Candle at both ends

My cat concurs with my boyfriend that I'm not eating enough. TWO dead voles? Thanks babe, but I'm having sausages. She seriously intends them for me because she always brings the darn things home and then goes to eat her cat chow.

I had a bowl of soup...then I went to the local botanical gardens with friends and had apple pie with whipped cream...then I came home and made a bowl of salad and ate that with a sausage and some mashed potatoes...now I'm OK.

I wish I didn't get hungry so easily. For most people in this society, their problem is controlling overweight. I'm not exactly in danger of malnutrition, but it seems like after breakfast, the next thing on my mind is when I can take lunch break, and after lunch, the next thing on my mind is when I can go home and how long it's going to take to cook. After dinner I'm okay for a while but around midnight I start combing my cupboards for munchies (vainly, because I don't buy snacks often)...you get the idea.

Ken, who's married to a Filipina, was asking

Do all skinny Asian girls have that? Can eat a whole cow, pint of ice cream, and not gain a pound?

I think what Caucasians don't realize is that between the shorter stature and being built for tropical climates, for Asian - East and Southeast, not those tall Indian girls - women "fat" is defined as something over 60 kg (about 132 lb).

Or possibly less...my father still rags on my "heavy thighs" on occasion. Not that I care...all I want to know is, how the heck do I get my weekly grocery bill below $40?

The annoying thing about grocery shopping is that I could easily fill my stomach if I lived off greasy frozen meals like certain people do. The healthy veggies, fruit, and fresh meat (not preserved or precooked) is what's killing my wallet. And eating out in the US sucks because goods are cheap whereas services are at a premium, so cooked food is also damn ex. They also give you portions that are way too big so you're forced to buy more than you want. Sigh...take me back to where it's cheap enough to eat out every day. Laksa, man, laksa.