With just one whiff.
With just one whiff of the aroma of that coffee and a thousand memories came flooding back.





Every time I smell and taste that coffee I’m being transported back to olden days when we were still kids. We would take the car and drive up to Taiping, Perak, Malaysia…sit up late at night in the house we fondly called “Green House” (cuz it used to be green *lol*)…all the cousins and aunties and uncles would sit around in the lounge area with the big red sofa and olden day coffee table…kids on the floor and adults on the sofa…and we would just lounge and listen to the adults talk about family whilst eating nonya kueh and drinking black kopi after dinner. I remember how adult I felt when I was allowed to have a whole cup of black coffee on my own. The adults would sit up and talk late into the night and it would be so quiet, all you could hear were the sounds of the crickets mating. And I’d try so hard to stay up but my eyes would gradually get droopier as time passed. Then we would be put to bed in one of those beds with the mosquito nets whilst the adults continued their conversation outside.

Ahhh…what fond memories I have of Taiping.

I used to say I want to retire there in the future. I want to go back to Green House and spend the rest of my old age there. Taiping is my mom’s hometown. It is like a small ulu village where the people ride bicycles/drive old clanky cars, neighbourhood kids run around barefooted and there are chickens in the backyard. The chendol, lor mai kai and wanton mee are awesome and the chicken pow is as big as your head.

I miss it. All that’s left now is an empty house because everyone has left for KL and have families of their own in separate houses.

Where did the good ‘ol days go when I was just a kid and there was not a care in the world?

I should really do a commercial for this brand of coffee. I seldom drink coffee, but this brand I can drink forever.

As a sidenote, look what I got for Easter!





I love the Lindt bunny so much that I can't bear to eat it. It even has a bell around it's neck lah.

Tonight I started thinking of my future...because I'm reaching the point where the roads come to a cross in my life and I have to choose which direction to go and I'm not sure which way to move, which route to take and which path I'm destined for. I believe God will guide my path so I just have to keep praying for guidance. Whatever happens, I believe that God has chosen me for great things, just like He chose so many other of His followers to do great work in His name. You know the best part about it all? My parents support me no matter which road I choose, and God will be walking right next to me. I feel so blessed.

I'm so happy tonight because I've never felt so clear and at ease about my life. I have things to do but I'm not worried, not stressed and not fearful as I once was. Once you realise that worry and anxiety are not going to make matters any better, you'd just have to take it as it comes. Sometimes you feel inadequate and insecure as compared to others so you keep seeking confirmation and feel influenced by what others think of you (it's ok, you're human), but in the end it's not people whom we live to please, neither is it ourselves, it's God. Only His opinion matters.