Xia's profile

More About Me

Reasons why I prefer to eat vegetarian or vegan:

Plant based diets are better for the health of human beings, better for the environment in which we live and better for other living creatures with whom we share planet Earth. What we ingest affects us and our environment on a cellular and sub-cellular level. The cruelty inflicted on feed animals becomes part of us when we eat those animals and gets passed on to everyone and everything our lives touch. Peace begins from within.

I joined HappyCow Members Community because:

I like happy cows and i like meeting others who follow vegan diets.

Here are some places I've been that I liked... and places that I would like to visit one day:

I have liked everywhere I have ever been! I'd like to visit everywhere I have never been.

Some of my favorite veg*n foods include:

spicy thai vegan dishes, kimchee, spicy vegan indian food, japanese soba and udon noodles with veggies, vegan pho with extra siracha chili sauce -- yes, there is a pattern: Spicy Asian Vegan - just like me! I also love fruit and berry smoothies, So Delicious coconut milk ice desserts, Almond milk "ice cream" (especially praline crunch and cappuccino swirl), homemade vegan chocolates, vegan hot cocoa with soy milk. Oh, and raw veggies other than broccoli which gives me severe stomach cramps

Here are some books, movies, magazines, and my favorites that I would recommend to other HappyCow members:

"One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez; "The Beet Queen" by Louise Erdich; "The House of the Spirits" by Isabelle Allende; "Living Buddhism" Magazine; "Forks over Knives" documentary; "You Don't Have to Die" documentary; "City Island" (movie). I love the acting in the television series "Damages", especially that of Glenn Close, who is the finest actress alive.