my guilty pleasure

CHOCOLATE

Etymology:

The word "chocolate" entered the English language from Spanish. How the word came into Spanish is less certain, and there are multiple competing explanations. Perhaps the most cited explanation is that "chocolate" comes from Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs, from the word "chocolatl", which many sources derived from the Nahuatl word "xocolatl" made up from the words "xococ" meaning sour or bitter, and "atl" meaning water or drink.^[3] However, as William Bright noted^[4] the word "chocolatl" doesn't occur in central Mexican colonial sources making this an unlikely derivation. Santamaria^[5] gives a derivation from the Yucatec Maya word "chokol" meaning hot, and the Nahuatl "atl" meaning water. More recently Dakin and Wichmann derive it from another Nahuatl term, "chicolatl" from Eastern Nahuatl meaning "beaten drink".^[6] They derive this term from the word for the frothing stick, "chicoli".--- wikipedia

my guilty pleasure...



yes... i'm a certified chocoholic. ever since i was a kid i've been addicted to it and i can say it is one of my greatest addictions ever aside from incubus, brandon boyd, matsujun, and Arashi :)

it wasn't on my plan but i end up shopping for chocolates last tuesday after work. being a self-proclaimed "kuripot" buying for a certain thing would make a big decision for me. it was my first time to splurged my money impulsively, knowing how expensive chocolates are nowadays. that particular day i waste no time picking and choosing the chocolates that i wanted to try, it's as if a voice was whispering in my ears that says: "try me and taste me, i know you want me" hahaha ( sounds like a lover) *grins*.

i loove chocolates. they really make my day :) they relieve the stress i'm feeling. they cheer me up when i feel down. and mind you, i can eat a whole pack of hershey's kisses in one sitting in front of the TV. i don't care if get fat or what, as long as they satisfy my cravings i'll be eternally happy *winks*.

chocolates also has interesting facts and benefits... it is a brain stimulator, anti-cancer, a cough preventor, some say it is an aphrodisiac, though the effect in not yet proven, dark chocolate is good for the circulatory system. wow can you imagine that? it does not only please our appetite, we can also gain benefits while eating them :) it's very nice, ne?


do you like chocolates? are you a chocoholic like me?

if yes, raise your hand.

yeah!

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