Awesome start for the day

Woke up late, and realising that I’ve forgotten to buy milk for my coffee, so I ended up heading downstairs to Percolate to have my late breakfast before continuing the day.

What I love about Percolate is their coffee. Their awesome white coffee. Those who know me well will know that I hate sourish/bitter coffee, hence I always go for latte. More milky taste. Percolate though, doesn’t have much more milk. But somehow everything just blended very nicely, giving off the rich espresso taste, which is neither sourish nor bitter, together with a milky aftertaste that doesn’t overwhelm you. Awesome coffee, awesome barista. (I do hope that they would have an even bigger cup though. The $4 cup is already 5oz and it’s not enough for me! :P )

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This is my carb/sugar laden breakfast, lol. White coffee ($4), banana date loaf ($3.50) and a slice of pear hazelnut chocolate strudel ($6).  Yup pretty expensive breakfast, I know, but it has been my mission for quite some time to try all their cakes/danish. Haha!

Their white coffee is as amazing as usual, and that banana date loaf is definitely something which I will order again. Banana taste is pretty heavy, but doesn’t make you sick of the taste towards the end. I can see the dates, but it doesn’t have the usual date taste when I bite into it. Instead it helps to make the texture of the loaf unique, and added some moisture into an otherwise would-be dry banana loaf.

The pear hazelnut chocolate strudel is not something to shout about though. It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t anything fantastic. Its dense but not overly dry, and the nice touch of hazelnuts on top adds a nice nutty crunch. I couldn’t taste any hint of pear though.

In all, I’m pretty satisfied with this breakfast even though its slightly expensive. And that’s all the carbs and sugar I’m gonna have today! No more cake or bread for the rest of the weekend, lol! Now time to shop for some new clothes for Chinese New Year.

Ugh I hate shopping.

Random?

I used to have many places that I wanna go.  Okay, not “used to have”, but places that I still wanna go.

Places like Maldives, Japan, Taiwan (yes, again), certain states in US, London (yes, again too), Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Denmark, Scotland, Switzerland, Barcelona, Vienna, Venice, Prague… did I just list out almost the whole of Europe?  LOL.

But I guess I’ve almost forgotten about one place which I used to clamour about going – Amsterdam.

Not for their night life, not for their red-light district, not for their drugs, but in April-May, for their tulips.

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Only people close to me will know that I’m not really like typical girls who love roses.  Instead, I love tulips.  I have no idea why, though.  I just love tulips.  All colours, all sub-species of tulip.  And it was only during my sis’ wedding, then I know that tulips grow taller overnight. o.O

But yes, tulips.  In April to May, fields and fields of tulips will blossom in Holland, as they are famed for tulip cultivation.  I wonder how exactly it’d feel to see fields of tulips right in front of me…. like this:

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I think I’ll die a happy woman.  Probably.

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I have zero idea how I end up sitting in this train to work.

Because I couldn’t feel my legs when I’m walking.

Yes that’s how tired I’m feeling right now….

So tired!

I’m just so, so, so, so tired.

Of everything.

Can’t work up the energy for anything, not even food. Geez.

Just wanna curl up in my bed and sleep the whole day away… :(

 

 

……. and I’ve a sudden craving for some cream cakes.

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Added weather widgets too~

If you are viewing on PC, the weather widgets are at your right – I’ve placed local and upcoming trip’s destination’s weather there (for my easy reference, obviously!).

If you are viewing on mobile, it’s down at the bottom.

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Done~!

Included the countdown timer!  Tweaked the colours a little to fit the blog’s theme, overall not too bad huh!

Now I wonder if it’s a good idea to place the countdown timer because…

 

THERE’S STILL 53 DAYS TO GO!

 

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Sad cat is sad.  :(

Touching Messages – Translated

I’ll just translate some that I’m currently resonating with…

  • 我只爱对你发脾气,因为我潜意识相信你不会离开我。胡闹原来是一种依赖。(I only love throwing tantrums at you, because I believe subconsciously that you won’t leave me.  Being unreasonable, actually is a form of dependency.)
  • 有时候,露出笑脸,只是不想让你担心或难过。但其实,我没有你想象中那么坚强。(Sometimes, I smile just so that you don’t get worried or sad.  But really, I’m not as strong as you think I am.)
  • 在乎才会乱想,不在乎连想都不会想。(It’s because I care, that’s why I think too much about it.  If I don’t care, I won’t even go think about it.)
  • 不要说爱我,除非你是认真的;因为我也许会做出疯狂的事,比如——相信你。(Don’t say that you love me, unless you really mean it; because I may do something crazy, like — believing you.)
  • 如果我说我想一个人静一静,其实我比任何时候都需要你。(If I said I need some time alone, in reality this is the time that I need you most.)
  • 有时,我只是想能有个人,紧紧抱着我不放,直到我的心情真的好起来。(Sometimes, I just want to have someone to hug me tightly and won’t let go, until I’m really feeling better.)
  • 有时候不是不信任你,只是因为我比别人更在乎,更怕失去你。(Sometimes it’s not because I don’t trust you, but because more than anyone else, I care about you and more than anyone else, I’m afraid to lose you.)
  • 有一次,你说爱我。那一瞬间,我以为是永远。(There was once, you said you love me.  At that moment in time, I thought it was forever.)
  • 希望你知道我的全部缺点后,依然那么爱我,你能做到吗?(I wish that once you know all the negative sides of me, you will love me as much.  Can you do that?)
  • 最糟糕的感觉,莫过于不知道应该等待还是放弃。(The worst feeling ever, was when one don’t know whether if he/she should wait or should give up.)
  • 我希望找到一个,担心失去我的人。(I wish to find someone – someone who would actually worry about losing me.)
  • 在所有听过的谎言中,我最喜欢的是那句——我爱你。(Of all the lies I’ve heard, my favourate one would have to be “I love you”.)
  • 不必为了谁而改变,真正爱你的人会一直爱你,无论怎样的你。(There’s no need to change for anyone, because the one who really loves you will keep loving you, no matter how you are.)
  • 我知道何时止步,何时放手,何时前行。但是,我“知道”不代表我“能够”。(I know when to end, when to let go, when to move on.  But, “I know”, doesn’t mean “I can”.)
  • 世界真的很小,好像一转身,就不知道会遇见谁。世界真的很大,好像一转身,就不知道谁会消失。(The world is very small, you never know who you will bump into when you turn around.  The world is very big, feels like the moment you turn, you wouldn’t know who would disappear.)
  • 当我真正爱上了你,我发现,最终我想要的,只是你能快乐。哪怕,不是与你。(When I really fell in love with you, I realised that what I really wanted is just for you to be happy.  Even if that means you aren’t with me.)

Yeah… that’s about the ones that I’m feeling very strongly about now.  And the fact that my eyes are half closing.  But my mind is still in the overdrive..

Maybe I’ll just take the decongestant again to help me sleep…

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I’m blue, da-ber-dee-da-ber-da, da-ber-dee, da-ber-da, da-ber-dee-da-ber-da….. (infinite loop)