unit in 2006 and I imagine that a town like Arbon must have helped secure the high score (if you are wondering, France was first and the United Kingdom was eighteenth).  In the same survey, out of the top ten cities voted best to live in, Switzerland had three, Geneva, Zurich and Bern.

There was still plenty of spare time to get to the ferry terminal but then things went badly wrong and I followed signs to the passenger ferry instead of the car ferry and ended up on the wrong side of the harbour.  The ferry was in and cars were driving on but I just couldn’t find a way to get there.  Finally I had to drive out of the town and start again and we eventually arrived at the terminal to watch the ferry passing out of the harbour entrance.  The ferries run every hour so the only thing to do was to park the car and take a short walk into the town and have a relaxing beer and calm down.  We found a hotel with tables outside and we sat in the sun and talked about our holiday.

We tried to agree on five things that make Switzerland famous.  Our final choice might have included Roger Federer or Ursula Andress but in the end we agreed upon Swiss watches of course, that was obvious, cuckoo clocks because even though they are strictly speaking from Germany the Swiss were important for the ‘chalet’ style that they introduced at the end of nineteenth century and is the sort of cuckoo clock where it is common to have a Swiss music box with tunes like ‘Edelweiss’ and ‘The Happy Wanderer’.  Muesli, which was introduced around 1900 by the Swiss doctor and nutritionist Maximilian Bircher-Benner for patients in his hospital in Zurich.  Toblerone, the Swiss chocolate bar that was invented by Theodore Tobler in 1908 in his factory in Bern but most of all we had to agree on the Swiss Army knife.

Various models of Swiss Army knives exist, with different tool combinations for specific tasks. The most common tools featured are, in addition to the main blade, a smaller second blade, tweezers, toothpick, corkscrew, can opener, bottle opener, slotted screwdriver, flat-head screwdriver, phillips-head screwdriver, nail file, scissors, saw, file, hook, magnifying glass, ballpoint pen, fish scaler, hex wrench w/bits, pliers and key chain. Recent technological features include USB flash drives, digital clock, digital altimeter, LED light, laser pointer, and MP3 player.  That’s a startling collection of potential weapons in one utensil but I can’t help thinking that it was a good job Switzerland didn’t go to war with Germany because I can’t imagine Hitler’s crack Panzer division being turned back by an army wielding nailfiles and toothpicks.  Manufacturers today  supply over fifty thousand a year to the Swiss Army which works out at a new knife for every soldier just about every three years or so.

We decided that we liked Switzerland and wished that we could spend another couple of days here.  When it was time to leave we paid for our drinks with what has to be some of the finest bank notes in the world.  Everyone knows that the Swiss are fond of money and they leave no one in any doubt of this with the quality of their notes.  Not only are they brilliantly colourful but they are printed on high quality paper as well.   These bank notes reminded me of my dad’s insistence on always returning home from foreign holidays with currency for his personal treasure chest.  Even if it was 90˚ in the shade and everyone was desperate for a last drink at the airport dad was determined to bring a souvenir note or coin home and would hang on with a steadfast determination and would deny last minute drinks to everyone so long as he could get his monetary momentos back home safely.  How glad I am of that because now they belong to me and my left-over Swiss bank notes have been added to the collection.

Soon it was time to go so not wishing to miss a second ferry we returned to the terminal in good time, joined the queue of traffic and eventually boarded the boat.  We took a seat on the top deck and watched Switzerland slip away and Germany draw closer and as we looked back there was a dramatic sky with big rolling clouds over the Alps and a tourist zeppelin negotiating its route around the edge of the lake.  After forty minutes we were back in the Federal Republic and passing through customs and reassuring the border guards that we had nothing to declare.  This all seemed a bit unnecessary but I suppose Switzerland isn’t in the European Union and rules are rules!  Interestingly Germany has more neighbours and borders on mainland Europe than any other European country, which I suppose partly explains why they were so dangerous at various times in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. 

No prizes but see if you can name all nine, the answer is at the foot of the page.

