p a s s i o n + r e a s o n

This past Friday I went to see Super Size Me, a film about one man's experiment of eating McDonald's meals three times a day for one whole month.

Even though it's a disgusting proposition to begin with, this film confirms my personal choice of banning McDonald's food (which I have for about 2 years now) and encourages me to be more healthy in my eating choices and to invest more in quality exercise time.

Anyhow, this film was great - almost Michael Moore-ish at points, since he has somewhat of an axe to grind. However, the message needs to get out. The food system in the west (and perhaps even in developing countries) needs to be overhauled. I'm not going to spout against corporate hijacking of public health and public interests here, but in an age where making good and well-informed choices is more important, it's seemingly more difficult to make good (healthy) life-style choices.

I know I was feeling a little sick walking out this movie - although I've been eating quite well. Now I gotta trim that spare tire off of me and I'll be "lightweight and aesthetically pleasing." (coincidentally, a design requirement presented to all of the unit chiefs for UNESCO Bangkok's website redesign, at a staff meeting last week.)