Cappuccino Maltesers

Maltesers is one of the most dangerous candies that sends my self-control to outer space. That's why I have been staying away from it forever. Until! I saw this cappuccino flavor. I was able to stop myself from the dark chocolate one, but not this one.

When I opened the box, I was shocked to see that there's no inner bag. The chocolate balls are in direct contact with the box. I could hear them rattle, but refused to believe. The box itself was sealed in cellophane, but once you break the seal, you gotta finish the box ASAP, or else the malt center goes stale very quickly! This looks like an evil strategy to increase consumption.

The candy itself is good. And it's coffee alright. (Sorry I'm not a coffee drinker, so I can't tell the difference between the varieties of coffee.) The flavor is in the malt part. The chocolate is regular milk chocolate. Actually, it's all done artificially. There's no coffee in the ingredients list, only flavouring.

Since there's Chinese on the box, I thought it's from Hong Kong. But a closer look reveals that it's from Taiwan. Made in Australia, though. Hmm...

Cell phone

Forgot to turn my cell phone on today! Bad!!!! I hope the hospital hasn't phoned. My dad needs surgery and already had the pre-admission appointment yesterday. The doctor's gonna tell us the surgery date by phone. Last time it was less than 24-hour notice. It usually is.

Guests from Toronto

My cousin from Toronto is in town with her 2 kids until Saturday. So, naturally we ate out. Looks like special occasion = eating out in my family.

Toronto's weather is really bad lately. We who live in Vancouver are so lucky.

But still, with the recent weather fluctuations, my body isn't doing too well. Plus, my chiropractor takes spring break off. I'll have to survive without an appointment for 2 weeks. Next week happens to be deadline at work. Will I be able to handle it?

Cake & card

Finally! Someone else's turn to buy me cake today. (Usually I'm the one who buys cake.) Hmm... we used to do the big round birthday cake thing in my family. Since when did it stop? Not that I mind, though. I actually prefer smaller ones which give more variety. I dreamed of eating a whole birthday cake when I was a kid. Never happened, of course. (Thank God, haha...) And then there was the "eating the whole tub of ice-cream" wish, which actually came true when I had braces and couldn't eat solid food. It...... wasn't that great. (^_^;)
My nieces drew me a birthday card! Judging from the height, I must be the character on the far right. Looks more like their birthday than mine. Haha...

Tired

Need more sleep...
Just realized, if I do "homework" on a work day, I'll be working for over 11 hours that day. Really don't think I should do that for my back's sake. So why did I do it again???

Daylight saving time

My computer didn't switch over. Hmmmmm... but it's set to Pacific Canada... oops, it's also US! Aaaaaargh!!!

Made a little bad judgment last Tuesday and carried "heavy object". It was a bottle of Tide and to most people it's not heavy at all. I didn't think it should be, until a day later, it showed up as sharp pain in the ribs. Couldn't move my body much. The pain went dull but I still can't move freely, even after a chiropractor's appointment. It's been a week and it's still here. Then it must be the weather. This weekend was quite bad. Today was so bad I even felt shortness of breath. Ended up staying home. I can definitely tell my boss isn't happy, though. (T_T)

Green Tea Mousse Pocky

Have I tried it before? If I did, it must be a different package design. This one is more like, putting milk in green tea. The falvour of milk is quite strong, a lot sweeter, and too dense. Very far from the green tea I really like before. That one was more bitter. There seem to be a dozen different green tea flavour. They got it right before, but keep messing around with it. Sigh...