Germany’s neighbours: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland and Switzerland. At various times in the twentieth century it has invaded or annexed all of them except Switzerland.  Lucky Switzerland!  Austria and France both have eight European mainland neighbours.

Happy Friday everyone! Hope you are off to a wonderful weekend!! I just came home after finishing up the night shift at the hotel. It was QUITE an eventful day as we had a certain celebrity guest who was causing a bit of a stir !!

I have the rest of the weekend off– I plan to organize a few things around my apartment and perhaps go to Connecticut Saturday night to visit a few friends.

Last weekend was SO fun for Halloween! I went out to a club with some friends and was dressed as a Bollywood dancer!! What did YOU dress up as?

Anyways- on to some food! I have been eating LOTS of ‘yogurt messes’ and APPLES as of late.

Case in point: Breakfast yesterday featured this star ingredient…

While I do purchase mostly organic food… I do include some non-organic food. I absolutely LOVE Archer Farms (Target’s brand) of yogurt! This honey almond flavor is particularly good

In my mix I added LOTS of Kashi Go Lean Crunch cereal, banana slices, and raisins!

My apple of choice yesterday was a Honeycrisp

I also indulged in a little ginger peach tea

One part of yesterdays’ lunch involved a mini La Tortilla wrap with LOTS of crunchy Barney Butter and strawberry fruit spread.

SOOOO good!!!!!!

I woke up this morning and made my way over to the gym for a quick elliptical session. Upon arriving home I was FAMISHED and as soon as I showered– I made myself a QUICK and satisfying breakfast

Yet another yogurt mess…

Fage 2% (HEAVEN!), cinnamon, truvia, Kashi Heart 2 Heart cereal, banana slices and raisins.

Apple of choice today was a Fuji– my favorite

Before work at 3 I made myself a quick and easy lunch! I had a Cedarlane Organic couscous and veggie wrap.

Along with carrots and Snyders oat bran pretzels.

I think this wrap is one of the BEST frozen wraps I have ever had! I eat these ALL the time and tend to stock up on them whenever I spot them at the grocery store!

Lunch could not be complete without some form of sweet…today it was courtesy of a mini Toblerone.

Since I worked the late shift I brought my own dinner tonight. I had stopped at heaven earlier and loaded up on the salad bar. (Please excuse poor iPhone pics).

I topped off my salad with Wholefoods 365 brand light caesar dressing.

For the main component of my meal, I had this deliciousness (courtesy of Wholefoods)

I absolutely LOVE this brand! I buy their stuff ALL the time at Wholefoods! I ate these noodles cold and they were SOOOO good!!! For dinner tonight, the hotel had homemade pizza for us and I may have snacked on 1/2 a piece– along with some delicious cinnamon biscottis that I spotted

All in all, I’m absolutely exhausted! I hope you have a wonderful weekend!! That’s all for now!

Jaime

Ahh, the Euro: Simple. Classic. Timeless. But seriously, Euros look like futuristic Monopoly banknotes! Good for you, United Kingdom, for buckling down and sticking with your own form of currency (I, too, enjoy trading Helen Mirren for Toblerones at the Heathrow Airport newstand).

Let’s just face facts, and in the meantime deface some money:

Your currency may have the highest combined value of cash in circulation in the world (having surpassed the U.S. dollar) Euro, but the U.S. dollar is having the best week ever! Just look at all the clever and fanciful ways people are defacing our money today:

-CM

Som sanningsförmedlare är det min plikt att upplysa eder om kartellen som är på väg att skapas inom svensk inrikespolitik.

Nu handlar det inte längre om att upprätthålla murarna mot de oliktänkande på andra sidan blockmuren. Nej nu ska alla oavsett ideologi ta varandra i handen, sjunga We shall overcome och rikta allsångsstämmorna mot SD.

Propagandakartellen bestående av samtliga partier (SD undantaget) i Sverige just nu har via gammelmedia gjort klart för svenskarna att SD aldrig kommer att tillåtas få utöva inflytande i händelse av att SD kommer in riksdagen.

