Archive for month: June, 2008

greetings from india pt 1

Categories:india, travel

Hi everyone! Sorry I don’t have much time to write much here. I’m just going to put up some pictures for now, and I’ll update this post later with more about what I’ve been doing and more about the photos and all. Enjoy the photos! Me with my newest cousin, Anikka, and her mom Baby [...]

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sun glazed fruit salad

Well after finishing the last of my final exams at UCSD today, I felt like the sun was shining much much brighter. I got back home and decided to make myself a special treat with the little food I still had left in the fridge after studying for 5 days straight. If you though my [...]

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carrot crazy banana halva

Its getting real close to my departure date, and my excitement has just been increasing exponentially.  I just got a guide of all the places to travel to in India, and now I really can’t wait to get there.  All the reading I’ve been doing has also gotten me really craving some Indian food.  One [...]

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genetically engineered sugar will hit the u.s. market in 2008

Categories:food issues, health

It seems like I’m always writing about sugar… The granulated sugar supply in the U.S. comes from two agricultural sources: half from sugar cane and the other half from sugar beets. Recently, American Crystal, a large Wyoming-based sugar company, along with several other leading sugar manufacturers announced that they will be sourcing their sugar from [...]

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the “i’m going to asia” burrito

Well, its finally June, and that means only one thing for me. SUMMER VACATION! After working all last summer at a large software corporation, I decided to do things just a bit differently this year. On June 14th, I’ll be heading on over to India, where I’ll be starting a 3 month backpacking trap that [...]

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