IT IS YOUR DECISION......

Good morning to you...and you...and you...

Today i would like to share my experience since i decided to becoming a vegetarian here at my hometown Ranau, SABAH MALAYSIA. As you all know, MALAYSIA  is a place that have lots of fresh veges and fruits specially at my hometown RANAU YIHAAAAAA...

BUT..... if someone decided want to be a VEGETARIAN OR VEGAN here in Ranau, people simply don't know what does these words means. To them, mostly of them  do not really accepted these diet in their life. They think that this kind of eating style is not really appropriate thing that you can apply in their daily life because most of people here are farmers so they need PROTEIN in their meal that can full fill their stomach and give them more energy that they can used while doing their farming work.

Me myself is a teacher, government employee so i'm not really a person who like to do the farming works because this kind of job really need your energy a lots. This job also need you to stay outside under the sweltering sun makes me think that i don't want to do it because this job is too heavy for me. It's a big NO...NO...NO... for me.

But because of this reason i think people here not really accepted the concept of VEGETARIAN OR VEGAN in their eating style. But for me why do i really like the idea of these eating style simply because, this diet really can help to improve your health and also it the best way to reduce weight in a natural way even though it will take some time to reduce your weight but it still the best and safe way to reduce weight in natural way.

If you ask Ranauhan people about vegetarian, i bet that most of them just look at you with their big eyes thinking that the person who is standing in front of them  is not quite right. For them, how can a person only eat veges and fruits  able to  to do their daily works. For them you have to eat veges and protein such as meat and fish so you will have enough energy to do your works. 

I'm not saying that all Ranauhan people think that being a vegetarian or vegan are a weirdo person but some of them knows the concept and not really skeptical about the diet but their knowledge about these diet are very little so most of them only know the basic of the concept of being a vegetarian or vegan because i'm also one of that person before this but these group will not refuse for those people who is a vegetarian. 

For a vegetarian people like me, if you go to the restaurant and order some food then you asking them  do they have a vegetarian menu, they will just look at you for a while then say NO. It also happen a lots to me  so what i did is, i asked them if i want to eat noodle soup i ask them only to put the veges and tofu but no meat or fish or prawns in my bowl. The reaction that i got from them is, they looked at me thinking that the food that i request is weird because there is no meat or any protein food. For me i don't care about their reaction all i want is a vegetarian dish and able to sit together with my family and eat together with them.

It also happen when i'm attending any occasion at my place, example in a wedding occasion, when i going to the food table, usually i only took the rice and veges and if there are tofu then i will took it. Then when i go to my seat and meet my friend, they looked at my plate and surprised to see my plate that i'm only eating veges and tofu. Then they asked me a big question, AM I REALLY SATISFIED WITH MY MEAL  BECAUSE I ONLY ATE VEGES AND TOFU????? i just looked at them and say BOLE BAH KALAU KO HAHAHAHA (can bah if you (direct translation from malay to english). For me i don't care about what they thinking about my eating habit. It was my decision. You a free to do things that you want because your body is yours so there is no need to get permission from others to tell you that the things that you done to your body is not right. But of course if you taking drugs or not eating well for the sake that you don't want to be fat i mean ANOREXIA or you want to be a heavy alcohol drinker or smoker then that kinds of habits is not the right habits that you can apply in your life. 

Just think which one of the good habits that is good for you to apply to your life. I'm not saying that if you are not a vegetarian or vegan is bad person because some people need protein for their body so they need to eat meat or any protein food. The point here is, it's depend on you. What you want to do to your body. For me the reason why i want to be a vegetarian because of my health. I want to be health and try to skip the junk food, soda and sweet things because these kind of food make me fat. I want to live  longer and be able to be with my children till they finish their school, working, get married and have children and that is the main reason why i want to be a vegetarian and sooner a vegan in my life.

JUST DO THINGS THAT YOU THINK IT IS  GOOD FOR YOU TO APPLY IN YOUR LIFE BECAUSE NO ONE SHOULD CONTROL YOUR LIFE AND TELLING YOU WHAT TO DO TO YOUR LIFE.