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Last Saturday, while walking around the local market, I spotted this shop which sells a lot of traditional desserts. Yes, I am a fan of dessert and no, I am not so adventurous to try out all of it. My taste buds are customized to Malaysian desserts and not intending to change it yet.

While wiping away my drooling saliva, all of the sudden, I spotted this. The local called it Beze or Meringues or Russian Beze Cookies but I called it, the heaven of all dessert. Most of the dessert that I ate before are kind of too sweet, too fattening, too creamy and too ugly but this one is completely different.

This whole pack costs about ~RM4. Yes, it is not expensive. The uniqueness of this dessert is not on the sweetness but at the texture of it. It is crispy inside out and will not stick on your teeth too.

Once you take the first bite, you will definitely crave for the second one. Half way enjoying these cookies, I was wondering what if I am addicted to it and unable to get it elsewhere.

So, I decided to learn how to make it. The cost of making this is probably just few cents and it is not difficult at all.

Ingredient

2 x egg whites

1/3 cup of sugar.

Method

1. Simply put egg white to the mixer bowl and start beating it on high speed. Please ensure not a single drop of water or oil or it will ruin the whole cookies making process.

2. Beat egg white until it form solid white foam about 3 times the volume of the initial egg whites. Then add sugar spoon by spoon and continue beating it until all sugar is mixed and completely dissolved.

3. Warm oven up to 210F . Use pastry bag to pipe the filling onto parchment paper (normally use baking tray for easier handling).

4. Put baking tray into oven and let it dry for 1 – 1.5 hours (this is depending on size). It takes longer to dry if it is bigger in size.

5. Let it cool down. Once cooled down, it is ready to be served.

Remember to put it in air tight container too!

Cell phone is so common that almost everyone in the world has one.  The convenience of it can almost make you physically and emotionally attached to it at all time, even while you are on vacation, hanging out with friends bla bla bla.

One tip of advice, try to avoid using it while you are in the toilet. It is rude if you talk to someone on the phone while he/she can hears the sound effect of it while you are doing your big business. It becomes really nasty if you accidently dropped the phone in un-flush toilet bowl.

The mess is one thing but try to imagine you are on the other side of the phone?

Maybe this is not a good start especially when I am about to write about Yo.Ba Yogurt Ice-Cream. Don’t get me wrong, I am not trying to relate toilet to ice-cream although both have H2O elements in it.

What I am trying to say is cell phone makes my photo taking possible. You know, sometime, on this one day that that you feel like you do not want to carry you baby with you, u need em? This time, my cell phone saves my day.

When everyone is busy with window shopping, this the times when I snoop around the mall with my dinky phone to keep me company. Spying around what good on the shelf, snapping photos in a no-photos zone and of course, Angry Bird as my stress relievers once in awhile.

Speaking of stress relievers, Yo.Ba rightfully disengage my cell phone bond with me that never been separated since the day I own it. With multi topping choices, finally, I can forget about my cell phones for a record of 10 mins.

Someone told me, if you take the courage to make the first step, the second, third, fourth and so on will be a lot easier. I am back to defer because as soon as colorful M&Ms, raisins and cold creamy ice-creams are gone, my phone got magnetize back to me again. That shows how strong our bond is.

BUT I discovered a new hypothesis. RMB 24 (RM 12) can help phone addicts to stay away from their addictions for 10mins. M&Ms and raisins are major contributors here.

So, to summarize, with RM 17280 (RM 12 x 10min x 6 x 24hr), you will be free from phone addiction for a day in return. Well, everything come with a price, right?

Yo.Ba Yogurt Ice Cream

Super Brand Mall

GPS:

Did you know that most Peranakans are of Hoklo (Hokkien) ancestry? Ok.. if you don’t know what is Peranakan, they are mixed-race descendents, part Chinese, part Malay/Indonesian.

Maybe the word Peranakan might be strange to you and I bet Baba-Nyonya will ring a bell. Normally, Baba-Nyonya is always associated with a historical place called Malacca.

Yes.. Malacca, A famous tourist spot where Red Stadhuys is located! Speaking of which, just few minutes walk from that spot will lead you to a busy “pasar malam” street on Friday night.

The place will start to get really congested in the late evening. Besides I get to buy my favorite cuttlefish, I noted that they sell a lot of cute souvenirs and chairs too! Quite impressive I would say.

My mission to this street was to locate Jonker88.com. What exactly is that? Isn’t you suppose to search on internet instead?

Jonker88.com is a famous dessert shop in Malacca. Many tourists will stop by at this to grab some chilly desserts. Considering that I am a tourist too, I joined others in queue to try out what is so great about this place.

The dessert shop isn’t a typical modern dessert shop like Chatime or Snowflakes but it is rather a museum to me. You get to see a lot of certificates, old notes, drawings etc here.

