Saturday, April 14, 2007

Painting the Background

Pirates ahoy~

I have a thing for mint leaves these days. Buy a sprig of mint leaves, a handful of those small lemons species and a tub of honey. Mix and mix and add plenty of ice et voila! A totally superb refreshment to have in the summery hot afternoons, like every afternoon. And interestingly enough, mint is good for digestion. I was actually looking for a caffeine substitute since I have grown a serious habit of making my own macchiato after lunch to last me through till the evening. My parents have always considered me to be the milk type. During my last stay with them in late December, ayah came home with a 6-pack of 1 liter milk cartons. 'Die nak awk membesar' hoho dad, nak besa mcm mane lg nehh.

Petronas scholars are getting rm500 a month nowadays. It has resulted in careful monetary budgeting, waves of room raiding and lost of personal belongings as well as poor diet of tined sardines and roti canai per day. Mine would be the first mentioned above.

I discovered malaysia-today.net, it has some serious but interesting reads. Makes substance for a good (but dangerous) conversation. I think I miss talking to my dad now more than ever. All the small things are irrelevant on their own, but in any sense, paints our lives in multicolor tones and hues. Magnifique.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

remind me of honey lemon tea in OLD TOWN cafe (minus th e peppermint la)..harus cr esok ni heheheh

Anonymous said...

urmm..im having my menstruation and into white bread and anything lemon!when i promised to start the no-whites diet ! weekends find me in marks and spencer raiding their food section for biscuits.;) i got rm 500 per month too.i guess if u saved up real hard,u might find a little extra for shopping.;) i did cheat on the budget tho.i always find an excuse to shop and budge mom.it never work on dad.;)

bijoux said...

fbabe: peppermint tu amek jek dari mee kari yg die hidang tu. lap2 sket kat napkin and rip them a bit. et voila. haha..suke gak lyn kopitiam tu. mcm simple n puas ati mkn kari die.

nadia: menses ke, no whites eh. aah. da lame gak start on no whites nih. lyn breakthrough bread jek. ok gak. ade substance nak chew. its different bile dpt rm500 a month compared to the rm1500 per 3 months. mcm setiap ujung bulan da sengkek. tah pape. haha.