ewwwww!!!

i'm sharing two interesting reports from al-jazeera.  one will test how morbid can you go the other how strong your guts can be...

insect buffet, anyone?

in laos, there's widespread malnutrition according to this report from al-jazeera.  and they're finding nutrition from the most unexpected source - insects.  they're eating all sorts of them: bugs, ants, grasshoppers and anything else. i hope we'll never have to resort to this kind of remedy.  last week nga pinag-uusapan ito ng mga adiks na ewan ko naman kung bakit over lunch pa.  hindi ko kinaya.  mahina ang sikmura ko sa ganyan and just the thought of putting a cricket inside my mouth is already turning my guts to turmoil.

the coffin academy

in south korea, there's a place where people go and experience dying.  they lie in a coffin for ten minutes and experience quiet moments which, according to people who experienced it, gave them the real meaning of life.  well i don't think i need to go to that extreme just to find what my life is all about. i can only come near a coffin when it's absolutely necessary.  but not for a weird trip like this.