Food for thought

‘One must work and dare if one really wants to live.’ Vincent Van Gogh

Driven. Drive. Desire.

It's been a hectic week to say the least.

When you have to deal with the livelihood of 500 people under your pen.

When a small team of people turn to you in desperation.

When you need to be at 3 places at one time.

When you need to have 56 hours in one day.

When suddenly someone gives up on you.

Aerin

Meet my new arm candy - Aerin II in Formula Red. Yes, the race car formula one RED RED.
I'm matching my outfits to her these days, haha!
I just can't wait for the black one to arrive.

Candid shots

Just to share one one of Trooper's magic moment shots.

He is really photogenic under lighting.

God is fair. The naughty one looks photogenic in artificial light.

Bruno looks good in natural light.

And Murray looks good only in the flesh. 

Hahaha!!

Truffs

Pleasure comes in small parcels.

Of these delightful truffles, hand made with love.

Each type of cocoa carries with it its signature taste.

66% antilles was sweet and nutty in fragrance.

70% honduras was slightly more sharp and acidic than I thought.

I now know them like my new found friends.

Pure unadulterated smooth dark chocolate truffles. No fillings, just the way I like them.

The pure cocoa taste, and no distractions in between.

No preservatives, just pure pleasure.

Smooth and indulgent.

Truffs 197a Telok Ayer Street

Each morsel of pure pleasure. Oooohhh, I love love love.

Each of these humble looking truffles, taste so devine. So so so... ooh.

I can't even begin to describe.

At home I carefully unwrapped the packaging, carefully chose 2 humble looking truffles and placed them in a glass dish. To let them breathe, rest and soften slightly.

They taste so different when just taken from the fridge, and when softened slightly. The aroma, the texture, the aftertaste. All taste better, somehow, just at the right moment.

Fresh from the fridge, the casing cracks from the cold. Honduras was sharp and acidic.

10 min later, the casing and the filling blended well on bite, the flavours more rounded and harmonised. Perfect, but don't wait too long else it melts into a gooey mess.

Best enjoyed at the right moment, don't rush into them. Just like women (!). Don't wait too long to enjoy either, they just turn messy and sticky. Bwah haha!!

Have a visit to the store where the chocolate artisans will sit you down and explain in detail the various types of cocoa and their characteristics. I never knew buying chocolates could be as pleasurable as eating them.

They also offer chocolate cakes, made to order. I cannot wait to try.

And I know just the person who'd love to join me.

Ponder

"Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence."
- Eric Fromm
German born American social philisopher and psychoanalyst 1900-1980

Too many minds, too much divergence. I suppose only love accomodates all the misgivings and frictions the divergence of minds bring. What do you think?

二月

回头一望，又是另一个二月，来匆匆去也匆匆。这月是相聚也是离别的一月。

那晚我们又是在回家路上无所不谈，谈天说地。 到家时 将近沉默一刻。 那时就让心里说不出的关怀， 和那一点点遗憾 在我们怀抱之间 通通都给蒸发了。 朋友 好好照顾自己。 前面的路 危险却精彩。 累了 记得我们都在这里 等你回来。

我们又再次把彼此眉间的邹文给抚平， 松下手 期待下次的相聚。

离别时 那轻轻地叹息 都不让听见。 就这样 一年时间又从我们指缝间流逝。