Folkpartiledaren Jan Björklund vill hoppa i säng med Maria Wetterstrand, Reinfeldt överväger ett studiebesök på gulagerna och Maud Olofsson ska dela en Toblerone med Mona – allt för att motverka att det (om så blir fallet vid valet 2010) folkvalda partiet SD får nyttja sin grundlagsskyddade rättighet att utöva inflytande på besluten i sveriges riksdag.

Det uppstår alltså en friktionsyta på vilken SD med sina väljare står polariserade mot den artificiella höger-vänster-alliansen. Kommer luftslottet som byggts upp med hjälp av gammelmedias ledarsidor att rasa eller kommer svenska väljare att snuvas på vad en valframgång för SD kan komma att innebära för respekten av valutgången?

Sanningen är att om SD kommer in i riksdagen så kommer SD att beredas utrymme att samregera med andra partier. Allt annat vore politiskt självmord. För inte sjuttsingen tror du som moderat, såsse, centerpartist, folkpartist eller kommunist att väljarna bara kommer gilla läget och låta sig köras över?

Sanningen är dessutom den att anhängare till “normala” partier kommer att byta sida ENBART för att deras annars så demokratiälskande partier just nu gjort en rockad och tror sig placerat SD i ett läge av schack-matt. Och tro inte att isolering av icke önskvärda partier är något nytt. Det har hänt tidigare.

Mer om inrikespolitik, ideologi, we shall overcome, sd, sverigedemokraterna, riksdagen, toblerone, gulag, gammelmedia, politiskt självmord

Källor till dagens sanning: SvD1, SvD2, SvD3, DN1, DN2

Chocolademousse is heerlijk, maar kan lelijk mislukken als je het zelf maakt. Toch is dat met dit recept uit het kookboek ‘Hoge Hakken in de Keuken” verleden tijd. Het is niet alleen ontzettend simpel, maar ook nog eens heel anders dan de andere moussen. Hier wordt namelijk niet gebruik gemaakt van gewone chocolade, maar van Toblerone.

Het kookboek is een echte aanrader. Het bevat recepten voor de perfecte date, voor luie avondjes op de bank en gezellige vriendinnenavonden. Vorige maand verscheen “Hoge Hakken Lekker Vega”. Hij staat op m’n verlanglijstje!

Ingrediënten:
- 200 gram Toblerone
- 2 eiwitten
- 150 ml slagroom
- Snufje zout

Bereiding
1. Breek de Toblerone en smelt deze au bain marie
2. Klop het eiwit stijf met een snufje zout
3. Klop de slagroom stijf
4. Schep het stijve eiwit rustig en luchtig door de slagroom
5. Schep rustig de gesmolten Toblerone erdoor en laat de mousse minstens een uur in de koelkast opstijven.

Chocolademousse is heerlijk, maar kan lelijk mislukken als je het zelf maakt. Toch is dat met dit recept uit het kookboek ‘Hoge Hakken in de Keuken” verleden tijd. Het is niet alleen ontzettend simpel, maar ook nog eens heel anders dan de andere moussen. Hier wordt namelijk niet gebruik gemaakt van gewone chocolade, maar van Toblerone.

Het kookboek is een echte aanrader. Het bevat recepten voor de perfecte date, voor luie avondjes op de bank en gezellige vriendinnenavonden. Vorige maand verscheen “Hoge Hakken Lekker Vega”. Hij staat op m’n verlanglijstje!

Ingrediënten:
- 200 gram Toblerone
- 2 eiwitten
- 150 ml slagroom
- Snufje zout

Bereiding
1. Breek de Toblerone en smelt deze au bain marie
2. Klop het eiwit stijf met een snufje zout
3. Klop de slagroom stijf
4. Schep het stijve eiwit rustig en luchtig door de slagroom
5. Schep rustig de gesmolten Toblerone erdoor en laat de mousse minstens een uur in de koelkast opstijven.

