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Floating skywards, the steam envelopes the entire room, layering glasses and mirrors with an ephemeral frost, suds streaming down, with the pull of gravity, and the wonders of chemistry, reacting one element of the earth, dissolving into nothingness

Suds stream down, again… bewilderment envelopes the being

SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT HAD JUST HAPPENED!

Last night was freezing.  It was cold and it was raining.  I woke up with an itchy throat.  So much for wanting to go to sleep with the perfect hair and waking up with even perfect hair.  Beanie and winter are inseparable.  Wear it.  Use it.  Don it.

Anyways, I do hope that you guys who frequent my blog like the new template.  I messed around with the template yesterday arvo (aussie slang for afternoon) and ruined the whole thing.  Redid the blog again midnight last night.  Enjoy! :D

Before the end of this post I’d like to make a tribute to a coffee shop/Chinese restaurant (at Gaya Street, KK), called kedai kopi yee fung which I am very fond of as it has been part of my life, and it still is.  I remember going there almost every single day of the week before school and after school with either my Mom or my Dad with my brothers.  What more, the owners know us and they KNOW what I want the moment I step into the restaurant…being egocentric here harhar

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photo from KAMPUNGBOYCITYGAL 

and my favorite dish is this!!!! Ngau Chap – noodle soup served with various parts of the cow

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You can either choose to have Mee Hun, Mee Halus (Kuning), or Keu Tiaw (is this how you spell it :P).

photo from Malaysia Food Blog, Malaysia Travel Blog

Gosh I’m salivating heavily now.  Pavlov can now ditch his dog and use me for the classical conditioning experiments. 

Comments

Kim said…
is this the kedai ngau chap where i would bump into you every now and then? when we were like ... 6 years old?
10:11 AM
Deanna Beryl said…
first of all, thank you for bringing these blogs into my attention.

i can cure my homesick now. OMG THE FOOD AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
11:53 AM
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