Women and Chocolate

Neil Edley, professional chocolatier with a Pennsylvanian candy company called Sugar Plum Chocolates had claimed that “…women and chocolate have a natural chemical harmony like no other” (Webpage http://www.intent.com/stefanpinto/blog/do-women-prefer-chocolate-over-sex, posted October 26, 2009).

Therefore, I am not entirely surprised to read in Malaysian Today (January 20-February 02, 2011, p 03) about a study by cereal bar Fibre Plus in the UK that shows British women would pick chocolates over sex! Of the two thousand women who participated in this research, 33% admitted to day-dreaming about chocolate while only 18% thought of sex.

Fibre Plus spokeswoman, Sally Tribe said that women turn to chocolate “for comfort or to cheer themselves up”.

“For many, it never disappoints”, she added. What more can I say?

In Glasgow, Celtic stretched their Scottish Premier League lead to five points when they beat Aberdeen 1-0. Gary Hooper played a through-ball before passing to Anthony Stokes (above) who then slotted home on 27 minutes.

Kenny Dalglish earned his first win since returning to the managerial helm of Liverpool as his side beat Wolves 3-0 in a hard-fought game. Striker Fernando Torres tapped in (36) after a pass by the impressive Raul Meireles to put the Reds in front. This was followed by Meireles striking a fantastic 25-yard volley (50) to extend Liverpool’s lead. And then, Torres fired in another simple finish to complete Liverpool's win. Finally, we won – what a relief!


In the other EPL match against Wigan, Arsenal kept their winning ways when they trounced the former 3-0. Wigan keeper Ali Al Habsi did give Wigan hope with superb saves, the best of them denied Cesc Fabregas and Robin van Persie. But he was finally beaten when Van Persie lashed in from inside the box (21) and again when the Dutchman sweetly volleyed in from Fabregas's long pass (58). Van Persie scored a hat-trick when he blasted in a shot from close range (85).