Bah attends ma petite bouboule, y a pas d’injustice ! Eh oui ! Ca fait des mois que tu ingurgites une quantité énorme de chocolats et friandises en tout genre tous les soirs. Un beau jour, tu te réveilles en te disant : « hum… je me sens pas très en forme en ce moment… un peu de boutons partout … j’ai l’impression d’avoir grossi ! » Bingo 5 kilos de plus sur ta balance ! you wouuuu super !

La photo qui suit vous permet d’imaginer à quoi je me drogue tous les soirs, ça va être dur de me priver de tout ça ! Sniiiifff

So today was a prime example of New England weather. As I already posted, you saw the first part of the day – rainy, wet – gross. Then miraculously, about 20 minutes after I had posted that blog…the rain stopped, clouds disappeared and the skies were the bluest I’ve seen in a while. It was gorgeous. THEN – don’t tell me you thought it ended there?? haha – about an hour later…all of a sudden clouds of death rolled in, and the skies just OPENED…it surprised me, and even more-so the people outside who I could hear screeching about the sudden onslaught of rain. THEN – the skies cleared again and it was, well, a gorgeous fall evening.

My walk to class in the early evening was the polar opposite of my walk to class in the early morning!

I have been craving chocolate, so on my way to class I stopped and got a dark chocolate Toblerone bar.  It’s been so long since I’ve had a Toblerone, but it was and still is delicious! I also picked up another Green Machine – Naked Juice.

Now, it’s on to dinner – I made some (okay, 6 cups cooked) brown rice in my rice cooker last night (best purchase for the apartment so far!), so it’s the usual brown rice, salsa, Laughing Cow light & mixing it up with some corn tonight!! Trader Joe’s roasted frozen corn, to be exact. It is seriously SO delicious. I will never look at frozen corn the same way again. Plus, some sparkling water with a lime wedge – just feelin’ a little fancy.

Such good salsa -- highly recommended if you're not into really chunky salsas -- it's very smooth.

Today was a really good day, and I’m looking forward relaxing and to a good night’s sleep. Is there any good TV on tonight? I can never keep track!! I’ll curl up and channel surf with my Toblerone. haha By the way, what did you guys think of The Biggest Loser last night?? Anyone else watch?

Hope everyone had a fantastic day!!

Tell me Life

Toblerone day

Chunk of bite

Bitten off.

What has stopped

The cool running

Fate and redirected

It somewhat

Askew?

Is it illness, embedded

Or a viral bug

Caught quick,

Nifty urchin,

Off the Tube?

More to wit,

Can I control it,

Make it go

Stop with a loud

BANG!!!!!????

Snuffed.

[7^th October]

Today I love…

1. Toblerone chocolate

2. Listening to ’90s Tamil songs

3. Making s’mores over a fireplace: awesome study break

Det är betydligt svårare att säga vad man istället ska göra. De senaste veckorna har jag sett vänsterkoalitionen komma med uttalande efter uttalande om hur regeringen gör fel. Varenda konstruktivt förslag om hur man istället ska göra har dock lyckats undgå i alla fall mig.

Orginalet

Vet inte vänstern med Lars Ohly vid ratten att det har varit en global finanskris? Det verkar inte som det när han anklagar regeringen för den höga arbetslösheten. I vanlig ordning saknas hans eget alternativ på hur man ska få fler i arbete. Vi såg också innan finanskrisen att arbetslösheten sjönk, och låg lägre än vad den gjorde när vänstern satt vid makten. Budskapet verkar vara att finanskrisen är regeringens fel, det kan väl ingen gå på?

Kopian

Svd

Ledsen för den larviga rubriken, jag var bara tvungen att få känna hur aftonbladets “reportrar” känner när de skriver liknande rubriker.

Wikner

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se eu fosse adepto dos 80’s eu citaria a famosa frase do Sloth, do filme “os Goonies”:  tSscho-co-laaalllte!

mas como eu nao sou adepto, vou postar aqui o video de uma cena, uhaeiuhea :

heiuehuiheaiuhea =)

na verdade nao eh quando ele fala “chocolate” com mais enfase, mas serve…

Top Ten Choco!

