Now you know: Wifi at Starbucks Malaysia

Did you know that you can use Wifi Starbucks (Malaysia) for free? Only if you are their customer <-- why? 

It is like a habit for some people to throw away the receipt right after the transaction. Well, you may hold that action because the wifi password is written on that piece of paper.

Enjoy your drinks and Happy surfing!

Info Pemakanan: Krimer (Creamer) dalam Minuman

We always put some creamer into our drink to replace the use of milk. Even for common 3in1 drinks, one of the major ingredients is creamer. Do you ever think about what is creamer? Flour? Powder milk?

There are 2 types of creamer: dairy and non-dairy.

Dairy creamer (Krimer berasaskan tenusu)

Based on milk source (lactose)

Non-Dairy creamer (Krimer tanpa tenusu)

This type of creamer is an alternative way for lactose intolerant individual to taste creamy drinks. But this kind of creamer is made by many artificial ingredients. Berikut adalah bahan2 yang selalunya terkandung dalam non-dairy creamer; Pepejal Sirap Glukosa, Lemak Sayuran (trans fat), Natrium Kaseinat (casein protein), Pengemulsi, Penstabil dan Natrium Silikoaluminat.

Many non-dairy creamers contain partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, a type of trans fat. Trans fats are more solid than oil, increasing product shelf-life (Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/273290-nutritional-information-for-non-dairy-creamer/#ixzz1D5Lat6Et). Example: Minyak isirung kelapa sawit. Kebanyakan minuman segera (instant) di Malaysia ni menggunakan minyak isirung sebagai non-dairy creamer.

 

Apakah isirung kelapa sawit?

Isirung adalah biji tunggal pada buah kelapa sawit. Bahagian ini kaya dengan minyak.

 

Adakah minyak isirung selamat dimakan?

Menurut seorang Dr. yang bekerja di fakulti yang berkaitan dengan pemakanan di salah sebuah IPT di Selangor, non dairy creamer adalah selamat untuk dimakan. Ianya dibuat daripada lemak palm kernel oil untuk mendapat rasa yang smooth. “Of course using low fat or skim milk adalah lebih berkhasiat dicampur dgn kopi or tea with less sugar. 3 in 1 also may have higher calories. So practise moderation and try not to eat too often”, tambah beliau.

Don’t get shock to know that some of non-dairy creamer may also contain casein protein (primary protein that is found in dairy products. Read more: Side Effects of Casein Protein | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/about_5485878_side-effects-casein-protein.html#ixzz1D5K9MuNM) – to well bind the ingredient together.

Tips:

Bacalah label sebelum beli. Jika they only provides “non-dairy creamer” pada ingredient, ia berkemungkinan mengandungi semua/mana2 bahan2 yang disebutkan di atas. Kadang kala pengusaha akan melabel secara detail mengenai bahan2 non-dairy creamer ni.

 

Source:

Side Effects of Casein Protein

Nutritional Information for Non-Dairy Creamer

Adakah Minuman Herba Campuran 5 Dalam 1 Benar-2 Berkhasiat?

Wikipedia: Kelapa sawit

Happy New Year from Abu Dhabi International Airport

5 hours of transit time when you are travelling alone isn’t so cool. I’m very afraid if i fall asleep. Sigh. So to keep me awake and accompany me while playing Sudoku, I spent my time at Costa Coffee sambil pekena hot cappuccino sebesar mangkuk sup yang berharga 4e. Murah je! (jika income dlm euro)

While lepaking here, I meet this one lovely family. We share the same table since the coffee house is full house. Owh ya, they are travelling back to Washington D.C from Abu Dhabi. The wife is Chinese, her husband is american (i think). They have two lovely children; 1 son, 1 daughter. They looks really well educated family. What I like about them is they are so humble or modest and kind and nice although I can see or determine that they are rich people. It was a great time that I spent with them. While I playing sudoku, I heard they speaking to each other. I feel like I am watching a movie… American movie. The mommy is so lovely. She speaks really polite, and nice. I like the way of her husband teach their kids, very caring. :) I still remember their daughter’s name, Sofia. She is just 6 years old but she looks really intelligent and she can speak French. She went into private classes just to learn French Language. Why I keep on saying they are humble? I still remember one part when they about to leave (1hr 10min before their depart time), their son asked his daddy why do they have to be in the plane early because he loves to stay outside of the plane. The daddy replied,”Because we have kids”. Do you know what is the actual situation? Because they are in first or business class. They can get into the flight earlier than economy class. What ever it is… it was a really nice experience to meet this family.

Owh not to forget… HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011 FROM ABU DHABI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT!!!!!

I am coffee addict

When I was in my beloved country Malaysia, I am not this addicted to coffee. But when I am in France, tersangat addicted la pulak. Maybe because of the weather – cold, gloomy –> makes me feels sleepy. I have to take at least one cup of hot coffee to makes me awake for the whole day. It is really strange because before this coffee didn’t give any effect for my sleep.
I still remember during Chinese New Year week, me, my dad, travelling back from KL to Penang (to visit my grandma) using PLUS highway. And I love to find chances or any opportunity to get free gift during the journey especially free drinks from Vico, Nestle, Tropicana, Peel Fresh, Ribena <—these are the popular brands for free drinks promotion. So when we were in R&R Tapah, I saw some mini gazebos labeled Nestle. So I went there and took some Coffee (4 cups I think) – 1 for my dad, 1 for my brother, 2 for me. Owh I forgot to mentioned that my mum is not following us that day. She’s taking care of my late grandma in the hospital :’( . Okay, back to the topic. I took 2 mini glasses of coffee and a few minutes after that, I fall asleep until Penang. – weirdo!
Since November 2010, coffee takes effects on me. I don’t know why. Maybe because of coffee in French is the pure one? I don’t know. But all of them taste great. I started my addict by drinking coffee produced by this ‘monster’…

There are many choices of coffee. For the first trial during the first day in the ecole (school), I took Espresso. Why? I am afraid I will have ‘letusan gunung berapi’ dlm perut for taking lactose drink in the morning. The price of a cup of coffee from this machine is just 50cent – very cheap!!!!! and it taste really good. The thing that makes me wakeup in the morning to go to ecole is this coffee. :)
Day by day, I changed my taste from one type of coffee to another. Finally nothing satisfied me from this monster. It has lost its ‘X-Factor’. I turned into home-made coffee. I tried Ricore – not very strong coffee, and Plantation Arabica Expresso – this one suits my taste. Not really soft, neither too strong.

Biskut kering cicah roti memang klasik lagi sedap