Kembali

Akhirnya dapat saya sarungkan regalia & topi yg tak lawa tu. Terima kasih sepenuh-penuh kasih untuk kawan-kawan yang sama-sama meraikan. Saya sayang kamu semua! ( You know who you are. I don't normally say 'sayang-sayang' ni, I'm more of 'zahir tak terucap' kind of person).

Kembali ke kantor hari ini. Rasa tak sedap badan, selsema, sakit tekak semua ada. Saya harap saya tak ada berselisih dengan mana-mana Mexican dalam perjalanan pulang semalam.


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tajuknya tiada

bila gugurnya kelopak angsana


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Saya siram pokok-pokok dalam pejabat saya dengan air mineral, itu bukan tanda kaya, tapi itu tanda malas nak pergi tadah air di bilik air (bilik air dan jamban-jamban itu sangat tak menarik!).

Hujung bulan ni saya nak mengucapkan selamat tinggal pada biawak-biawak, burung-burung dan anjing-anjing di belakang rumah. Oh, tak lupa untuk flatmate saya cicak-cicak pelbagai corak. Rumah sewa baru dah jumpa, saya suka tapi rumah-rumah tepi tu belum ada orang duduk. Ada orang tanya, tak takut ke nak duduk sorang? Saya pun nak tanya juga, awak mati esok awak masuk kubur ramai-ramai ke? (tapi boleh juga kan, kalau tanam ramai-ramai satu liang). Oh, siapa nak tolong saya pindah, sila angkat tangan (ada orang janji nak tolong tapi lepas tu dia kata dia nak gi Kay Ell, tapi tak apa, saya harap dia bawak balik sofabed ikea untuk saya).

Cubaan tak makan nasi (dengan tujuan nak menurunkan apa-apa yang naik) cuma berjaya selama 4 hari. Rakan makan semua nak makan nasi campur, takkanlah saya nak makan ulamnya saja. Mereka yang bersalah, bukan saya! :)

Kalau anda suka membazir makanan, cuba lihat video ni. Insaf saya (sekejap).

Dah lama saya tak rasa sejuk, esok saya nak pergi menyejukkan diri di hemisfera selatan. Doakan saya selamat pergi selamat kembali (macam nak gi perang je kan!).

*saya sakit kepala!*

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i need a miracle

gambar hiasan: united colors of sagong

kenal ke sagong tu ape?



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Tell me what can I do to make me lose few inches in less than a fortnight (and without hitting the gym!). Need to squeeze into an old kebaya coz I don't have time to shop for a new one. Trying to find a ready-made kebaya that fits nicely is harder than searching for a brooch in a haystack.

*tarik nafas, tahannnnnn*

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purnama

Ku rindu

Bak pungguk menunggu

Ku bahagia

Walau kau bukan di riba

Terima kasih

Menumpangkan aku

Berpayung dalam sinar mu.

*nota kaki, lutut dan siku: sila jangan gelakkan percubaan manusia tak reti bahasa ini untuk mengayat sekali sekala.

Sekadar gambar hiasan

First part of this entry is dedicated to budak sebelah bilik at my ole rental flat in NZ. Sorry I can't bring this to you the next time I go there, so jamu mata je, boleh?

Nasi kandar to go (tapau). Bought at Nasi Kandar Shariff (senang sebut as Sarip) in Gelugoq. Nasi + kuah campur + bendi + telur goreng + ayam kapitan. Not a photogenic piece, ugly but yummy. My water rafting instructor from many years ago called it nasi kandaq jilat siku. Go ahead, try lick your elbow! :D

Tu diaaa... panjang line! Nasib baik I dah beli.

Cik adik, jangan rindu sangat kat Sarip tu ya, sorrylah I didn't take his/their photo (ade ke pun yg nama Sarip among them?). Ni pun dah jauh2 baru I bawak keluar camera. Segan lah.

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Saya rindu pada budak nakal ini!

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salt with your coffee sir?

No, this one is NOT coffee with salt (segafred0 does not sell salt coffee).

I am now a happy happy happy that I've found a coffee place with yummy coffee over here. I asked for a second cup... rasa nak 3rd cup jugak buat I had to go. (nasib baik tempat ni jauh jugak, if not I can go bankrupt in a week)

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This is not new. I read this on one of the coffee blogs I subscribed to few months ago. So worry not, if you run out of sugar for your coffee, try salt! :D


Taiwan goes crazy for 'salt coffee'
(China Daily, 2008-12-30)

A Taiwan coffee chain is enjoying sweet results after launching "salt coffee", which produces a unique but not entirely salty taste.

Since launching salt coffee on Dec 11, the 85 Degree Bakery Cafe, Taiwan's largest coffee chain, has changed coffee drinkers' habits and customers are increasingly ordering it rather than black or sugared coffee.

"Public reaction surprised us. Nowadays an outlet in north Taiwan can sell 700 cups of salt coffee per day and a store in south Taiwan can sell 700 cups, which is 20 to 30 percent more than the daily sale of our brand coffee, American coffee," Cathy Chung, spokeswoman for 85 Degree Bakery Cafe, says.

Chung says her company hit upon the idea of launching salt coffee because the trend of using sea-salt as a health ingredient in food or as cosmetics is sweeping Taiwan.

"Sea salt, which is also called ocean salt, is not refined and has more minerals than table salt. Besides giving the salty flavor, it opens the taste buds of your tongue, so you get a unique flavor from our salt coffee," she says.

The 85 Degree Bakery Cafe adds a small amount of sea salt to the creamy foam and chilled cream to a cup of steaming coffee. Many customers screamed with delight when they tried their first cup of salt coffee.

"It gives you three tastes. First, you get the slightly salty taste from the cold cream foam, second, the mixed taste of the salty cream foam and hot coffee, third, the aroma of coffee," says Ho Hsiu-ling, a university student, at the 85 Degree Cafe outlet on Xinyi Road in Taipei.

"It is amazing. I ordered it out of curiosity and expected it to be salty, but the taste is not entirely salty. It is salty and sweet and is more fragrant then sugared coffee."

But Li Ping-mou, a computer engineer, says he prefers iced salt coffee "because the salty-sweet taste is sharper."

Taiwanese traditionally rub salt into fruits to make them taste sweeter and this may explain the latest craving for salt coffee.

After creating salt coffee, the outlet plans to launch "cheese coffee" and "fruity coffee" - by adding cheese and mashed fruit to the coffee.

Founded in 2004, 85 Degree Bakery Cafe beat Starbucks to become Taiwan's largest coffee chain in 2005. It now has 55 outlets in China, four in Australia and one in the United States.

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Coffee with salt, ada berani?

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