vegetarian wannabe

having heard so many interesting stories about EC's colleagues from India, i finally got to meet them today. Amit and Manu came from India to work on a project in Singapore, Amit is a vegetarian (by choice) and Manu only goes on vegetarian meals for two days in a week. we brought them to the Original Cheese Prata Shop at Fong Seng this afternoon, i felt quite weird going there in the day though, cos for all the times i've been there it was never earlier than mid-night!

the conversation we had mainly surrounded the topic of being a vegetarian. Amit thinks that it's quite difficult to be a strict vegetarian in Singapore as vegetarian food is not really readily available all the time, unlike in India where vegetarian food comes in a whole lot of variety and they're every where you go. i was telling him how i tried to turn full-vegetarian once some years back only to give up after 3 months. that was the furthest i went, but till now i still maintain that i will not eat meat for at least 1-2 days of a week.

i was pretty interested to know why Amit had decided to turn vegetarian, especially since it was by choice, and not by birth or religion. in the end, i found out that he turned vegetarian four years ago when he saw a chicken cry.... hmm, although it wasn't quite an answer i was expecting, but i didn't think it was very funny. ( i know for many people, they would have lauged out loudly and thinks Amit is a lame ass man)

seriously, i salute him, for his discipline and determination to stay vegetarian for so long. people who knows me well enough will probably know the reason why i tried to become a vegetarian was because i saw how the animals had to suffer in order for humans to have the delicacies they want. i really really hope i have the strength and the same discipline as Amit to turn a full-veg one day.