Em março de 2004 eu fiz meu top ten chocolates no meu finado fotolog.com/blinque e da pra ver como era a lista AQUI. detalhe para a fotomontagem animal que eu fiz, na época!

e hj decidi atualizar minha lista dos melhores chocolates!

nao entram na lista chocolates de boutique, muito menos belga, frances ou suiço que seja dificil de encontrar e/ou caro.

1- Nhá Benta! Tradicional, claro!
sei que é doce demais e eh mais marshmallow que chocolate… mas isso é um absurdo de bom!
o Brasil deveria tombar a Nhá Benta e a ONU declarar patrimonio da humanidade.
atencao para a versao de côco que eh mto foda! E ainda bem que nao existe mais a versao de pimenta que era horrivel (aberração causada pela novela “chocolate com pimenta” que tb foi uma aberração chopinhada do filme “Chocolate”, que é muito legal). A Nhá Benta de morango tb é bem sofrivel, mas a versao sabor chocolate é bem honesta.
2 – Toblerone. o classico amarelinho é imbativel. eh foda demais! sem contar o design…
…foda-se o design, me da um triangulo, ja!

3 – Talento Intense, amargo com amendoas. Essa a Garoto acertou mesmo. Acho o melhor chocolate meio-amargo de prateleira, nacional. eu sei que ta na moda lançarem chocolates mais fortes e amargos… mas a maioria eh ruim. tem que comer esse quando esta fresco e novo. ja comi uns velhos q estavam ruins, mas é a vida… alguem tem que come-los!

4 – aqui no numero quatro tem uma fraude, uma farsa: eh a bomba de chocolate da Cristallo. nao sou tao burro pra achar que bomba (ou “Eclair” pra quem é chique) não é chocolate! mas as bombinhas da Cristallo sao foderosas… e se vc for comprar uma a mais, além da de chocolate, compre a de Zabaione! poultizgrila!

5- Kit Kat. sempre que possivel e disponivel, vale a pena comprar. maldita Kraft que suspendeu a producao aqui no Brasil. ainda bem que o Toblerone nao tem mais faltado das prateleiras…

6- outros chocolates “acessiveis” da kopenhagen:
Lajotinha, Chumbinho, as Garrafinhas… Ahhh, as Garrafinhas de chocolate com bebidas dentro (uisque, cointreau, cachaça, etc…)!!! e muitas outras coisas pequenas para comer só um pouquinho pra nao levar facada no figado.

7- Bis, simplesmente pq “eh impossivel comer um só”. os caras do marketing da lacta sacaram que a fabrica andava pondo cocaina na formula e soltaram essa pérola nao curti as versoes branca e pseudo-nutela, mas o ovo de pascoa de bis eh genial.

8- nao sou muito fan de chocolate branco (e ja escrevi um artigo provando que chocolate branco nao é chocolate!) mas o Ouro Branco tem o coração negro!!! e aih está o segredo da ovelha… ahn… branca? iuaheuieha. E vale uma menção de honra para o “sonho de valsa trufa”. tb nao sou fãn de trufa… e é facil explicar o por quê: trufa não é chocolate! mas o “sonho de valsa trufa” eh mto bom e, pelo preco, tem que estar na lista!

9- bombom de macadâmia da Ofner. Eu sei, o chocolate da Ofner é bastante ordinário…. vagabundo, pelo que cobram. mas eles deram uma dentro com esse chocolatinho que da pra comprar sem esvaziar o bolso

10- décimo, mas nao menos importante na vida de um chocolatra: empate entre o Diamante Negro, o Diplomata e o Crunch!!!

observacoes:
i) um dos que eram meus favoritos, o Afrika, nao coloquei por alguns motivos… primeiro que é dificil de achar e caro. e segundo que ele é uma bolachinha coberta de chocolate.
ii) lendo minha lista de 2004 me lembrei do Almond Joy… pouts, que delicia… mas acho que nao existe mais… uma pena!
iii) a Cadbury ta demorando demais pra entrar com uma linha de chocolates no Brasil…
eles acham o q? somos Bric, caray! iaheiuehuieha (pessimo iaeiuheuhea)  :(

e para ouvir, claro, chocolate!

