am proud :))))

while busy taking photos along the market, i spotted this stall. it's attracted me. this two ladies selling seaweed. fyi, i work with seaweed project for more than 6 years now and we are funded by Ministry of Rural Malaysia under the hardcore poor project to develop the project along with Sabah Fisheries Department and Malaysia Fish Development Board (LKIM Sabah). we've been doing R&D and culturing seaweed to help the hardcore poor people in Pulau Banggi, Kudat especially and Malaysia generally. and i was so happy to see people actually selling our product in the market.

FYI, seaweed contains carrageenan ~~ eucheuma cottoni or kappaphycus alverazii and eucheuma spynosum ~~ used in every products e.g. cosmetics, foods, pharmaceuticals and so forth. do yo know why ice cream took a while to melt every time you take it out from the fridge? do you know why the milk powder are blend nicely with water? do you know why our lipstick stick? yes, it is because of the carrageenan. carrageenan use in every single product that we consumed including our compact powder, lipstick, eye liner, blusher etc...etc...because it can bind and stabilize all the ingredient used in producing the products. we can also eat it raw. the seaweed centents are ash, zink, fibre, magnesium, carbohydrate, protein, calcium, ion and good for pregnant lady because it has folic acid.

UMS has been producing lots of products using seaweed and the most well-known products are chocolate with seaweed filling and seaweed cracker. oh ya, seaweed also has anti-oxidant and collagen!! there you go ladies... ^0^ and some people call it "seawater bird nest" because of its similarity to bird nest texture.

japanese eat more than 50% seaweed in their meals everyday, and it's been a substitute for other vegetables. do you know why turtles can live up to 100 years old? ah ha!!! yes, because they ate seaweed...