happy birthday to me

posted on 18th July, Monday:

i woke up and went in to work on my birthday. intended to go shopping after. but i was so exhausted, i just DIED on my bed for the entire afternoon. felt drugged and heavy-limbed, had to struggle through a fog to answer phone calls.

had a lovely dinner with the housemates at Cafe Japan, a place in Golders Green that i've heard three separate people raving about to me. sushi, sashimi, unagi and grilled miso black cod to end my month-long vegetarianism that I began exactly a month before my birthday.

reasons for which were:
- to feel a sense of personal development... and being vegetarian is something i can pursue, even while spending 24/7 at the office
- to develop discipline. giving up something, sticking to a resolution instils discipline
- to detoxify my system and include more fibre in my diet. i actually do believe too much meat makes me lethargic. and i don't need all the excess energy anyway. plus, meat is probably filled with more toxins than vege. -- my friends said that my skin actually improved!! hooray
- karma. it's not terribly good karma from a buddhist-ic perspective to kill animals etc. so i might as well improve my karma, especially in the month before my birthday. i also specifically wanted to live more spiritually to bring some tranquility into my life
- weight loss. the last time i turned vegetarian for a month, i lost weight
- why not? it breaks up the monotony of life

so the food was excellent. loved it loved it loved it.

p/s: just fyi. went back to being vegetarian the next day. am extending this for another month. :)