Ouvindo: Parliament – Chocolate City

é funk soul groove, baby-fuckin-choco! iuhaeuieuiha

esse disco de 75 é meio desconhecido e nao tem hit, mas eh bem legal

eh como se fosse um cd do frank zappa ou do sonic youth pra quem quer achar umas ideias boas pra rock: um milhao de ideias por segundo…  serve de celeiro pra muita coisa.

nesse caso, querendo um celeiro pra black, ta aih um disco

(clique na capinha do CD Chocolate City, do Parliament, para baixar

e terminei sem ser obvio, sem citar wonka e a fantasitica fabrica de chocolates
iauheuiehea

The Tiffany box.

FAST COMPANY MAGAZINE’S web site carries this fascinating slideshow that briefly describes “The Secret Design History of 12 Famous Brands.”

Among them:

The FedEx logo.

The Campbell’s Soup can.

The Playboy cover.

The blue Tiffany box.

The Coca-Cola logo.

The Toblerone box.

No, it’s not news design. But it’s fun to look at . Think of it as eye candy.

Politiker är sällan kända för att ha bringat rättvisa, med oegoistiska motiv bakom, och gjort rätt för sig. Vi har alla möjliga skandaler. Vi har Monas Toblerone, spionskandalen, medlemsfusket inom ungdomsförbunden, egyptenaffären och så vidare. Det är precis som i en dålig såpa på TV, men det här, gott folk – är “seriös” svensk politik i modern tid. Man säger ofta att den utomparlamentariska vänstern är oseriös och inte sysslar med “seriös politik”.. då kan man ju fråga sig vad fan de “snälla partierna” håller på med egentligen.

Jag kommer ihåg natten Anna Lindh dog. Det var lite som på film, vår tids Palmemordet. Hon hade stuckits ner helt plötsligt. Av en psykiskt stöd man. Alla pratade om det ett tag. Men för att förstå det ur ett större perspektiv än att det är en tragisk händelse, så måste vi gå tillbaka lite i tiden.

Anna Lindh var gift med Bo Holmberg, som är känd för en sak. Han var med och drev igenom psykvårdsreformen på 90-talet som slutade med att massor av farliga, psykiskt sjuka människor, slungades ut i samhället. Det finns ingenting positivt med det här. Alla som har varit i kontakt med svensk psykiatri vet att den inte är den bästa, direkt. Du får inte den hjälp du behöver, det råder extrem underbemanning och oftast “löser” man folks problem genom att skriva ut skitmycket medicin. Skitbra för läkemedelsindustrin, inte bra för så många andra.

Ett decennium efter att Anna Lindhs make Bo drev igenom sin “fina” reform och slaktade psykvården, så har hundratals människor mördats, våldtagits, misshandlats med mera av människor som varit i omfattande kontakt med psykvården innan. Är inte det facit nog för att man inte skulle fuckat med psykvården? Staten spar in pengar, och sveriges befolkning får “blandas” med psykiskt sjuka människor, vilket kanske inte är så jättebra. Insider hade ett helt program om det här, vilket vred sig ganska mycket i magen.

Ironiskt nog så faller Bo’s egna fru offer för den havererade och förstörda psykvården kl 16:13 den 10 september 2003.

Innan man börjar förstöra och ändra i någonting som finns till för att hjälpa, så kanske man ska tänka på konsekvenserna. Släpper man ut hundratals psykiskt sjuka människor ut i samhället, för att dom ska “återanpassa sig efter eget behag” – ja, är det en så jävla bra idé då?

Samma dag som Anna Lindh dog, efter att ha knivhuggits av en psykiskt sjuk människa, så högg en annan psykiskt sjuk människa ner en femårig flicka, helt oprovocerat. Detta dåd fick en liten notis, för tydligen är det skillnad på Folk och folk.

Skär inte i psykvården! Skär i politikerna!

Och på topplistan över nästa personer som borde få en kniv i sig, så kommer:
1. Carin Götblad
2. Frederick Federley
3. Johan Stael von Holstein
4. Blondinbella

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