What amaze me is they kept many ancient artifacts over here too. If you are at my age, you will probably come across typewriter or ring dial telephone before. Believe it or not, they have it here too!

After spending few minutes in queue, instead of one, I decided to order two desserts. One is Cendol Gula Melaka and the other one is Sago Gula Malaka.

Both are really amazing. I love the taste of Gula Malaka although it is a bit too sweet for me. When I put inside my mouth, I can taste the nice coconut fragrant in it too! Yummie!

The desserts are quite affordable and it ranges only from RM 3 – 5 per bowl. Give it a try especially on hot sunny day!

Jonker88.com

same row as Malacca Chicken Rice Balls

GPS:

How old do you plan to retire? Many will said, “Do I look that old?” To me, retiring is not about sitting there waiting to die but rather quit from your daily responsibilities and do what you want.

Of course you need to get financial independence first. In other words, escape yourself from becoming a slave for money. Question is how? My concept is, instead of savings cents by cents, earn more more more than what you can EVER use.

Rich dad or wife is an alternative but unfortunately, I am not that lucky but hey, money is never enough anyway.

Rather than dwelling too much on what I don’t have, why not just flip the coins, see what I want to do about it. OK. I plan to physically retire in Singapore. Not because I like the ‘fine’ country but I love the food there!

Because of Bedok Hawker Stalls, I will re-consider Singapore again. Why? Foods here are deliciously nice and affordable. For instance, chee cheong fun and Jian Bo Shui Kueh cost less than SGD 5 (~RM 10).

That secures my daily breakfast. What about lunch? All I need is to spend another SGD 5 (~RM 10) and I can get decent lunch such as lemon chicken rice, kuey chap or duck rice. I have tested all and the foods are highly recommended.

With that, I am not going to live in poverty or resorting in something not decent as all these foods are my favorites! Who say I must eat steaks or bird nest on every meal?

When clock strikes 3pm, maybe I can plan to have a short tea break. Over here, I get to order lek tau suan (green pea soup), lotus seed soup, or even tou fu fah. Tou fu fah is common but lek tau suan or lotus seed soups are hardly find in other places.

So, did you get it yet?

The fundamental rule to achieve financial independence is to have a simple life. All you need is getting a decent shelter (not in dodgy place) and securing your stomach (not with bird nest) AND you are a step closer to your retirement.

(don’t act smart by asking what about dinner and supper! That you have to figure it out youself :p)

Bedok Hawker Stalls

Blk 207 New Upper Changi Road
#01-XX Bedok Interchange Food Centre

GPS: 1.325362, 103.930546

Midas, a legendry Greek King who is famous with his touch, the Midas Touch which literally changes everything he touches to gold. On the other hand, Angharad, in The Maiden of the Melting Touch melts everything that she ever touches.

Have you ever wonder, how did Midas wears his clothes? Or worse still when he pee? Does that mean he only wears one set of gold clothes in his entire life? Or having Gold Pe…?

What about Angharad? She is naked all the time? And she never tried solid food? She never tried blow J…? Ouch..

What if Midas hold Angharad hand, will Angharad turns into gold statue or will Midas melts? Reading those fairy tales make me wonder, how can I even believed the stories did exist. Silly “younger” me.

I do not have answer to all the questions but I only know there is one thing that don’t melt in your hand, not even in Angharad hand.. and that is ….

M&M ! They only melt in your mouth, not in your hand! I bet everyone already knows about this and it is nothing new. BUT did you know M&M just setup M&M’s World in London?

Aha.. M&M’s World is located in Leicester Square. This is 35000 square ft store is one of the biggest candy store in the world that sells M&M products and merchandise.

Kids love this place and no exception to girls too. For young people like me, I feel younger the moment when I step in the store. If Angharad touch can melts anything she touches, M&M definitely melts my heart even without touching.

Girl loves cute merchandise and so do I! Kids love bright color and noise and so do I too! Cool souvenirs are available here ranging from t-shirts, mug, bowl, soft toys etc. Tourists definitely love it!

As for me, I found this special M&M in huge cylindrical glass. What so special about it? Normally, you only get few colors but this M&M has 24 colors! You might think it is just coloring but hey, it is really attractive, k?

With only £  15, you get chicken taste, pork taste, shrimp taste and all other taste M&M. Nah.. I am just pulling your leg. All these 24 colors M&M taste the same .

However, in this store, you can buy milk chocolate, dark chocolate, crisped rice, mint chocolate, peanuts, almonds, orange chocolate, coconut, pretzel, wild cherry, and peanut butter M&M. Awesome isn’t it? Visit here if you happen to be there one day!

M&M’s World London

Located inLeicester Square

1 Swiss Court,London,

United Kingdom

TEL: +44 (0) 207-025-7171

GPS: 51.51124,-0.128231

Web: www.mymms.com

Opening Hours: Mon – Sat: 10am – Midnight, Sun: 12pm – 6pm