Live well, work hard, play play? 
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These days I don’t even have time for a cup of coffee. Snow White tells me coffee is bad for you. (Her secret to eternal youth is apparently no coffee, no tea, no air-conditioning while sleeping and running. Every day. Without fail.)
I would like to tell you that coffee is bad for you but these days I’m not around much to tell you this. I’m not around enough to monitor your intake; I can’t be your Caffeine Cop. Sure, you like coffee, I know, but not enough to become a caffeine addict. You could go months without a cup, you assure me. But you sure enjoy it when you do.
You always order kopi-O kaw. Thick, black coffee. Just a dash of sugar. White. None of that brown stuff (what a cop-out!) and no artificial sweetener nonsense either. It’s just sugar. It’s just coffee. You’re right, of course. We are not what we drink, after all.
But if we were, O how I would drink coffee everyday, bitter and strong, the aroma haunting me till the end of the day with a subtle sweetness that is the real thing. No artificial love here. Trust me, baby, I could drink you, all of you, till your last drop.
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Photograph by Steve Steve. Design by Kenny Mah.
one cup for me every morning. period.
Sure or not one cup only?
sure…that’s why it makes the cup so much more special
Hahaha, you got me there!
Caffeine I can chuck. Ec. Got vacancy for Porky Cop though.
Porky Cop? Is that like an especially oversized officer of the law? Teehee.
hhmmm..the aroma of coffee.. hw could one resist??
One attempts to resist at one’s own peril…
Coffee for life!
… or lust?
No need caffeine, just need sugar. Mmm, suuuugar!
Sugar, I call my baby my sugar
I never maybe my sugar
That sugar baby of mine…
Man, you’re like a walking diabetes advertisement!
No coffee for the last few months. No coffee no migraine. Drink all kinds of tea now!
Really? Wow, I never knew caffeine could have such a strong effect. But don’t some teas have an even higher caffeine content vs. coffee?
Sweet.
Running – three times a week will do
But yes, no coffee, no tea and no sleeping in air-conditioned rooms. Everyday. And laughter, lots of it!
Laughter? I get my portion of it every morning when I look at the mirror.
no coffee, no tea, no air-conditioning while sleeping and running. Every day. Without fail… wow.. no wonder she’s snow white ..?!!! lol.. i think i can hack no coffee, no tea, and everyday running… but no aircond – tak boleh la..
Hehe, I guess we Malaysians do love our air-con hor?
ah but ciki – you’re so hot the way you are – perhaps that’s why you need your AC
I dunno about whether she needs her AC or not, but I’m so with you there on Ciki’s Absolute and Utter Hotness. Cumi is one lucky fella!
I wish I could get the hell out of caffeine attachment, I enjoy my vices way too much. I have utmost respect for those who sees coffee as a pleasurable beverage choice, not as a necessity. I think Snow White’s got a good regimen going.
R.E.S.P.E.C.T. to Ms. White.
*blush blush*
Well, to be absolutely honest, the apartment in the Starry Reaches is pretty cool, there’s no need for AC
You’re quite right, of course. When I lived @ Ritze Perdana a year ago, I found that to be the same there too. Must be the altitude and the green lungs all around these areas. Go, go, Mother Nature!
one or two… sometimes none… LOL
Somehow, today’s comment trail is quickly becoming a java count…
Hmm … coffee, I could do without. Same with tea. But no air-conditioning? I’m very eco-minded, but that’s my one weakness. I need my air-conditioning … ;P heheh …
Hmm … for some strange reason, I always find reading your entries … to have subtle nuances of a … more enticing nature … LOL. Just me though, I guess.
Are you still jet-setting around Asia?
Cheers,
Ken.
Not just you…
As for jet-setting… I’m off to Borneo again this Sunday… Sabah this round.
Your last sentence emits sensuality.
And more, one hopes…
geez …. and I thought you’re finally coming up with the 1st hanoi post …
thick, ‘kaw’ coffee by the roadside … no stools, and table-less ….
Hanoi has to wait lah… too busy flying around these days to even sit still for more than an hour at a time…
that’s the best way to drink coffee – no fuss or worry about how one is dressed!
Imagine me in a Ah Pek singlet and shorts, with one leg lifted over the stool, sipping the kopi from the saucer… Now that’s authentic!
Good ol plain water is da best!
H20 reigns supreme… unless ur a kopi addict…
stay away….. to look younger…. ;-p
I may well be way past the point of no return where looking young is concerned.
oooooo that last line…… is sooooooo provocative!!!!!
hehehehe ~oh behave~
anyway..ahem… i cant take strong black coffee (those kopitiam ones) makes me dizzy one. i prefer hot chocolate
Hot chocolate? Now you’re talking! I have to admit that when I was younger, I was all about Milo. No hot chocolate then. And other malt drinks like Ovaltine and Vico just didn’t taste ‘right’ vs. Milo. Then when I got older, coffee seemed to be the cool thing. Then wine tasting. Then back to the ancient rituals of tea-drinking…
But now, I’m older and very much not wiser and willing to admit nothing beats a really good hot chocolate as I keep discovering new chocolate-themed cafés and lounges. Yummy.
oh yeah! i am still very much a milo fan. and get sooo pissed off when kopitiams try to pass off substituted weak cocoa drinks as milo!! charge rm1.50 some more! haih!
