All About Love (for Dark Chocolates)

Been pretty busy these days upon 'return' from the CNY holidays. It explains why I haven't been posting for a while. Nevertheless, I've decided to put up a quick one today, so that my blog stays active. [hehe]

I never quite agreed with the statement of 'Gals always love chocolates. Running out of ideas on what to buy for them as gifts? Give 'em chocs'. Nope, not me. Not until I found a deep interest in dark chocolates. And ever since then, I've been opting for dark chocolates out of all types when given a choice (except for the occasional M&Ms and Kinder Bueno bites). Dark choc hot cocoa, dark choc fondue, dark choc bars... It's a lil' bitter & sweet, just like how life is with all of us. Haha, I know, it's a sentimental and over-clichéd statement. Of late, I've been eating so much of Lindt's dark chocolates that I found myself religiously hooked on it! At the time of me writing up this entry, I'm actually happily biting away a mini-piece of it, hehe. Yummy, I tell you. And I want to stress, this is not an ad. Neither is it an intentional hint, if in any case, you're actually wondering.

So as to past experiences, I know that my taste & preference changes from time to time, in different stages of life. I used to have a sweet tooth while I was younger, then I grew to having a salt tooth, I still am now. The least I would've expected, would be to grow loving bittergourds. Mum's saying 'someone who knows how to eat bittergourds is someone who's sustainable to life's bitterness'. Hmmm... another proof of me getting older and more 'sustainable' to life's bittterness. But I choose to believe this is more of a positive than a negative thing. Haha. Talk about self-denial, huh?

But talk about having a salt tooth, they say "salt tooth is the new sweet tooth". And here's what I found from a research-post : "Researchers at the University of London recently published a study suggesting that the catalyst for childhood obesity may not be the sugary soda, but what’s eaten with the sugary soda. In the UK, one in five children is overweight (on par with the US in terms of percentages) and the data from the study is being used to show that cutting down in a child’s salt intake may reduce thirst cravings, a majority of which are satisfied by sugary soft drinks". It really does sound rather unhealthy and worrying to a certain extent, in any possible way. Now, note to self - shall try and be healthy and cut down on salty food (Okay la, at least try la).