Chocolate review #1

Yay it's that time again! where i get to eat different flavored chocolates.
Chocolates were on sale in Kursk, go to the Hyperlinear in Sumskaya, however i warn you, that only certain items are on sale.. if you are not on a student budget go ahead, Russia really does offer you a variety of chocolates (unlike Malaysia, you could only see the famous ones like cadburry, tobelarone, kitkat and etc, which is kind of boring)

#1

Milk chocolate with hazelnut and berries.

Overall the taste was not too sweet and it still had a hint of bitterness after taste, however, the i could not really taste the hazelnut nor the berries, but it was there, in little chunky pieces.

i thoroughly enjoyed it and finished it in one sitting which was bad for my so called healthy diet.

the downside of this chocolate is that it was thin, it was a thin piece of chocolate bar.

#2

 Dark chocolate with a hint of star-anise and cinnamon

it was a little too dark for me, as i only tasted bitterness, it was not overwhelmingly sweet, but i think the sweetness came form the natural glucose form the chocolate themselves as i find to taste the sweetness as an aftertaste.

on the packaging you could see a picture of star-anise and cinnamon, but i doubt they put loads in, or maybe those herbs enhances the taste of chocolate but the individual flavors themselves don't actually become prominent? i guess it may be the reason (i am not a fan of star-anise or cinnamon)

the only reason i bought this chocolate, was that my BF really likes chocolate, especially dark ones, so we decided to give it a try.

He loves it but i don't, which is a plus for him cause he gets to eat the whole thing..

#3

this one was my favorite, as you can see it's form the Alpine Gold line (this brand offer you a lot of choices in terms of flavors, so far all the flavors i have tried, they have turned out to be really nice)

this flavor attracted my attention because it had salt flakes on their almond! if translated it does say salted and caramelized almonds. (i'm all in if the nuts are salted and caramelized)

the taste: it was sweet and salty, a very good combination in a chocolate bar, it was crunchy, it had loads of nuts in it which i really appreciated because you could really taste the almonds.

there was no horrible aftertaste to the chocolate which i was hoping so, since it was salted, i was not looking forward to having a salty mouth aftertaste.

that is all for today

Summer Barbecue time!

Every year, in summer, without fail we hold an annual get together.
It's only appropriate that we do a BBQ since Kursk has so many large spaces and very beautiful parks.

However, this year we were a bit saddened by the news of the death of a fellow Malaysian who goes to our University, a junior of second year, he drowned while BBQ-ing with his friends (that's what i heard).

Plus, this year there was an exceptional case of Ticks infestation, i was told that they carry Lyme disease, since i passed my biology in first year, i know well enough not to get infected, so we decided not to do our BBQ at our usual place at the "Arka", we just went to 4th Hostel, it was still beautiful there.

and so this year i volunteered to make the side dishes, which includes Som Tam ( a Thailand cold noodle salad) and potato wedges.

i started my day at 7 am, i began to cook, those 2 dishes for 6 people...i think i overestimated the quantity. .mmmm
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I went to meet my groupmates at 11.30 in the hostel, and the rest is kind of self explainatory

here are some of the pictures i took (i took up my camera and began shooting again after a hiatus of 3 years, i think i'll explain in other entries)

 the chicken! yumssss

 the squid! yumssss

 the groupmates, missing the photographer! Lee Kuen, Evan, Lionel, Ibra, Me, Indra (he looks a bit sad there)

 the fire

the BF!

and the day ended with a shower of rain....Alhamdulillah!

The A-Z of me

 tagged by 'Sprinkle of glitter'
i read her 'The A-Z of me', i guess i wanted to do one for myself

Age: 25 years, people don't bother to ask me, they just assume i'm younger than them.

Bed size: single bed..i live in Russia at the moment, and i only go back to Malaysia where my home is for summer holidays only for 2 months so i think for this tag, i'm going to mention about the current bed i'm using.

Chore you hate: washing up the dishes especially when i have a leaking pipe.

Dogs: Labs or dalmations; errrrr i don't like dogs

Essential start of your day: drinking a glass/bottle of water

favorite color: YELLOW

Gold or silver: GOLD of course

Height: 4"9

Instruments i play: None, but i do own a guitar, at which once i was determined to learn how to play, but then i got into medschool..

Job title: Student

Kids: None, not yet, i plan to have 3 Kids, but that's way in the future though

Live: Kuching, Malaysia..but currently residing in Kurk, Russia

Mum's name: Siti Zaliha Reduan...(she hates it if people misspells her name ie Zaleha)

Nickname: Muka bulat, Dragon, there are loads but the one i like the most is just Siti Ami..

Pet peeve: i don't know what this means, but judging form Sprinkle of Glitter, i think its about people who irritate you..mine are; people who are late, backstabbers, pretentious people, B.O people

Quote form a movie: 'i am batman!' (couldn't think of anything else)

Right or left handed: Left handed

Siblings: i have one older sister and 3 younger ones, i'm the second child

Time you wake up: whenever i feel like my bladder is about to burst, which around 5 am, i use my body as my alarm clock

Underwear: nice, comfortable ones

What makes you run late: myself...i like to do things the last minute.

X-rays you have done: Chest X-ray every year, now i am sure that the radiation from the X-rays are harmful when it is done frequently, but they say there's nothing to worry about. I guess they know better.

Yummy food you make: im not sure if it's yummy, but i am my own judge, so yes everything i cook is yummy, especially my chicken rice

Zoo animal: Lions

this is my first entry on this blog, thought it's nice to introduce myself this way
*Smile, the sun 's shining*