Exactly! Quite terrible lah the prices they dare to charge us these days for substandard Milo rip-offs! Grrr…
that’s why i refuse to drink those overpriced drinks. better stick to neighborhood kopitiams where the ah pek know our face and what our usual drink is.
One has gotta love them Ah Pek’s and their friendly, brilliant toothless grins.
We will just lip caress the warmth n wetness , but never finis instead just around , round and round …smoothly and serenely as tomorrow begins again
Never finish? Round and round? Aiyo, hot kopi must finish up while it’s steaming, piping hot lah! (Unless you are referring to something else? Hehe.)
“Trust me, baby, I could drink you, all of you, till your last drop”…
hmmm..are we still talking about coffee…?
Well, let’s just say I leave entirely up to your imagination…
so notty… ur such a bad influence… in a good way! =P
See? You agree!
ooooooooo…can i have 5 cups of those then?..
Are you sure 5 cups will be enough…?
only u can make a cup of coffee sound so sensual…
Sensual? I suppose it depends on who’s reading it, yes? Different folks read differently, but I’m sure glad you read like me, hehe.
“It’s just sugar. It’s just coffee. You’re right, of course. We are not what we drink, after all.”
but if we were, what drink would u be? i think i will be a mocha latte, my fav drink! =)
I think I’d be an affogato — cold and hot at the same time, thick and creamy yet clear and pungent… Er, rather mixed up hor?
I love Coffee…Coffee without sugar..
I think that coffee lovers certainly have their own way of savouring it…
Mine would be…
With a small sip of coffee, it touches the tip of the tongue
Let it flow evenly through the tongue, through the side and the middle
When it’s about to reach your throat, swallow it gently
Slowly, breathe out
Feel and smell the aroma which still lingers…
Is it the same like how you enjoy your coffee?
Cheers..
Wow, I’m amazed, Lilian! I have certainly not paid that much attention to how I drink my coffee, certainly not in such detail. Perhaps it’s time I started observing more closely how I savour each cuppa joe…
I know coffee is stimulating, in a very different, monday morning blues way.
And this “cuppa” you are serving us is also very…errrr, let’s just say interesting…heheh…
“We are not what we drink, after all.”
Wow. If we are what we drink, I wanna be Cordon Bleu. Intoxicating. HAHAHAHAHA!
You are certainly intoxicating to many ladies out there, I’m sure…
Let’s hope them dames get a drink of you tomorrow, Monday again ma…
ooh, coffee– my fav companion during afternoon study sessions, my legal addiction, my eye opener for 7am theater sessions, my source of inspiration… can we have a cuppa some time?
Oh we most certainly must have a cuppa, you can educate me on all the surgical intricacies of a really good brew…
Oops, I am that addict! And yes, kopi-kaw for me if it is robusta coffee and coffee black for me if it is arabica. I need my coffee! Nowadays, to stay away from coffee, I try to have tea.
And what if it’s a blend of robusta and arabica? Kopi Kaw Black? Lol.
So we’ll fail the Snow White Test – we wubs our coffee, tea and aycee.
It’s alright… I think most of us fail the Snow White test anyway… that’s what makes my lil Snow White so special…
i think i may opt for non eternal youth (or rather, have opted already) than give up coffee, and tea…more coffee la.
but i dont sleep in aircond anyways, so that’s 1/4 of the battle won. running….hmm, not with the regularity snow white does it…..
then again, she’s snow white, i am grumpy…she got long legs….easy to gallop
For a minute there, I read “easy to wallop” pulak. Ooh, notty.
So lomantic la. Kenny Mah’s other half so lucky. Everyday got poetry.
My other half is stuck with me… that alone is torture oredi… eternal torture, hopefully.
coffee make me insomnia~~
I have colleagues for whom insomnia is a daily, er, nightly affair… I wonder how much coffee they drink? Hmm.
Eh.. not really. I think some coffee is good for you. Like fruits and vege, coffee is actually also fruit and it’s antioxidant! The key word here is… “moderation”.
Moderation is key to most things in our lives, I agree. I’m not sure though if nutritionists and dieticians would group coffee together with other fruits …
you can never go wrong with a cup of hot coffee in the morning
Strangely enough, what I like best in the morning is a full glass of clear, plain water. Refreshing!
i’m those who can got w/o coffee for months too..but I do enjoy it when i do order/ brew one
Wanna see how long both us can go without? Hehe.
i agree that nothing tastes better than a cup of strong, fragrant kopi in the morning. make mine in an old-fashion kopitiam, not those in shopping malls! =P
What about an old-town-style koptiam IN a shopping mall? LOL — they are everywhere now, aren’t they?
my wife loves coffee, tea… and me! lol
… I bet.
I thought I smelt coffee!
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Hahaha, you would, you coffee expert extraordinaire you!
Coffee is the elixir of Life! I couldn’t last a day without it!
This is the first time I’ve heard of anyone calling it an elixir… does yours come with tongkat ali in it?
Coffee completed my life..
Can’t imagine the world without it…
Probably insomnia…haha
Coffee completed your life? So shall we call your future partner “Coffee”? LOL
haha …Kopi-O + Char Siew Pao
Great combination though
Hahaha, be careful not to have too much of it… deadly combination!
coffee addicts of the world unite! lol
I wonder if there is a Coffeeholics Anonymous? :p
Great post! I’ll subscribe right now wth my feedreader software!
Thanks, Jane… Always glad to have a new face in our lil community here…