The Ice cream V.S. Froyo

I'm not a big fan of ice cream since it contains so much fat, but I have to admit, it's one of the best treats one can have during a long hot summer.

I'm not sure if I have any particular memories related to ice creams except for me and my dad going down to the mall for one every day when I was young. Ice cream was just the thing any child would want, it's cold and it's so delicious. Simply bliss during the summer to lick one on your way home or when you're waiting for the bus in the oven-like atmosphere...












There have been lot's of rumors about how Frozen Yogurt (or Froyo) is in fact more fattening than ice cream. Since a Froyo shop opened near my school last year, everyone's been going there since it's advertising itself as "fat-free". As people like to stay slim nowadays, the McDonald's next door's ice cream became so unpopular the store started giving silly discounts like "BUY ONE GET ONE FREE" for ice creams under $2 HKD, which is basically...none of the ice creams they're selling. Pointless.



I personally prefer Froyo more, not because of the supposedly fat-free content but the taste. It just tastes better to me, I like how you can choose your toppings and mix and match, and I simply love how it tastes sour and sweet just the way I like it. The sour taste just kinda helps ease the thirst during summer, and the coldness of the whole things just takes away the heat.

Froyo or Ice cream?

Life is like a box of chocolates

"Life is like a box of chocolates, You never know what you're gonna get"

-Forrest Gump


Life truly is full of surprises, you can try to guess what you'll receive but you'll never know until you get a taste of it.

I watched this movie around a year ago, and the quote has been in my mind ever since. Chocolates have that marvelous fragrance that is so seductive you can never seem to stop your fingers from picking one up and shoving it into your mouth. The bittersweetness of this dessert is simply addictive, the slowly melting chocolate creates such a warm feeling of giddiness and happiness it just makes you want so much more. The taste of the chocolate stays in your mouth for a while even after you've swallowed it, taunting you to have more.... But however tasty, it fades away, into mere words of praising that simply cannot mimic the sensation one feels after eating chocolate. 

Whenever you experience emotional and you have that moment when you're filled with such strong emotions you just can't stop it from running in your mind, then the urge to feed it and nurture it, the craving of more strong emotions to remind yourself that you're alive and have feelings, it's just like the way chocolate evokes your addiction to its ability to trigger our brain to produce endorphins...  it fades away slowly. No matter how slow it ebbs away, it does, gradually leaving your mind to only remember the sensation, without the whole emotional experience and the rashness and the urges, just the facts of what had happened and what it might have felt like. 


In my opinion, the chocolates represent thing that happen to us and how we have reacted in the past. Experiences, whether tragic or satisfying, all look the same on the outside, but what the chocolate might truly taste like or be made of will never be known to us unless we try it. Once or twice you might come across a 85% cocoa chocolate which only fills your mouth with this hell-like aftertaste that's so resilient it fails to be washed away with water, but it's like a valuable lesson you've learnt, you know you'll never eat that chocolate again. It's also a kind of challenge, to know your own limits by trying to push further and to seek pleasure in knowing that you can, in fact, learn to appreciate the bitterness of such "chocolates" in life. 



I have to admit I'm afraid to try new chocolates, especially those that are known to me. I'm afraid of the surprises that are hidden within this shell of luscious, delicious chocolate that could taste bitter or rotten, or perhaps heavenly and "finger-lickin' good". But what I know is, if I don't try any, I might miss the chance of having to choice to choose which one I'll eat, plus life might just force feed me something worse anyways, so why not instead, get to choose for yourself?