Haggardness...is next to pimples :(

Growing pimples all over my face aren't funny anymore...Bad joke! I never wanted to be a walking Pimple...who would want to anyways?? As I work hard for my process...I've realized I am too..working hard for these uninvited, unwelcomed, undesired zits usurping on my pitiful face. :'( Darn! I wanted to prick them all...abort them and deprive them of their little lives... But I can not put the authority to take them away on my hands. I might just jeopardize it all the more. I BADLY NEED a dermatological intervention!!! I fear those yellow thingie on its eye... The reflection of the mirror begins to give me goosebumps,if not stress. Please be so kind....stay away from me....give me future. The cluster of bumps? so spooky....I feel murdered. Why me? Oh why?? And yes..there are impending ones...it fears me all the more. I wish they would change their minds and transfer somewhere else....hope not on me...not on any part of my body. Hope they're sensitive enough to feel that they are not wanted here...

Starbucks Faves...

All time favorite...my buddy during sleepless nights of reading and relaxing.. Cappuccino with Hazelnut. I honestly can't recall how I've come to know and love this...how i discovered that adding and requesting hazelnut would make my cappuccino all the more perfect.

I love mozarella sandwich especially when served warm. I love the rubber like mozarella..and the after taste of basil. Just yum!...another company during morning hours in Starbucks.

Iam as well a fanatic of teas..Antioxidant just like coffee, soothing and relaxing. Just right to end a very stressful night. I also discovered its healing wonder. A grande of mint tea works for me whenever i have impending sore throat... I love English/black tea with milk. For the mint tea, I simply love it with honey.

Heaven on Earth! >>>yeah its name just fits its taste. A real heaven. Normally, I would have it with tea rather than coffee. It is just sad that a serving isnt enough for my amazing/deceiving apetite. Also, I love the hearts design on it...so cute. :)

Melange and Sacher Torte

Melange and Sacher Torte...I still crave for these authentic Viennesse. Being a coffee lover that I am, it was no surprise that I've fallen in love easily to Melange- Coffee with milk...or Vienna's version of Cafe Latte, the first time I took a sip. A cup or two is just perfect to the cold weather. It isn't too sweet..isnt too strong...and the aroma just makes you awake and make you want to make the most of the day. The Sacher Torte, on the other hand, is simply adorable and a slice of it is heaven. Good that I got the treat from my friends during my short stay....and that made it all the more perfect! :)

Live merry-go-round in Mannheim

This is one of those new,if not eccentric, things I've discovered/witnessed in one of my weekend trips in Germany. A live and literal merry-go-round in Mannheim Germany. Just wow! I couldnt help but to stop and I took picture of this cute girl riding a REAL horse that goes around the carousel. This was of course new to me, as I am just used to seeing manmade horses, usually wooden-colorfully painted and mounted on posts...moving up and down while rotating. But to see real ones...that was just amazing.

Bratwurst in one xmas party

I took this during the christmas party in Frankfurt. I forgot the name of the place...but it was like a huge Restaurant, cozy, with dim and yellow lights. Outside, it's fascade is made of bricks but inside it was very posh. Lots of mirror in the washroom...there were blue lights around. Our reservation is at the second floor (last floor), where you can have the view of barrel decor at the ground floor. After the stairs, there's a dressing room at the right side where people could hang their coats and scurfs, of course as usual there's heater inside.

[I am always fascinated to see guys at trench coats, my boss and colleagues looked good in their black coats and scurfs.]

Wines and beers were overflowing...however, this (picture) was the only food I found for myself. Most of the foods were sausages, potatoes, creams puffs, yoghurt, and some other stuffs Iam not familiar with and wouldnt want to try. So I contented myself with this...in all fairness, it was good. But of course, I tried every beer available. When my boss started to discuss the history of those beers, I started becoming tipsy. I wanted to end the conversation and shift it to another one, but out of courtesy of course I didnt and bear with the story while my mind was away..thinking of something else.

It was a very short celebration, no programs, no speech...just literal dinner.

When we adjourned, the snow was starting to fall and I kept my excitement till my group was left alone walking towards the Bahnhof (train station). I was hopping and giggling to see those white flakes from the dimmed sky. Like a child...enjoying every moment...my palms facing the sky :)

"The Kiss" (Der Kuss)

This is a funny story I brought with me from Vienna, Austria. When I visited Cai and Tope in Wien, we had so many comedic signs shared and formulated...and one of which is "The Kiss magnet". As 'agreed', whoever chooses this magnet (from among my souvenier gifts to friends and colleagues..)is the sign which says"he is the one". Haha! I dont know what came in to our minds...maybe it was just the weather speaking...or perhaps, my friends are just so concern, if not too desperate for me to get my pair. According to Wikipedia, "The Kiss" was painted by Gustav Klimt, and is probably his most famous work. He began work on it in 1907 and it is the highpoint of his so-called 'Golden Period'. It depicts a couple, in various shades of gold and symbols, sharing a kiss against a bronze background. It is now at the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere. Overheard, that in this gallery, couples who visited this would kiss infront of the painting and would end up together.....(this one must be just a myth...) So there I was wishing to go back to Vienna, with the perfect pair...Cai as another crazy soul would tolerate my thoughts and concur to that effect. To end the story, nobody selected this magnet. It is still inside my tin box...hopeful and waiting for a perfect owner. :)

Second glimpse...of SNOW

Was playing around, think this was the last day of my stay in Frankfurt (December 2009)...and just enjoying the second glimpse of snow. Was flaberrgasted! :) From my window (second floor) I was fascinated to the view of snow covering almost the entire streets. It wasnt there the night before i sleep..and when I woke up the morning after...snow was starting to pile up... :) That's the Signage of Arabella...That's where I stayed. And whenever I make recollection, the distinct smell of that building would always make it more different... It has a smell that says, you're home outside your home. Waiting for the tram...striking a stiff pose. It was freezing cold. Saying goodbye to Frankfurt and to Arabella apartment...was some sort of mixed emotions at that time...too excited to go home and meet my family and friends whom I missed. A lil sad, that the experience was over. But grateful for such a blessing....and a lil anxious about the new task. But the snow covered all those uncertain emotions...and meantime made me like a child..playful and stressfree. :)