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Chocolate & Green Tea Pudding

• 1 cup chocolate soy milk
• 1 tablespoon loose green tea leaves
• 10 ounces (one bag) semisweet vegan chocolate chips
• 12 ounces silken tofu
• 1/4 cup soft tofu
• 2 tablespoons matcha tea (green tea powder, available at any good tea shop), optional

Pour the chocolate milk and tea leaves into a small pot and bring to a boil. Turn off heat and let the chocolate milk cool. Melt the chocolate chips in a double boiler (or you can do this in a small pot over low heat, stirring constantly).

See the rest of the recipe here

My Girlfriend has just launched an online vintage and Swing fashion clothing store. I have been having such a great time doing some photo shoots for her. Check it out here: www.SwingCandy.com

I think it is a great looking store, and she does carry pretty high quality items too.

Would you like to swing on a star
Carry moonbeams home in a jar
And be better off than you are
Or would you rather be a mule

A mule is an animal with long funny ears
Kicks up at anything he hears
His back is brawny but his brain is weak
He’s just plain stupid with a stubborn streak
And by the way, if you hate to go to school
You may grow up to be a mule

Or would you like to swing on a star
Carry moonbeams home in a jar
And be better off than you are
Or would you rather be a pig

A pig is an animal with dirt on his face
His shoes are a terrible disgrace
He has no manners when he eats his food
He’s fat and lazy and extremely rude
But if you don’t care a feather or a fig
You may grow up to be a pig

Or would you like to swing on a star
Carry moonbeams home in a jar
And be better off than you are
Or would you rather be a fish

A fish won’t do anything, but swim in a brook
He can’t write his name or read a book
To fool the people is his only thought
And though he’s slippery, he still gets caught
But then if that sort of life is what you wish
You may grow up to be a fish
A new kind of jumped-up slippery fish

And all the monkeys aren’t in the zoo
Every day you meet quite a few
So you see it’s all up to you
You can be better than you are
You could be swingin’ on a star

NOTE: Don’t ask me why I picked those lyrics for this pic. The song just came up on my iPod while I was posting this picture.

We feel down when think we have no more options ahead of us. No options means no hope for the future, it goes against the very basic meaning of life. It means death. That’s what leads people to become suicidal, because they don’t see any more options, they are unable to see them, or they are unable to create more of them.

Every moment of our lives could be the starting point to many opportunities out there. We all feel down from time to time. I do too, and when that happens I start looking for new options. A healthy portion of my life is dedicated to seeking and creating more options. Then I decide which path to take. After all, what we become in the future is the result of decisions we make today.

Creating options requires inspiration. Learning to be inspired and stay inspired takes practice. It is a skill that can be learned, and I am getting better at it everyday. What makes us inspired could vary from person to person.

I seek inspiration from People. Those who are my friends and those who aren’t my friends yet. When I draw, photograph, start a software development project, read a book in a coffee shop they all somehow have the human factor in common. People come in all shapes and forms. Their personalities are drastically diverse. They are either so intelligent or infinitely stupid and ignorant. As humans we are not perfect, but we can be very courageous. That makes us worthy of becoming sources of inspiration.

My mother is walking 60K to raise funds for Breast Cancer research. The money she raises will benefit the BC Cancer Foundation, a leader in this critical cause.

Most of us know someone close to us who has been affected with some sort of Cancer, I lost a girlfriend to cancer myself few years ago. My mother has also lost a close friend to cancer just recently.

We can join forces and make a difference and as they say "Let’s make Cancer history".

Your can make your donations directly to the CIBC bank when you visit my mother’s personal page on the BC cancer foundation website. Thank you kindly for making a difference.

Please Read, and Show that you care:

Tagg is the 10 year old Canadian boy in this picture who’s mom (Honnor Moore) has been struggling with the pain and crippling effects of rheumatoid arthritis for the past 8 years.

“The disease is crumbling her bones from the inside. Lots of her joints look like someone took a big bite. If my mom does not cure her cause, the bites will become bigger until her joints are destroyed and gone. Her fingers, or hands, and toes will fall over and get stuck that way. They will become really crooked and she will not be able to use them at all. I am sad for her. She is so tough. I hope I am strong like her”, Tagg says.

Tagg is trying to raise 25,000.00 $ so her mom could get treatment.

We know Tagg and his family. They are dear friends of my Business Partner Jeannette Duguay from ( Tazzu Networking Ltd. and JenTekk Web Solutions )

How can we help?

You could make your donation of any amount through Paypal. For more information please go to the web page that Jeannette has made for them: Saving Mom

Let’s show Tagg that we care for him, his mom and his family too.

Please feel free to use this image, text, and their website link to spread the word on your blogs and flickr profiles.

Thank you

Our community of 145 people on www.Tazzu.com needed to become more diverse because it is too Technology focused right now, so we decided to make it more inviting for people of different backgrounds.

So we created new categories such as: Photography, Graphic Design, Makeup Artistry, Music, Theater, Creative Writing, Journalism, and .. . you may as well check it out for yourself.

Tazzu members are sweet hearts, they talk about everything under the sun, exchange business tips, and answer each other’s questions and those who can, meet up for coffee or beer. We like the diversity of our community, and would like to keep it that way.

Membership is free everyday is a party and everybody is invited. You don’t have to be from Vancouver, or Canada or North America. If you like to share what you know and learn from others what you didn’t now, you are always welcome here.

We are also very tough on trolls and spammers, We grill them on BBQ and feed them to the fish in the sea.