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Coffee, Tea or Me.. Hmm… I will go for Coffee. There are many coffee frenzy out there, I’m sure. I love coffee but I don’t drink it that often. I know Baby Yuanda loves coffee as I drank at least a cup of coffee a day when I was pregnant with him. Not Hongren, he loves soy milk instead. Kinda funny eh?
What if I tell you my dream job is to become a Barrister? I think it’s an ultimate cool job. Preparing coffee with passion for coffee lovers. How satisfying. Actually I do make good coffee. I used to prepare coffee at family gathering and my cousin and uncle loved it. Did I prepare with coffee maker? No. I used 3 in 1coffee. Yes, I’m serious. My secret is to mix 2 different type of 3 in 1 or 2 in 1 coffee, then add creamer or condense milk, and pour in boiling water. Voila…
Well, I seldom go for coffee in Starbucks or Coffee Beans as it’s pricey. Gotta be thrifty nowadays as everything is expensive. I don’t mind going for it once a while. My favourite is Ultimate Mocha with lotsa whipped cream.
Local coffee is C&G, cheap & really good! Oh wait, it depends on which kopitiam* you go to. Ah Lai kopi off Beach Street in Penang, Ah Chun kopi in Campbell Street in Penang are 2 of the Best. Ah Lai and Ah Chun make truly aromatic local coffee…
(Can’t wait to go back Penang now, just one more week to go.. Coffee, here I come..)
* Kopitiam in Hokkian means an open air coffee shop.
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I love to cook, Chinese.. Italian.. Japanese.. Western.. Hey, I’m not joking. One of the reasons why my hubby married me was because I can cook (“Main” reason actually). I don’t mind you asking him if this is true. *wink*
Jamie Oliver & Nigella Lawson are 2 fantastic cooks, natural and effortless. The later introduces lotsa sinful dishes on her TV show “Nigella Feast”, I used to drool while watching her adding double cream, big spoonful of butter, and lots and lotsa cheese on her authentic version of Carbonara. Fattening but hey, who cares?
In Chinese New Year 2004, I hosted a party at my house in Penang. Around 40 guests turned up, but guess where I was then? Kitchen.. errr… nope, I wasn’t. I was there in the kitchen earlier in the afternoon to prepare and cook for 40 people. Dining Table.. nope, again, I wasn’t. Living Hall chatting with friends… I wished I was but nope, I wasn’t. I was lying flat on my bed with sore throat and fever, coz I was in the kitchen for too long. Imagine the Chinese New Year weather ~ Hot Hot Hot, plus, spending the whole afternoon in front of the stove. The heat was too much for me. Kinda funny now that I think of it again. Pity my hubby, he had to entertain the guests all by himself while I unconsciously dozed off….
(I must thank my friends who helped me to clean up the mess.. thank you all!)
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No, I’m not having imsonia. In fact I love to sleep. Well, seriously I can’t do anything… but to comfort my baby Yuanda when he cries. Yuanda still thinks the days are nights and the nights are days, and this is why I’m having sleepless nights for the past one week. It’s amazing that I have been very patient, yelling is a “no no”. What’s the point to loose my temper on this… hmm… what should I say… “the cutest creature in the world”? Trust me, when you are a mother, you would think your child is the “one & only” in the world. And that’s the fact. Not one individual is the same in this world.
And I love my babies dearly. So it’s ok to have sleepless nights sometimes.
(Oh please… Not every night…. I love to sleep….)
