Samgyetang 삼계탕 My Favorite Soup

Samgyetang is one of my favorite Korean dishes. It's chicken soup with ginseng, ginger and dried seeds of jujube fruit and other herbs. I love this soup it's not just tasty, it's healthy too and Koreans believe it prevents illness. I have to say I always feel better after eating it when I have a cold.
I order it from the local place and it comes with rice and some side dishes like kimchi and tofu.

The Worst Zoos I Have Been To part 3

Giza zoo, Egypt. That zoo has a great history it opened on 1 March 1891 and it was built on 52 acres. Giza zoo had birds, animals and plants from all over the world. And it was considered one of the best zoos in the world in the early 20th century.

The zoo was always featured in the black and white Egyptian movies. Lovers went for a date there, have tea in the tea garden with a pond view where the swans were swimming freely in the huge pond, and the birds were flying not kept in cages. And the big animals had big enclosures.

Green plants and high trees everywhere you look. And a unique architecture. My parents told me that was the real image of the zoo a long time ago. Time changed everything.
Last time I went to the Giza zoo was 11 years ago and it was heartbreaking.

All of the animals were kept in tiny cages and the animals looked so broken and sad. A lot of the trees were dead. The beautiful buildings were broken and no one cared to fix it. There is no fine if a visitor harasses the animals and unfortunately I’ve witnessed teenagers harassing the animals and the guards didn’t stop them. And trash was everywhere at the zoo.

I’ve heard about the vets and the guards abusing the animals in Giza zoo but I haven’t seen any evidence. However, if the rumors are true I wouldn’t be surprised.
Last May there was an incident. Two female bears got killed and the statement that came out of the zoo administration was shameful. The statement said that the 2 females got in a fight in mating season and the fight went on for few hours until the bears died. Where were the vets and guards? They even didn’t give them sedative.

Here’s a link for the article in one of the newspapers below. Warning: it has some disturbing photos.
This is the article

Alex The Cat for free

I just published a fiction short story Alex the Cat. It’s a story about a cat who lost his parents at early age. Alex faces dark and cold nights, he suffers hunger and he can’t trust a human. Alex the Cat is free on amazon.com from July 19 to 21. I wrote this short story as a tribute to my cat Alex.

Alex was abused before he was rescued by a shelter in Seoul then by us. Alex the Cat is the second story of my project Writing For The Animals. The first story was The Elephant Park which I donated to The Elephant Nature Park in Thailand and you can read it for free on the blog.

I'm hoping to increase the awareness of animals rights by writing. It's a free read so please download, read, review and spread the word. Click the link below to order.
Alex the cat

Mursi The Terrorist- Egypt's journey for freedom

Egyptians are fighting for freedom, for future and for democracy. A year ago when Mursi was elected to be presdint I knew for sure that the election was fixed. As a muslim Egyptian I know how much people dislike Muslim brotherhood, people don't trust them and people know their bloody history. Muslim brotherhood wash their hands with blood.

Last night Mursi spoke and said "I will not step down." And the speech was a threat for everyone spoke aganist him. Mursi said the word "Legitimacy" about a 100 times in one hour. He pointed his finger as he said legitimacy. Right after the speech Muslim brotherhood supporters went out and attacked the peaceful protests in every sqaure in Egypt. Hundreds got killed and thousands got injured. The brotherhood sent thugs to terroize women, the thugs raped women and stabbed them in their vagina. They did that to force women to stay home. They killed and still killing children.

Mursi is a terrorist, he knows nothing about democracy. How many people have to die?
Mursi is killing Egyptians and the world is watching. Mursi is a criminal and should be in jail where he came from.

The Worst Zoos I Have Been To: part 2

A medium sized zoo in Guilin, China is one of the worst zoos that I have been to. All of the animals are kept in small cages even the big pandas.
The scariest thing for me was that there were no guards to take care of the animals in case of emergency. And the visitors were feeding the animals all kind of food. There were no safety measurements for the visitors and for the animals.

A loose monkey who wandered the zoo and no guard was watching to make sure the monkey won’t attack any kids.

Even the goats were kept in small place.

I was sick that day and couldn’t stay long in that sad zoo, so I couldn’t take a lot of photos.
I truly wish that the zoo take better care of the animals.

The Worst Zoos I Have Been To. Part 1

I come from a family that respects animals. I grew up hearing stories about my grandfather and how he saved a horse from getting beaten by its owner. The story goes like this: a long time ago in the early 50s my grandfather was standing in his shop and saw a weak horse moving a big wagon and the owner was whipping the horse to keep moving.

The poor horse fell down. My grandfather couldn’t see that and stand still, and he fought with the owner. “If you’re that nice to the animals, why don’t you move the wagon and help the horse?” the owner said.

My grandfather, who was big and healthy, did it. He put the ropes around his arms and dragged the wagon all by himself for a few blocks. He did that to let the horse rest; he endured pain to relieve the poor animal from pain.

My love for animals made me hate zoos. I don’t like seeing animals in cages, especially small cages. However, I believe animals feel happy when they meet visitors who really love them. Yes, animals have feelings and they know happiness and sadness. And that is the reason why I go to zoos.
I’ve been to good and bad zoos, but the worst zoo I’ve been to is Crocodile Farm and Zoo Samutprakan in Thailand.

Elephants are in chain and their space was tiny

No safety measures in the hippo’s pool

3 lionesses in small cage

And a crocodile show

This zoo is one of the saddest zoos in the world.

Writing For the Animals and Writing Contest Entry

When I visited Thailand I felt I was in heaven. The beauty of nature there was breathtaking, and everything else there was beautiful except one thing. which broke my heart. I saw a lot of animal abuse going on there. I’m not talking about stray dogs and cats. I’m talking about elephants. Unfortunately, a lot of owners are abusing their elephants, chaining them, make them beg for food, beating them and making them work in rides. And, unfortunately, some of the government offices are letting that abuse continue.


I visited the elephant nature park where they rescue the abused elephants, and I saw the amazing work of people who want to save the animals and give them the lives they deserve. The Tourism Authority of Thailand Newsroom is having a contest about what inspired you the most in Thailand. Once I found out about this writing contest I knew right away what I want to write about. I wrote an article about the Elephant Nature Park. I had to take this opportunity to tell people how great the elephant park is and also to make the animals lovers’ voices heard.

Please read my article and hit like on the top left of the article, the link is below.
hearts for the elephants